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NEWS ABOUT: white supremacism

white supremacism stories: 20 news summaries

 Museum Shooter: 
 'I Swore to 
 Defend My 
 Country' 

Von Brunn was on suicide mission, prosecutor says

Sep 2, 09 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - James von Brunn planned to die himself when he opened fire at the Holocaust Museum in June, an assault he planned well in advance to spread the word that the Holocaust was a hoax, prosecutors say. Von Brunn, 89, appeared in court for the first time today to answer charges... More »

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Washington DC • murder • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • shooting • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

Gun-Toting Obama Protester Is a Birther

Secessionist group included among his MySpace friends

Aug 12, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - William Kostric, the man who showed up to protest at Obama’s town hall meeting yesterday with a loaded gun strapped to his leg, told Chris Matthews that he wasn’t affiliated with birther groups. But a web user by the same name has left a digital trail that proves... More »

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MySpace • libertarian • white supremacism • town hall meeting • right wingers • protesters • guns • President Obama • loaded gun • birther • William Kostric

(Newser) - Anti-government militia groups largely dormant during the Bush years are making a comeback and dozens of new ones are sprouting up, AP reports. Such groups, fueled by the poor economy and distrust of the Obama administration, are poised to grow rapidly, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law... More »

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gun control • militia • white supremacism • right wingers • Southern Poverty Law Center • domestic terrorism • Obama administration

 Service Members Join 
 'Neo-Nazi Facebook' 

Activist group urges Congress to take a stand

Jul 10, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - White supremacists have their own social networking site—and dozens of military personnel are members, reports Stars and Stripes. “I love and will do anything to keep our master race marching,” says the newsaxon.org profile of one user who says he’s served in Iraq and... More »

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military • US military • discrimination • racism • white supremacism • Neo-Nazi • hate groups

NJ Blogger Busted Over Judge Threats

Jurists 'deserve to be killed' for gun ban, said white supremacist

Jun 25, 09 2:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A white supremacist blogger and Internet radio host has been charged with threatening three federal judges who ruled in favor of Chicago's handgun ban, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. “Let me be the first to say this plainly: These judges deserve to be killed,” Hal Turner wrote, providing the... More »

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New Jersey • death threats • judge • white supremacism • federal judges • Hal Turner

(Newser) - Police discovered child pornography on a computer during a search of the home of suspected Holocaust Museum gunman James von Brunn, the Washington Post reports. FBI agents would not detail the amount or type of material discovered in the 88-year-old's Annapolis apartment. They also found a rifle, a handwritten... More »

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FBI • Holocaust • white supremacism • child pornography • computer • shooting • evidence • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

(Newser) - The shootings of George Tiller and a National Holocaust Museum guard came despite a renewed FBI effort to preempt solo acts of political violence, the Wall Street Journal reports. Identifying such extremists—while respecting their civil rights—is a challenge. Both James von Brunn and Scott Roeder expressed their... More »

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FBI • extremists • white supremacism • domestic terrorism • right-wing extremism • Scott Roeder • James Von Brunn

(Newser) - The son of alleged Holocaust Museum killer James von Brunn wishes his father, rather than a "brave" security guard, had died this week, the Washington Post reports. "I cannot express enough how deeply sorry I am" that museum guard Stephen Johns died "and not... More »

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crime • Washington DC • murder • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • James Von Brunn • Stephen Johns • Erik von Brunn

Extremist UK
Party Linked to Museum Shooter

Von Brunn attended fundraisers in US for whites-only BNP

Jun 12, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alleged Holocaust Museum shooter James von Brunn has links to the British National Party, the whites-only extremist bloc that won two seats in the European Parliament in last week's vote, reports the Guardian. Von Brunn attended fundraising meetings of an American affiliate of the group, although he is not believed... More »

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United Kingdom • racism • Holocaust Museum • extremism • white supremacism • Nick Griffin • British National Party • anti-Semitism • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

Beck: Al-Qaeda Working With Neo-Nazis

Museum shooting proves conservatives, not just Jews, in danger

Jun 11, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck offered his own bizarre take on the Holocaust Museum shooting last night, telling his flock that it was a warning of things to come. “The pot is boiling,” Glenn gravely intoned, and nut-jobs are going to come out of the woodwork. “Groups like al-Qaeda are... More »

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Glenn Beck • white supremacism • shooting • National Holocaust Museum • James Von Brunn

Museum Shooter Was Growing Despondent

Struggling Von Brunn warned people that they wouldn't see him again

Jun 11, 09 4:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Acquaintances of James von Brunn say the 88-year-old man who witnesses saw open fire in the Holocaust Memorial Museum had grown increasingly unhappy in recent weeks, reports the Washington Post. One fellow white separatist said von Brunn "was barely making it" after his Social Security payments were cut, which... More »

