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The rally, set for Sunday on the one-year anniversary of the deadly 鈥淯nite the Right鈥� rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been branded a 鈥渨hite civil rights鈥� protest, but is being put on by Kessler, who organized the neo-Nazis, racists, white supremacists and white nationalists in what became a violent gathering that saw three people killed.

While the racist "alt-right" treated the 2017 rally in Kessler鈥檚 hometown as a coming out party in the wake of Donald Trump鈥檚 win in the presidential election, the anniversary gathering in Washington, D.C., in Lafayette Square Park on the doorstep of the White House is proving a much tougher ticket for Kessler to sell.

Many major players in the first rally 鈥� alt-right golden boy Richard Spencer, the League of the South, Radical Agenda podcaster Christopher Cantwell and multiple militia groups 鈥� have all very publicly distanced themselves from Kessler and the idea of a second rally.

鈥淎s I鈥檝e stated before, I will *not* be participating in the Unite The Right 2 rally. (I鈥檒l, of course, *consider* any good-faith offer for an appearance, as I did Kessler鈥檚. But I鈥檝e already made my decision clear on many occasions now.),鈥� Spencer tweeted on August 5.

Alt-right frontman Richard Spencer tweeted on Aug. 5 that he wouldn't take part in a "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington, D.C.,organized by Jason Kessler. The first rally devolved into a series of fights. Three people were killed at the 2017 gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia.

With a lack of public big names willing to attend and Kessler鈥檚 pariah status among his fellow racists and in his hometown, a second rally is shrouded in uncertainty as to who will attend, how many people will show up and will 2018 be as big a disaster as 2017.

After losing a bid for a permit to hold the anniversary rally in Charlottesville (and later dropping a lawsuit over the issue), Kessler has been quiet about who will be speaking at the Washington, D.C., rally.

, Kessler's wish list for speakers included neo-Nazi Congressional candidate Paul Nehlen of Wisconsin and David Duke, the grandfather of the modern racist movement and well-known publicity hound. Neither have committed to speaking at the rally.

On Twitter, Kessler is promising a human rights activist from South Africa, an Iraq War veteran and various other activists in the nation鈥檚 capital but won鈥檛 name names.

鈥淚鈥檓 not releasing the names of speakers because I don鈥檛 want them subject to harassment,鈥� Kessler wrote in a since-deleted tweet on August 6.

"Unite the Right 2" organizer Jason Kessler has posted to Twitter and the alt-right social media site Gab that he won't reveal who is expected to speak at his rally on Aug. 12 in Washington, D.C.

And, Kessler isn鈥檛 even sure how many people will show up to the rally. In a deposition related to a lawsuit he filed against Charlottesville, Kessler acknowledged he had no idea how many people would be at the 2017 rally. When asked about his estimate of 400 for that gathering, Kessler said he pulled it 鈥渙ut of a hat.鈥�

Kessler was also unable to give an estimate of how many people might show up at his proposed gathering in 2018. Kessler did not return an email from the 澳彩开奖 with questions about the rally.

In some ways, it is easier to peg who won鈥檛 be in Washington, D.C., and what won鈥檛 happen at Kessler鈥檚 rally than who will be there and a schedule of what will take place.

Kessler has called for neo-Nazis, white supremacists and militias to stay away. It鈥檚 one of the few things he鈥檚 found agreement on with participants from last year.

On Gab, a social media site favored by the alt-right, racists and neo-Nazi crowd, there鈥檚 massive skepticism about "Unite the Right 2."

鈥淩emember the shitshow he created in Charlottesville?鈥� asked Gab user W.O. Cassity, who describes himself as an 鈥淚ndie Fantasy and Horror author.鈥� 鈥淣o, he's not on our side nor is he even a Conservative.聽 He's a subversive leading all factions of the Right into a honey pot so we can be vilified.聽 He was a confessed Leftist until the day AFTER Trump's election victory. Avoiding this rally IS being tactical and strategic because there is only an opportunity for the media to use this to demonize Trump and his supporters as fascists.鈥�

Andrew Anglin, who runs the neo-Nazi blog the Daily Stormer, has called for his readers and followers to avoid Kessler鈥檚 rally. In a long blog post on August 5, Anglin said street marches aren鈥檛 the answer and don鈥檛 have the effect people like Kessler want them to have. Instead, Anglin wrote, they create 鈥渂ad optics鈥� for the alt-right and neo-Nazis.

鈥淭here is no imminent street-fighting revolution where we rally the troops to fight the military then do day of the rope,鈥� Anglin wrote. 鈥淚f you thought there was, that鈥檚 sad and I鈥檓 sorry for you. It must be like learning that Santa isn鈥檛 real. But that is the reality.鈥�

The neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer and the primary blogger Andrew Anglin have asked followers to stay away from Jason Kessler's "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 12. "These post-Charlottesville marches have no purpose, other than to make anyone who supports white self-determination look like a fringe lunatic. They are horribly destructive, and they need to stop," Anglin wrote on Aug. 5. The denunciation is the latest sign of discord on the far right after the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia devolved into violent conflicts and ended with three people being killed.

Unlike the 2017 rally, which featured a torch-lit march at the University of Virginia with white nationalist and white supremacists chanting 鈥淛ews will not replace us,鈥� there will be no fire this time for Kessler and his crew. The National Park Service doesn鈥檛 allow fires at Lafayette Square Park, which could leave some of Kessler鈥檚 crew in the dark. Despite suggestions in leaked Facebook messages, there seems to be no cohesive plan for any imitation of the torch-lit rally.

鈥淣o fire allowed. We need to forget about the torch thing,鈥� Kessler wrote in a leaked Facebook message on May 23.

But, there will be counter-protests. Nearly two dozen organizers from groups including Black Lives Matter Charlottesville, Black Lives Matter D.C., Maryland Antifa, the D.C. Antifascist Collective and the Frederick Socialists are planning a mass counter-protest, according to聽 The demonstration is called聽 which will go on for the entire weekend.

鈥淭his is for Heather Heyer, ICE abolition, open borders, dismantling the prison industrial complex, and ending the settler colonial system. We will confront fascism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and state violence on August 10-12,鈥� reads the counter-protest鈥檚聽

As for Charlottesville, along the downtown mall and near the park housing the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, which was the epicenter of the 2017 violence. The idea, officials have said, is to promote peace and take back the weekend and image and narrative about the city of 48,000 from the events of 2017.

It is unknown if Kessler or any of his supporters will try to make a show in the city on the anniversary of the prior year鈥檚 riot.

鈥淗e鈥檚 not going to hold a rally in Charlottesville on August 11 or August 12,鈥� said his attorney, James Kolenich, after a July 24 court hearing. 鈥淏ut he doesn鈥檛 need a permit to walk around with a bullhorn with less than so many people. I don鈥檛 know if that is his intention.鈥�

Kessler has been mostly silent on any plans for Charlottesville, leaving what may happen there in question. And, a city on edge as the deadly anniversary passes.