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According to Canada's Hatepedia, the group expanded into Canada in 1993.
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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.
In 1993, the group expanded into Canada, and Tom Metzger, the group leader was arrested and deported by Canadian authorities.


==Influence==
==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".
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".
Even after the group is no longer active, their imagery and logo still appears in hate material, and by white supremacists.
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