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Initially formed in San Francisco in March 2003 ProtestWarrior.com is "a website created to help arm the liberty-loving silent majority with ammo -- ammo that strikes at the intellectual solar plexus of the Left. ... Encouraged by our successful crashing of the February 16th [[Alan Lipton]2003] and [[Kfir Alfia]http://www.protestwarrior.com/videos/crashing_the_protests.php San Francisco anti-war protest], Protest Warrior we decided it was registered as time for the Left to put down their megaphones, peel off their bumper stickers, and listen to the people who believe in the core values of this country. It's time to start making a Limited Liability Company (LLC) in Texas in July 2003little noise," its website [http://www.protestwarrior.com/ states].
*[http://www.protestwarrior.com/images/misc/israel/html/kfir_israel01.html Images: Kfir Alfia's trip to Israel (26 pages)]; [http://www.protestwarrior.com/images/misc/israel/html/kfir_israel03.html includes Kfir Alfia's "mom's apartment in Tel Aviv" and Grandma Esther (British soldiers .. "who have been known to shoot at poster distributors") (page 3)]; [http://www.protestwarrior.com/images/misc/israel/html/kfir_israel12.html "Welcome to Zion, the last refuge of civilization in the Middle East" (page 12)]; [http://www.protestwarrior.com/images/misc/israel/html/kfir_israel26.html "Trade this for 'peace'? Never" (page 26)], Protest Warrior.com.
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'''Protest Warrior''' is an Austin, Texas-based group formed in March 2003 in reaction to protests against the US 2003 U.S.-led [[invasion of Iraq]] in 2003. The group's slogan is "''Fighting the left... doing it right''."
The group's slogan currently [http://www.protestwarrior.com/ reads] ''Fighting the left... doing it right''. In December 2003, the slogan [http://web.archive.org/web/20041009143803/www.rocknrev.com/pw/protestwarrior.html read] ''Doin' whats Right, Fightin' whats Left'' [sic].
Initially formed in San Francisco in March 2003 by Alan Lipton and Kfir Alfia, Protest Warrior was registered as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) in Texas in July 2003.
The most recent Protest Warrior [http://www.protestwarrior.com/ announcement] dates from December 16, 2006. The most recent Protest Warrior HQ [http://hq.protestwarrior.com/ announcement] dates from August 15, 2005.
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==Ideology==
Protest Warrior believes that [[left-wing]] politics and [[statism]] constitute a threat to the future of freedom and individualism, and that the left's ideas if taken to the extreme can lead to [[totalitarian]] [[police state|police states]]. Seeing '[[liberal]]s' (in the United States usage of the term) as morally bankrupt and needing to be confronted head on, they feel that the voices of the left "are heard disproportionately, demoralizing our troops, and emboldening dictators around the world."
The stated purpose of the Protest Warriors is to provide an alternative ideological viewpoint to that of left-wing anti-war protesters and organizers.
[Note: Source unidentified.]
==Methodology==
Those who conflict with the Protest Warriors generally see them as acting in a provoking or aggressive manner towards protestors, and that the Protest Warrior signs are offensive. Many feel that the Protest Warriors are deliberately confrontational and hostile to antagonize the otherwise peaceful protestors. Some see the Protest Warriors' criticism of [[Islam]] as bigoted. Others feel that the Protest Warriors, by choosing groups likely to be agitated by their rhetoric as targets, are causing the very problem they intend to demonstrate.
[Note: Source unidentified.]
==Mission Statement==
==Website==
===Domain Name===The group domain PROTESTWARRIOR.COM was [http://www.whois.ws/whois-com/ip-address/protestwarrior.com/ created] February 21, 2003, less than one week following the San Francisco counterprotest. The [http://www.whois.ws/domain_information-com/protestwarrior.com/ domain contact] is Siliconvalleyheadhunter.com, Kfir Alfia. ===Use===PW maintains a [[website]] as an organizing and information hub. The website is often zealous and confrontational. Although the Protest Warriors have been influenced by the [[right-wing]] website [[Free Republic]], slogans such as "Saddam only killed his own people.. it was none of our business" and "Communism has only killed 100 million people... let's give it another chance" clearly set them apart in both style and attitude.
