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A - , « • Bra - ' <* 3 ' n *•*. C* C J* 3 p ûT • . .- s it y o f Oregon L ib r a r y ■ —, 0 -o n 97403 PORTLAND OBSERNER Volume XVIII, Number 18, March 11. 1987 25C The Radical Right? Who Are They? by Jerry Garner One of the mam reasons for the increase in racial and religious violence in the United States is due in part to th | -esurgance and violent activities of the radical right Some of the M ltkA 's most violent hate groups are The Aryan Nations, The Order, The Ku Wux Kian; The White Patriot Party. The Covenant The Sword and The Arm of The Lord, The Posse Comita tus The Social Nationalists Aryan Peoples Party and The Silent Brother hood Each extremist organization proaches racial hatred and advocates the use of violence, including murder Though few in numbers, they're trained in the arts of war, are heavily armed and inspired by a revisionist Christian theology known as Identity The movement s adherents believe Christ wasn t a Jew, but an ancestor of British Germanic and Scandinavian peoples The Identity theology is a movement founded in 1946 by Ku Klux Kian organizer Wesly Swifi Swift died in 1970 Here is a brief background of these terrorist hate groups The Aryan Nations, are located right here in the Pacific Northwest in Hayden Lake. Idaho, on a 20 acre tract. The leader of this neo Nazi hate group is Richard Grmt Butler, pastor of the Church of Jesus Christian Aryan nations The Aryan Nations invokes Christianity and God to denounce Blacks, Jews Asians. Hispanics, government officials and homosexuals as "aliens and traitors who are invading the white world They're labeled neo Nazi because of their attacks on Jews reminiscent of Hitler's Germany that Jews are the sons and daughters of Satan and that non whites and Blacks have no more spiritual worth than animals They believe Armageddon is near, and they are God s chosen survivors Butler’s compound has been the site of the World Aryan Congress, a gathering of white supremacists and neo Nazi hate groups from around the nation At the Congress last July meeting, Butler and other group leaders announced their intentions of turning the entire Pacific Northwest legion into a sacred homeland for white people White supremacists and neo Nazis from around the country are encouraged to move to the Pacific George McKeena, III — When I came to Washington Preparatory there were many gangs — now there is one gang and one gang leader — me Photo by Richard J. Brown Northwest They are also actively recruiting hard tore convicted criminals from pri sons Members of The Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were recently in .oived ... a race not at the Arizona S u re Prison Florence, Anz . as they fought with members of the all Black Man Maus gang According to An zona officals, The Aryan Brotherhood has some 250 300 members in the Educator Calls For Mandatory Homework state's prison system Gary Yarbrough, a former member of The Aryan Nations, one of ten Order members convicted in Seattle in 1985 of racketeering and conspiracy charges, was recruited by The Aryan Nations while serving time in an A n zona prison Yarbrough was captured Nov 24 1984 at the Capri Motel in Portland during a shoot out with FBI agents The Order, was formed by former members of The Aryan Nations in Hayden Lake, Idaho, in 1983 Robert J Matthews was the founder of this neo Nazi group He was involved in the same Nov 24. 1984, shoot out with FBI agents at the Capri Motel but escaped after attempting to kill a FBI agent Members of The Order had come to Portland for a strategy meeting in which a new base of operations for the group would be established near Mount Hood The Order had rented five "safe houses in Welches. Bright wood Government Camp and Rhododendron Former Order members testified that the group hoped to re establish in that part of Oregon Matthews was killed two weeks later on Whitbey Island Washington, by FBI agents after 35 hours of negotiating During the gun battle, arnmuni tion in the house ignited starting a fire Matthews was burned to death In December of 1985 in Federal District Court in Seattle, Ten Order members were found guilty on 20 counts of a 21 count indictment charging them with racketeering, conspiracy and a number of federal crimes They were sentences to prison terms ranging from 40 to 125 years Although the convictions of The Order members crippled the organization, the group by Jerry Garner A nationally known educator told a group of 150 educators and parents that educators must begin to set standards for students and adults if they are to improve the achievement level of inner city school students George McKenna III, principal of George Washington Preparatory High School. South Central Los Angeles, said, "W e as educators must begin to set some standards for our young people and adults When I took over Washington Prep in 1979, we began to talk about excellence in education and established a contract with every student and parent Under this con tract, homework is mandatory, attendance is monitored, conduct is non violent, and there is a dress code " McKenna was referring to the preparatory school model