Alex Linder

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Alex Linder
Born (1966-06-30) June 30, 1966 (age 58)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materPomona College
OccupationHead of Vanguard News Network
Websitevanguardnewsnetwork.com
virksvilletoday.com

Milton Alexander Linder (born June 30, 1966) is an American white supremacist. He is the founder and editor of the Vanguard News Network (VNN), an antisemitic and white supremacist website and forum[1][2][3][4] described by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) as "one of the most active white supremacist sites on the Internet."[4]

Linder is a former member of the National Alliance, a political organisation considered by the Southern Poverty Law Center as "the country's most active and important neo-Nazi group" in the United States when he joined it.[3]

Background

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Linder was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California, in 1988, then worked as a researcher for CNN on the Evans & Novak political show, and then at The American Spectator.[4]

Criminal record

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On May 26, 2007, Linder organized what has been described as a "racially charged protest" linked to the Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom murder case in Knoxville, Tennessee, that attracted 30 supporters, around 60 counterprotesters, and 300 law enforcement officers. Linder fought with police and was the only person arrested.[5][6] He was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, vandalism, and assault on a police officer. He was placed on six months probation and ordered to pay restitution to the police officer whom he assaulted.[7]

Political life

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Linder is an ex-member of the National Alliance, a Holocaust denier, white separatist, neo-Nazi, and white nationalist group.[8][9][10][11] He left after deciding to allow criticism of the National Alliance to appear on the VNN forums.[4]

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reported that Linder announced in January 2005 his intention to establish the White Freedom Party, stating it was "America's first political party advocating Aryan interests and specifically naming the Jew as the agent of white genocide and greatest obstacle to our people's self-preservation as a distinct and protected people." It threatened to "WAGE NONSTOP WAR on the Jews, coloreds, and mainstream sellouts".[4] Lacking financial backing, the "White Freedom Party" is currently dormant.

The Aryan Alternative

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In 2004, Linder began publishing a tabloid newspaper called The Aryan Alternative. Four issues were published as of July 2010—the first issue was published in mid-2004. Printing of the first issue resulted in 41,000 copies being distributed in 28 U.S. states.[12] The most recent issue, July 2010 (#4), was published in mid-2009. The newspaper is distributed for free, but donations for it are solicited online.

In articles he has written for The Aryan Alternative newspaper, Linder claims that Jews have been and are consciously engaged in a conspiracy that is implementing a systematic program of genocide to exterminate the Aryan race.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Cohen-Almagor, Raphael Confronting the Internet's Dark Side, Cambridge University Press, 2015, p. 212. ISBN 9781107105591
  2. ^ Gill, Paul. Lone-Actor Terrorists: A behavioural analysis, Routledge, 2015, p. 89. ISBN 9781317660156
  3. ^ a b "Alex Linder", Southern Poverty Law Center website. Accessed August 8, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e Alex Linder/Vanguard News Network (VNN), Anti-Defamation League. Archived February 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Lakin, Matt (May 27, 2007). "Police arrest organizer at 'rally against genocide'". Knoxville News Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 17, 2007.
  6. ^ "White supremacist arrested at Downtown rally", WBIR-TV, May 26, 2007 Archived December 21, 2010, at WebCite
  7. ^ Lakin, Matt (2007-05-27). "Police arrest organizer at 'rally against genocide'". knoxnews.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  8. ^ Hilliard, Robert L.; Michael C. Keith (1999). Waves of Rancor: Tuning into the Radical Right. M. E. Sharpe. p. 165. ISBN 978-0765601315.
  9. ^ Quarles, Chester A. (1999). The Ku Klux Klan and Related American Racialist and Antisemitic Organizations: A History and Analysis. McFarland. p. 146. ISBN 978-0786406470.
  10. ^ Richie, Warren (December 20, 2011). "Failed Martin Luther King Day parade bomber gets 32-year sentence". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  11. ^ "Bomb suspect tied to supremacist group". Boston Globe. March 10, 2011. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  12. ^ Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel Staff | Orlando (August 6, 2005). "Bombing plotter left racist papers".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "ADL Report on Alex Linder". Archived from the original on December 3, 2010.
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