As the Oregon-based neo-Nazi skinhead group Volksfront approaches its 20th anniversary, revelations of its activities in the United Kingdom and other countries appear to have brought its international operations to a screeching halt. The apparent collapse of Volksfront’s global network follows the official dissolution of its 17 U.S.-based chapters last year, meaning the Volksfront era may now finally be over. Learn more about Volksfront's leadership here.
Even in the world of racist skinheads, the group known as Die Auserwählten, or Crew 41, was virtually unknown. Then came a rush of bloody violence in two states.
A Wisconsin sheriff who says the federal government is a greater threat than terrorists has been named “Sheriff of the Year” by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), an antigovernment “Patriot” group whose members have vowed to stand up to the federal government if it attempts to restrict gun rights.
More than 250,000 Americans over the age of 12 are victimized each year by hate criminals, and the vast majority of these vicious, mostly violent crimes go unreported, concludes a study released in March by the U.S. Department of Justice.
April was a difficult month for Earl Silverman. Beset by financial difficulties, he shut the doors of the shelter for battered men that he had operated out of his home in Alberta, Canada, for three years. Then he sold the house, packed his belongings, and hung himself in his garage — a victim, wrote Harry Crouch of the U.S.-based National Coalition for Men, of “murder by disinterest by the Feminist State of Canada.”
The anti-immigrant lobby has long enjoyed influence in Washington but in recent years has been forced to defend itself against charges that it represents the narrow interests of white nationalists who fear the “browning” of America.
When Heath Campbell appeared in Hunterdon County (N.J.) Family Court on June 3 to fight for the right to visit his 18-month-old son, he had one goal in mind: prove he is a fit father who deserves a second chance. To bolster his chances, the 40-year-old Holland, N.J., man dressed for success — in a Nazi uniform decorated with medals, a swastika armband, and shiny, knee-high leather boots.
In the prosecution of a major ring of domestic terrorists, defendants have repeatedly turned against their former comrades
Incidents of apparent hate crimes and hate group activities listed here are drawn primarily from media sources.