program he developed and implemented shortly after he became pricipal at Washington Prep The Preparatory School Model stresses academic excellence at all levels Before becoming principal of George Washington Prep, the school was experiencing incidents of violence, low achievement, and lack of com munity confidence Today, 80 percent of the school graduates enroll in college, there is a waiting list to enter the program He has been recognized nationally for his accomplishments and was invited by President Reagan to the White House to participate in a panel on school discipline McKenna spoke last Thursday at PCC, Cascade Campus, as part of PCC's celebration of Black History Month McKenna said there should be a national, mandatory homework policy for every school in the United States "Homework must be mandatory or otherwise teachers won t give it. That which isn't mandatory becomes optional Homework cannot be optional It should be mandatory across is still out there Three Order members are on trial in Tuscon, Arizona, for the Sept 15 1986 bombing of the home of a Catholic priest and the Sept 29th bombing of the Federal Building and a luggage store and outside restaurant in Coeur d'Alene The Ku Klux Kian, is the oldest hate and terrorist group in the U S The Kian was organized at Pulaski Tennessee, in 1865 by Confederate General Nathan B Forrest, a former slave trader According to Kian watch, the investigation arm of the Montgomery, Alabama based Southern Poverty Law Center ISPLCI, national membership of The Kian is estimated at 7,500 scattered thoughout 22 states, with the majority of them in the Deep South Today's Kian is as violent as it was 122 years ago Two Klansmen in Alabama were convicted last year for the 1981 murder of a Black teen ager in Mobile The youth. 19 year old Micheál Donald, died a brutal death at the hands of the two Klansmen He was beaten, his throat cut three times, and his body was left dangling from a tree One of the Klansman involved in the murder testified that Donald was killed at random, because he was Black and to show Kian strength in Alabama In Sept 1985 nine members of the KKK were indicted by the U S Justice Department on charges of conspiring to violate the civil rights of blacks and America." "If every Monday night across America we gave mathematics home work, then no parents on Monday nights in America would have to ask their children from kindergarten through college. Do you have homework to night?' Attendance should also be monitored on a regular basis In our school, we cut our absenteeism from 33 percent to less than 10 percent," t.r ” A * •k z ■ Carolina. Some of the main leaders in The Kian are James Farrands. Robert Miles, Thomas Robb and Tom Metzer Farrands. a Connecticut native, recently was elected Imerial Wizzard of The Kian during their national convention Federal authorities consider Miles a leading figure in the U S racist movement He is a former KKK Grand Dragon and now pastor of the Mountain Church in Cohoctah Mich Miles served six years in Federal prison for bunng school buses shortly before court ordered busing was to begin in Pontiac Mich and for tarring and feathering of a school principal. Miles has close ties to The Aryan Nations and other neo Nazi groups from around the nation He was one of the organizers of the World Aryan Congress held last July in Hayden Lake The World Aryan Congress is a gathering of white supremai ists and neo Nazis Miles caused an uproar in the state of Oregon when he announced his in tentions of moving to Coos Bay this year Robb is a KKK leader and Christian Identity minister based in Harrison, Ark He is the former National Chaplain of the Knights ol the Ku Klux Kian Metzler is founder of the White American Resistance and former head of the California Knights of the Ku Klux Kian Metzer was in Seattle when 10 Order defendants were convicted in 1985 and snapped a Heil Hitler salute at the van that carried the defendants from the couri house tail The W h ite P atriot Party formerly The Confederation Knights of the Ku Klux Kian, is b a s e d in Angier N C Its founder and leader is Glenn Miller, a Vietnam veteran This neo Nazi group operates a paramilitary army whose mernlxirs wear military style combat fatigues and participate in wea pons and tactical training Members of the United States M,nines Corps at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, have participated in paramilitary exercises and rallies staged by The White Patriot Party In May of last year, three Marines were dis charged for their involvement in Patriot actnvities Nathan Perimutter, director of the Anti Defamation League I A D D voiced his concerns regarding U S Mannes participation in Patriot activities in a May 19 1986 letter to Secretary of Defense. Casper Weinberger, where Perlmutter said Particularly troublesome is the possibility that U S Ma ones could be providing Patriots members with weapons or explosives to which they have access The C ovenant The Sw ord and The A rm of The Lord, an anti Semitic group is based in Fort Smith. Ark The founder is James Elliston Ellision and two other leaders of the neo Nazi hate group testified before a Ft Smith