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Since the reorganization of National Vanguard, the group has focused upon holding unit meetings and distributing fliers. It launched a boycott against the hardware chain [[The Home Depot]] because of its stance on undocumented immigrants. Units in [[Florida]], [[Nevada]], and [[New Jersey]] appear to be the most active. Members are attempting to form a new political party in Nevada: the White People's Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/unsorted/National%20Vanguard%20-%20Just%20Say%20No%20to%20Illegal%20Immigrants.htm|title=National Vanguard: Just Say No to Illegal Immigrants}}</ref> One plank in the party's platform calls for "the White Race" to be placed on the [[Endangered Species Act|endangered species list]] since "all relevant laws are working against the continued existence of Whites."<ref>[http://www.whitepeoplesparty.com/ www.whitepeoplesparty.com]. Accessed September 23, 2006 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208051845/http://www.whitepeoplesparty.com/ |date=February 8, 2006 }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=October 2023}} |
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In the wake of [[Hurricane Katrina]], which struck the US Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, a National Vanguard First Response Team was organized to help white families in [[Alabama]] and [[Mississippi]] on September 20, 2005. Its decision to only help white victims has been described as reprehensible.<ref>{{Cite web |
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Founder | Kevin Alfred Strom, and former members of the National Alliance |
| Type | White nationalist/Neo-Nazi |
| Headquarters | Charlottesville, Virginia, United States |
Official language | English |
| Website | https://nationalvanguard.org |
National Vanguard is an American white nationalist, neo-Nazi organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 2005 by convicted sex offender Kevin Alfred Strom and former members of the National Alliance.[1]
History, structure, and changing leadership
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The group was founded by former and expelled members of the National Alliance.[2] The National Alliance's 5-man Executive Committee, a think-tank which was created to explore new ideas five months earlier by Erich Gliebe, issued a formal declaration which was titled "A Time for Leadership."[3] The declaration decried then-Chairman Erich Gliebe's dissolution of the National Alliance Board of Directors and his reduction of its composition so it would merely include himself and COO Shaun Walker. It called for a reconstitution of the board of directors, and it also called for the merger of the board with the executive committee, both in membership and function. Gliebe and Walker rejected the declaration.[citation needed]
In response, Gliebe and Walker claimed that Kevin Strom was poorly performing his job as editor of the National Alliance's magazine, which was months late on some occasions. There was a pay dispute in which Kevin Strom claimed that Shaun Walker was not paying Strom his full salary, which became a public dispute within Internet chatrooms. This pay dispute and other internal conflicts created an atmosphere which was plagued by factional personality conflicts which intensified for 6 months until they erupted.[citation needed]
There were no legal options to choose from, so in April 2005, "National Vanguard" was formally organized by some former National Alliance Unit Coordinators and five members of the Executive Committee.[4][non-primary source needed]
The main issues which were cited as the causes of the split with the National Alliance were a dispute over the creation of an expanded board of directors, a lack of prompt and professional publishing of a news-magazine and a lack of open accounting of all of the funds which were collected. The new organization picked Kevin Alfred Strom as its new leader, but a board of directors was not created. Within 8 months, half of all National Vanguard members had either resigned or formed another new group. Most of the key leaders who planned the initial coup within the National Alliance group left the National Vanguard within 15 months, but they left without all of the open Internet airing of "internal laundry." In January 2007, Strom was arrested on child pornography related charges by the FBI and Federal Marshals. In 2008, he pled guilty to possession of child pornography (but he claimed that his possession of it was inadvertent[5]) and he was sentenced to 23 months in prison.[6]
As of 2023, National Vanguard maintains an active website which features daily articles and updates.[1][7][better source needed]
Activities
Since the reorganization of National Vanguard, the group has focused upon holding unit meetings and distributing fliers. It launched a boycott against the hardware chain The Home Depot because of its stance on undocumented immigrants. Units in Florida, Nevada, and New Jersey appear to be the most active. Members are attempting to form a new political party in Nevada: the White People's Party.[8] One plank in the party's platform calls for "the White Race" to be placed on the endangered species list since "all relevant laws are working against the continued existence of Whites."[9][better source needed]
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which struck the US Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, a National Vanguard First Response Team was organized to help white families in Alabama and Mississippi on September 20, 2005. Its decision to only help white victims has been described as reprehensible.[10]
In 2005, National Vanguard showcased the pop-music duo Prussian Blue, twin sisters from Bakersfield, California, Lynx and Lamb Gaede, whom the organization hoped would "be breaking new ground... creating an entire genre of pro-White music" that will cross over to mainstream audiences.[11][12][better source needed] Their mother, April, is a writer and activist for National Vanguard.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b Kim, T.K. "National Vanguard's Strom Seeks More Power - Former National Alliance 'intellectual' Kevin Strom wants to be a boss - Part 1". Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. "Part 2: Veggies and Mozart". Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. "Part 3: Return to West Virginia". Splcenter.org. Southern Poverty Law Center. 2005. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ^ Kim, T.K. (October 14, 2005). "National Vanguard's Strom Seeks More Power". Intelligence Report. No. Fall 2005. Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
- ^ "A Time for Leadership". Accessed September 23, 2006 Archived April 22, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "National Vanguard: Our Cause Reborn" Archived April 30, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Strom, Kevin (January 20, 2009). "Kevin Alfred Strom's Address to the Court". Retrieved May 27, 2015.
- ^ "White nationalist sentenced in child porn case". Charlottesville Daily Progress. April 21, 2008. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved April 23, 2008.
- ^ "National Vanguard - Home page". Nationalvanguard.org. 2011. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ^ "National Vanguard: Just Say No to Illegal Immigrants".
- ^ www.whitepeoplesparty.com. Accessed September 23, 2006 Archived February 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kruse, Michael (September 14, 2005). "Appeal for Katrina aid carries an ugly message - A neo-Nazi group hands out fliers in Brooksville that ask for support for white victims only". sptimes.com. St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on May 23, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ^ "Politik Eropa & Prusia". Prussian Blue. Archived from the original on November 7, 2005.
- ^ "Race: The White Album". Newsweek.com. Harman Newsweek LLC. November 7, 2005. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
External links
- National Vanguard
- Nationalist Coalition (formerly National Vanguard, Tampa until February 2006)
- European Americans United
- Western Voices World News
- List of white nationalist organizations
Critical
- Anti Defamation League article on the formation of National Vanguard
- Article on National Vanguard's expulsion from Google News
- Southern Poverty Law Center article on the creation of National Vanguard
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