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Three Percenters

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Key Points Three Percenters are part of the militia movement, which supports the idea of a small number of dedicated “patriots” protecting Americans from government tyranny, just as the patriots of the American Revolution protected early Americans from British tyranny. The Three Percenter concept, created in 2008, is based on an inaccurate historical claim that only three percent of Americans fought in the Revolutionary War against the British. Three Percenters may join…

June 26, 2017

Alt Right: A Primer on the New White Supremacy

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The Alt Right Alt right, short for “alternative right,” is a repackaging of white supremacy by extremists seeking to mainstream their ideology. The term emerged in 2010 and started to gain widespread traction in 2016. People who identify with the alt right regard mainstream or traditional conservatives as weak and impotent, largely because they do not adequately support white racial…

June 18, 2020

New Jersey European Heritage Association (NJEHA)

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Key Points New Jersey European Heritage Association (NJEHA) is a small, New Jersey-based white supremacist group. NJEHA espouses racism, anti-Semitism and intolerance under the guise of “saving” white European peoples from purported imminent extinction. NJEHA spreads their hateful propaganda online and by distributing fliers in central New Jersey. NJEHA has organized and participated in white supremacist rallies and demonstrations. Background Created in…

December 20, 2018

Keystone State Skinheads/Keystone United

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Key Points Keystone State Skinheads/Keystone United, Pennsylvania’s most active white supremacist group, refers to itself as “an activist fraternal organization that advocates on behalf of Whites.” In the last two years Keystone State Skinheads/Keystone United has markedly increased its public activism. Keystone State Skinheads/Keystone United promotes its white supremacist ideology under the guise of “defending [their] heritage.” Keystone State…

December 10, 2018

Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

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UPDATE: After several years of decline, the Loyal White Knights became defunct in 2024. The group’s remaining members left the LWK and its leaders behind to form a new group called the Sacred White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (SWK). Key Points Loyal White Knights (LWK) is one of the largest and most active Klan groups in the United States.LWK members follow a version of traditional Klan ideology infused with neo-Nazi beliefs.LWK is best known for its distribution of racist, anti-Semitic,…

December 07, 2018

Shield Wall Network (SWN)

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Shield Wall Network (SWN) is a small white supremacist group based in Mountain View, Arkansas, with chapters in Tennessee and West Virginia. SWN promotes racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric. Members organize white supremacist rallies and conferences, and attend events organized by other white supremacist groups. SWN’s primary goal is to build a white ethno-state. Overview The Shield Wall Network (SWN) is a white supremacist group, led by Billy Roper, whose goal is to build a…

September 17, 2018

How Hate Groups Form

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There are hundreds of white supremacist groups in the United States, from Ku Klux Klan organizations to racist skinhead gangs. Most white supremacists don’t actually belong to organized groups, but hate groups provide white supremacists with most of the propaganda, ideology and motivation to act for the whole movement, and are highly visible examples of America’s white supremacy problem. So how do these hate groups form? The answer to that question isn’t as…

May 31, 2018

Daily Stormer Book Clubs (SBC)

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Update: The small, local crews of young white men who followed and supported Andrew Anglin and his neo-Nazi website, were responsible for 82 propaganda distributions in 2019 and 80 in 2018 but are currently inactive. Daily Stormer contributor Robert Warren Ray, aka Azzmador, remains on the lam from felony charges related to his alleged use of pepper spray on counter protesters during the tiki torch-lit march through the University of Virginia campus the night before UTR. In September…

April 24, 2018

League of the South (LoS)

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Key Points: The League of the South (LoS) is a white supremacist group that advocates for southern secession and an independent, white-dominated South. The LoS espouses racist and anti-Semitic rhetoric. It organizes white supremacist rallies, conferences and flash demonstrations, and attends events organized by other white supremacist groups. Founded in 1994, the LoS has been stagnant until recently, but is raising its public profile, holding multiple public events and quickly…

April 19, 2018

National Socialist Movement

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National Socialist Movement logo Key Points: The National Socialist Movement is a neo-Nazi group. Burt Colucci has led the NSM since March 2019. In decline for several years, the NSM’s core membership has fallen to one or two dozen. The NSM is known for holding public rallies and protests dressed in Nazi-styled uniforms. Overview: The National Socialist Movement (NSM) is a neo-Nazi group with membership scattered around the country. Once the largest and most…

April 19, 2018

Republic of Florida (ROF)

