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Prairie Fire

Issue Number: 
120
 | 
Winter
 
2005
List of anti-immigration activits; junk 'science' of Paul Cameron; some paint not-so-heroic portrait of Chris Simcox; report on Christian Reconstructionists.

In This Issue

The Nativists

Around the country, an anti-immigration movement is spreading like wildfire. An array of activists is fanning the flames
By Susy Buchanan and Tom Kim
Around the country, an anti-immigration movement is spreading like wildfire. An array of activists is fanning the flames.

The Fabulist

By David Holthouse
Anti-gay researcher Paul Cameron's falsehoods are well known. The incredible thing is the people who still cite them.

'The Little Prince'

Minuteman Leader has Troubled Past
By Susy Buchanan and David Holthouse
Chris Simcox, co-founder of the vigilante Minutemen, describes himself in heroic terms. But some of those once close to him tell a different, and frightening, story.

Casting Stones

By David Holthouse
An Army of radical Christian Reconstructionists is preparing a campaign to convert conservative fundamentalist churches.

More Features

Teen Magazine Distorts Truth on Neo-Nazi Singing Act

By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow
A teen magazine makes an attempt to leave out reports of twins' white supremacist roots.

Garbage In, Garbage Out

Paul Cameron's discredited research remains a mainstay of the anti-gay religious right. But one key expert aims to change that.

Broken Record

By Heidi Beirich and Mark Potok
Lou Dobbs' daily 'Broken Borders' CNN segment has focused on immigration for years. But there's one issue Dobbs just won't take on.

Nativism On Air

By Susy Buchanan
Most Americans are angry about illegal immigration. For radio hosts, that means vilification is a no-lose path to popularity.

Puncturing the Protocols

By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow
A cartoonist and a moviemaker take on the most infamous propaganda creation in the long history of anti-Semitism.

A Hard Rain

By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow
A Christian Identity minister calls for the reclamation of the courts from Satan. Bob Dylan is only one small part of the plot.

Anything But Gay

Paul Cameron doesn't like homosexuality. But his 1978 recipe for avoiding it -- sex play for teens -- will shock many a parent.

The Nativists

By Susy Buchanan and Tom Kim
Around the country, an anti-immigration movement is spreading like wildfire. An array of activists is fanning the flames.

El turbulento pasado del líder de Minuteman

por Susy Buchanan y David Holthouse

Los nativistas

por Susy Buchanan y Tom Kim
En todo el país, un movimiento anti-inmigración se esparce como un incendio arrasador. Un despliegue de activistas echa leña al fuego.

Briefs

Neo-Nazis Use Actors' Stock Photos in Propaganda.

Marketing Extremism
Some of the same images used in a propaganda film appeared in a promotion for an Alabama TV station. Station officials confirmed that they were not of neo-Nazis at all -- they were stock video bought from an Ocala, Fla., firm called Digital Juice.

Jewish Extremist Murdered in Penitentiary

In the Prisons
Jewish Defense League leader Irv Rubin and follower Earl Krugel both died in prison during an assault at a federal prison in Phoenix.

Academic Racists' Work Inching Toward Legitimacy

Into the Mainstream
J. Philippe Rushton heads up the Pioneer Fund -- a foundation that subsidizes his work.

Neo-Nazis Awash in Sex Scandals

Aryan Love
Hijinks and law-breaking continue in the Aryan Nations and other neo-Nazi circles.

Justice Department Moving to Smash Tax Scams

Tax Protesters
Disbarred lawyer Robert Clarkson, one of many tax protesters, likes to dress up as "The Great One," a "genuine superhero that comes to the rescue of the average person."

'Prophet' Still On the Run, but Authorities Closing in on Sect

Fugitives
FLDS 'Prophet' Warren Jeffs still on the run, but authorities closing in on sect.

'Blood and Honour Council' Defies Hammerskins

Neo-Nazi Skinheads
Two chapters of the Blood and Honour group of racist Skinheads were among 17 organizations to attend a recent summit aimed at shaking off the authority of the powerful Hammerskins.

Report: FBI Hate Crime Statistics Vastly Understate Problem

Hate Crime
The real number of hate crimes in the United States is more than 15 times higher than FBI statistics reflect, according to a stunning new government report.

British Bombing an Escalation of Eco-Violence

The British section of the Animal Liberation Front claimed the Sept. 7 bombing of the home of Paul Blackburn, the corporate controller of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).

Neofascist Party Quadruples Votes, But Still No Seats

The neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD) made it best showing ever in German national elections, quadrupling its 2002 national election results but still failing to meet the threshold for election to parliament.

Deported from Canada, Holocaust Denier Faces German Court

Long-time Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel faces a Nov. 8 trial in Mannheim, Germany, in connection with pro-Nazi propaganda.

U.S. Neo-Nazi Financier Sought in Dublin

The FBI believes that a key financier of American neo-Nazi groups who has been on the run from U.S. authorities for four years is hiding in Ireland.

Citizens' Unrest

By Catherine E. Smith
In Arizona, a county prosecutor opens the door for vigilante justice using a mistaken legal analysis of 'citizen's arrests.'

Overheard, Winter 2005

Quotes from Rep. Stacey Campfield, William Bennet, Kamau Kambon...