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Alex Linder
Born(1966-06-30)June 30, 1966(age 58)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,U.S.
Alma materPomona College
OccupationHead of Vanguard News Network
Websitevanguardnewsnetwork.com
virksvilletoday.com

Milton Alexander Linder(born June 30, 1966) is an Americanwhite supremacist.He is the founder and editor of the Vanguard News Network (VNN), anantisemiticand white supremacist website andforum[1][2][3][4]described by theAnti-Defamation League(ADL) as "one of the most active white supremacist sites on the Internet."[4]

Linder is a former member of theNational Alliance,a political organisation considered by theSouthern Poverty Law Centeras "the country's most active and important neo-Nazi group" in the United States when he joined it.[3]

Background

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Linder was born and raised inPittsburgh, Pennsylvaniaand graduated with a bachelor's degree fromPomona CollegeinClaremont, California,in 1988, then worked as a researcher forCNNon theEvans&Novakpolitical show, and then atThe American Spectator.[4]

Criminal record

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On May 26, 2007, Linder organized what has been described as a "racially charged protest" linked to theChannon Christian and Christopher Newsom murdercase inKnoxville, Tennessee,that attracted 30 supporters, around 60 counterprotesters, and 300 law enforcement officers. Linder fought with police and was the only person arrested.[5][6]He was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, vandalism, and assault on a police officer. He was placed on six months probation and ordered to pay restitution to the police officer whom he assaulted.[7]

Political life

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Linder is an ex-member of theNational Alliance,aHolocaust denier,white separatist,neo-Nazi,andwhite nationalistgroup.[8][9][10][11]He left after deciding to allow criticism of the National Alliance to appear on the VNN forums.[4]

TheAnti-Defamation League(ADL) reported that Linder announced in January 2005 his intention to establish the White Freedom Party, stating it was "America's first political party advocatingAryaninterests and specifically naming the Jew as the agent ofwhite genocideand greatest obstacle to our people's self-preservation as a distinct and protected people. "It threatened to" WAGE NONSTOP WAR on the Jews, coloreds, and mainstream sellouts ".[4]Lacking financial backing, the "White Freedom Party" is currently dormant.

The Aryan Alternative

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In 2004, Linder began publishing atabloidnewspaper calledThe Aryan Alternative.Four issues were published as of July 2010—the first issue was published in mid-2004. Printing of the first issue resulted in 41,000 copies being distributed in 28 U.S. states.[12]The most recent issue, July 2010 (#4), was published in mid-2009. The newspaper is distributed for free, but donations for it are solicited online.

In articles he has written forThe Aryan Alternativenewspaper, Linder claims that Jews have been and are consciously engaged in aconspiracythat is implementing a systematic program ofgenocideto exterminate theAryan race.[13]

References

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  1. ^Cohen-Almagor, RaphaelConfronting the Internet's Dark Side,Cambridge University Press,2015, p. 212.ISBN9781107105591
  2. ^Gill, Paul.Lone-Actor Terrorists: A behavioural analysis,Routledge,2015, p. 89.ISBN9781317660156
  3. ^ab"Alex Linder",Southern Poverty Law Centerwebsite. Accessed August 8, 2019.
  4. ^abcdeAlex Linder/Vanguard News Network (VNN),Anti-Defamation League.ArchivedFebruary 29, 2012, at theWayback Machine
  5. ^Lakin, Matt (May 27, 2007)."Police arrest organizer at 'rally against genocide'".Knoxville News Sentinel.Archived fromthe originalon September 17, 2007.
  6. ^"White supremacist arrested at Downtown rally",WBIR-TV, May 26, 2007ArchivedDecember 21, 2010, atWebCite
  7. ^Lakin, Matt (2007-05-27)."Police arrest organizer at 'rally against genocide'".knoxnews.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2012-10-18.Retrieved2022-11-26.
  8. ^Hilliard, Robert L.; Michael C. Keith (1999).Waves of Rancor: Tuning into the Radical Right.M. E. Sharpe. p. 165.ISBN978-0765601315.
  9. ^Quarles, Chester A. (1999).The Ku Klux Klan and Related American Racialist and Antisemitic Organizations: A History and Analysis.McFarland. p. 146.ISBN978-0786406470.
  10. ^Richie, Warren (December 20, 2011)."Failed Martin Luther King Day parade bomber gets 32-year sentence".Christian Science Monitor.Retrieved14 February2012.
  11. ^"Bomb suspect tied to supremacist group".Boston Globe.March 10, 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 9 September 2011.Retrieved14 February2012.
  12. ^Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel Staff | Orlando (August 6, 2005)."Bombing plotter left racist papers".{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^"ADL Report on Alex Linder".Archived fromthe originalon December 3, 2010.
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