Vietnam and the Rise of White Power
A new book ties racist reactionary politics to the war, but overreaches when it comes to militias.
Militia Movement
The Southern Poverty Law Center Is Counting Extremists Again
Do its numbers tell a story?
The Southern Poverty Law Center Strikes Again
What should we make of the SPLC's annual count of "hate groups" and "anti-government groups"?
Utah Fusion Center Warns Cops: Watch Out for Don't-Tread-on-Me Flags
With LaVoy Finicum's funeral being held today, Utah police are on the lookout for "armed extremists." What sort of advice are they getting?
Whatever's Going on in Oregon, It's Not Terrorism
Terrorism is the use of violence against noncombatants for a political purpose. That's not what's happening here.
Are the Malheur Militants Really 'Terrorists'?
Not by the reasonable definitions of the word
Armed Protesters in Oregon Occupy Remote Federal Outpost at Wildlife Refuge After Marching Against Sentence of Father and Son Ranchers
Justice Department appealed the sentence to get it extended to the mandatory minimum, which the district chief judge thought was "grossly disproportionate."
Anarchists! Militias! The War on Cops! Halloween! It's All Connected, Sheeple!
The dubious tale of the "Halloween Revolt"
Cop Pulls Teen Over for Flashing High Beams, Tases Him, Eventually Shoots and Kills Him
Family is suing, saying everything the cop did from the moment he decided to stop their son was illegal.
Deeply Confused Newsweek Story Compares Republicans to Timothy McVeigh
The weekly gets both the past and the present wrong.
The Vegas Shootings, the Bundy Ranch, and the Splits on the Radical Right
The dynamics of radical politics.
Southern Poverty Law Center Finds Fewer Militias, Hypes Militia Threat Anyway
Fearmongering with the SPLC.
Antigovernment Groups at a Record High, Claims SPLC
Must be time for another "scare the donors" fundraising letter
Report: When Obama Became President, Right-Wing Violence Fell
Revisiting the Brown Scare of 2009-10.
The Cynicism of Dick Morris
One of the architects of the anti-militia panic is now borrowing the militias' rhetoric.
Department of Homeland Security
Homeland Security Meets Office Politics
The author of an infamous report on right-wing extremism tries to defend his work.
Five More Indictments in Fort Stewart Militia Case
This appears to be one of the few cases where the "militia" types actually did something wrong
Prosecutor Seeks Death for "Militia" Soldiers
Charged with murder to cover anti-government efforts
Court Hears Tale of "Anarchist" Soldiers Plotting Revolution
Whatever their actual plans, they do seem to have killed two people
"Anarchist" Soldiers Arrested for Murder
Georgia-based troops allegedly planned anti-government attacks
Sara Weaver Forgives the Agents Who Shot Her Family at Ruby Ridge
The Weavers won a major settlement for government misconduct
What Ever Happened to the Hutaree Militia?
Another radical decides to work within the system.
Constitutional Refuseniks
Stewart Rhodes on his controversial group the Oath Keepers and the orders they won't obey.
The Myth of the Menacing Militias
Think the Hutaree are the leading edge of a vast new paramilitary threat? Think again.
The American Anti-Revolution
Revolutionary violence is as American as an apple pie we threw away
The Paranoid Center
How the panic over right-wing violence is being used to marginalize peaceful dissent
