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Throughline · June 10, 2021 · 55m

The Rise of White Power

Throughline

The modern white power movement — its roots in the Vietnam War, its organizational structure, and how the internet transformed a fringe ideology into a mainstream political force.

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Canon

The hosts trace how the internet transformed white power from a fringe movement requiring physical meetings and mailed newsletters into a global recruitment network operating at the speed of social media.

Highlights

The modern white power movement was organized by Vietnam veterans using military tactics
The hosts trace how Vietnam veterans brought military organizational skills, weapons training, and a sense of betrayal by government into the white power movement, transforming it from scattered extremists into a networked paramilitary force.
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