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Issue Number:

111

Fall

2003

Profiles of the top forty extremists of the radical right lead this issue, including such infamous leaders as Charles Juba, Billy Roper, and Ron Wilson. The National Alliance, the top U.S. neo-Nazi group, struggles for survival. The ultra-right Constitution Party hopes to fill the extreme conservative void.

In This Issue

Against the Wall: National Alliance Beset with Problems

By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow

The National Alliance, America's leading hate group, is beset by internal battles, external attacks, and plunging revenues and membership.

40 to Watch: Leaders of the Radical Right

What does the radical right look like after a year of reverses? The future may lie in the personalities still peopling the fringe

By Heidi Beirich and Mark Potok

After a year of reverses, the future of the radical right may lie in those profiled here, who are still peopling the fringe.

At Death's Door

Twenty-four years ago, a young police officer met the future heir apparent of the Aryan Nations. It almost cost him his life

David Koenig, a police officer from Dayton, Ohio, was shot by Aryan Nations heir apparent Harold Ray Redfeairn in 1979, but escaped with his life.

'Our Terrible Swift Sword'

Can the Constitution Party take politics to the extreme in 2004?

By Bob Moser

The Constitution Party, the most extreme far right party in the U.S., is gearing up for a political power grab in 2004.

More Features

Looking Forward Editorial By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow Report editor Mark Potok discusses the future of the American radical right and the nation's leading neo-Nazi group, the National Alliance.	Monkey Business A leading neo-Nazi rejects the 'wholesome' polkas and waltzes of his bosses for entertainment of an entirely different kind By Heidi Beirich and Bob Moser Neo-Nazi and EURO head Bruce Breeding has an alter ego that runs a porn magazine with accompanying website — and has become 'the Munkay.'
Sons of Confederate Veterans' Future Remains Unknown The battle over the future of the Sons of Confederate Veterans remains unresolved after the group's annual convention By Heidi Beirich and Mark Potok The battle over the future of the Sons of Confederate Veterans remains unresolved after the group's annual convention.	Re-examining the Portland Trial An Oregon writer exhumes the 1990 civil case against neo-Nazi Tom Metzger, arguing that it was wrong-headed from the start. By Daniel Levitas Oregon journalist Elinor Langer examines the Center's 1990 Metzger case and argues it was wrong-headed from the start in "A Hundred Little Hitlers."
Return of the 'Kosher Nazi' Four years ago, he was organizing a Washington D.C., 'mass rally' of four. Now the former Andy Greenbaum is selling something new By Bob Moser Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a young neo-Nazi upstart publicly discredited for his Jewish heritage, is now using spam to hawk penis-enlargement pills on the net.

Briefs

Racist Activist Joins, Then Quits, Controversial English-Only Group Mainstreaming Extremism James Lubinskas, recently hired as director of communications for the controversial English-only group U.S. English, left the group after ties to hate groups were exposed.	Immigration Activist Shoots Up Woman's Garage Anti-Immigrant Extremism Anti-immigration activist and American Patrol leader Glenn Spencer was arrested in August 2003 for shooting at a neighbor's garage after he claimed his home — also group headquarters — had been burglarized.	Extremist Leaders Join Ten Commandments Protests Radical Religion A wide range of extremists attended rallies supporting Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore and his Ten Commandments monument.
Violence Follows Immigrant-Bashing Rhetoric Hate Crime Anti-immigrant rhetoric accompanies an attempted murder and arson against a family of Mexican immigrants in Farmingville, N.Y.	Florida Abortion Foe Charged in Molestation Anti-Abortion Extremism Former Klansman John Burt, anti-abortion extremist, was charged with child molestation in June 2003.	U.S. Moves Against Radical Tax Cheats Tax Protestors In legal cases against tax protest impresario Irwin Schiff and other cheaters, the U.S. federal government is cracking down on tax evasion radicals.
Remaking the Right Key racist leaders remembered fondly Christian Identity proponent Jack Mohr's July obituary glossed over his racist past; white supremacist Dan Daniels's death similarly merited a 21-gun salute.	Shootouts Leave Michigan Deputy, Extremist Dead 'Patriot' Crimes Antigovernment extremist shot by police after standoff leaves one state trooper dead and one wounded.	Radical Religion in Prison How are prison officials to balance security interests and the right of racial supremacists to pursue religion? The jury's still out By Brian Levin Attorney Brian Levin investigates the tenuous balance between security and radical, racial-supremacist religion in prison.

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