ABSTRACT
The American extreme right has long been associated with violence. In the 1960s, in response to the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, the Ku Klux Klan bombed churches and attacked Freedom Riders, while in the 1980s the Order engaged in a series of robberies and two murders. This is not to say that the American extreme right as a whole is to be identified with violence. It has been noticeable, however, that throughout the period we are discussing, violence or the threat of it have been a prominent feature of major sections of the extreme right. But it has also led to considerable disagreement among activists, and it is those disputes on which we will focus in this chapter.
