Vanguard American is a white nationalist group. Not a communist group.
The secretive organization has been emerging publicly since the presidential election, starting with white nationalist fliers on several college campuses and recruiting on a website that vilifies Jews, racial minorities, gays and multiculturalism.
Group members have been rallying alongside neo-Nazis, white nationalists and white supremacists, and its members have been seen in images on social media — faces often blurred — as groups of young white men waving black flags and wearing black hats emblazoned with a Vanguard America white eagle logo.
Thanks! I Googled it and found the same thing (I wouldn't believe the WaPo if they said the sun came up). The whole "Vanguard" thing threw me off- you know the "Vanguard of the Proletariat" Sorry it took so long to respond, it took a while to find the article where I read it so I could leave them a comment setting them straight (I'm sure it will do a lot of good). Thanks again.