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National Alliance

The National Alliance is a white supremacist political organization based in the United States. The National Alliance claims to have members in various countries throughout the world. Membership is not based upon citizenship in one particular country. Instead, membership is contingent upon the person being of non-Jewish European descent. The National Alliance at times describes itself as a "White Nationalist" or "White Separatist" group. Their detractors have labeled them "White Supremacist" and "Neo-Nazi." An article appearing in a 1989 issue of their magazine National Vanguard celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Adolf Hitler, declaring him "the greatest man of our era".

The group is believed to be the best-financed and best-organized White political organization of its kind in the United States. Membership in 2002 was estimated at 1500 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, and the staff has been cut by nearly half, [1] although most such claims are debatable, as the Alliance itself (and neo-fascists in general) tend to keep such information private.

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History

The group was founded in 1974 by the late Dr. William Pierce, a former physics professor and author of the book, The Turner Diaries: a novel about White revolution in America. The National Alliance was reorganized from an earlier group: National Youth Alliance. A few years after the formation, the National Youth Alliance dissolved due to infighting. Pierce gained control of the largest faction in 1970 and continued the National Youth Alliance until its reorganization in 1974.

Pierce previously had been an associate of the assassinated leader of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell.

Pierce died of cancer July 23, 2002, and was succeeded as National Chairman by Erich Gliebe.

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: the declining White birthrate and an influx of non-White emigrants as justification for their White Separatist position.

In an attempt to avoid being labelled a "hate group," the organization seeks to redefine itself every Valentine's Day by distributing a "Love Your Race" flyer.

Anti-Semitism

The National Alliance is strongly anti-Semitic. The group claims that Jews exert a negative influence at every level of American society. The National Alliance has long claimed that Jews control both the news and entertainment media in America. Their pamphlet "Who Rules America?" has been distributed in the hundreds of thousands since the organization's founding in 1974. [2]

After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the National Alliance claimed that these attacks were caused by the U.S.'s support of Israel. The National Alliance also claims 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" [3]which appeared in the March-April 2004 issue of National Vanguard, it suggests Israel's Mossad--using the cover of Israeli Art Students--learned of the 911 plot in advance and did little or nothing to inform the American authorities. Also prior to the 911 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 to Jews near the World Trade Center hours before the attack. See also: Conspiracy theories claiming involvement by Zionists or Jews in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Business

In 2002, the organization had a paid staff of 17. It runs a White Power record label called Resistance Records. It also runs a radio show, American Dissident Voices , heard on shortwave and internet radio, hosted by Kevin Alfred Strom .

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Critical

Commentary

  • As He Lay Dying (James Ridgeway, The Village Voice, September 4-10, 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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