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PORTLAND OBSERNER
Volume XVIII,
Number 18,
March 11. 1987
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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
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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,"
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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.
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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
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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
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