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Key points ROF is a Florida-based white supremacist group whose goal is to form a white ethno-state in Florida. ROF borrows paramilitary concepts from the militia movement and engages in paramilitary training. ROF attends events organized by other white supremacist groups and spreads its hateful and anti-Semitic propaganda online. The Republic of Florida Militia (ROF) is a small, Tallahassee-based, white supremacist group that borrows paramilitary concepts from the anti…

February 15, 2018

Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP)

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Update: TWP remained active through early 2018, when the group dissolved into chaos after co-founder and leader Matthew Heimbach was arrested for domestic battery for allegedly assaulting his wife and father-in-law. In February 2021, Heimbach supposedly renounced his white supremacist beliefs, but reversed course in July 2021, returning as a “white socialist” and host of “National Bolshevik Public Radio.” Key Points: • TWP is a neo-Nazi…

February 02, 2018

Rise Above Movement (R.A.M.)

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UPDATE: Following the arrest of several key members in 2018, the Rise Above Movement (R.A.M.) remains largely defunct today. The group’s former co-founder, Robert Rundo, has also dealt with legal issues over the years: After being extradited from Romania, Rundo was charged in August 2023 in connection with a series of physical altercations at political rallies throughout California in 2018. Rundo pled guilty in September 2024 to conspiracy to riot and was subsequently released in…

January 22, 2018

Patriot Front

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Key Points Members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front believe that their ancestors conquered America and bestowed it to them, and no one else. Patriot Front defines itself as an organization of “American nationalists,” justifying its hate and intolerance under the guise of preserving America’s identity as a “Pan-European nation.” Since 2019, Patriot Front has been responsible for the vast majority of white supremacist propaganda distributed in the United…

December 15, 2017

Milo Yiannopoulos: Five Things to Know

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1. Milo Yiannopoulos is a controversial right-wing media personality and provocateur. While he refers to himself as "the world's most fabulous supervillain,” and claims to be a conservative and a fearless bulwark against the encroaching forces of “political correctness,” Yiannopoulos is in actuality a provocateur who specializes in attacking groups he dislikes. He particularly despises the left and promotes what he calls “a new cultural libertarianism.” …

April 11, 2018

Vanguard America

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Update: Vanguard America (VA) splintered shortly after UTR and has shown very few signs of life in the years that followed. Meanwhile, Patriot Front, the VA splinter group formed by UTR participant Thomas Rousseau, is one of the country’s most visible white supremacist groups. In an effort to move away from VA’s neo-Nazi roots, Patriot Front avoids traditional white supremacist language and symbols, presenting their blend of white supremacist and neo-fascist ideology as &ldquo…

July 18, 2017

From Alt Right to Alt Lite: Naming the Hate

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Richard Spencer at the Free Speech Rally in Washington, DC

In just one year, the alt right has gone from relative obscurity to being one of the United States' most visible extremist movements. This stratospheric rise is due in large part to the rhetoric employed during the 2016 presidential campaign, which granted implicit approval to the once-taboo hallmarks of the far right – overt racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia, misogyny, and anti-Muslim bigotry. The alt right capitalized on the moment by amplifying those messages while…

July 12, 2017

Alex Jones: Five Things to Know

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1. Alex Jones is a right-wing American radio host and prolific anti-government conspiracy theorist. Jones rose from public-access television obscurity to national prominence by promoting paranoid allegations against the U.S. government and an alleged shadowy, power-hungry New World Order. Because of a range of legal and political issues, many consider Jones to be one of the most influential right-wing conspiracy theorists in the United States today. Online and on the air, Jones…

May 10, 2017

Tax Protest Movement

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For Law Enforcement This document is an archived copy of an older ADL report and may not reflect the most current facts or developments related to its subject matter. The tax protest movement is a relatively long-lived anti-government movement rising out of opposition to federal income taxes. Tax protesters generally believe that either the income tax laws are in some way invalid or that they do not apply to most citizens; therefore, they believe they have a legal and moral right not to pay…

June 26, 2017

Farrakhan: In His Own Words

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For more than 30 years, Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI), has been a notable extremist figure, railing against Jews, white people and the LGBT community. In recent years, Farrakhan has embarked on a wide-ranging campaign specifically targeting the Jewish community, a campaign that has featured some of the most hateful speeches of his tenure as head of NOI. Farrakhan has alleged that the Jewish people were responsible for the slave trade and that they conspire to control…

January 17, 2019