Dreams and realities in cyberspace: White Aryan Resistance and the World Church of the Creator
Author:
Jeffrey Kaplan
DOI:
10.1080/0031322032000084679
Publication Frequency:
5 issues per year
Subjects:
Nationalism;
Racism;
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Abstract
White Aryan Resistance (WAR) and the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC) are two American-based white-supremacist or neo-fascist groupuscules whose respective leaders, Tom Metzger and Matt Hale, were quick to take advantage of the new opportunities offered by the Internet and the World Wide Web in particular. This analysis, first, locates both WAR and the WCOTC in the context of the fascist style of radical politics in the West by emphasizing the role of vanguards in promoting disorder and violence to achieve a New Order. It then briefly examines the role of small, violent groups in general before the advent of modern forms of mass communication. Having established the background, the authors proceed to an account of WAR and the WCOTC as groupuscules apart from their roles on the Internet, and then to detailed descriptions of their websites and how visitors can explore them. The analysis concludes by asserting that the Internet does provide these groupuscules certain opportunities to reach audiences they might not have reached in the past, but that the threat they pose may be exaggerated.
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| Keywords: Cultic Milieu; Fascism; Internet; Ku Klux Klan; White Aryan Resistance; World Church Of The Creator |

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