The American radical right has changed in major ways over the last decade, and with those changes has come a new crop of leaders, both longtime agitators and newly minted ideologues -- men and women who are distorting our democracy.
Monty Ervin lived a double identity for many years. In public, he was a wealthy businessman who had amassed hundreds of investment properties across the Southeast that brought in $85,000 a month. But in the shadowed underworld of the antigovernment “sovereign citizens” movement, he was much more — a ranking official with growing influence.
The Internet hacking collective known as Anonymous has declared “Operation Blitzkrieg” against neo-Nazi and other hate group websites this year, inflicting unprecedented damage on many of the sites and releasing an avalanche of personal information about supporters.
The last decade has seen major changes in the American radical right. What was once a world largely dominated by a few relatively well-organized groups has become a scene populated by large numbers of smaller, weaker groups, with only a handful led by the kind of charismatic chieftains that characterized the 1990s.
Is Agenda 21, a United Nations non-binding plan for global sustainability signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992, a “comprehensive plan” for “global political control”? Is it a “destructive and insidious” scheme being pushed “covertly” in U.S. towns that would entail “socialist/communist redistribution of wealth”?
The anti same-sex-marriage National Organization for Marriage prides itself on keeping criticisms of homosexuality civil and factual. But does it really?
Four years after marrying the leader of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement Joanna Schoep os getting dicorced and hs a few things to say about her husband.
Training seminars put on by a former FBI agent in February have spotlighted what many see as a growing effort by Islamophobes to influence law enforcement and cast all Muslims as a threat to America.
A New York man who told police he intended to kill “as many Muslims and Arabs as possible” faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for allegedly firebombing an Islamic mosque and a Hindu temple on New Year’s Day.
Glenn Spencer, the racist, anti-Semitic head of American Border Patrol — an anti-immigrant group that uses high-tech sensors and infrared video cameras mounted on model airplanes to monitor the Arizona-Mexico border — had a good run of publicity earlier this year.
Three months after the U.S. Justice Department alleged that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office had violated the civil rights of Latinos in Arizona, the self-described “Toughest Sheriff in America” responded with brash defiance.
When radio jock Rush Limbaugh called a Georgetown law school student a “slut” and a “prostitute” for testifying on Capital Hill regarding contraceptive insurance coverage, the national chorus of criticism that erupted hardly silenced him. He went on for another two days, suggesting that Sandra Fluke should also publicly post videotapes of herself having sex.
On June 13, 1992, President George H.W. Bush joined the leaders of 177 other nations in adopting the United Nations’ Agenda 21, a non-binding plan for sustainable “smart growth” in the face of an ever-more populous world.
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The American radical right has changed in major ways over the last decade, and with those changes has come a new crop of leaders, both longtime agitators and newly minted ideologues -- men and women who are distorting our democracy.
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Republic for The united States of America Plagued by Criminality
Monty Ervin lived a double identity for many years. In public, he was a wealthy businessman who had amassed hundreds of investment properties across the Southeast that brought in $85,000 a month. But in the shadowed underworld of the antigovernment “sovereign citizens” movement, he was much more — a ranking official with growing influence.
Anonymous Hacking Collective Declares 'Operation Blitzkrieg' Against Neo-Nazi Websites
The Internet hacking collective known as Anonymous has declared “Operation Blitzkrieg” against neo-Nazi and other hate group websites this year, inflicting unprecedented damage on many of the sites and releasing an avalanche of personal information about supporters.
30 New Activists Heading Up the Radical Right
The last decade has seen major changes in the American radical right. What was once a world largely dominated by a few relatively well-organized groups has become a scene populated by large numbers of smaller, weaker groups, with only a handful led by the kind of charismatic chieftains that characterized the 1990s.
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Republican National Committee Calls Agenda 21 a Plan for Global Control
Is Agenda 21, a United Nations non-binding plan for global sustainability signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992, a “comprehensive plan” for “global political control”? Is it a “destructive and insidious” scheme being pushed “covertly” in U.S. towns that would entail “socialist/communist redistribution of wealth”?
National Organization for Marriage Continues to Spread Lies About Gays
The anti same-sex-marriage National Organization for Marriage prides itself on keeping criticisms of homosexuality civil and factual. But does it really?
National Socialist Movement Leader Jeff Schoep's Ex-Wife Discusses Life With a Leading Neo-Nazi
Four years after marrying the leader of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement Joanna Schoep os getting dicorced and hs a few things to say about her husband.
PayPal Founder Peter Thiel Continues to Tout Anti-Government Manifesto
Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal, is sick of paying taxes, and he’s not going to stand for it any more.
Briefs
Law Enforcement Agencies Slammed for Islamophobic Training Sessions
Training seminars put on by a former FBI agent in February have spotlighted what many see as a growing effort by Islamophobes to influence law enforcement and cast all Muslims as a threat to America.
Georgia Bill Attacks ‘Paper Terrorism’ as FBI Takes Aim at ‘Sovereigns’
As antigovernment “sovereign citizens” continue to defy the law across the country, government officials are fighting back.
‘Patriot’ Groups See Defense Act as Prelude to Dictatorship
The passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2012, signed into law on Dec. 31, has ignited a firestorm of Internet criticism.
Man Charged with Firebombing NY Mosque, Hindu Temple
A New York man who told police he intended to kill “as many Muslims and Arabs as possible” faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for allegedly firebombing an Islamic mosque and a Hindu temple on New Year’s Day.
Racist Border Vigilante Featured on Reality Show
Glenn Spencer, the racist, anti-Semitic head of American Border Patrol — an anti-immigrant group that uses high-tech sensors and infrared video cameras mounted on model airplanes to monitor the Arizona-Mexico border — had a good run of publicity earlier this year.
Arpaio ‘Investigates’ Obama’s Citizenship, and the Results Surprise No One
Three months after the U.S. Justice Department alleged that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office had violated the civil rights of Latinos in Arizona, the self-described “Toughest Sheriff in America” responded with brash defiance.
Hate in the Mainstream
A collection of quotes regarding race and hate
Updates on Extremism and The Law
The Blotter
Muslims Arrested in Rash of Alleged U.S. Terror Plots
Several incidents lead to arrests of Muslims in the U.S.
Limbaugh’s Attack on Student is Only the Latest in Hate Talk
When radio jock Rush Limbaugh called a Georgetown law school student a “slut” and a “prostitute” for testifying on Capital Hill regarding contraceptive insurance coverage, the national chorus of criticism that erupted hardly silenced him. He went on for another two days, suggesting that Sandra Fluke should also publicly post videotapes of herself having sex.
RNC Endorses Major Conspiracy Theory of Radical Right
On June 13, 1992, President George H.W. Bush joined the leaders of 177 other nations in adopting the United Nations’ Agenda 21, a non-binding plan for sustainable “smart growth” in the face of an ever-more populous world.