CONTEMPORARY HATE GROUPS
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The white order of Thule (WOT).
A Brief Introduction.
WOT was formed around 1994. Its main goal was to work towards revival of the European’s culture and soul. However, the southern Poverty Law centre described this group as racist. The group appeared to have collapsed in 2000 following the group’s announcement that it had disbanded. However, an internet blog was formed in 2005 which reposted the original materials of the group and continues to post new materials to date.
Justification.
The group justifies itself that it adheres to European paganism. It also claims that its activities are spiritual.
Recruitment strategies.
The group teaches its members through educational programmes. The programmes include; occultism, Jungal and Hermetic psychology, Achetype pathworking and folkish hygiene. It also has books that it uses to train its followers. The books include Might is Right, Revolt against the modern world and the decline of the western people.
Membership.
The activities of the group do not discriminate against women and children. However, the members are limited people of the European origin. Each member has to be 18 years and above. The group is so engrossed in its obligations that it becomes difficult to describe the place of women and children in the group. This is because, no materials printed by the group addresses the issue of women and children, unlike the National alliance.

The National Alliance.
A Brief History.
The leader of National Alliance is Erich Gliebe although the group was founded by William Pierce in 1974. Pierce died in 2002. The headquarters of the Group is in West Virginia.
The contemporary Target for the group.
The group positively targets and supports the Aryan race viewing it as a superior race. It negatively targets both blacks and Jews whom it depicts as a threat to the Aryan culture. “Jews are considered as a menace to the survival of the whites” (Gliebe, 2008). The groups racist attacks have extended to the government. This is because the government supports the women. “Mass democracy has grown in the government. They have included women and non whites in the government” (Gliebe, 2008)
Justification of its action.
Claims that the world is hierarchical and therefore, the Aryan race possesses higher qualities than the other races. It also claims that its cosmotheism ideology seeks to unify the white race with the nature.
Recruitment strategies.
In the earlier years, the group held weekly meetings in Washington D.C. The group has also posted its ideologies through the media in its effort to attract new members. The group is also associated with recruiting college students.
Place of women and Children.
The group detests women and children in the society. One of its publication states, “ NA is eager to erase advancement made by women in the last century because feminism is threatening our race” (Haskell, 2002).

The Hammerskin Nation.
Brief introduction.
This is the most violent racist neo-Nazi hate group in the United States. Many of its members have been convicted of assault and murder of the minorities. The group is still active and dangerous.
Contemporary targets.
The group targets the minorities in the United States. The Group is reported to have beaten blacks and Hispanics in Dallas. They also vandalized a synagogue targeting the Jews by shooting and smashing windows and doors of the synagogue.
Justification.
The group claims to be seeking ways and answers of the self identity. It claims to be safeguarding the whites against the likelihood of being deemed as outcasts or minorities. They therefore, assert to be taking hold of the racist minorities and welcoming them to the movement.
Recruitment Strategies The group targets the “disillusioned” young people. Many of the group’s contact points are maintained by hate rock bands. The group is very selective to whom is joining them, asking for proves from the prospective members.
Place of Women and Children in the Group.
No reports showing that the group discriminates against women and children. Its members are composed of both women and men.

References.
Gliebe, E. (2010). A documentary on the National Alliance and its program.
Retrived: www. natall.com
The Hammerskin official website (2012) Retrived: http://www.hammerskins.net/
White Order of Thule (2000). Retrieved: http://www.thulean.org/.