Ark . grand |ury in January about the internal nationwide structure of the right wing underground, its leader and their alledged plans to attack the U S government Ellision and his companions were arrested at the group s 224 acre com pound in northern Arkansas in 1984 after 150 state and federal agents sur rounded it After searching the compound, authorities confisi ated semi automatic weapons hand grenades, an armored tank and a 30 gallon drum of cyanide Federal officials said the group tiad planned to use the i yanide to poison the water supply in an unnamed city In addition, four Order members were arrestod during the raid, and a mat bine gun similar to ones used in the June, 1984 murder of Denver radio host Alan Berg, and in the April, 1984 killing of a Missouri state trooper, was confiscated The Posse C o m itatu s, a militant tax resistance group, is headquartered in Wisconsin The leader of the group is Donald Minnie« hesk The Posse is also an Identity group Members of the group are known for their pen chant for violence Gordon Kahl, a Posse memliw from Idaho, was killed in June, 1983 in northeastern Arkansas after more than 40 law enforcement officers encir cled his hideout The bunker caught fire after an ammunition cache inside ignited from gunfire Kahl's remains were identified by dental plates Fede ral authorities had been searching for Kahl for four months for the murders of two officers in North Dakota who came to arrest him for probation viola tions In recent years Posse leaders have focused on recruiting new members from depressed farm areas The Social N ationalists Aryan Peoples Party. Io< ated in Post falls. Idaho, was founded by Keith Gilfiert Giltiert is a former member of the Aryan Nations and pastor of ttie Restored Church of Jesus Christ he once served five years in San Quentin Prison for a plot to explode 1,400 pounds of dynamite during a speech by Dr Martin Luther King, Jr . to ttie B nai B nth Gilbert preaches that Hitler w.is the reincarnation of the prophet Eli|ah, and that Mem Kampf belongs in the Biblical canon In 1984 Gilbert ran un successfully for the Kootenai County, Idaho, Sheriff's office on the Demo cratic ticket Although he lost, Gilbert received 22 7 percent of the vote in the primary It is apparent that these neo Nazi hate groups are infiltrating the Pacific Northwest As their populations grow it becomes more imperative that people of the Pacific Northwest become aware of these groups and their goals and actions, so that they can counter,i< t the influence these groups might frave on the quality of life and increasing racist inspired violence in the Pacific Northwest DRUG ALERT! These stamps lire packaged in a red box with a Mickey Mouse print and McKenna said He credits the decrease in absenteeism at his school to the teachers McKenna said teachers at Washington Prep call the students' homes when ever they are absent from school "At our school we don't use a computer or an office person to call; the teacher does the checking In educating, you must personalize and individualize the learning process " McKenna said it's the responsibility of educators to keep students from dropping out of school, stating that teachers can prevent Black kids from dropping out of school by making them successful while they're still in school "After they've dropped out, trying to get them to come back is ridiculous Why should a student come back to something in which they had no success?" He said students who are potential dropouts must be given a support system. • ' • * I * ' whites in a series of cross burings and shootings in 1982 and 1983 in North (The fo llo w in g are excerpts re printed from a flyer being distributed by the N e w York C ity Police D epartm en t to schools and fam ilies in th at city Portland residents should advise their children of this danger.) The Police Department has informed us that there is another danger in our community It's called "BLUE STAR" and it is sold all over the United States It's a white piece of paper with a little blue star soaked with LSD which is a very dangerous drug It's the size of a pencil eraser You can pull it off the piece of paper and put it in your mouth This drug can also penetrate the skin just by touching the paper Some of these pieces of LSD come m colored papers which are like stamps and appear with a Mickey Mouse picture. Superman and other comic characters 'Av : • «, ♦ • • >. •z»1. ,. I • b are wrapped with aluminum foil in a sealed box This pat kage contains five stamps and is a new method to sell LSD in order to get more customers If an innocent child were to use this drug they would tie in trouble. Please advise your children atiout this drug Some adolescents give this drug to children in ordei to get them to test it and then keep them as customers If you see someone sick because of this drug and know who is selling it, please call the police anti inform them about it The symptoms of this drug are vomiting, halucinations and change of body temperature Pleas«1 take care of your children anti don't let them go alone to the street and to the stores If you see these packages. PLEASE DO NOT T O U C H THEM11I t •'.* • 4 A t V V’ '