National Socialist Liberation Front
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The National Socialist Liberation Front (NSLF) was originally established as a youth wing of the
History
The NSLF was established in 1969 by
The NSLF was reconstituted as a new organization on March 2, 1974, "in the presence of 43 National Socialist revolutionaries" in
Joseph Tommasi was killed at the El Monte headquarters of the NSWPP in August 1975 and was succeeded by his lieutenant David Rust, who was soon arrested on a weapons charge.[6] Units of the group were formed in Cincinnati, Buffalo, NY, Wilmington, Delaware and Louisiana. In 1982, James Mason took a splinter group to form the Universal Order, a group that promoted the ideas of Charles Manson as a continuation of Nazism, and took with them the periodical Siege!, though the parting was reportedly amicable. By that time Karl Hand headed the group and published Defiance. Under Hand, the NSLF went back to the earlier model of uniformed political demonstrations and legality. However, the organization would come to an end with Hand's arrest on a weapons charge in the mid-1980s.[7]
Periodicals
- The National Socialist liberator. Arlington, Va.: National Socialist Liberation Front, May 1969 – mid 1970s?
- National Socialist review. Panorama City, Calif.: NSLF Jan 1975 – ?
- Defiance. Buffalo, N.Y.: M. Stachowski 1980 –
- Siege. Chillicothe, Ohio: National Socialist Liberation Front, mid-1970s – 1982 (became publication of Universal Order)
- National Socialist observer. Kenner, LA: NSLF, Sept. 1984 – ?
References
Notes
- ^ Atomwaffen Division has been influenced by members and associates of the NSLF.[1]
Citations
- ^ "Atomwaffen and the SIEGE parallax: how one neo-Nazi's life's work is fueling a younger generation". Southern Poverty Law Center. 22 February 2018.
- AltaMira Press2000 p.302
- ^ Kaplan p.98-9
- ^ Kaplan p.222
- ^ Tommasi, Joseph Building the revolutionary party Chillicothe, Ohio: National Socialist Liberation Front, 1974 p.1-2
- ^ a b Kaplan p.303
- ^ Kaplan pp.195, 222-3
External links
- Terrorist incidents ascribed to the NSLF on the START terrorism database