thompson on the rise of neneo-nazis in america. havee past few years, i been reporting on the resurgent of the white supremacist movement. i've seen its ideas migrated to the mainstrtream. i have seen violence in cities across the country, and now this. what looks to be the deadliest attack on the jewish community in american history. i fear there will be more to come. they make on the same day robert bowers opened fire in the pittsburgh synagogue, a neo-nazi he was communicating with took his own life and washington, d.c. the mets brother has since been arrested on weapons charges. the brothers were both to the violent wasn't from assist group atomwaffen. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a federal court in california put a temporary halt monday to president trump's order denying asylum to anyone who enters the united states outside the legal port of entry. trump announced the move earlier this month, a purely in response to t the central americann

they had objected to his nazi views.t to enter a plea, but the 17 year oldap thed to be fascinated witomwaffen. his social media accounts were full of its propaganda. weeks later, in california, sam woodward was arresfor allegedly killing blaze bernstein, a gay jewish college student. after the arrest, ia publisheory identifying woodward as a member of atomwaffen. woodward has pleaded not guilty, but in a cache of confidential chat logs i obtained, atomwaffen celebrated the slaying. they referred to woodward as a-m "onean gay jew wrecking crew." three killin in the eight months after the arrest of brandon russell and devon arthurs. devon thurs' predictions of violence seemed to have come true.s but arthd given police one more warning. >> thompso he claimed that atomwaffen had members inside the military. >> okay. n thompson: from everything i've learned, dethurs is a deeply troubled young man. he gave conflicting explanations for the killgs and was ultimately deemed mentally unfit to stand trial. but as i continue myat i

well the ninth of november was the holy day of mr and the nazis. on the ninth of november one thousand twenty three. and munich the march to the fold. which of course was also not an incident because he chose the ninth of november to . basically erase the memory of the revolution of the ninth of november nine hundred eighty. which was called the. revolution. by the left by those who were basically the enemies of the of the nazi move says he's doing his best to rewrite german history in that way exactly and this is what right wing parties want to do today when they want to demonstrate on the ninth of november they want to claim the state and they want to revive the tradition of the nuns of nov nineteenth twenty three. we're here in the report the horrific things that happened which of course were just a precursor to even more things the went on during the war but these things do not happen in a vacuum what was going on in german society that meant that normal civilized people were saying good morning mrs horowitz on the eighth of november nine hundr

the knights eighty years ago of nazi organized terror against jews that heralded the holocaust today chancellor merkel warns of resurgent anti semitism i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day. there is a shattering noise and the whole of palin was burning. and it carried on burning the next morning. the. next morning when we had to go back to school we saw broken glass everywhere you go just. don't sound like that's why we call it because dan asked because it was glittering everywhere it's a theme. this state must act decisively and consistently against any gratian exclusion anti semitism racism and right wing radicalism. and of course at the end of world war two we said never again. but look at what's happening again in the world and not just in germany but in france holland everywhere. doesn't it just all work every day with today's understanding that something like eighty years ago will never happen again it. also on the day central americans having towards the united states fall victim to mexican criminal gangs as many as thirty thousand have disappeared. gathered that it's v

a solid tribute to the victims of nazi persecution eighty years ago the nazis unleashed a night of terror on germany's jews a dark prelude to the holocaust chancellor merkel warning of resurgent anti-semitism. also coming up seeking safety in numbers as thousands of migrants fling violence and poverty make their way north to the u.s. they tell you firsthand of the dangers they're facing on the long journey. and a wall of fire puts countless lives at risk in california tens of thousands are fleeing fast moving wildfires there and officials warn the blazes are gaining strength. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us germany today is commemorating some of the most important historical events in the country's history chancellor angela merkel spoke at the country's largest synagogue in berlin on the eightieth anniversary of crystal knock known as the night of broken. yes on november ninth one thousand thirty eight the nazis and their supporters carried out nationwide attacks on the jewish population. as a prelude to the holocaust. or the chancellor said state authorities needed to

