National Alliance
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- This article refers to the United States-based organization. For other groups of the same name see National Alliance (disambiguation)
History
The group was founded in 1974 by William Pierce, a former physics professor and author of the book, The Turner Diaries (under the pseudonym Andrew MacDonald) a novel about a "white revolution" in America. The National Alliance was reorganized from an earlier group: the National Youth Alliance (NYA). The NYA was formed out of the remains of Gov. George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign organization Youth for Wallace. The NYA broke into factions as a result of infighting. Pierce gained control of the largest remnant in 1970 and continued the organization under that name until its reorganization in 1974.Pierce previously had been an associate of the assassinated leader of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell, and had been editor of the party's magazine, National Socialist World.
Pierce died of cancer on July 23 2002, and was succeeded as National Chairman by Erich Gliebe. In April of 2005, Kevin Alfred Strom, the editor of National Vanguard Magazine, issued a declaration calling for Gliebe to step down.[link] The Executive Committee of the National Alliance and most unit coordinators supported this action. Gliebe refused the demand, claiming that the National Alliance operates under the "Leadership Principle" and that he would not yield to any coup. Strom then formed a new group called National Vanguard. Shortly thereafter, Gliebe resigned as National Chairman of the Alliance stating that he needed more time to spend with his family. Gliebe appointed Shaun Walker as his successor. In June 2006 Walker resigned his position as National Chairman leaving Erich Gliebe as acting CEO of the organization. [link]
Politics
"White survival" is the core political position of the National Alliance. The group hopes to secure a "homeland" somewhere within North America. The National Alliance points to the changing demographic situation in America, such as the declining white birthrate and an influx of non-White immigrants as justification for its white separatist position.Every Valentine's Day, the National Alliance seeks to improve its image by distributing a "Love Your Race" flyer. The organization describes it as a call for all races to embrace their various heritages. Hate-group watchdog organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League have argued that its Valentine's Day campaign is merely a propaganda tactic designed to obfuscate its racist messages.
Anti-Semitism
The group states that Jews exert a negative influence at nearly every level of American society. The National Alliance also claims that Jews maintain large influence and ownership of the mainstream entertainment media in America. [link]
After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the National Alliance claimed that these attacks were caused by the U.S.'s unconditional and biased support of and policy towards Israel. The National Alliance also claims evidence that Israel's Mossad launched the 2001 anthrax attacks in order to set up the US invasion of Iraq: a longtime enemy of Israel. In the article "The Anthrax Mystery: Solved" [link]which appeared in the March-April 2004 issue of the National Vanguard, it suggests Israel's Mossad--using the cover of Israeli Art Students--learned of the September 11 plot in advance and did little or nothing to inform the American authorities. Also prior to the September 11 attack, the article describes a series of anthrax hoax scares claimed to have been perpetrated by Mossad agents in order to implicate Dr. Steven Hatfill, and set him up as the "fall guy" for a future anthrax attack. The article further claims the Mossad issued a warning via instant message service (Odigo warning) to Jews near the World Trade Center hours before the attack.
Business
Before the death of Pierce, the SPLC and the FBI called the Alliance the best-financed and best-organized white nationalist organization of its kind in the United States. Membership in 2002 was estimated at 1,500 with an income of $1 million annually. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, paid membership has declined to fewer than 800 as of 2003.[link] The 2005 internal revolt once again weakened the organization.
In 2002, the organization had a paid staff of 17 and ran a White Power record label called Resistance Records. It also has a radio show, American Dissident Voices, heard on shortwave and streaming audio on the Internet, hosted until April 16 2005 by Kevin Alfred Strom.
See also
External links
Official
- [National Alliance home page]
- [National Vanguard magazine]
- [Resistance Records]
- [National Alliance News]
Critical
- [Explosion of Hate] (report on the National Alliance by the Anti-Defamation League)
- [A more recent ADL report on the National Alliance]
- [Against the Wall] (report on the National Alliance by the Southern Poverty Law Center)
Commentary
- [As He Lay Dying] (James Ridgeway, The Village Voice, September 4-10 September 2002)
Books
- Robert S. Griffin, The Fame of a Dead Man's Deeds: An Up-Close Portrait of White Nationalist William Pierce, 2001 (ISBN 0759609330)
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