Protest Warrior/Articles & Commentary

The following are articles and commentary about Protest Warrior.

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2003

• Mike Ripplinger, "He's unreasonable and armed; leave him alone!" MikeRipplinger.us, February 19, 2003.
• Mike Ripplinger, "The protest warriors return!" MikeRipplinger.us, March 21, 2003.
• "Interview with Protest Warrior," The American Mind, March 21, 2003.
• Kerry M. Kerstetter, "Anti-Protestors," Arkansas Tax Guru, March 21, 2003.
• "Protest Warriors Crash S.F Peace Rally," Spacebattles.com Forum, April 18, 2003.
• Evan Coyne Maloney, "Warriors Among Them. San Francisco, 15 March 2003," Brain Terminal, May 30, 2003.
• "ANSWER Evicts Pro-Warriors," D.C. IndyMedia, October 26, 2003.
• Torog (poster), "My DC Chapter Rally/Protest Warrior 'Infiltration' After-Rally Report (October 24, 2003)," D.C. Chapter Free Republic (posted on Marihemp Boards), October 26, 2003.
• Aaron Terrazas, "Hoyas Join In D.C. Antiwar Protests. Thousands Attend Washington Rally To Bring Troops Home," The Hoya, October 28, 2003.
• Chris Jolma, "Protest Warriors New movement," Washington Times, November 18, 2003.
• John S. Pappas, "On the Warpath with the Protest Warriors," JohnnyPNews.com, November 23, 2003.
• John S. Pappas, "Protest Security Personnel/Counter-Protesters Clash in Washington," JohnnyPNews.com, November 26, 2003.
• John S. Pappas, "Protest Warrior releases 'Eagle Strike' Movie," JohnnyPNews.com, November 29, 2003.
• "Pictures guaranteed to terrify liberals," Protest Warrior Forum (cache file; also here), December 17, 2003: Alan: "Chris was kind enough to loan us some weapons to take back with us, so thanks to him ProtestWarrior HQ is now heavily armed. So to all the leftists that want to completely disarm the populace, all we have to say is come get some."