i knew the tradi neo-nazi hooups.oodward didn't seem to be on anybody's radar here and he didn't appear to be part of any local white his alleged crime was vicious, but it wasn't clear to me thatn he was ert of my story. >> anything else the court needs to address on behalf of the people? >> no. >> thompson: sam woodward betrays no emotion at his court hearing. he pleads not guilty. (cameras clicking) an defeis "woodward." >> okay, go ahead and write that. i pull woodward's court file, but there are precious fewta s in it. there's also not much to be learned fromis schoolmates. they describe m as an introvert, and it seems likest mo of his life took place online. orange county is starting to feel like a dead end. then i hear from a journalist, jake hanrahan, who gives me photos of an anonymous twitter account showing sam woodward doing paramilitary training with a neo-nazi group called atomwaffen division. my colleague ali winston manages to make ntact with the person who posted the photos. he's a former atomwaffen me

w l the totenkopf is primarily found what we see with neo-nazi organizations.h adolf hitler, with the gestapo and somethe nazi secret police. >> thompson: wow. so this is a thing that, that i've been trying to understand. rob rundo, he grows up in queens, new york. he's a member of kind of a multi-cultural gang. he goes state to new york state prison. and by the time he gets out of new york state prison, he isth definitely opath to being a neo-nazi or a white supremacist. >> there is a lot of hate within the prison system. there's a lot of assaults, ghts, racial fights. so they go in there and they separate by race for protection. so for these guys to be protected, they got to be allied for protection with hardcore violent skinheads. then they go out to the streets, they're ideologically motivated. >> thompson: so it's not surprising to you? >> it doesn't surprise me at all, n over time, especially within the last year or so couple of years, i've seen is whole white supremacy becoming more embolded. >> thompson: just in the last couple of years? >> yeah. it's p

members of angela merkel's youth party have sparked outrage in berlin after being caught singing a nazi era song and shouting homophobic slurs at the incident allegedly took place in a bar earlier this month on the anniversary of the infamous nine hundred thirty eight nazi pogrom against that years. i hear. the controversial vest of old song is originally from nine hundred thirty two was frequently sung by nazi soldiers during invasions including that of france and of the the netherlands as well it remained part of germany's official military songbook until just last year around fifteen years party members were caught singing the best of old drawing condemnation from politicians. to sing popular a very marked song on the eightieth anniversary of the november programs is stunning i am ashamed of the j. ews brunches to sing it very much song that was sung during the invasion of belgium luxembourg and france is not acceptable this is not my j u the local chapter of the cd use a youth wing party has issued an apology for the disturbances caused by its members at the bar although it dismisse

attempting to protect his nation from the approaching nazi threat. joseph stalin negotiated a treaty of nonaggression with adolf hitler while promising each other piece of the soviet in german foreign ministers molotov and ribbentrop realigned the map of eastern europe splitting it into german and soviet spheres of influence. no sooner had the mala tav ribbentrop pact been signed then poland was split and in september of one nine hundred thirty nine eastern poland awoke to be western ukraine and a part of the family of soviet republics and the u.s.s.r. . but even this bold dividing of lands and nations only delayed the inevitable germany broke its promise to the u.s.s.r. . on june twenty second one thousand nine hundred forty one germany invaded the u.s.s.r. launching barber rossa the largest military operation in world history. barbara was aiming for st petersburg moscow and kiev ukraine three destinations of major significance ukraine with its rich lands and resources was an important industrial and economic source for the u.s.s.r. to cut it off fr

face of the nazi. from the beaches of. them bravely much of. running away but surviving the fight for mother to the great surprise this broken. hill and the. trials. from the reality of defeat. on the very day of the. news came through of the devastating naval loss. the loss of following. a new story that no. the present is everything other than an unmitigated and bloody catastrophe and so the prime minister decided that this was one disaster too many to be reported no mention of the loss was made by the newspapers already surviving soldiers and seamen were ordered to keep quiet it was a thawing castiel was still afloat and the four thousand dead were still alive i picked up the story was to campaign for to the store the memory of the fate of the lion cast. and i delighted to be joined by mark costar long lancaster campaigner and michelle to be a local historian here and so on the market come to you first what was the lancastrian doing here in seoul is there that fateful day in june one thousand forty four the lancastrian had been commissioned

