Everything you love will burn : inside the rebirth of white nationalism in America

Drawing on years of reporting from inside white supremacist and nationalist groups, the dark story of how once disorganized, amateurish fringe groups have gained recent prominence and are working to build a new movement. When Vegas Tenold began reporting from the inner circle of three white power groups in America-the KKK, the National Socialist Movement, and the Traditionalist Workers Party-he found himself in the midst of small, disorganized groups operating well outside the mainstream. The people Tenold met got into violent and bloody fights in New Jersey parking lots; paraded the Confederate Flag around; or attended somber KKK funerals. But in the last few years, that has changed. In response to persistent economic frustrations, the presidency of Barack Obama, and the visibility of Black Lives Matter and egged on by the rhetoric of Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, and others in the White House, membership is rising and national politicians are giving validation to... Reveals How White Supremacist And Nationalist Groups Rose In Influence To Achieve Political Support At The Highest Levels Of Government, Examining The Transformation Of Once-small Groups Into Threatening Mainstream Organizations. Six Years Ago, Vegas Tenold Embedded Himself Among The Members Of Three Of America's Most Ideologically Extreme White Nationalist Groups--the Kkk, The National Socialist Movement, And The Traditionalist Workers Party. At The Time, These Groups Were Part Of A Disorganized Counterculture That Felt Far From The Mainstream. But Since Then, All That Has Changed. Racially-motivated Violence Has Been On Open Display At Rallies In Charlottesville, Berkeley, Pikesville, Phoenix, And Boston. Membership In White Nationalist Organizations Is Rising, And National Politicians, Including The President, Are Validating Their Perceived Grievances. Everything You Love Will Burn Offers A Terrifying, Sobering Inside Look At These Newly Empowered Movements, From Their Conventions To Backroom Meetings With Republican Operatives. Tenold Introduces Us To Neo-nazis In Brooklyn; A Millennial Klanswoman In Tennessee; And A Rising Star In The Movement, Nicknamed The Little Führer By The Southern Poverty Law Center, Who Understands Political Power And Is Organizing A Grand Coalition Of Far-right Groups To Bring Them Into The Mainstream. Everything You Love Will Burn Takes Readers To The Dark, Paranoid Underbelly Of America, A World In Which The White Race Is Under Threat And The Enemy Is Everywhere.--dust Jacket. Introduction: Election Day, 2016 -- The Battle Of Trenton -- The Little Führer -- The Defender Of Western Civilization -- Kiggy -- The Nsm Turns Forty -- The Soldiers Of The Earl Turner -- National Kill-a-white-person Day -- The Ana -- Hammerskins -- Harrisburg -- The Suits -- The College Boys -- Hail Heimbach -- Postscript: The Hard Right. Vegas Tenold. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 299-310) And Index. The dark story of the shocking resurgence of white supremacist and nationalist groups, and their path to political power Six years ago, Vegas Tenold embedded himself among the members of three of America's most ideologically extreme white nationalist groups-the KKK, the National Socialist Movement, and the Traditionalist Workers Party. At the time, these groups were part of a disorganized counterculture that felt far from the mainstream. But since then, all that has changed. Racially-motivated violence has been on open display at rallies in Charlottesville, Berkeley, Pikesville, Phoenix, and Boston. Membership in white nationalist organizations is rising, and national politicians, including the president, are validating their perceived grievances. Everything You Love Will Burn offers a terrifying, sobering inside look at these newly empowered movements, from their conventions to backroom meetings with Republican operatives. Tenold introduces us to neo-Nazis in Brooklyn; a millennial Klanswoman in Tennessee; and a rising star in the movement, nicknamed the "Little FÃ1⁄4 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, who understands political power and is organizing a grand coalition of far-right groups to bring them into the mainstream. Everything You Love Will Burn takes readers to the dark, paranoid underbelly of America, a world in which the white race is under threat and the enemy is everywhere.