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Ideologically, the group has changed over time. When it was formed, its focus was exclusively anti-colonial in nature. Claiming to advocate on behalf of all black and indigenous peoples, they promoted anti-capitalist and anti-colonial ideas during their events and public preaching sessions to people experiencing homelessness and the students and faculty at Georgia State University. Their main rallying cry is “Land Back,” an effort to “take all of our continents back from the colonizer.” To this end, they attempted (and failed) to purchase their own tracts of land, to be called “Hammer Cities,” to start a new homeland-of-sorts exclusively for people of color with “no cops, no rent, no Coronavirus, and no white people.” As part of their community organizing, activists across the country distributed food and face masks to the local people experiencing homelessness.

By 2021, while still promoting their “Land Back” goals, the group’s leader, [[Gazi Kodzo]], began advancing a more far-right narrative. After failing to acquire land in Colorado in July 2021, the organization has since pivoted to focusing on their [[Anti-vaxxers|objection to Covid vaccine mandates]] as well as voicing support and staging protests for the [[2021 United States Capitol storming|January 6 Capitol]] insurrectionists whom Gazi refers to as “Freedom Fighters.” Kodzo has also promoted the [[Proud Boys]] and appeared on [[Gavin McInnes]]’ (the Proud Boys’ founder and former leader) show, advocated for formalized segregation in a video titled, “Why I agree with MAGA,” touted election conspiracy theories, and voiced support for [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] after she was removed from Twitter.

By 2021, while still promoting their “Land Back” goals, the group’s leader, [[Augustus Cornelius Romain, Jr.|Gazi Kodzo]], began advancing a more far-right narrative. After failing to acquire land in Colorado in July 2021, the organization has since pivoted to focusing on their [[Anti-vaxxers|objection to Covid vaccine mandates]] as well as voicing support and staging protests for the [[2021 United States Capitol storming|January 6 Capitol]] insurrectionists whom Gazi refers to as “Freedom Fighters.” Kodzo has also promoted the [[Proud Boys]] and appeared on [[Gavin McInnes]]’ (the Proud Boys’ founder and former leader) show, advocated for formalized segregation in a video titled, “Why I agree with MAGA,” touted election conspiracy theories, and voiced support for [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] after she was removed from Twitter.

The group is often seen armed and sporting tactical vests at public protests and events.

===Anti-Semitism===

Both the organization’s official social media and Gazi Kodzo’s personal profiles have featured antisemitism and anti-Zionism. Their antisemitism is often couched in anti-colonialism, which lends itself to anti-Israel and anti-Zionism rhetoric. Tropes of Jewish control also feature in the group’s Twitter feeds.

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 Ideologically, the group has changed over time. When it was formed, its focus was exclusively anti-colonial in nature. Claiming to advocate on behalf of all black and indigenous peoples, they promoted anti-capitalist and anti-colonial ideas during their events and public preaching sessions to people experiencing homelessness and the students and faculty at Georgia State University. Their main rallying cry is “Land Back,” an effort to “take all of our continents back from the colonizer.” To this end, they attempted (and failed) to purchase their own tracts of land, to be called “Hammer Cities,” to start a new homeland-of-sorts exclusively for people of color with “no cops, no rent, no Coronavirus, and no white people.” As part of their community organizing, activists across the country distributed food and face masks to the local people experiencing homelessness.
-By 2021, while still promoting their “Land Back” goals, the group’s leader, [[Gazi Kodzo]], began advancing a more far-right narrative. After failing to acquire land in Colorado in July 2021, the organization has since pivoted to focusing on their [[Anti-vaxxers|objection to Covid vaccine mandates]] as well as voicing support and staging protests for the [[2021 United States Capitol storming|January 6 Capitol]] insurrectionists whom Gazi refers to as “Freedom Fighters.” Kodzo has also promoted the [[Proud Boys]] and appeared on [[Gavin McInnes]]’ (the Proud Boys’ founder and former leader) show, advocated for formalized segregation in a video titled, “Why I agree with MAGA,” touted election conspiracy theories, and voiced support for [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] after she was removed from Twitter.
+By 2021, while still promoting their “Land Back” goals, the group’s leader, [[Augustus Cornelius Romain, Jr.|Gazi Kodzo]], began advancing a more far-right narrative. After failing to acquire land in Colorado in July 2021, the organization has since pivoted to focusing on their [[Anti-vaxxers|objection to Covid vaccine mandates]] as well as voicing support and staging protests for the [[2021 United States Capitol storming|January 6 Capitol]] insurrectionists whom Gazi refers to as “Freedom Fighters.” Kodzo has also promoted the [[Proud Boys]] and appeared on [[Gavin McInnes]]’ (the Proud Boys’ founder and former leader) show, advocated for formalized segregation in a video titled, “Why I agree with MAGA,” touted election conspiracy theories, and voiced support for [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]] after she was removed from Twitter.
 The group is often seen armed and sporting tactical vests at public protests and events.
 ===Anti-Semitism===
 Both the organization’s official social media and Gazi Kodzo’s personal profiles have featured antisemitism and anti-Zionism. Their antisemitism is often couched in anti-colonialism, which lends itself to anti-Israel and anti-Zionism rhetoric. Tropes of Jewish control also feature in the group’s Twitter feeds.