Former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack, who was an iconic hero of the 1990s militia movement, is back in the saddle. As head of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, Mack is spreading antigovernment "Patriot" ideology to the Tea Parties, enthusiasts of the Second Amendment and, above all, law enforcement officials.
Massacre in Wisconsin
The neo-Nazi who slaughtered Sikhs developed his views in the Army and on the white power music scene.
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Sikh Temple Killer Wade Michael Page Radicalized in Army
When Wade Michael Page strode into a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., and began to murder people, it was the culmination of more than a decade in the neo-Nazi movement. The best evidence suggests that Page initially came to his beliefs while serving at a North Carolina Army base that was then a hotbed of white supremacist activity, but they were honed by a dozen years on the white power music scene.
Neo-Nazi Builds North Idaho Compound to Replace Defunct Aryan Nations
Soldiers at Georgia Army Base Charged in Deadly Antigovernment Plot
Former Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack Seeks ‘Army’ of Sheriffs to Resist Federal Authority
Former ‘Commissioner’ John Greschner Discusses Life and Death in the Aryan Brotherhood
John Greschner, who is serving a life sentence for murder, spent 24 years in the Aryan Brotherhood, many of them as one of three "commissioners" overseeing the deadly gang's activities in federal prisons. Now, Greschner is going public about the racist group's murders, its banking and collection system, and a whole lot more.
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The Lessons of Wisconsin
He was our Anders Breivik. Like the Norwegian who last year massacred 77 of his countrymen — most of them teenagers associated with the Labor Party he blamed for enabling Muslim immigration — Wade Michael Page capped a life of seething rage with a grotesque and bloody act of terrorism.
Extremists in the Military A Longstanding Problem
Sikh temple killer Wade Michael Page wasn’t the first to develop extremist beliefs in the military. The Pentagon has struggled for decades to keep white supremacists out of the ranks.
Anti-Sikh Hate Crimes Hard to Quantify But Very Real
Sikhs are frequently attacked because they are mistaken for Muslims, but no one knows the extent of hate crimes directed at them.
Murder and the Musician
A series of exclusive photos chronicles Sikh temple killer Wade Michael Page’s journey through the white power music scene.
‘Blood Out’
Leaving the Aryan Brotherhood can be a dangerous business. One former leader explains why he nevertheless quit the prison gant
One-Time American Renaissance Writer Ian Jobling Repudiates Racist Editor Jared Taylor
Ian Jobling, an intellectual who once worked for the American Renaissance journal, says he now rejects white nationalism and what he sees as its genocidal program.
Paranoid Prognosticators Fear Doom Under Second Obama Term
Facing the possibility that the president would be re-elected, the far right engaged in an orgy of fearful predictions of what a second Obama Administration might do.
Neo-Nazi Leader James Porrazzo Mixes Racism with Leftist Ideology
The arrests last spring of 14 American Front (AF) members in Florida capped a year of tumultuous infighting that began with the killing of the organization’s national leader, David Lynch. Now, an earlier AF national leader has returned and is working to lead Lynch’s former followers to a bizarre new ideology that mixes ideas of the radical right with those of the extreme left.
Briefs
Antigovernment Radicals in Louisiana Charged With the Murder of Two Deputies
People believed to be connected to the “sovereign citizens” movement have been charged in an August shootout that left two sheriff’s deputies near New Orleans dead.
Man Behind Anti-Muslim Film Helped Train Christian Extremist Militias
One of the men behind a crude piece of anti-Muslim propaganda blamed for provoking deadly riots across the Middle East helped train a paramilitary militia at an extreme-right Christian church in California.
Animal Rights Extremist Flees to the Open Waters to Avoid Arrest
Paul Watson, the swashbuckling founder of the radical animal rights group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society who has become an international fugitive since Interpol issued a request for his arrest this summer, has no intention of giving up easily.
Extremists Work to Influence Police Through Slanted Seminars
Hard-line interest groups are seeking to influence law enforcement officials with highly ideological training seminars that typically amount to little more than political propaganda.
Extremist Who Once Led SCV Pleads to $59 Million Rip-Off
Ron G. Wilson, a former national commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), pleaded guilty after being accused of defrauding investors in his company, Atlantic Bullion & Coin.
Christian ‘Historian,’ Denounced as a Propagandist, Sees Book Withdrawn
It has been a long and steady trip downhill for David Barton, the self-styled Christian writer who claims to debunk left-wing myths about America. His new book was yanked from shelves after its publisher learned of numerous egregious errors.
Conspiracy Theorist Jerome Corsi Plugs a New Obama Tall Tale
A far-right propagandist who published a book questioning the validity of President Obama’s birth certificate now has a new conspiracy theory about the president.
Family Research Council Shooter Charged with Assault with a Weapon
A man who was apparently sympathetic to LGBT people walked into the lobby of the anti-gay Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., and shot a staff member who was standing guard.
Incidents Add to Roster of Fake Bias Assaults, Fueling Far Right
Authorities determined an anti-LGBT hate crime reported in Nebraska was a hoax – one of several recent incidents in which “victims” lied about the attacks they supposedly suffered.
Hate in the Mainstream
Remarkable quotes from people who ought to know better including Pat Robertson, Barbara Espinosa, Nanette Billings, Ron Reale and others.