a minute of silence to commemorate the people that were violated by the nazis and today are changing. the c.d.u. now gross well so intensified shall i ask all the educational little education of the last eighty years and how you've been. reading us. a split between the ukrainian and russian orthodox churches could soon become official and my colleague bill harvey discussed the situation with our correspondent daniel. while religious scandals around churches in ukraine to many might seem irrelevant a historic theological debate but actually carries a lot more meaning to orthodox believers need to look at the basics first the eastern orthodox church is made up of fifteen different churches each of which one has autonomy in religious language that is called autocephaly being a church has its own self governance independence and jurisdiction now the russian orthodox church for centuries has had rule over the key of orthodox church have been political and religious factions of the country which a very long time pushed for a independent ukraine an orthodox church to be established indeed th

ideology and use of nazi symbolism and which is beliefs of participated in training and radicalizing united states based white supremacist organizations this was a quote from a criminal complaint and the man who wrote it was behind investigating terrorist groups in america for the f.b.i. and right here you will be able to see the photos posted by the defendants he was trying to bring to justice they are members of the white supremacy rise above movement just recently a number of charges have been brought against them and clued in conspiracy to start riots the men were involved in the deadly twenty seventeen charlottesville riots it was. it was. it was. it. was it was it was. so the f.b.i. agent found that the rise above movement members toward europe and went to countries like germany italy and ukraine and there they met with the members of the local extremist neo nazi groups besides this according to the f.b.i. operative the defendants were seen on a photo with one of the leaders of a ukrainian far right party which was founded out of a regiment of the military but tally and that is

discredits everything that people did after the who are grateful that english nazis soldiers marching into our . c.u. radicalizes is always bad more right wing and right wing extremists. but it was always balanced by liberal are liberal. and if you look at the see you in general and it's not an isolated incident at all it's only wholly true now to nazi ideology major it is. a minute of silence to commemorate the people that were fired by the nazis it's a day of shame i will be. those see you now rose was fired show us that all the political education of the last eight years and then in. a split between the ukrainian and russian orthodox churches could soon become official and my colleague neil harvey discussed the situation with artie's daniel hawkins while religious scandals around churches in ukraine to many might seem irrelevant say historic theological debate but actually carries a lot more meaning to orthodox believers need to look at the basics first the eastern orthodox church is made up of fifteen different churches each of which one has autonomy in religious language that is

open about his nazi views, he would recruit in universities and even targeted schoolchildren.action was banned, he took his members underground. borrowing tactics from so—called islamic state, he communicated using an encrypted chat group called the triple k mafia, named after the ku klux klan. they are learning from other terrorist organisations how to communicate, how to radicalise, how to recruit individuals, how to gather weaponry and equipment. their ambition hasn't changed, they are seeking violent extremism, they are seeking to wage a race war on the streets of the united kingdom. perhaps the most dangerous recruit to deakin‘s group was mikko vehvilainen, a serving lance corporal in the british army. he wrote about creating civil disorder and attacking national infrastructure, and accumulated a personal arsenal of guns, crossbows and knives. he had a dummy in his garage which he used to practise stabbing, and a collection of nazi—themed weapons and badges. he had access to young soldiers in his regiment, the royal anglian, and recruited at least three to the neo—nazi ca

the nazis failed to destroy the bridge. the soldiers from the first army rushed to cross under fire and secure the bridge. in their own words they tell what happened. >> march 7 at noon with the lieutenant and my commander we came to the hill which commands the view of the valley. i formulated a plan to come into the town and approach the bridge. we got to the end of the bridge on the other side in the tanks took position and began firing across the bridge to the approach of the other side. the germans on the bridge and the infantry started moving across to. it was 3:30 pm at that time. i received a message about the time that the bridge will be blown up 4:00. two detonations on the bridge. i can see it was moving over and the bridge was in one piece. it will be available for the troops to move over. that is all there was to it. i would like to have the lieutenant tell his story.>> we went right into the bridge. the bridge was and by german engineers and the towers. 's nine % of machine guns the tax covered the towers and f