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Washington • racism • Holocaust Museum • white supremacism • shooting • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

 White Supremacist 
 Invited to Queen's 
 Garden Party 

Brits outraged at prospect of leader of whites-only party having tea with royals

May 21, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The convicted leader of a far-right political party is heading to the queen's summer tea party at Buckingham Palace, and Brits are furious, reports the Daily Mail. A member of the whites-only British National Party was given an invitation because of his place on the London Assembly. He decided to... More »

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Queen Elizabeth II • tea • Buckingham Palace • white supremacism • Britain • racist • Nick Griffin • British National Party

OPINION

 Let's Help Vets 
 Avoid Extremist Urge 


Apr 18, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The recent Homeland Security report detailing right-wing extremist recruitment of veterans is “true, true, true,” Charles M. Blow writes in the New York Times. But “conservatives reacted by throwing a knee-jerk hissy fit,” suggesting that vets “were being vilified by a partisan document.”... More »

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veterans • US military • recruitment • Department of Homeland Security • white supremacism • PTSD • right-wing extremism

GLOSSIES

 Racist Music Finds 
 Home Online 

White-power albums readily available on iTunes, Amazon, to bands' delight

Dec 25, 08 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Online outlets are making it much easier for musical acts with unpopular messages to get their material heard, Spin reports. “Because stores wouldn’t carry us, selling records used to be laborious,” says the lead singer of white-power act Brutal Attack, citing boycotts from anti-racist groups. The band... More »

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music • free speech • iTunes • First Amendment • racism • white supremacism • Amazon • Brutal Attack

Candidate's
Klan Ties Roil Florida Race

Klansman's teenage
son is disqualified
on a technicality

Dec 12, 08 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - In a big year for race in politics, a 19-year-old’s election to—and ban from—Palm Beach’s Republican committee has hate groups and their opponents up in arms far beyond Florida, the New York Times reports. Voters chose Derek Black, the son of a noted Klansman who made... More »

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Florida • Ku Klux Klan • white supremacism • Palm Beach • disputed election

 Threats Against Obama Soar 

Obama threatened more than any previous president-elect

Nov 15, 08 4:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Law enforcement officials say Barack Obama is the most threatened president-elect in history, the AP reports. Potentially threatening writings, Internet chatter, and other activity aimed at Obama has soared since Election Day, accompanied by a surge in racist graffiti. Officials say most of the threats come from ranters lacking the... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • death threats • threats • assassination • white supremacism • hate groups • President Obama

OPINION

'Venal' Phil Gramm No Big Loss to McCain Camp

'Nation of whiners' quote simply the latest in a long string of bad moves

Jul 15, 08 8:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Nation of whiners” adviser Phil Gramm was simply an "accident waiting to happen" for the McCain campaign, writes Max Blumenthal in Huffington Post. Blumenthal runs down the “reactionary, venal and destructive” senator’s foibles—which run from enabling Enron to investing in porn. Gramm “left a... More »

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John McCain • gay rights • pornography • white supremacism • Enron • subprime crisis • Phil Gramm • Whinergate • NEA

THE GLOSSIES

Why White Supremacists Prefer Obama 

3 of 4 support him, despite racial differences

Jun 15, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - McCain may lead Obama by 10% among white voters, but three of four white supremacists say they prefer the Illinois senator, Esquire reports.
  1. The Director of the White Aryan Resistance calls Obama a "black racist," but still supports him because of McCain's economic policies. He "hates
... More »

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race relations • racism • Obama 2008 • white supremacism • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • election • white voters • the race card • black voters

Anti-Jena 6
Website Calls
for 'Justice'

Feds investigating hate site listing numbers, addresses of students

Sep 23, 07 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI is investigating a white supremacist site that listed the addresses and phone numbers of five of the so-called Jena Six, and “essentially called for their lynching,” the agency said yesterday. “These people need more than an investigation. They need protection,” Jesse Jackson told the... More »

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FBI • Jesse Jackson • race relations • Lousiana • white supremacism • Jena Six • noose

Israel Cracks Neo-Nazi Gang

Police find videotapes of gang attacking observant Jews, others

Sep 9, 07 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israelis are glued to the TV over news that police have busted a Neo-Nazi gang on Israeli soil, the Daily Telegraph reports. The Russian immigrant group allegedly filmed its attacks on gays and observant Jews and have vowed to "kill them all." A policeman said, "It is... More »

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Israel • police • Jews • Soviet Union • Adolf Hitler • Nazi • immigrant • white supremacism • Law of Return • Neo-Nazi

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