A motto from the website states:
The active forums of Protest Warrior have a large selection of topics for discussion; the group prides itself on permitting people of any ideology to join in on the discussions, provided that they do not threaten the perceived moral and intellectual integrity of the Protest Warrior founders. However, it is often alleged that comments are deleted and users are banned from the site based on the opinions which are expressed. While some participants claim that such opinions are unfounded, offering as evidence the fact that members of many differing ideologies frequently post there, they fail to recognize that the range of allowable difference is minimal, that self-selection for ineffectual or mockable individuals is rampant, and that ProtestWarrior critics such as RocknRev's claims can be independently verified through exhaustive use of www.archive.org to compare the claims of site critics to those of site founders. [Surprisingly, said critics seem unaware of this resource.]
[Note: Source unidentified.]
==Chapters/Leaders/Affiliates==
Also see [http://hq.protestwarrior.com/?page=chapters/list_chapters.php List of Chapters].
*[[Kfir Alfia*Alan Davidson]] (West Coast) (a.k.a. Alan Lipton?)*Gil Knobrin [[http://andiamnotlyingforreal.blogspot.com/2005/01/protest-warriors-got-their-war-on.html]*Tom Paladino]] (New York)*[[Jason Taylor]] (Dallas) [http://hq.protestwarrior.com/?page=/featured/Dallas/flagpole_hill.php]*Steven Thunander (University of Wisconsin) ===Alan Lipton===Alan R. Lipton and his "childhood friend" Kfir Alfia co-founded Protest Warrior in March 2003. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5699723/site/newsweek/] Lipton also goes by the name Alan Davidson, as Davidson is referenced as a co-founder with Alfia [http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/voices/200310/1028antiwar.html here], [http://www.openfire.us/blog/archives/2004/03/1783.php here], [http://www.amconmag.com/2004_09_13/feature.html here], [http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0403/month.htm here], and [http://www.johnnypnews.com/eaglestrike.htm here]. The PW [http://www.protestwarrior.com/faq.php photo] at the bottom of this page shows Alan as "Alan Lipton". The [http://www.openfire.us/blog/archives/2004/03/1783.php same] PW photo posted here shows Alan as "Alan Davidson". Lipton "was a political science major who is now a graduate from the USC film school. He currently lives in L.A. pursuing a career in film," the Protest Warrior website states. [Steven Thunanderhttp://www.protestwarrior.com/faq.php] ===Kfir Alfia==="Kfir graduated with two degrees, computer engineering and film production and was recently working for a startup in Silicon Valley designing networking chips. He currently lives in Austin and works on Personal Maestro, a business started by Kfir and his brother," the Protest Warrior website states. [http://www.protestwarrior.com/faq.php] According to the ''Wikipedia'': :"Alfia's family moved to Dallas from [[Israel]] (when he was two years old. He attended Hebrew school at Akiba Academy and proceeded to J.J. Pearce High School before attending the University of WisconsinTexas at Austin. As a teen, he read many [[libertarian]] texts by writers such as Friedrich Hayek and Ayn Rand, as well as conservative publications such as [[National Review]]. He was a fan of talk radio and he was a published source at Contumacy.Org ([http://contumacy.org/ web])as well as the ''Austin Review''." [http://www.dallasobserver.com/2004-09-09/news/the-right-s-stuff/2] ==Donations==The PW [https://www.protestwarrior.com/donate/donations.php donations page] links to PayPal. Checks can also be mailed to:<br>ProtestWarrior<br>8816 Honeysuckle Tr. [http://austin.housealmanac.com/home-133032.htm]<br>Austin, TX 78759<br>
