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Dangerous
Convictions:
AN INTRODUCTION TO EXTREMIST ACTIVITIES IN PRISONS
in a violent standoff with law enforcement authorities on Whidbey Island, in
Puget Sound, Washington. Most core members of the group received extremely
long prison sentences.
Imprisonment, however, did not inhibit members from continuing their mission.
In fact, several of them became prolific writers, contributing to a variety
of extremist publications, or even starting their own. David Lane, currently
serving a 190-year sentence in federal prison in Colorado, is best known
for his creation of the “14 Words” (“We must secure the existence of our people
and a future for white children”), a slogan that has become a rallying cry
for white supremacists in the United States and abroad. For several years, he
ran 14 Words Press from behind bars, using his wife, Katja, and former
Church of the Creator leader Ron McVan to do the physical work. 1
Based in St. Maries, Idaho, 14 Words Press promotes a form of paganism its
principals refer to as “Wotansvolk,” describing it as the fulfillment of “the
upward evolutionary path of natural instinct and biological determination. It
is the will to preserve our own kind by the acknowledgment of our genetic
uniqueness.” According to 14 Words Press, “Nature decrees that ‘might is
right’ and the will to survive justifies the means… .Racial integration is genocide,
forced integration is deliberate and malicious genocide.” The main publication
of the Press is Focus Fourteen, a monthly newsletter to which Lane
often contributes. 14 Words Press sells other Lane-authored publications, as
well as T-shirts and jewelry, and is a vehicle through which Lane is also able
to continue his associations with members of The Order. Lane’s work has
been reprinted in other white supremacist publications and also appears on
other extremist Web sites.
Much like Lane, Richard Scutari, also serving a (60-year) sentence in federal
prison in Florence, Colorado, has become a frequent contributor to extremist
publications. His definitions of a political prisoner and prisoner of war have
become the standard definitions used by most white supremacist groups, and
have been printed in numerous publications, including the skinhead magazine
Hammerskin Press (now defunct) and Tom Metzger’s White Aryan Resistance
1 In October 2001, Katja Lane announced that operation of the press had been turned over to Steve
Wiegand, a Maple Shade, New Jersey, purveyor of white power music. The following month, however,
she listed an address in Napa, California, as the “new location” of the press. It remains unclear who currently
oversees its operation, as well as to what extent it will remain active.
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