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The Rise and Threat of the Modern White Power Movement in the United States
TLDR The modern white power movement in the United States emerged in the late 1970s, uniting various white supremacist groups and advocating for guerrilla warfare and revolution against the government. It has since grown in strength and poses the largest terrorist threat to the United States, surpassing even radical Islamist terror, according to a recent DHS threat assessment report.
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The modern white power movement in the United States emerged in the late 1970s, uniting various white supremacist groups and advocating for guerrilla warfare and revolution against the government.
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The modern white power movement in the United States emerged in the late 1970s, uniting various white supremacist groups and advocating for guerrilla warfare and revolution against the government.
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The aftermath of combat and the availability of veterans for violence has been used effectively to recruit people into the white power movement in the United States, as seen with the surge in clan membership and white power activity after the Vietnam War.
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The death of the Klan rally in Greensboro in 1979 resulted in a violent clash between the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and leftist demonstrators, with five people being killed, and the subsequent trials revealed the dangerous intertwining of anti-communism and racism within the white power movement.
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The Greensboro incident in 1979 revealed the lack of accountability and police involvement, leading to the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the recent apology from the city in 2020; it also marked the beginning of neo-Nazi and Klan activists collaborating and the adoption of leaderless resistance and early internet technology by white power groups.
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The white power movement in the 1980s became networked and connected through literature, particularly "The Turner Diaries," which provided a blueprint for guerrilla warfare and an eventual genocide of non-white people, leading to a surge in violent activity and the federal government's attempts to infiltrate and dismantle these groups.
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The events at Ruby Ridge, where a former Army Special Forces soldier named Randy Weaver and his family were involved in a deadly standoff with federal agents, became a rallying point for the white power movement and a recruitment opportunity for militias.
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The events at Waco, where federal agents laid siege to a religious cult manufacturing their own grenades, and resulted in a fiery end to the siege and the deaths of 76 people, including 24 children, further fueled anti-government sentiment and played a role in the radicalization of Timothy McVeigh, who later carried out the Oklahoma City bombing.
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The Oklahoma City bombing was a deliberate act of violence committed by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, who were inspired by the leaderless resistance model developed by Lewis Beam and carried out the attack without needing any orders, contributing to the lone wolf narrative and the failure to see their act as part of a larger movement.
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The white power movement, characterized by leaderless resistance and interconnectedness through social media, poses the largest terrorist threat to the United States, surpassing even radical Islamist terror, according to a recent DHS threat assessment report.
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