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|fullname = White Aryan Resistance | |fullname = White Aryan Resistance | ||
|alias = WAR<br>White American Political Association<br>White American Resistance | |alias = WAR<br>White American Political Association<br>White American Resistance | ||
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|foundation = 1983 | |foundation = 1983 | ||
|headquarters = Warsaw, Indiana, United States | |headquarters = Warsaw, Indiana, United States | ||
|commanders = [[Tom Metzger]] | |commanders = [[Tom Metzger]] | ||
|agents = | |agents = | ||
|skills = | |skills = | ||
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|crimes = [[Murder]]<br> | |crimes = [[Murder]]<br>Xenophobia<br>Propaganda<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Homophobia]] | ||
|type of | |type of villains = White Supremacist Hate Group}}'''White Aryan Resistance '''(also known by its initials '''WAR''') is a [[White Supremacy|white supremacist]] [[Hate Groups|hate group]] that is considered a leading organization within the [[White Power Skinheads|white power skinhead]] movement. They were named for a newspaper they read that was published by [[Tom Metzger]], a former [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Dragon in California. Founded in 1980 as the White American Political Association, Metzger changed the name in 1983 as the group's focus shifted to social revolution, as opposed to electoral campaigning. He promoted the group on a public access cable show called ''Race and Reason'', and by the late 1980s was recruiting skinheads to his cause. | ||
'''White Aryan Resistance '''(also known by its initials '''WAR''') is a [[White Supremacy|white supremacist]] [[Hate Groups|hate group]] that is considered a leading organization within the [[White Power Skinheads|white power skinhead]] movement. They were named for a newspaper they read that was published by [[Tom Metzger]], a former [[Ku Klux Klan]] Grand Dragon in California. Founded in 1980 as the White American Political Association, Metzger changed the name in 1983 as the group's focus shifted to social revolution, as opposed to electoral campaigning. He promoted the group on a public access cable show called ''Race and Reason'', and by the late 1980s was recruiting skinheads to his cause. | |||
In 1990 the group faced legal trouble when members of a Portland skinhead gang called East Side White Pride, which was part of the alliance, murdered an Ethiopian immigrant named Mulugeta Seraw. Seraw's family sued WAR for 12.5 million dollars, which were paid in WAR's profits and Metzger's residence. Despite this, WAR continued publication, and made a website in 1997 which is still up to this day. | In 1990 the group faced legal trouble when members of a Portland skinhead gang called East Side White Pride, which was part of the alliance, murdered an Ethiopian immigrant named Mulugeta Seraw. Seraw's family sued WAR for 12.5 million dollars, which were paid in WAR's profits and Metzger's residence. Despite this, WAR continued publication, and made a website in 1997 which is still up to this day. | ||
Currently, WAR is associated with the [[Alt-Right]]. | |||
==History== | |||
==History == | |||
Metzger's first group was known as the White Brotherhood, which he led in the mid-1970s until joining [[David Duke]]'s Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in 1975. By 1979 he had risen to Grand Dragon of the California realm. | Metzger's first group was known as the White Brotherhood, which he led in the mid-1970s until joining [[David Duke]]'s Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in 1975. By 1979 he had risen to Grand Dragon of the California realm. | ||
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In October 1990, the Southern Poverty Law Center won a civil case on behalf of the deceased's family against Tom and John Metzger and WAR, for a total of US$12.5 million. The Metzgers did not have millions of dollars, so the Seraw family only received assets from the Metzger's $125,000 house and a few thousand dollars. The Metzgers declared bankruptcy, but WAR continued to operate. WAR continued to publish a newspaper despite the verdict. Metzger launched a website in 1997 and had an Internet radio program. The cost of trial, in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to Morris Dees founder of the SPLC, was absorbed by the SPLC and the Anti-Defamation League, according to Morris Dees, founder of the SPLC. | In October 1990, the Southern Poverty Law Center won a civil case on behalf of the deceased's family against Tom and John Metzger and WAR, for a total of US$12.5 million. The Metzgers did not have millions of dollars, so the Seraw family only received assets from the Metzger's $125,000 house and a few thousand dollars. The Metzgers declared bankruptcy, but WAR continued to operate. WAR continued to publish a newspaper despite the verdict. Metzger launched a website in 1997 and had an Internet radio program. The cost of trial, in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to Morris Dees founder of the SPLC, was absorbed by the SPLC and the Anti-Defamation League, according to Morris Dees, founder of the SPLC. | ||
== Influence == | |||
Although WAR along with other white power skinhead organizations has declined in relevance as most younger white supremacists joined [[Alt-Right]] groups in the mid 2010s, cartoons that appeared in its newspaper drawn by [[A Wyatt Mann]] remain popular with the broader white power movement, particularly an anti-Semitic caricature known as the "Happy Merchant".[[Category:Organizations]] | |||
==Influence== | |||
Although WAR along with other white power skinhead organizations has declined in relevance as most younger white supremacists joined [[Alt-Right]] groups in the mid 2010s, cartoons that appeared in its newspaper drawn by [[A Wyatt Mann]] remain popular with the broader white power movement, particularly an anti-Semitic caricature known as the "Happy Merchant". | |||
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