Extremism in America

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 George Michael 1. The Tea Party and the Far Right: Fellow Travelers? 15 George Michael 2. “Hell Yes, We’re Fighting!” Revolutionary Anarchism’s Call for Destruction and Creation 45 José Pedro Zúquete 3. The New Black Panther Party, Black Nationalism, and the Tangled Legacy of COINTELPRO 70 D. J. Mulloy 4. The Chicano Separatist Movement 114 Donald W. Trivett 5. Islamic Extremism in the United States 147 James M. Lutz and Brenda J. Lutz 6. Terrorism by Jewish Extremists in the United States 168 James M. Lutz and Brenda J. Lutz 7. The Christian Identity Movement 188 George Michael 8. Antiabortion Extremism and Violence in the United States 218 Aaron Winter 9. The Radical Environmental and Animal Liberation Movements 249 Donald R. Liddick 10. Misidentified and Misunderstood: Extremists and Extremist Groups Incarcerated in U.S. Correctional Facilities 274 Jeffrey Ian Ross 11. Terrorism and Extremism in the United States: A Historical Overview 294 Christopher Hewitt Conclusion: The Outlook for Extremism in the Twenty-First Century 311 George Michael List of Contributors 329 Index 331 ...