U.S.|Lone Wolves Connected Online: A History of Modern White Supremacy
In 1981, Louis Beam, then Grand Dragon of the Texas chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, inspecting armed members of the group’s security force.Credit.Ed Kolenovsky/Associated Press
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Lone Wolves Connected Online: A History of Modern White Supremacy
Forty years ago, Louis Beam had the idea of using the internet to drive a movement. Today, his vision is disturbingly prevalent.
In 1981, Louis Beam, then Grand Dragon of the Texas chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, inspecting armed members of the group’s security force.Credit.Ed Kolenovsky/Associated Press
C-SPAN screenshot of Joseph Scheidler, founder of the Pro-Life Action League
Joseph Scheidler, an early leader and icon of the pro-life movement, passed away on Monday at the age of 93. He began the fight against abortion shortly after the
Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 and founded the Pro-Life Action League in 1980 to recruit and equip pro-life Americans to speak out for unborn children. Yet Scheidler also fought a decades-long court battle for his right to free speech in opposition to the abortion industry, a battle that birthed the Thomas More Society.
“My father’s proudest accomplishment was the pro-life work of those he inspired to take an active role in the fight against abortion, the greatest injustice of our time,” Eric Scheidler, Joe’s oldest son and executive director of the Pro-Life Action League, said in a statement Monday. “For years, people have been telling me about the talk or protest where they met my father, and how his words and example prompted them t