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Community Organizing, the White Supremacist Way

In some ways, the migration of radical hate to the Internet and the use of grassroots networks was inevitable. The internet gave birth to a media culture that largely targets niche markets. Although racist electronic bulletin boards have been around since the mid-'80s, the first major website was Stormfront set up in 1995 by a former Ku-Klux Klan member. What is significant about the new sites, though, is that they do not only spread political messages but also effectively organize online communities.

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