a solemn tribute to the victims of nazi persecution eighty years ago the nazis unleashed a night of terror on germany's jews a dark prelude to the holocaust chancellor merkel warning her surgeon to anti-semitism. also coming up pro-government forces backed by saudi warplanes advance on yemen's rebel held city data the onslaught threatens to exacerbate the suffering of millions in a country on the brink of famine. seeking safety in numbers says thousands of migrants fleeing violence and poverty make their way north to the u.s. they tell you firsthand of the dangers they're facing on the long journey. also coming up it took them just nine moves to dispatch bill gates but norwegian chess sensation magnus carlsen faces a much tougher challenge as he aims to defend his world title in london. i'm see me so much ground it's good to have you with us germany today is commemorating some of the most important historical events in the country's history chancellor angela merkel spoke at the country's. just synagogue in berlin on the eightieth anniversary of kristallnacht known as the night of broken gl

but this is not nazi germany, and to compare this to nazi germany, do me a favor and pick up a history book. we invited her on to explain what she is saying but we have not heard back. joining me someone who does understand history because he lost 150 family members in the holocaust. mark zell. an israeli-american attorney. good to have you here on the program. what goes the through your head when you hear people equate this president with the likes of adolph hitler or when you hear alexandria ocasio-cortez talk about how these migrants are similar to your relatives and what they went through as they were sentenced to their deaths? >> i kind have put it better than you did in your opening remarks. the comparison with what the jewish people went through in the holocaust is insensitive and the height of ignorance. it shows a complete lack of understanding of what the jewish people went through during the holocaust. i had 150 members of my family perish in the holocaust. these were times when the entire jewish people were threatened with extinction. as difficult as life is for the central

the ukrainian parliament a tree unit known for its nazi links is suspected of training american white supremacist groups some of those right wing activists were later arrested for inciting violence during protests in the u.s. last year the f.b.i. we know is investigating allegations. the azoff but sally in is a paramilitary units of the ukrainian national guards which is known for his association with neo nazi ideology and use of nazi symbolism and which is beliefs of participated in training and radicalizing united states based white supremacist organizations this was a quote from a criminal complaint and the man who wrote it was behind investigating terrorist groups in america for the f.b.i. and right here you will be able to see the photos posted by the defendants he was trying to bring to justice they are members of the white supremacy rise above movement just recently a number of charges have been brought against them and clued in conspiracy to start riots the men were involved in the deadly twenty seventeen charlottesville riots was. so the f.b.i. agent found that the rise above

it's hard to imagine decades after the war a nazi don't it was still active. in the nineteen seventies cretonne had as the chair of its code a man convicted of mass murder and slavery at ashlands the german company developed a salute to mind a drug that was promoted as completely safe even during bring them to you it turned down town of terrible side effects what has happened to my baby is anything. she said she's just cut short arms salute to mind victims i have to this day received no compensation they never apologized for the suffering that i not only want the money i want the revenge. what started the revolution recently has mobarak was that the price of wheat when the price of food went up to forty to fifty percent of the monthly budget of the average injection they therefore revolted if you want to create a revolt if you want people in the streets rioting if you want a global insurrection against banker occupation keep rising real raising the price of fish keep raising the price of food and you'll get your out you get your insurrection you'll get your to

stake and why the poll matters also coming up it could be one of the last trials of its kind in a nazi concentration camp guard goes on trial here in germany is accused of being complicit in hundreds of murders and time is running out to prosecute a less nazi war criminals. it's great to have you along everyone in the united states polls have opened in the most crucial midterm elections in decades president all trump is not on the ballot but if you didn't know better you think he was running for reelection their vote is being seen as a referendum on the u.s. president's agenda democrats are hoping a good result for them would force the president to rein in his policies survey suggests that the republicans will keep control of the senate and that democrats could take back the house of representatives but the battle promises to be tight. pools have opened in the u.s. midterm elections. and early indications suggest it will be a record year for turnout. there and it's all because of dismay he's divisive and he's energizing for those that love him and those that don't. the election is wide

