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Running Right

Issue Number: 
115
 | 
Fall
 
2004
In this special 2004 election issue, the Report examines 26 national and state politicians with ties to the white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens and the impact of extremism on American politics, including far-right third parties. Also: beset with sloppy leadership, stripper scandals and financial disputes, the National Alliance may be losing its punch.

In This Issue

Politicians' Links to the Council of Conservative Citizens

When a race hate scandal engulfed a right-wing group in 1998, politicians ran for cover. They didn't stay away long
By Heidi Beirich and Bob Moser
After a race hate scandal engulfed the right-wing Council of Conservative Citizens in 1998, politicians ran for cover, but didn't stay away long. Read how many elected officials retain ties with this white supremacist group.

National Alliance Plagued by Sleaze, Money Woes and Squabbling

By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow
After revelations about a stripper's attendance at the National Alliance's annual Leadership Conference, financial struggles and internal dissent, the nation's leading neo-Nazi group is on the edge of a breakdown.

God's Own Spoilers

Can the nation's most extreme political party swing the presidential election?
By Bob Moser
Though it failed to snap up extremist hero Roy Moore for its 2004 presidential ticket, the far-right Constitution Party hopes to shake things up for Bush by splitting his conservative Christian base.

Fightin' Words

The Turner Diaries didn't just inspire a lot of extremist violence — it also inspired a lot of extremely violent novels
By Camille Jackson
The late founder of the neo-Nazi National Alliance spent his life spurring American extremism — but his most infamous legacy is his ultra-violent race-war narrative, The Turner Diaries, which continues to inspire extremist fiction today.

More Features

Honoring the Confederacy

In Alabama, a well-known Supreme Court candidate lauds an antebellum slave trader and appears with hate group leaders
By Heidi Beirich and Mark Potok
Tom Parker is counting on his ties to former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore to help him win election to the court in 2004. But Parker isn't commenting on his ties to neo-Confederates and white supremacists.

Crashing the Parties

The extreme right hasn't had a politically viable champion since George Wallace. But the time could soon be ripe

David Gillespie, author and historian, discusses the rich history — and future — of right-wing third parties in the U.S.

SCV Standoff

By Heidi Beirich, Intelligence Project Director
As new elected officials come into power at the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the heritage group continues to be split between antiracists, moderates, and hard-line neo-Confederates.

C-4 and the Confederacy

By Mark Potok
Many 'pro-South' leaders have well-established records of racism. But they've generally avoided armed revolutionaries like Michael Tubbs.

Considering Conspiracy

Are militia conspiracy theories evidence of personal paranoia? Or do they represent a bona fide analysis of American history?
By Heidi Beirich
D.J. Mulloy's study of the 1990s militia movement, American Extremism, posits that the movement's conspiracy theories were evidence less of personal paranoia than a bona fide analysis of American history.

Parting the Red Sea

A neo-Confederate evangelical seeks the promised land — and settles on South Carolina
By Bob Moser
Neo-Confederate activist Cory Burnell's plan for evangelical Christians to take over South Carolina, and secede if necessary, may have hit a snag — the people already there.

See No Evil

Read a list of 26 U.S. elected officials whose ties with the white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) have been publicized in the CCC's Citizens Informer.

Briefs

Former Racist Leader Charged in Woman's Murder

Extremist Crime
Former WCOTC leader Hardy Lloyd has been arrested in the murder of former girlfriend Lori Hann.

Neo-Nazi is Landlord in Black Neighborhood

Neo-Nazi
Avowed neo-Nazi Bill White has recently bought a group of rental properties in Roanoke, Va., in what he calls a 'ghetto beautification project.'

Plagiarism As It Is

Neo-Confederates
The neo-Confederates involved in controversy over their defense of slavery have now been accused of plagiarism. It turns out that at least 22 passages, some of them quite lengthy, were from a 1974 book.

Anti-Semitic Investment Adviser Sentenced to Prison

'Patriot Games'
Financial adviser Chris Temple, who found success through CBS Marketwatch and other mainstream outlets despite his devotion to neo-Nazi causes, has been sentenced to prison after bilking his clients.

Ignoring Its Own Ties, Anti-Immigration Group Denounces White 'Separatist'

White Supremacy
Despite its own anti-immigration policies and ties to Virginia Abernethy, the Federation for American Immigration Reform has denounced the well-known white supremacist for having 'repugnant' views.

Feds Investigate Fake Memo

Neo-Nazis
After the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations posted a memo on their website purporting to prove a law enforcement plot to murder the group's leadership, the FBI and Seattle police have launched an investigation.

Neo-Nazi Broadcasting from St. Louis AM Station

Radical Radio
WGNU-AM, broadcasting from St. Louis, features 'The Couch Potato,' a member of the neo-Nazi National Alliance offering 'family radio for concerned white people.'

Refuge for Hate?

By Catherine E. Smith
After conviction in Germany for Holocaust denial activities, which are illegal under the German constitution, Germar Rudolf is seeking political asylum in the U.S.