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Age of Rage

Issue Number: 
114
 | 
Summer
 
2004
Across the U.S., hatred and shocking violence are springing up from racist youths, many barely more than children. In this special issue, read more about the youth behind movements of hate. The two faces of the allegedly nonviolent white supremacist group Volksfront are discussed. Matt Hale, leader of the World Church of the Creator, is headed for jail.

In This Issue

Age of Rage

Young extremists find new targets — and new recruits
By Bob Moser
Hate crimes and violence around the U.S. show that increasingly young extremists are committing crimes, getting recruited by hate groups — and doing recruiting of their own.

Education & Extremism

A retired California cop who lectures at schools nationwide offers tips about youth and hate
Walter Bouman, a retired California law enforcement officer who lectures at schools nationwide, offers tips about youth and hate.

Two Faces of Volksfront

A growing and increasingly important neo-Nazi group claims it opposes any kind of political violence. Could it be true?
By Heidi Beirich and Mark Potok
The resurgent neo-Nazi Skinhead group Volksfront claims it has renounced violence — but the actions of its members and its past violent rhetoric and crimes tell the real story.

Pontifex Ex

By Bob Moser
The trial that sent neo-Nazi Matt Hale to prison also revealed the shabby reality of his World Church of the Creator.

More Features

Ready to Rumble

Editorial
By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow
A race riot between white and Latino students in a California high school lunchroom serves as a symbol for a new trend among America's youth — anti-immigrant, racist ideology and violence.

Nazi Low Riders

By Camille Jackson
The young inmates in the Nazi Low Riders, a group well-known for violence and drug trafficking, made an alliance with the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood — and took on both their extremist ideology and their notoriety.

White Wolves

In the suburbs of Connecticut, violence and hatred from a band of racist youths send a shudder through the schools
By Bob Moser
The White Wolves, a teenage gang from suburban Connecticut, at first seemed only capable of talk, though the volume of their white supremacist diatribes kept them in the headlines — and then the assaults and arrests began.

Youth Action Corps

Led by a 15-year-old, the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations' long-defunct youth organization seems to be coming back to life
By Nia Hightower
Though the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations have always expressed interest in youth recruiting, their Youth Action Corps was less than active for almost five years — until 15-year-old Logan Brown came on the scene.

Agnostic Neo-Nazis

Fueled by the Internet, a teenage gang in a New Jersey suburb dabbled in white supremacist crime. It didn't last long
By Bob Moser
The five New Jersey teens who called themselves the Agnostic Neo-Nazis never managed antisocial behavior beyond graffiti, tattoos and big talk, but showed how easily homogenous suburbs can become a cradle for hate.

National Socialist Movement Recruits Young Children

Many hate groups say they mean to save white children. One based in Minneapolis specializes in recruiting them
By Camille Jackson and Mark Potok
The National Socialist Movement (NSM) says it's the largest neo-Nazi group in the United States. It claims to have been around the longest. It describes itself as the most elite radical organization there is. And it says it recruits young kids.

'Heart of Darkness'

By Heidi Beirich, Intelligence Project Director
British journalist Nick Ryan explores the sometimes frightening world of the American and European racist right.

When Giants Roamed

A Florida theme park sells creationism — with an antigovernment twist
By Camille Jackson
Evangelist Dr. Kent Hovind's Florida theme park sells creationism — with an antigovernment twist.

Youth, Hate and Crime

By Camille Jackson
Read a list of ideologically-motivated crimes and hate incidents committed by youth during the new millennium.

E-Talk

White supremacist teens and others discuss plans for recruitment, trouble at home and struggles at school in online postings.

'I Killed Him and I Liked It'

White supremacists and accused killers David Pillatos, Tristain Frye, Scotty Butters, and Kurtis Monschke exchanged letters from prison that exposed their confusion, desperation and commitment to extremism.

Briefs

Freed From Prison, David Duke Mounts a Comeback

Neo-Nazis
After completing his sentence for fraud, David Duke's celebratory homecoming included a weekend conference of extremists and a new coalition determined to bring white supremacy into the mainstream.

'Racist' Anti-Immigration Ads Denounce Republicans and Democrats

Anti-Hispanic
Radical anti-immigrant groups push their agenda in the upcoming election using provocative, racially charged ads decried by Democrats and Republicans alike.

All-White Dating Service Planned

White Supremacists
William Regnery II, an heir to the Regnery publishing fortune who's a prime mover and shaker in white nationalism publishing, is moving into a new line of business: match-making for "heterosexual whites of Christian cultural heritage."

Sierra Club Rejects Anti-Immigration Candidates

Environmental Extremism
By about a 10-to-1 margin, Sierra Club members rejected an attempt by anti-immigration forces to take over the environmental organization.

Extremist Third Party Courts 'Ten Commandments Judge'

Radical Religion
The extremist Constitution Party courts former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore for the 2004 presidential race.

'Heritage' Group Leaders Welcome Back the KKK

Neo-Confederates
Some extremists within the 'southern heritage' group the Sons of Confederate Veterans want to open the SCV's doors to the Klan.

Taxing the First Amendment

By Catherine E. Smith
A recent injunction prohibiting the sale of a tax protester's book raises thorny questions about the First Amendment.