Report: Queens Man Identified As 'Major Player' In White Supremacist Movement

Joseph Jordan a.k.a Eric Striker

One of the most prolific members of the online white supremacist community has been identified as a 30-year-old resident of Flushing and graduate of Queens College named Joseph Jordan, according to an investigation from the watchdog group Southern Poverty Law Center.

Published as part of the non-profit's Hatewatch initiative, the report found that Jordan—operating under the pseudonym Eric Striker—has contributed close to 700 posts to the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer and appeared on hundreds of hours of alt-right podcasts in recent years. His online persona is littered with hateful and threatening messages, including calls for Jews to be "driven out of America," violent fantasies about gay people, and racist bile.

"Few alt-right performers of the Trump era have produced as much propaganda in terms of raw megabytes as Jordan has under his Striker moniker," wrote SPLC's Michael Edison Hayden.

The group claims researchers were able to determine his identity through dozens of interviews with former classmates and members of the alt-right, who recognized photos of Jordan and identified his voice from the podcast "Strike and Mike," which he co-hosts with the well-known white supremacist Mike Peinovich. (Peinovich was also doxxed a few years ago, and suffered a reputational hit after it was revealed that he is married to a Jewish woman). In one video leaked to SPLC, the person identified as Jordan appears to be throwing up a Hitler salute during a book-burning hosted by Peinovich.

According to the non-profit's findings, Jordan organized with the neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn while studying history at Queens College. After graduating in 2013, he eventually linked up with Peinovich, who introduced him to other neo-Nazi leaders like Richard Spencer and Matthew Heimbach.

From there, Jordan followed a familiar path: joining the fringe social media site Gab, endorsing the discredited Pizzagate conspiracy theory, and participating in the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville. He was also targeted by the internecine fighting that has characterized the far-right movement in recent years, with fellow reactionaries accusing him of being non-white.

Jordan's parents both have Latinx names, according to the report, and one neighbor told SPLC that his mother is an immigrant from South America. The family lives in Flushing—where Jordan's address is listed—among one of the most diverse populations in the country.

"Beyond the fact that he appears to be directly linked to New York City's immigrant community himself, he knows very well that the things said about immigrants on The Daily Stormer [and alt-right podcasts] are insidious lies," Hayden told Gothamist. "New York City and in particular the borough of Queens is sustained by the ability of its residents to look past superficial differences, and yet Jordan sought fleeting internet fame by preaching hate."

It’s unknown what Jordan does for work, or if he’s currently residing in Flushing. Neighbors told Hayden that they have seen him in the neighborhood, though less so in recent months.

Jordan declined comment to SPLC, and Gothamist's efforts to reach him were not successful.