Tag Archives: Hutaree

The Southerm Poverty Law Center’s Mark Potok puts Michigan hate groups in context

By Mark | October 13, 2012

This evening, I had the occasion to speak briefly with Southern Poverty Law Center Senior Fellow Mark Potok. I’d reached out to Potok, who serves as editor-in-chief of the Center’s quarterly journal, the Intelligence Report, and its blog, entitled Hatewatch, as I hoped that he might be able to shed a little light on William […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged American Third Position, anti-government, ATF, bullying, Census Bureau, conspiracy theories, crazy white people, Daniel Johnson the racist not the musician, domestic terrorism, educational materials, entrapment, Family Research Council, FBI, Federal Reserve, FEMA, Fort Stewart, hate groups, Hatewatch, homophobia, KKK, Libertarianism, Mark Potok, Michigan Militia, Michigan's 11th congressional district, militias, Natural Law Party, patriot groups, racism, radicals, Rand Paul, ricin, Ron Paul, sexism, Southern Poverty Law Center, tea party, Teaching Tolerance, Terry Jones, the long suffering whites, the White Disenfranchised Male, white, white enclaves, white nationalism, white power, William Daniel Johnson | 39 Comments

50 Detroit high school students suspended for having the audacity to demand “An Education”

By Mark | March 31, 2012

The following story, regarding a student protest at Detroit’s Frederick Douglass Academy, which resulted in the suspension of 50 students on Thursday, ran yesterday on FOX 2 News. When asked by the Detroit Free Press why he was marching in front of the school, senior Tevin Hill said, “Right now, I’m not going to be […]

Posted in Detroit, Education, Uncategorized | Also tagged call to action, Catherine Ferguson Academy, Catherine Ferguson Academy for Young Women, dismantling of public education, domestic terrorism, Frederick Douglass Academy, prison industrial complex, public education, racism, sedition, tax the rich, Tevin Hill, the growing gap between rich and poor, trends in American education | 16 Comments

Alleged domestic terrorists thwarted near historic Monkey Power Trio recording site

By Mark | November 2, 2011

Remember the Christian militia folks from here in Michigan that were locked up not too long ago for allegedly plotting to kill state and local law enforcement officers? Well, it looks as though something similar is unfolding right now in Georgia, where four right-wing militia members have been arrested for planning attacks on IRS and […]

Posted in Monkey Power Trio, Observations, Politics | Also tagged Absolved, angry old white men, angry white men, ATF, Christian soldiers, Civil War, gay marriage, gun control, IRS, kraken, Mike Vanderboegh, militias, self-publishing | 6 Comments

Sedition in the USA

By Mark | May 19, 2010

Reading a thread on Metafilter just now on the release from jail of three Hutaree militia members, I followed a link to an article on Ornicus that I’d previously overlooked. Here, in hopes that you might find it as interesting as I did, is a clip: …These escalating armed demonstrations, accompanied by belligerent sloganeering, are […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Politics, Religious Extremism | Also tagged 100 people who are destroying America, anti-government, Bernard Goldberg, Bruce Wilson, Christian dominionists, cleansing, demonic activity, domestic terrorism, Fort Hood, guns, Joel's Army, militias, Ornicus, posses, Rachel Tabachnik, sedition, Spiritual FItness Center, spiritual warriors, target acquisition, Transformations movement | 7 Comments

Obama reverses his position on offshore drilling

By Mark | March 31, 2010

Today, Obama proposed that we open up millions of acres along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling. And, in doing so, he once again disappointed and outraged the left… Here, to put today’s announcement in context, is a quote from candidate […]