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Issue Number:

132

Winter

2008

The personal papers of John Tanton, architect and leader of the modern anti-immigration movement, reveal his many ties to white nationalism; and church members who moved to Selma, Ala., to spread racial harmony confront disturbing specters of the civil rights movement.

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Nativist Leader's Racist Past Exposed

By Heidi Beirich, Intelligence Project Director

Correspondence reveals how racism and eugenics motivate the founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform

Outside Agitators

Activists Confront Hate in Selma, Ala.

By David Holthouse

When members of a Colorado church moved to Selma, Ala., to fight for racial justice, they were met with ghosts of the past

House of Ill Repute

'Sovereign Citizens' Outfit Raided in Texas

By Sonia Scherr

Raids in East Texas open up a case that shows the 'sovereign citizens' movement still thrives in certain quarters

Burnout

Vinlanders Social Club on the Decline

By David Holthouse and Laurie Wood

Two years ago, the violence-prone Vinlanders were one of the hottest racist skinhead gangs in America. Then they began to cool

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After the Election Editorial By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow After 250 years of slavery, a century of Jim Crow laws, and a legacy of racial terror, America has elected a black president.	Earth Worship Environmentalism Seen as Police State Precursor By Janet Smith An anxious gathering of angry antigovernment 'Patriots' learns that environmentalism is turning America into a police state
Kick the Klan In Jasper, Texas, a Former Klan Boss is Out By Casey Sanchez In a Texas town notorious for a grotesque 1998 murder, a former Klan leader mellows out with Latino kids playing futbol	Playing Defense FAIR Puts Black Activists Front and Center By Sonia Scherr Stung by charges of racism, the nativist Federation for American Immigration Reform puts black activists front and center
'Killing a Brown' New Evidence of Extremists in the Military By David Holthouse New evidence suggests that right-wing extremists are infiltrating the military. Some of them take great pleasure in the killing	Neo-Confederate 'Buries' 14th Amendment The Last Word By Sonia Scherr A neo-Confederate publisher known for bashing black people and Jews plots to bury the 14th Amendment
Willis Carto: The First Major Biography By Heidi Beirich, Intelligence Project Director An academic produces an adequate, if not incisive, biography of one of the most important figures of the U.S. radical right.	Little Big Man Interview conducted by Sonia Scherr and Laurie Wood Harold Covington, a swaggering neo-Nazi, has long claimed a history of heroic exploits. His brother has a different view
Jerome Corsi Appears on White Supremacist Radio Extremist Propaganda Hate radio appearances by best-selling author exposed by SPLC	The Blotter Updates on Extremism and the Law
Hate Crimes Anti-Latino hate crime up for fourth year	Hate in the Mainstream Quotes From the Right Quotes from G. Gordon Liddy, Ben Stein, Glenn Spencer...

Briefs

Anti-Muslim Attitudes Rise in Europe Prejudice against Jews and Muslims is increasing in Europe amid heightened worries about globalization and immigration, according to a new international poll.	Malaysian Government Deploys Anti-Semitism The governing party of Malaysia used anti-Semitic propaganda to try to turn public opinion against an opposition leader when he was running for parliament.	Homeless Paper in Canada Peddles Hate Victor Fletcher, who edits and publishes the anti-Semitic, conspiracy-mongering Toronto Street News, sells to the homeless for a small fee, who then sell the paper for $2 at street corners.
Neo-Nazi Rally Shocks British Village An event billed as a motorcycle rally and music festival turned out to be a drunken, Nazi-themed bash in memory of Ian Stuart Donaldson, the British skinhead who started the worldwide white power music movement.	Neo-Nazi Bill White Charged with Obstruction Neo-Nazi leader Bill White charged with obstructing justice after posting the name, address and phone numbers of a "Gay, Jewish, anti-racist" juror who helped convict another neo-Nazi leader, Matt Hale, of soliciting the murder of a federal judge.	Animal Activists Accused of Attempted Murder The home of a well-known molecular biologist was firebombed early on the morning of Aug. 2 with a homemade device police called "a Molotov cocktail on steroids."
Authorities Smash Alleged Obama Assassination Plots Two suspected plots to assassinate Barack Obama were broken up in recent months. Authorities say that the arrests of five men probably averted major criminal violence.	Banning the Noose By David L. Hudson Jr. Can government outlaw the display of hangman's nooses? Or do recent state laws violate Americans' rights to free speech?	Racist Radio, Newspaper Close Up Shops White supremacist radio host Hal TUrner and newspaper publisher Ed Fields shut down
GOP Attempts to Oust White Supremacists Republican party leaders in two states pressed in recent months for the ouster of unabashed white supremacists serving in low-level GOP posts.	Nativist Twins Admit Holocaust Denial The Rizoli twins have dropped the charade when it comes to their Holocaust denial.	Latino vs. Black Violence Drives Hate Crimes Up Driven by racial violence between blacks and Latinos, hate crimes in Los Angeles rose by 28% in 2007, hitting a five-year high.
Teen Accused of Anti-Gay Murder Had Racist Literature Ventura County, Calif. teen accused of anti-gay murder had skinhead literature.	Neo-Nazi Stage Mom Brags of Retail Scamming Prussian Blue stage mom brags about retail scamming on VNN website	Volksfront Althing Oregon-based Volksfront held its first annual "Althing" on land said to have been recently purchased by the racist skinhead gang.

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