As white nationalist movement faltered in US over the last year, Gab remained one of its safe harbors
It's Organizing 101: For any social movement to expand and succeed, like-minded supporters need to connect with one another - through meetings, rallies or social media.
But white nationalism isn't just any social movement. Meetings get canceled when venue owners realize who's renting their space. Rallies come under violent attack by organized anti-fascists. And big Silicon Valley tech companies are coming under increasing pressure to kick far-right personalities off their services.
Saturday's mass shooting by a neo-Nazi sympathizer at a Pittsburgh synagogue - which left 11 dead and is thought to be the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in American history - is likely to
