Extremism in America

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Extremism in America: A Reader is a book edited by Lyman Tower Sargent (a professor of political science). It is a reader presenting the ideas, platforms and creeds of both left-wing and right-wing American extremists in their own words; it provides their perspective on a range of issues: racial, political, religious, and economic.

It was published by New York University Press in 1995 as a 385-page hardcover (ISBN 0-8147-7978-6) and paperback (ISBN 0-8147-8011-3).

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Chapter, Section	Text	Author
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Populism : An American Root of Both Left and Right	The Good Roads Bill	Jacob Coxey
	The Non-Interest-Bearing Bond Bill	Jacob Coxey
	Collective Ownership	Socialist Party
	The Populist Party of the United States: Platform, 1984	Populist Party
	Here's Where David Duke and the Populist Party Stand on the Issues	Populist Party
2. The Beginnings of the Debate in the Twentieth Century	1936 Platform of the Union Party	Father Charles E. Coughlin
	1946: For These We Work—Fight—Pray	Gerald L. K. Smith
	If I Were President
	If the Crusader Quits, What Happens?
	Is Christian Civilization Menaced? A Fearless Answer
	This Is Nationalism
3. Rewriting the Founding Fathers A New Bill of Rights	If Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hancock and Mason Were Alive Today Here Is How Our Bill of Rights Would Look	Constitutional Revival
A New Declaration of Independence	A Declaration and Demand for Redress of Grievances	Robert McCurry
4. Communism and Anti-Communism Communism	The American Way to Jobs, Peace, Equal Rights and Democracy	Communist Party of America
	Industrial Democracy—Complete Democracy	Socialist Labor Party
	Communique on the Second Congress of the MLP, USA	Marxist-Leninist Party
Anti-Communism	Political Platform of the Patriotic Party	Minutemen
	Practical Security Measures
	Join the "Minutemen"
	Beliefs and Principles of the John Birch Society	John Birch Society
	Declaration Of Principles	Congress of Conservatives
5. Race Race on the Right National Socialism	National Socialism	George Lincoln Rockwell
	National Socialist World View	George Lincoln Rockwell
	American Nazi Party Official Stormtrooper's Manual	American Nazi Party
	What's White Power All About?	American Nazi Party
	Adolf Hitler Was Elijah	Social Nationalist Aryan People's Party
	American Program	American Program
Ku Klux Klan	What We Believe	United Klans of America, Inc.
	Ideals of a Klansman
	Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
	A Brief History of the Fiery Cross	Other Klan Groups
	Special Rights for Black Savages?	Other Klan Groups
Aryan Nations	This is Aryan Nations	Church of Jesus Christ Christian
	Twelve Foundation Stones to Establish a State for Our Aryan Racial Nation	Aryan Nations
	The Aryan Warriors Stand
	Aryan Nations Theopolitical Platform
	Why What Who Where When	Christian Defense League
Other Recent Groups	Principles for a New America	American Mobilizers
	NAAWP	National Association for the Advancement of White People
	Platform of the National States' Rights Party	National States' Rights Party
	A Program for Survival	William L. Pierce
	The Lesson of Desert Storm	William L. Pierce
	Whiteman's Platform	White American Resistance
Race on the Left	African People's Party Ten Point Program	African People's Party
Race on the Left	What J.O.M.O. Believes	Junta of Militant Organizations
6. Social Concerns Family	We Support Your Rights...	Eagle Forum
	Child Care: The Great Federal Kidnap Conspiracy	John Birch Society
	Your Family: The Fight for America Begins at Home	John Birch Society
Education	A Positive Program to Save Our Schools	Liberty Lobby
	New Education: The Radicals Are After Your Children	John Birch Society
	In The Name Of Education	Committee for Positive Education
	What's Wrong With Sex Education	Phyllis Schlafly
Gender Relations Libertarianism	Government Is Women's Enemy	Association of Libertarian Feminists
The Right	What the Equal Rights Amendment Means	Phyllis Schlafly
	What's Wrong with "Equal Rights" for Women?	Phyllis Schlafly
	A Manifesto of Men's Liberation	Men's Rights Association
The Left	C.O.Y.O.T.E.: Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics	COYOTE
	Draft Statements of Unity	Lavender Left
	What Is FSP?	Freedom Socialist Party
7. Economic Questions Economic Principles	The Individualist's Manifesto	Individualists for a Rational Society
	Regulations: How the Government Strangles Free Enterprise	New Right Coalition
	Declarations of Alteration and Reform	Committee of the States in Congress
Taxes	Must You Pay Income Tax?	Patriot Network
Taxes	Portrait of an American Traitor	Patriot Network
Alternative Money Systems	The Constitutional Way —Every Citizen a Stockholder	Lord's Covenant Church
	A Constitutional Money System	Committee to Repeal, Rescind and Revoke the Federal Reserve Act
	Report on Theft	Frontiers of Freedom
Welfare The Right	Welfare Is Theft!	New Right Coalition
The Left	NWRO Demands for the Poor Peoples Campaign	National Welfare Rights Organization
The Left	Welfare Bill of Rights	National Welfare Rights Organization
8. Intentional Communities	Statement of Purpose	The Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord
	Who We Are
	Women do Have a Part in the Days Ahead
	A Church With a Standard of Truth	Church of Israel
	The Duties of Christian Citizenship
	For the Wise and the Prudent Only
9. Radical Decentralization	Posse Comitatus—The Power of the People	Posse Comitatus
	It Is the Duty of Government to Prevent Injustice—Not to Promote It
	Dear Patriot
	Posse Instructions
	Principles of the Left Green Network	Left Green Network
	Port Huron Statement	Students for a Democratic Society
10. Tactics	If This Be Rebellion	American Militia Organization
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