The Company It Keeps
In addition to the individuals mentioned above, CCC chapters have invited many extremists to share their platform with CCC members. They include the following:
- Jared Taylor, editor of the racist publication, American Renaissance (AR), addressed CCC meetings numerous times in 1998. AR describes itself as a "literate, undeceived journal of race, immigration and the decline of civility." In reality, the publication uses pseudoscience to justify racism and white separatism.
- In April 1998, Edward Butler, a Christian Identity preacher who publishes the vehemently anti-Semitic newsletter, The New World Today, gave a talk to the Georgia chapter of the CCC. A recent issue of Mr. Butler's newsletter reflects his views. He wrote, "...the U.S. government officials elected and appointed, are predominantly vassals of the Zionist New World Order. Jews control the wealth of the world and in turn they control the governments.... Will you go on being a vassal of the Zionist slave state?"
- In July 1995, David Duke addressed a meeting of the South Carolina chapter of the CCC, held at Clemson University. At the meeting, Mr. Duke openly embraced his long-held extremist views and he urged followers to fight for their "white genes."
- In April 1994, the Arkansas chapter of the CCC invited lawyer Kirk Lyons to speak to the group. Mr. Lyons, who has described himself as an "active sympathizer" of his clients' causes, has represented numerous extremists in court cases, including white supremacist Louis Beam and James Wickstrom, head of the Posse Comitatus (a vehemently anti-government group) and a Christian Identity preacher. The spring 1998 newsletter of the CCC mentioned that the organization has been working on a case with the Southern Legal Resource Center, currently headed by Mr. Lyons.
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