==Contact details==
Alan Lipton alan AT protestwarrior.com <br>
==Resources and articles=====Related SourceWatch Resourcesarticles===
*[[Gathering of Eagles]]
*[[Islamofascism]]
*[[Leo Pusateri]]
*[[Peace Vigil in Crawford, Texas]]
*[[Walter Reed Army Medical Center protests]]
===External Linkslinks=======By / From Protest Warrior===*Kfir Alfia, [http://tspweb02.tsp.utexas.edu/webarchive/05-01-01/PF2001050104_s04_THE.html "More manifestoes,"] ''The Daily Texan'' Online, May 1, 2001.*Kfir Alfia, [http://tspweb02.tsp.utexas.edu/webarchive/07-17-01/2001071704_s03_THE.html "Media and soft money,"] ''The Daily Texan'' Online, July 17, 2001. re [[soft money]]*Kfir Alfia, [http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2001/11/14/Opinion/The-Firing.Line.nov.14th.2001-505082.shtml Opinion: "Thanks for the tip,"] ''The Daily Texan'' Online, November 14, 2001.=
*Kfir Alfia, [http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=7249 "Saddamized in San Francisco,"] [http://www.contumacy.org/19saddamized.html www.Contumacy.org] (''[[FrontPageMag.com]]''), April 14, 2003. ''Contumacy'' is a "campus journal of politics and culture at the University of Texas at Austin."
*Kfir Alfia and Alan Davidson, [http://www.archive.org/details/Operation_Wolverines "Operation Wolverines,"] Internet Archives, 2004.
*[http://www.protestwarrior.com/videos/liberty_rising.php "Liberty Rising (2004)"] (film), Protest Warrior.
*Kfir and Alan, [http://www.gopusa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13788 "Manifesto,"] Protest Warrior posted on [[GOPUSA]] Forum, August 17, 2004.
*Kfir Alfia and Alan Lipton, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496507/ "Entering Zion" (2005)], IMDb: "Entering Zion will take you on a pilgrimage through the land of Israel. You'll go from the clubs of Tel Aviv to the shores of the Dead Sea..." See [http://www.libertyfilmfestival.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=47 "Liberty Film Festival"] entry.
*Kfir Alfia and Alan Lipton, ''A Field Guide to Left-Wing Wackos And What to Do about Them'' (Hardcover), Portfolio, May 2007, ISBN 1595230378.
*Kfir Alfia, ''Protest Warrior'' (Hardcover), Sentinel, June 26, 2007, ISBN-10: 1595230378 / ISBN-13: 978-1595230379.
====Background====
* [http://www.protestwarrior.com/misc/public/media_resources/ProtestWarrior_Press_Kit.pdf Protest Warrior Press Kit].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_Warrior Protest Warrior]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Protest_Warrior Talk:Protest Warrior]; and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Protest_Warrior&action=history history/edits] in the ''Wikipedia''.
*[http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Talk:Protest_Warrior/Archive_3 Talk:Protest Warrior/Archive 3], Biocrawler.com.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20041009143803/www.rocknrev.com/pw/protestwarrior.html "Protest Warrior Exposed!"] ''rocknrev.com'' (inactive linkcache file), September 29, 2004.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20041013193651/http://www.rocknrev.com/pw/protestwarrior2.html "Protest Warrior Exposed Again,"] ''rocknrev.com'' (cache file; other working links [http://web.archive.org/web/20041205200258/http://www.rocknrev.com/pw/protestwarrior2.html here], [http://web.archive.org/web/20050206002036/http://www.rocknrev.com/pw/protestwarrior2.html here], and [http://web.archive.org/web/20051027173207/http://www.rocknrev.com/pw/protestwarrior2.html here]), October 13, 2004. Note: not all internal links work.
====[[Protest Warrior/Articles & Commentary|About External articles about Protest Warrior]]====
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