Exploiting the Internet

Explosion of Hate
The Growing Danger of the National Alliance

PLEASE NOTE This report was written in 1997. For the latest on the neo-Nazi National Alliance, see the group’s entry in Extremism in America

Introduction

Bonds with Other Bigots

Exploiting the Internet

Logging On

Use of Public Internet Forums

Harassment on the Net

Harnessing the Power of the Net

National Alliance:
A History

Looking Ahead

Map of Criminal Incidents

Map of Alliance Activity

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Exploiting the Internet

Logging On

A glance at the NA's Web site reveals that the group's ideology mirrors that of Nazi Germany: biological determinism, hierarchical organization, an emphasis on will and sacrifice, and "a long-term eugenics program involving at least the entire populations of Europe and America." The group's Web pages offer a series of policy statements explaining the NA's program for establishing an "Aryan society." These statements include a call for the creation of "White Living Space," an area that incorporates all of Europe and "the temperate zones of the Americas," which is to be purged of all non-whites. The group also calls for the formation of a "strong, centralized government" that is "wholly committed to the service of [the white] race and subject to no non-Aryan influence." These policy statements are also contained in the essay, "What Is the National Alliance?" which is distributed through the group's publishing arm, National Vanguard Books.

Familiar Themes in a New Venue

Also included on the Web site is Pierce's anti-Semitic essay, "Who Rules America?" and articles from Free Speech, the NA's newsletter, and National Vanguard, its magazine. The publications contain familiar themes: America is in decline, its vital essence polluted by non-Aryans, and only the revolutionary program of the NA can save it. Recently, the group added three foreign language texts to its Web site: French and German versions of The Turner Diaries, and a German translation of "What Is the National Alliance?"

Racist Electronic Commerce

The Web site also features an on-line version of the organization's National Vanguard Books catalog, which offers an extensive selection of books, videotapes and cassettes. The materials are divided into categories such as "National Socialist Revolution," "Race: Science and Sociology," and an especially long list on "Communism, Zionism, Feminism, and the Jews." Visitors to the site can download a form for ordering these materials and print out a membership application that can be mailed to the organization.

Hate in Many Languages

Recently, the site became even more "user friendly." It added a search engine, which enables users to plug in key words to find items relating to a particular topic, and a translation feature, which allows the site's English text to appear in five additional languages at the push of a button.

In an April 1998 ADV broadcast, Pierce claimed that about 12,000 people a day are visiting the NA's Web site, and that this number "is up about 75 percent from what it was a year ago." While it is not possible to verify these figures, as the Internet becomes increasingly popular, it is likely that a growing number of users are discovering the site.