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From ADL's Terrorism Update Team
Joseph Stack and the Lone Wolf Mentality
The plane that crashed, apparently deliberately, into an Austin, Texas, office building that housed offices of the Internal Revenue Service shocked the community and the nation, but may not have been an isolated incident. Instead, the crash may have been the latest in a series of acts of “lone wolf” violence that have plagued the United States in the last 15 months.
Terrorist groups use symbols that
express their goals and violent ideologies.
By examining the distinct
symbols used by terrorists, we can gain a better understanding of exactly how powerful a symbol can be.
The United States has seen a "significant and troubling" resurgence of racist skinhead activity, with a rise in the number of organized racist skinhead groups as well as a rise in the number of unaffiliated racist skinheads. In a new report, ADL warns that racist skinhead activity in the U.S. is rising, with active groups or individuals identifying themselves as racist skinheads in nearly all states in the country.
Extremism in America is a regularly-updated online encyclopedia of extremists:
