White Supremacy Groups in Nevada

Two whitesupremacist groups have stepped up recruitment efforts in Nevada, startingchapters following the National Alliance’s battle last year over ananti-immigration billboard near the Las Vegas Strip.

Emergenceof the pro-Nazi National Socialist Movement and a group called the SouthernNevada Skinheads is tied to the billboard that read, “Stop Immigration -Join the National Alliance,” critics believe. The sign included thegroup’s Web site and phone number.

“Thatbillboard has become an icon in the white power movement,” said CynthiaLuria, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League.

TheSouthern Nevada Skinheads, which formed last fall, has organized a few eventsin Las Vegas, including passing out fliers on Martin Luther King Jr. Day,according to the group’s Web site.

It’sunclear how many people make up either the Southern Nevada Skinheads or theNational Socialist Movement’s chapter.

Anti-immigrationfliers purportedly from the National Socialist Movement were spread in Fallon,about 60 miles southeast of Reno, last month, prompting complaints from morethan a dozen residents.

The fliersdecried Mexican immigrants and advocated rounding them up and sending them backto Mexico.

The National Socialist Movement’s Web site statesthat it recently joined forces with the White People’s Party. The party headedby Michael O’Sullivan who opposes affirmative action and illegal immigration,needs 7,914 signatures by Aug. 11 to become a recognized political party inthis state.
Source: AssociatedPress, Mar. 7, 2006
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