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Blood on the Border

Issue Number: 
101
 | 
Spring
 
2001
Across the U.S., the anti-immigration movement heats up with racist rhetoric and vigilante action. The Phelps clan terrorizes Topeka, Kan. League of the South leaders make a move on Southern churches.

In This Issue

'Blood on the Border': Anti-Immigrant Violence Looms

With the American economy on unsteady legs, anti-immigration groups promote vigilantism.

A City Held Hostage

Homosexual-hater Fred Phelps uses lawsuits and heavy-handed tactics to harass an entire Kansas city.

The Year In Hate, 2000

Race-based nationalism, black as well as white, is on the rise as the number of American hate groups swells.

Confederates in the Pulpit

Animated by extremist theology, a group of neo-Confederate zealots are seeking control of Southern churches.

More Features

Tackling Hate

Editorial
By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow
Intolerance and racial hatred are still spreading despite worldwide efforts to combat intolerance.

Hating the Jew

Spurred by developments in the Middle East and elsewhere, worldwide anti-Semitic violence spiked up sharply in 2000.

'The Last Outpost'

With the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations on the ropes, a Pennsylvanian named August Kreis may be making a bid for power.

The New Romantics

Mattias Gardell, a Swedish expert on right-wing extremism, says that racist Odinism is the up-and-coming radical religion of the future.

Legacy of Hate

Richard J. Cotter, a pillar of the establishment, leaves a small fortune to the neo-Nazi right, shocking many who knew him.

On The Inside

Inside Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church complex, where the extended Phelps family lives and disseminates its hatred.

Fred Phelps Timeline

View a timeline of gay-hater Fred Phelps' life, politics, and use of lawsuits and heavy-handed tactics to harass an entire Kansas city.

Klan Leader In Trouble

Jeff Berry, leader of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, is charged with five felonies.

Cyberhate Revisited

David Goldman, long-time monitor of Internet hate sites, argues that these sites are less important to extremists than is commonly believed.

Fear and Fantasy

A French novel, The Camp of the Saints, has become the favorite racist fantasy of the anti-immigrant movement in the US. Published by The Social Contract Press, the book is revered by American white supremacists.

The Immigrants: Myths and Reality

Anti-immigration groups claim that immigrants over-utilize government services, increase unemployment, bring diseases and degrade the environment. But studies from an array of groups show otherwise.

Anti-Immigration Groups

Behind the recent upswing in anti-immigration activism are an array of groups. Most of these groups work together and their leaders frequently hold cross-membership in several organizations at once.

In Their Own Words: Old-Line Hate Groups and More 'Mainstream' Organizations

Statements by old-line hate groups and more 'mainstream' organizations often show similar ideologies despite the groups' other differences.

Aryan Nations' Defectors Form Rival Church

Former members of the Aryan Nations have formed a rival white supremacist group to challenge Butler.

Briefs

'High-Rolling' Hate

David Duke allegedly ripped off backers
Long-time white supremacist David Duke allegedly defrauded supporters and channeled political funds to his own personal use.

'Lone Wolves'

Proponent of silence may have talked too much
Alex Curtis, a white supremacist, has been indicted on several counts of conspiring to violate civil rights.

Once Again, Arson Follows New Black Panther Protest

Black Supremacists
A pipe bomb damages Korean-owned A-1 Grocery store following sidewalk protests by the New Black Panther Party.

Racist Lawyer Joins SCV Leadership

Neo-Confederates
Kirk D. Lyons was elected at the SCV's August convention as a representative of the "Army of Northern Virginia Department."

'Warehouse Bank' is Busted After 14 Years

Patriots for Profit
Two Christian Patriot Association members were arrested and charged with running an unlicensed and uninsured 'warehouse bank.'

McVeigh Execution Set

Terrorism
Timothy McVeigh's execution date has been set for May 16, 2001. McVeigh dropped all his appeals.

Millionaire Racist Clashes with Cops

Policing Extremism
Racist millionaire Vincent Bertollini claims police used excessive force while arresting him for drunk driving.

Asian Youth Freed in Death of Racist Harasser

Hate Crimes

In Ocean Shores, Washington, Minh Duc Hong was freed after a hung jury in his manslaughter trial. Hong stabbed his harasser, Christopher Kinison, 23 times.

Nazi Skinhead Gets Death in Murder of Antiracists

In a case dramatizing the often violent warfare between racist and antiracist Skinheads, a Las Vegas man has been sentenced to death for his part in the execution-style murders of two antiracists.

Halting Abusive Lawyers

Victims of Fred Phelps' and others' abusive litigation have a variety of legal options for fighting back.