On AlterNet: minutemen

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "minutemen"

Despite White Supremacist Ties, Nativist Minutemen Project Founder Gilchrist Stumped For GOP Candidates

David Holthouse, Media Matters for America. August 30, 2011.

Jim Gilchrist is sought by GOP candidates to burnish their tough-on-immigrant credentials, and treated by the media as a legitimate authority on immigration issues.

How the Tea Party Gave New Life and a Path to Power for Xenophobic Ultra-Right Extremists

Yasha Levine, AlterNet. June 7, 2011.

A good chunk of the Tea Party Movement's High Command is made up of former leaders and active members of border vigilante groups.

Dangerous Levels of Overlap Between Xenophobic 'Minuteman' Movement and Tea Party

David Holthouse, Media Matters for America. May 30, 2011.

Glenn Spencer's land was once a meeting ground for anti-immigrant vigilantes. Now, with many of the same faces present, he hosts the Tea Party Nation.

15-Minutes Are Up: National Minuteman Border Group Disbands

Billie Greenwood, AllVoices.com. March 28, 2010.

After a five-year run, the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps is calling it quits, their president announced this week.

CNN Can't Have It Both Ways: It Can Either Broadcast Hateful Lou Dobbs or Have a Latino Audience

Roberto Lovato, AlterNet. October 14, 2009.

Latinos across America are intensely concerned about CNN's hypocrisy: Broadcasting Dobbs' anti-immigrant extremism while running a Latinos in America special series.

Immigration Hardliners Going After Kids' in California

Erin Rosa, Gabacha. July 16, 2009.

The legislation would impact citizens born in the U.S.

Minuteman Leader Schris Simcox's Potential Twitter Followers Replaced by Mexicans!

General JC Christian, Jesus' General. July 1, 2009.

An open letter from a true patriot.

'Minutemen' Leaders Exchanging Insults Over Forde Murder Case

AlterNetJune 30, 2009.

Even before the shootings Forde was a polarizing figure among self-styled Minutemen.

New Threat on the Border: Rogue Anti-Immigrant Militias

* Staff, AlterNet. June 29, 2009.

â€œI had to take an oath, and part of the oath was that I couldnâ€™t eat Mexican food.â€

Armed Radical 'Minutemen' Kill Father and 9-Year-Old Daughter in Anti-Immigrant Hate

Sally Kohn, Center for Community Change. June 18, 2009.

Right-wing hate groups are hijacking America's economic distress to push their lethal agendas.

Minutemen Leader Talks Like a Humanitarian

Julianne Ong Hing, Colorlines.com. September 30, 2008.

The vigilante group's leader called immigrants a wonderful addition to the American fabric, as well as criminal terrorists.

The Hypocrisy and Racism of the San Diego Minutemen

Kyle Hussein de Beausset, Citizen Orange. July 22, 2008.

Caught on tape at the National Council of La Raza.

Minutemen Scream "F@$k You Brown Boy!" at Latinos Attending Obama Talk

Kyle Hussein de Beausset, The Sanctuary. July 15, 2008.

Remember, racism has nothing to do with these folks' world-view.

Immigration Hard-Liners and John McCain: Strange Bedfellows or Forever Star-Crossed?

Jordan Michael Smith, AlterNet. June 28, 2008.

McCain was the anti-immigrant movement's least favorite candidate and now they face a hard choice: support him or sabotage their party.

The Minutemen Scam

David Neiwert, Firedoglake. April 21, 2008.

Unsurprisingly, hints of graft raise more questions about anti-immigrant hate group.