Hammerskins
Abbreviation | HSN or wetnazs |
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Formation | 1988 |
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The Hammerskins (also known as Hammerskin Nation) are a
The Hammerskins were one of the most prominent American
It maintains an active recruitment strategy, and encourages members to enlist in military forces in order to learn combat skills for an upcoming
History
The Hammerskins emerged in the late 1980s from the Dallas based Confederate Hammerskins.[11] Their name is based on a scene in the 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall.[12]
The first international chapters of the group were formed in Northern Ireland and Switzerland in 1990, and Australian and Canadian chapters followed in 1993. During the following year, the regional groups amalgamated, rebranding as Hammerskin Nation, but in 1999 reverted to the regional system under an international umbrella.[8]
Power struggles had split the group into several
Description
Symbolism and motto
The Hammerskins logo and design, depicting two red and black crossed claw hammers, was taken from a fictitious neo-Nazi organization depicted in the 1982 film Pink Floyd – The Wall. The two crossed hammer was designed by Gerald Scarfe who made it for Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall and its movie, it was soon taken, changed and redesigned for the white supremacist group in Dallas.[14] The portrayal of the fictional group in the film was intended to show Nazism negatively and as a parody.[3] Their logo and the motto "Hammerskins forever, forever hammerskins" ("H.F.F.H.") often appear in their paraphernalia and tattoos. Crew 38 and Hammerskins members also frequently identify themselves with the slogan "838", meaning "hail [the] crossed hammers" (the initialism H.C.H. translates into the eighth, third and eighth letters of the alphabet).[9]
As of October 12, 2018, their website showed six U.S. chapters: West, Northwest, Midland, Confederate, Northern, and Eastern, and chapters in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Brazil.[15] Each chapter, both in the US and internationally, has a specific design which often includes the original Hammerskins logo and a symbol, logo or flag that represents the state or country.[16][17]
Recruitment
The organization is self-described as "leaderless". It maintains an active recruitment strategy, and encourages members to enlist in military forces in order to learn combat skills for an upcoming
United States
Individual members have been involved in many violent attacks and
Many Outlaw Hammerskins members attended the 2002 NordicFest, and the group was planning to provide security for a white pride festival hosted by the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.[3] The Outlaw Hammerskins are now defunct.[18]
Many of its members have been convicted of
Southern Cross Hammerskins (Australia)
The Australian group, founded in 1993,
In October 2019, the Southern Cross Hammerskins along with
Germany
The German chapter of the Hammerskins was banned by the German government on 19 September 2023.[26]
See also
References
- ^ "Racist, violent, unpunished: A white hate group's campaign of menace — ProPublica". ProPublica. A.C. Thompson, Ali Winston, Darwin BondGraham. 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
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- ^ a b c d e f "The Hammerskin Nation". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Helbig, Felix (4 November 2012). "Europas Neonazis feiern sich selbst" (in German). Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Schmidt, W.; Speit, A. (11 January 2013). "Hetzjagd auf der Bühne". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). Die Tageszeitung. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ISBN 978-1442202108.
- ^ Yenko, Athena (8 October 2014). "Anti-Muslim, Anti-Asian, Islamophobic extremists, Anti-Jewish -- Australia Has All The Hate Gangs". International Business Times. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Hammerskin Nation (a.k.a. Hammerskins)". Counter Extremism Project. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ a b "The Hammerskin Forum at Crew38.com". Crew 38. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ The Herald Sun. News International. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Reynolds, Michael (1999). "Hammerskin Nation Emerges from Small Dallas Group". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ISBN 978-1598843507. The name originally chosen by the group in the 1985 to 1987 period was the Cross-Hammer Skins/Skinheads, based-upon the Marching Hammers of the Pink Floyd Movie: Pink Floyd – The Wall, as mentioned. The change in name was based largely on the influence by skinheads from Denver, CO and California, who felt it important to link themselves to what they referred to as their “Historical, Ideological Ancestors.”
- ISBN 978-0313334023.
- ISBN 9780660035055.
- ^ "Neonazistas presos em SC e RS recrutavam jovens de outras células através de 'sistema rigoroso', diz delegado".
- ^ "Report documents rise in U.S. hate groups | Facing South". www.facingsouth.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "A Look at Racist Skinhead Symbols and Tattoos". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ Holthouse, David (2006). "Motley Crews: With Decline of Hammerskins, Independent Skinhead Groups Grow". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Portugese leider rechtsradicale Hammerskins krijgt celstraf" (in Dutch). De Morgen. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ a b c Leitsinger, Miranda (6 August 2012). "Experts: Alleged temple gunman Wade Michael Page led neo-Nazi band, had deep extremist ties". NBC News. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Beirich, Heidi; Potok, Mark (6 August 2012). "Alleged Sikh temple shooter former member of Skinhead band". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "White supremacist concert in Melbourne cannot be stopped, Premier says". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Melbourne's neo-Nazi festival stopped, Jewish leader says". 7NEWS.com.au. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Skinheads, Southern Cross Hammer (28 April 2011). "Southern Cross Hammerskins". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "ISD19".
- ^ "Germany bans neo-Nazi group with links to US, conducts raids in 10 German states". apnews.com. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.