White Nationalist Movement

Tanton’s ProEnglish & The Company They Keep

Last week, we posted a blog outlining the internal problems at ProEnglish, an organization that lobbies for measures that would make English the official language of the United States. Despite some successes, ProEnglish has recently faded a bit. In 2010, … Continued

Frosty Wooldridge: Nativist, Xenophobe, Fake-Environmentalist, Member of FAIR’s Board of Advisors

by Jesse Sanes Earlier this summer Federation for American Immigration Reform’s (FAIR) founder John Tanton’s name strangely disappeared from its board of directors amid the controversy surrounding the exposing of his ties to the broader white nationalist movement. However, not … Continued

White Nationalists Seek Inroads to College Campuses

With an economic recession that isn’t letting up for most people, the average American is dealing will a lot of stress and uncertainty in their daily lives. It’s sometimes difficult to know who or what is to blame. There is … Continued

Youth for Western Civilization Activist Now Employed by Tanton Network Group

One of the most active Youth for Western Civilization chapters in the country can be found on the campus of Washington State University. Up until recently the chapter was run by a student named Phil Tignino. Tignino has since graduated … Continued

Immigration

Youth for Western Civilization Gone Global

Catharine Debelle A campus network, Youth for Western Civilization, recently gained widespread exposure on MSNBC for its ties to white nationalism. Youth for Western Civilization (YWC) is a campus organization whose motto is “defending the West on campus.”  Support for … Continued

Politics

Anti-Immigrant ‘Progressives’ Embrace Hate

Back in 1963, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream where . . . “little black boys and black girls” would “be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.” … Continued

Immigration

The National Council for Science and the Environment Should Dump Roy Beck

Roy Beck presenting for the Council for Conservative Citizens The white nationalist movement has long tried to dress up opposition to immigration as a “progressive” effort to protect the environment from population stress. So it should come as no surprise … Continued

Immigration

Anti-immigration is White Nationalism

After reading about the John Tanton Network’s relationship to eugenics and possibly sterilization, I finally broke down in tears. As a researcher who studies white nationalism and anti-immigration for a civil rights organization, the majority of what I read is … Continued

Politics

Controversial Anti-Immigrant Network Invades the Nation’s Capitol

In 1925 the Ku Klux Klan held its largest ever demonstration in the United States. Tens of thousands of white supremacists marched through the streets of Washington D.C in a call to war against immigrants, African Americans, and Catholics. After … Continued

Politics

People Beyond Reason: The Organizing Imperative

It was at a meeting of U.S. and Canadian farmers and church leaders in the ‘80s that I first heard the story. After meeting all day to discuss and develop responses to the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, participants gathered … Continued