2004

• John S. Pappas, "Where are Freepers at regarding Protest Warriors," Free Republic, January 22, 2004.
• Jeff Swanson, "On the Warpath with the Protest Warriors," Open Fire Blog, March 22, 2004.
• presidentbowen, "1,000 groups to protest RNC Convention (Action Needed!)," Free Republic, March 29, 2004.
• Todd, "Bay Area Counter-Protest A Huge Success," Patriot Warrior (Free Republic), June 6, 2004: "The San Francisco Voice For Israel gathered in conjuction with the Protest Warriors and a few freepers."
• FalconAZ2003 (Chapter Leader - Gilbert, AZ ProtestWarriors), "FR/ProtestWarrior Alliance - What say we make it official?" Free Republic, June 13, 2004.
• Anonymous, "The connection between Protest Warriors and FreeRepublic," IndyBay, June 13, 2004.
• Todd, "AfterActionReport-Operation Peace, Love, & Granola," Free Republic, July 1, 2004: "The army of good included some Protest Warriors, some freepers, and some Pro-Israel supporters."
• Newsletter, Protest Warrior, July 7, 2004.
• Bryan Henderson, "PROTEST WARRIORS: OPERATION TIGER CLAW (Debriefing)," Protest Warrior HQ (Free Republic), July 13, 2004.
• paradocs, "Wingnuts try to jam Patricia Kneisler's vigil," Daily Kos, July 17, 2004.
• paradocs, "Wingnuts at Patricia Kneisler's vigil, part 2," Daily Kos, July 18, 2004.
• "Should I bring a helmet and kneepads to the RNC rally?" Protest Warrior Forum (cache file), July 18, 2004.
• Sara Kugler, "Conservatives to Protest Anti-GOP Protest," Associated Press (Free Republic), July 18, 2004.
• William LaJeuness, "Protesing the Protesters," Fox News, July 19, 2004.
• "Today's Proctological Summary," You Are Dumb Blog, July 19, 2004.
• CNT, "Brown shirt thugs to Protest Anti-GOP Protest," NYC Indymedia, July 19, 2004.
• "Brownshirts on Parade," RNCWatch, July 21, 2004.
• "RNC Watch Takes a Look at the 'Protest Warriors'," NYC IndyMedia, July 21, 2004.
• "IHSV Exclusive! Crashing Moore's Party," In Hoc Signo Vinces, July 30, 2004. Includes article "YCT Confronts Michael Moore's Minions in Crawford, Texas" by Brendan Steinhauser.
• Lee Duigon, "Protesting the Protesters: 'Protest Warriors' Confront the Left," Chalcedon Foundation, August 1, 2004.
• Michael Hastings, "Partisan Protesters. A slick, young, conservative group prepares for an ideological rumble at the Republican convention," Newsweek/MSNBC, August 13, 2004.
• Ben Fulton, "Right and Right," Salt Lake City Weekly, August 19, 2004.
• "Cirque De So Lame," You Are Dumb Blog, August 19, 2004.
• Steve Miller, "Counterculture protests are big business," Washington Times, August 22, 2004: "Even the Protest Warriors, a conservative anti-protest protest group — which is really rebelling — is leasing loft space a few blocks from Madison Square Garden for its headquarters as it tries to disrupt the disrupters, and never mind the pricey New York real estate costs."
• "ProtestWarrior has been HACKED," NYC IndyMedia (cache file), August 22, 2004.
• Steve Miller, "Protest Warriors fuel rage on left," Washington Times, August 24, 2004.
• "Protesting the Protesters," The American Mind, August 30, 2004.
• Tennessee FR Members, "Nashville Leftists Freeped Again (Protest Warriors Rule!)," Free Republic, August 30, 2004.
• Ray D., "NYC: Medienkritik Disturbs the "Peace" Again (Part 1). Ray D. Goes Undercover in the Big Apple," David's Medienkritik, August 30, 2004.
• Ray D., "NYC: Medienkritik Disturbs the "Peace" Again (Part 2)," David's Medienkritik, August 31, 2004.
• Jeff Dufour, "'Hailstorm of truth' fired by anti-antis," The Hill (cache file), August 31, 2004.
• Jacob Laksin, "Protesting the 'Right' Way," FrontPageMag.com, September 2, 2004.
• Robert Wilonsky, "Clash Course. Warriors of the right take their battle against the left to the streets of New York," Houston Press, September 9, 2004; "The Right's Stuff. A Texas-based band of conservative warriors tackles the left on its own turf--the street," Dallas Observer, September 9, 2004.
• Will Franklin, "Sarcasm a weapon for these Warriors. Despite 'uneventful' demonstration Sunday, protesters say they're getting a message out," The Daily Cougar (official student newspaper University of Houston), September 14, 2004.
• Michelle Goldberg, "Flicks for the far right. At the inaugural American Film Renaissance festival, conservative film-makers take feeble aim at Hollyweird - and their arch-nemesis, Michael Moore," Salon (Guardian Unlimited (UK)), September 15, 2004: "In many ways, they are the distillate of the Bush-era right: paragons of smugness who confuse martial iconography with physical courage. They are hot to do battle with America's foes -- not by actually fighting them abroad but by patrolling the borders of acceptable rhetoric here at home."
• Rob Kemp, "Conservative 'Protest Warriors' Take On The Left At RNC March," MTV.com, September 21, 2004.
• GUN FAN, "Protest Warriors Connectable to the CIA," Seattle IndyMedia Center, September 27, 2004. re Josiah Hagen; broken NYC IndyMedia link can be accessed here.
• Scott McConnell, "Conventional Wisdom. Without the peaceful street protests, the Republican Convention would have been less democratic," The American Conservative, September 27, 2004.
• Jennifer Jackson, Op-Ed: "Courage has strange meanings in Canada," The Daily Cougar Online (official student newspaper University of Houston), October 7, 2004.
• "Joint Operation: Protest Warrior/Free Republic, Oct. 24, 2004 (Martinsville Speedway)," Protest Warrior (Free Republic), October 11, 2004.
• bsfilter, "Protest Warriors," LiveJournal.com, October 16, 2004.
• Jamie Glazov, "Liberty Rising," FrontPageMag.com, November 11, 2004.
• Stephania, "Code Pink Hayward Speaker Event Invaded," IndyBay, November 25, 2004. re Lee Kaplan / Defending America for Knowledge and Action/DAFKA, and Protest Warrior
• Dallas Mom for Peace, "PROTESTING the Protest Warriors," North Texas Independent Media Center (cache file), December 14, 2004.

