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EXTREMISM

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Overview

• Extremism Definition
• Right Wing
• Left Wing
• Gangs

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Extremist behavior is a significant threat to
todays military

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EO practitioners must assist commands in
identifying problems

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Apathy and ignorance foster dangerous command
climates

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Command Climates must be created that support
Army Values

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DEFINITION
Extremist organizations and activities are
ones that advocate racial, gender or ethnic
hatred or intolerance advocate, create, or
engage in illegal discrimination based on race,
color, gender, religion, or national origin or
advocate the use of or use force or violence or
unlawful means to deprive individuals of their
rights under the United States Constitution or
the laws of the United States, or any State, by
unlawful means.

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Current Trends
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• Increasing emphasis on "lone wolf" activism
  (acting in small cells or alone to avoid getting
  caught)

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• The ascendancy of the Internet as an instrument
  for extremist organizing and disseminating
  information

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• The use of white power music as a recruiting tool
  by professional bigots like National Alliance
  head, William Pierce     

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• The emergence of Holocaust denial as an extremist
  lingua franca, both domestically and worldwide as
  well as budding alliances between Western deniers
  and their Middle Eastern counterparts -- even as
  David Irving lost a widely publicized libel
  lawsuit and other deniers were repeatedly
  defeated in their courtroom battles

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• The increasing role of women in far-right
  movements

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• The apparent demise of neo-Nazi stronghold Aryan
  Nations after the group and its aging leader,
  Richard Butler, lost a multimillion dollar civil
  decision (stemming from an assault by its
  security guards)
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• Opportunistic support of the anti-globalization
  movement and of the Palestinian cause by some on
  the far right

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• The convergence between the radical right and
  some elements of the radical left --
  conspiratorial anti-globalists and hard-core
  anarchists in particular and, most recently,
  support for foreign anti-American terrorists.

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We may not want them marrying our
daughters...but anyone willing to drive a plane
into a building to kill Jews is alright by me. I
wish our members had half as much testicular
fortitude."

American Neo-Nazi speaking about the hijackers of
September 11, 2001
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Right Wing Extremists

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Philosophy / Beliefs

• White Supremacy
• Christian Identity

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THE 14 WORDS
We must secure a future for white children and
the existence of our race.
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Symbols

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The Tyr rune
Norse rune

The Elhaz rune
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Tattoos
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Left Wing Extremists

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Philosophy

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Symbols

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Nation of Islam

• Founder Elijah Muhammad
• Current leader Louis Farrakhan
• Historical inequitable treatment of African
  Americans in the US
• Anti-Semitic
• Separate Islamic African-American homeland
• Segregation
• Eliminate taxation of African-Americans

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White people are potential humansthey havent
evolved yet." Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/18/00

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These false Jews promote the filth of Hollywood
that is seeding the American people and the
people of the world and bringing you down in
moral strengthIts the wicked Jews the false
Jews that are promoting Lesbianism,
homosexuality. Its wicked Jews, false Jews that
make it a crime for you to preach the word of
God, then they call you homophobic! Saviours
Day, Chicago, Illinois, 2/26/06

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Meaning of NOI Symbols No Show Notes Page

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New Black Panther Party

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M.E.Ch.A.

• Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (Chicano
  Student Movement of Aztlán).
• Calls for the reinstatement of lands seized and
  purchased during Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in
  1846
• Anti-Semitic

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Critical Events

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Army Chaplain James (Yusuf) Yee
Arrested 10 September 2003
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Criminal Street Gangs

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GANG
A group of individuals of 3 or more members, that
takes some form of Identity/leadership, and is
continually involved in criminal activity.

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Midwest Style Gangs

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Folk / People
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• Formed in late 1960s
• Initially formed in vacuum of Black Panther Party
• Organized along neighborhood boundaries
• Quickly turned to crime and intimidation
• The introduction of Crack cocaine changed their
  purpose and practices

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California Style Gangs

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Crip / Blood-Piru

• Formed in late 1960s
• Initially formed in vacuum of Black Panther Party
• Organized along neighborhood boundaries
• Quickly turned to crime and intimidation
• The introduction of Crack cocaine changed their
  purpose and practices

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Sureno / Norteno

• 14
• XIV
• Red bandana
• Norte

• 13
• XIII
• Blue bandana
• Sur

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Trans-National Gangs

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Asian Gangs

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Biker Gangs

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Hybrid Gangs

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Gang Related Incidents in the Military Services

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Do you have the resources available to assist
your command?

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Extremist views affect perceptions and behaviors
in units

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EO practitioners must have the knowledge to help
commanders

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SUMMARY

• Extremism Definition
• Right Wing
• Left Wing
• Gangs

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http//www.adl.org http//www.splcenter.org http
//www.streetgangs.com

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104th Division Equal Opportunity Advisor
MSG MIKE ROBERGE
michael.d.roberge_at_us.army.mil

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