"Dixon, an associate professor of Asian and Middle Eastern studies, used to be a member of Silver Valley Redneck Revolt, a chapter of the antifascist, antiracist, anticapitalist political group Redneck Revolt. The group was formed in 2016 and some members, including Dixon, were present at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., to provide armed security and medical assistance to counterprotesters. Redneck Revolt disbanded in 2019 and has no active chapters, according to its website."
"In a 2018 interview with The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dixon described himself as an "anarchist," and he is no stranger to blowback for his political activism and support for gun rights. He was arrested for bringing a semiautomatic rifle to a Ku Klux Klan counterprotest in Durham, N.C., in 2018-the case was later dismissed as unconstitutional on the grounds that the charges violated Dixon's First and Second Amendment rights."
UNC Chapel Hill placed Professor Dwayne Dixon on leave while the university investigates alleged advocacy of politically motivated violence. Dixon is an associate professor of Asian and Middle Eastern studies and a former member of Silver Valley Redneck Revolt, an antifascist, antiracist, anticapitalist group formed in 2016. Some members, including Dixon, attended the 2017 Unite the Right rally to provide armed security and medical assistance to counterprotesters. Redneck Revolt disbanded in 2019 and lists no active chapters. Dixon has described himself as an anarchist and faced arrest in 2018 for bringing a semiautomatic rifle to a Ku Klux Klan counterprotest; those charges were later dismissed on First and Second Amendment grounds. The leave followed fallout connected to fliers appearing on a Georgetown University campus.
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