2005

• Robert MacMillan, "Protesting the Protesters. Small Band of Conservatives Comes to Town to Answer Anti-Bush Groups," Washington Post, January 20, 2005.
• Jeff Simmermon, "Protest Warriors Got Their War On, Alright," And I Am Not Lying for Real Blogspot, January 24, 2005.
• "'Operation: Electronic Pwnage.', More like 'Operation: Spam'," FearBush.com Forum, January 29, 2005. Note: Protest Warrior link does not work.
• Pretzel-Ali, "Protest Warriors are a joke," JoeUser.com, February 12, 2005.
• Heather Wilhelm, "Undercover Protester," AFF Double Think, February 14, 2005.
• Smash, "Patriots' Picnic," The Indepundit, February 24, 2005.
• scott crow and Jerry B, "Protest "Warriors" or Protest Losers?", Turning the Tide, Central Texas Anti-Racist Action, March 2, 2005.
• anarchist heart, "rough draft of ProtestWarrior article," D.C. IndyMedia, March 3, 2005.
• Mark A. Rose, "Today's Lebanon Democrat column: 'Sticking it to liberal leftists'," Right Minded, March 7, 2005.
• "PROTEST MARCH, 19th March, 'GLOBAL DAY'," Protest Warrior (Free Republic), March 12, 2005.
• Bob Robuck, "New strategies used in local war protests," News8Austin.com, March 19, 2005.
• Dawn, "Protest Warrior HQ Announcement," ConservaChick Blogspot, April 30, 2005.
• HackThisSite.org, "Right Wing Hackers Target IndyMedia," IndyMedia.us, May 2, 2005.
• Asher Price, "Austin group complains of hack attack. Online political warriors savage opposition Web sites," Austin American-Statesman, July 14, 2005.
• "Spastic Protest Monkey Monday," You Are Dumb Blog, August 15, 2005: "Sheehan's protest is drawing attention from all types - filthy hippies who realize their path to respectability lies through Sheehan, local conservative deejays who realize their path to notoriety is through Sheehan, and, oh, by the way, a Protest Warrior."
• Angela K. Brown, "Tiny Crawford Braces for Dueling Protests," Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle), August 27, 2005. re Peace Vigil in Crawford, Texas
• "Splitters ... Before we bring up the 'oops' moment in Crawford," TBogg Blogspot, August 27, 2005.
• Jeff Paterson, "Photos from Crawford Pro-War Rally; 'Protest Warriors' Attacked by Rightwing Mob," IndyBay, August 28, 2005.
• eyeroller, "Bushite vs. Bushite," tribe/m, August 28, 2005.
• Frankie, "Idiot Republicans Trample Pro-Bush Protest Warrior Sign," Republicans Hate America Blogspot, August 28, 2007.
• Frankie, "College Republican Ryan Chapman Suggests 'Tear-Gassing' Protestors," Republicans Hate America Blogspot, August 30, 2007.
• "Pro-Troop Tour to Make 20+ Stops Across Nation," Move America Forward, September 15, 2005. Includes RightMarch.com and Protest Warrior
• Timothy Dwyer, "Smaller but Spirited Crowd Protests Antiwar March. More Than 200 Say They Represent Majority," Washington Post, September 25, 2005.
• Walter Brasch, "'Always There': The Voice of a Gold Star Mother," Dissident Voice, October 11, 2005.
• "Liberty Film Festival Opens in L.A.," NewsMax, October 12, 2005.
• Mitch, "Above the rules?" Shot in the Dark, October 24, 2005.
• Jesse Walker, "Hollywood Squares. Lessons from a conservative film festival," Reason Online, October 26, 2005: "The worst case of elevating political sympathies over competent filmmaking—indeed, the worst movie of the festival—was 'Entering Zion', a travelogue by the Dallas-based filmmakers Kfir Alfia and Alan Lipton."
• "Protest Warriors Get PWNED! By Their Own," rocnrev.com (cache file), December 31, 2005. Note: photos do not open.

2006

• Christopher Hayes, "But Can He Hack Prison?" ChrisHayes.org, 2006.
• "Operation Temecula Vanguard: A Protest Warrior Event," Protest Warrior HQ (Free Republic), January 1, 2006.
• Gen. JC Christian, "Scenes from the Renaissance," Jesus General Blogspot, January 15, 2006: "Kfir Alfia donates two dollars to the Wounded Warrior Project in honor of those who sacrificed their limbs so he could market his Protest Warrior line of merchandise."
• "Operation Yellow Ribbon II," Protest Warrior (Free Republic), March 2, 2006.
• Smash, "San Diego FReep of Code Pink, 3/18/06 from 12 to 4 pm, At Balboa Park," The Indepundit (Free Republic), March 14, 2006.
• "Join Protest Warrior's Operation Yellow Ribbon Sat. and Sun, Mar 18-19 in Times Square," Free Republic, March 17, 2006.
• "OPERATION INFINITE FREEP: Louisville Leftists Lose Another One-3/18/06," Free Republic, March 25, 2006.
• T M P, "Protest Warriors sleeping with the enemy?" Protest Warrior Forums (Free Republic), April 24, 2006.
• Brendan Steinhauser, "Net Brutality… Literally. FreedomWorks crashes press event: check out the great photos!" FreedomWorks, May 18, 2006: "A free market coalition led by FreedomWorks and Protest Warrior crashed the press conference held today by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), MoveOn.org and musician Moby."
• "Wikipedia's article of Protest Warrior is up for deletion," Free Republic, June 18, 2006.
• firebrand, "NYC Protest of the Times: After-Action Report," Free Republic, July 11, 2006.
• "PW exposing Protestwarrior once more," Students for Democracy Forum, July 12, 2006.
• Kristinn Taylor, "D.C. Chapter & Protest Warrior to Defend White House From ANSWER March Saturday 8/12/06," Free Republic, August 10, 2006.
• "Everything PW," Refugee Camp Forum (begins September 26, 2006).
• 'Thunder90', General Topic, Fighting the Left Forum, October 11, 2006: "Kfir and Alan are restructuring the organization so it is ready for the 2008 election season and the possible need to counter lefties if war against Iran and/or North Korea breaks out."
• "Some good news," Head To Head (UK) U-Know! Forum, November 13, 2006.
• Silent-Shadow, "Founder of HackThisSite sent to do time...," HackThisSite.org, December 10, 2006.

2007

• Scroff (George Markunas), "RIP Protest Warrior," Any Which Way, January 30, 2007.