Tuesday, December 27, 2005
In a Vacuum
Free speech laws protect broadcast of neo-Nazi video
The Washington Post--December 16, 2005
It was, unapologetically, a recruiting video for a group that promotes an Aryan master race. Interspersing news footage of decaying urban scenes with still photographs of a segregated America, the show decried illegal immigration, rap music and "the multicultural degenerate mess that we have today," blaming it on Jewish media owners.
And it ran three nights in a row this week on public-access television in Anne Arundel County. County leaders yesterday [Dec. 15] publicly denounced the video "America Is a Changing Country," produced by a West Virginia group called the National Alliance, but said free-speech laws stopped them from keeping it off the television. ...
The centerpiece of the video is a monologue by William Pierce, the group's late founder, who recounts the four-decade history of a group that once was considered by some to be among the most influential neo-Nazi organizations in the nation. http://www.splcenter.org/intel/hatewatch/item.jsp?hid=899
Christian Identity dogma to air on cable
Saginaw (Michigan)--A nationally known white supremacist who conducted meetings at a Hampton Township furniture store before an arsonist torched it, will preach again in mid-Michigan via the airwaves. James P. Wickstrom is a self-awoved racist whose "Christian Identity" teachings maintain that Jews descended from Satan and white Western Europeans descended from Adam.
A tape featuring him speaking will appear on the Midland Community TV public access channel in January. No firm date is set yet. Wickstrom lives in the Pinconning area, according to the local FBI office. He has a post office box in Rhodes.
The 90-minute prerecorded show, "The Enemy Among Us," will air four times, said Melissa J. Barnard, director of the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, where the MCTV studios are housed. http://www.splcenter.org/intel/hatewatch/item.jsp?hid=902
The Washington Post--December 16, 2005
It was, unapologetically, a recruiting video for a group that promotes an Aryan master race. Interspersing news footage of decaying urban scenes with still photographs of a segregated America, the show decried illegal immigration, rap music and "the multicultural degenerate mess that we have today," blaming it on Jewish media owners.
And it ran three nights in a row this week on public-access television in Anne Arundel County. County leaders yesterday [Dec. 15] publicly denounced the video "America Is a Changing Country," produced by a West Virginia group called the National Alliance, but said free-speech laws stopped them from keeping it off the television. ...
The centerpiece of the video is a monologue by William Pierce, the group's late founder, who recounts the four-decade history of a group that once was considered by some to be among the most influential neo-Nazi organizations in the nation. http://www.splcenter.org/intel/hatewatch/item.jsp?hid=899
Christian Identity dogma to air on cable
Saginaw (Michigan)--A nationally known white supremacist who conducted meetings at a Hampton Township furniture store before an arsonist torched it, will preach again in mid-Michigan via the airwaves. James P. Wickstrom is a self-awoved racist whose "Christian Identity" teachings maintain that Jews descended from Satan and white Western Europeans descended from Adam.
A tape featuring him speaking will appear on the Midland Community TV public access channel in January. No firm date is set yet. Wickstrom lives in the Pinconning area, according to the local FBI office. He has a post office box in Rhodes.
The 90-minute prerecorded show, "The Enemy Among Us," will air four times, said Melissa J. Barnard, director of the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, where the MCTV studios are housed. http://www.splcenter.org/intel/hatewatch/item.jsp?hid=902
