Neo-Nazi groups of the United States

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There are a number of Nazi (see Neo-nazi) groups in the United States, both past and present. In the USA, the Constitutional guarantee for freedom of speech allows political organizations great latitude in expressing Nazi, racist or anti-Semitic ideology. Several White supremacist or white separatist groups share large parts of their ideology with Nazism. Due to First Amendment restrictions, the federal government generally cracks down on such organizations only after members engage in hate crimes and violence.

Groups and movements that do not include as core tenets racial nationalism, anti-semitism, or praise for Hitler, are discussed on the page Neo-Fascism. Groups and movements that have been called Neo-Fascist but are constructed around a religious identity or theology are discussed on the page Neofascism and religion.

Organizations that describe themselves as being "Neo-Fascist" and/or "Neo-Nazi" or do not object to the label (note that some groups are explicitly "Nazi" in their orientation, whereas others have a perspective which agrees with/approves of the beliefs and actions of Hitler and the Third Reich but do not put it at the center of their doctrine). Some examples of these groups include:

• American Nazi Party
• Aryan Nations
• Aryan Brotherhood
• Creativity Movement (formerly World Church of the Creator)
• Libertarian National Socialist Green Party
• National Alliance
• National Independents Movement
• National Socialist Party of America
• National Socialist Movement (NSM88)
• NSDAP-AO
• Overthrow.com (Bill White)
• White Aryan Resistance

• Ku Klux Klan The KKK is separate from and predates the Nazis, but has often worked with Nazi groups before and after WWII.

The terms 'America's Nazi Party', and even 'American Nazi Party' are sometimes used by Nazi groups other than the actual American Nazi Party. Namely, NSM88 uses America's Nazi Party on its website. The old 'American Nazi Party' had a name change, but there are newer groups which use the name.

There are differences between Nazi groups, and other hate groups or political groups. Some groups are anti-semitic, or "pro-white" without actually being pro-nazi. Some fascist groups are only advocates of the fascist political system and do not have a racial focus.

Organizations which object to the Neo-Fascist or Neo-Nazi label include:

• Jew Watch, a website that criticizes modern "Jewish/Zionist Supremacism".
• Stormfront.org, a White Nationalist Internet forum.

Neo-Nazis or " Skinheads " in the United States are of the most prominent in numbers in the world. In a nation of nearly 300 million, the number of Nazis or Rightist Extremists can be placed as low as 20,000 to as high as half a million. Due to the U.S. constitution's quite lenient freedom of speech and expression, it is difficult under the law to pin point Nazis and Extremists from the general public. With 300 million citizens, the United States is the third most populaous country on earth, and the most populous among Western Nations. Even in European countries, where the percentage of Nazis may be higher and better rooted in society, the basic numbers stand nowhere near as high as the United States, countries such as Germany with 5,000-20,000 Nazis, with a population of 80 million, Austria with 2,000-10,000 with a population of 8 million and Russia, a nation which for the past decade has become somehwat of a safe haven for rightist extremists, numbers are never known do to Russia's easy going social system, but even in Russia, a country home to over 140 million, the number of Nazis stands on most accounts no higher than 300,000. The United States government, especially in the mid to southwest region, does not take careful notion of rightist organizations, the American Nazi Party and many other hate groups are only a small part of the actual number of nazis, many are bound to smaller groups who only cause havoc on a minor scale. In terms of percentages, Austria and Russia would hold the higher rate, but the United States would still hold the largest numbers.

See also

• Hate groups
• Nazi Songs
• German-American Bund
• List of political parties in the United States

External links

• [CNN article about multi-group Nazi demonstration at Yorktown in 2005]
• http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/
• http://www.nsm88.com/
• http://www.americannaziparty.com/
• http://overthrow.com/
• http://www.nazi.org/

 

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