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ideology and use of nazi symbolism and which is beliefs who participated in training in radicalizing united states based white supremacist organizations this was a quote from a criminal complaint and the man who wrote it was behind investigating terrorist groups in america for the f.b.i. and right here you will be able to see the photos posted by the defendants he was trying to bring to justice they are members of the white supremacy rise above movement just recently a number of charges have been brought against them and clued in conspiracy to start riots the men were involved in the deadly twenty seventeen charlottesville riots was. so the f.b.i. agent found that the rise above movement members toured europe and went to countries like germany italy and ukraine and there they met with the members of the local extremist neo nazi groups besides this according to the f.b.i. operative the defendants were seen on a photo with one of the leaders of a ukrainian far right party which was founded out of a regiment of the military but tally and that is the battalion that was mentioned in the q

emblems and neo nazi salutes or even just slogans are a common thing now i just want to show you what rather frequent marches of members of such organizations and their supporters look like in the ukraine. i. i. i i i i i i i i. i i i i i so this criminal complaint could be important because it appears to be the first instance of f.b.i. actually looking into claims that ukrainian neo nazis could have been involved in the training of extremists across the atlantic just in addition to peace there they as all of battalion officially became part of ukraine's national guard back in twenty fourteen after a decree signed by the country's interior minister. environmental group greenpeace is sunday in the alarm in russia they claim thirteen killer whales are going to be a legally sold to oceanarium in china more than a dozen of the globally threaten marine mammals have already been exported there over the past five years. zookeeper orcas he cages is true torture for them it's. just. people's courage to me and. to make it just because the decision was really. just. oceanarium straining process

horrors of the holocaust on the night of november ninth one thousand nine hundred thirty eight the nazis and their supporters launched attacks on the jewish population of germany and austria. shops ransacked and nearly one hundred jews killed thousands more were arrested the events became known as the night of broken glass because of the shattered glass from the store windows that litter the streets it is widely viewed as a prelude to the holocaust. while chancellor angela merkel is joining members of the jewish community in one of britain's main synagogues she will give a speech to mark the eightieth anniversary of the program the president of the council of jews in germany will also be giving a speech we're listening to both of those we have our political correspondent simon young with us who's been following today's anniversary of marking this very somber day simon put this in historical perspective for us kristallnacht the night of broken glass yeah by the way that name itself is. controversial because of course that's the sort of mocking tone the broken glass the broken windows that

nazi, recruiting university students and even schoolchildren. ban, he took his members underground, borrowing tactics from so—called islamic state and communicating using an encrypted chat group named after the ku klux klan, eight of his members have been found guilty of belonging to a banned group. they are learning from other terrorist organisations how to communicate, how to radicalise, how to recruit individuals and gather equipment. there is so much concern about the growing concern from —— growing threat from extreme right—wing groups that the security service, mi5, is taken over from the police in gathering and analysing intelligence on them. these groups are being dealt with in the same way as other terrorist organisations. perhaps the most dangerous man in the midlands group was a serving long score in the british army, he wrote about creating civil disorder and attacking infrastructure and accumulated a personal arsenal of guns and crossbows and knives. he had guns and crossbows and knives. he ha d a ccess guns and crossbows and knives

disturbances caused by its members of the bar although it dismissed any wrongdoing describing the nazi ritual as a german folk and hiking song we spoke to a member of germany's the left party who says the internet only adds shame to one of the country's darkest chapters. that's a german i'm disgusted by the way here and the discredited everything that people did after the were all to pray that english nazi soldiers marching into our unless the see you have a great house ready to live is always that more right and right wing extremist tendencies. but it was always balanced by a liberal liberal awful a huge whig and if you look at the seaview in general and it's not an isolated incident at all it's only wholly the knobs and nazi ideology major it is. the minute of silence that day to commemorate the people that were violated by the nazis it's a day off. with a dish the season narrows well so intensify that shading shall ask it all the educational little education of the last eighty years has apparently been made up of those right wingers. thanks for staying with out international the sam

this photo of high school students in wisconsin posing in an apparent nazi salute?hat the school district will not punish them, citing their first amendment right. the district writing, we cannot know the intentions in the hearts of those who were involved. what we do know is that this image was posted to social media with a comment to create harm. and create harm, it did. for millions of jews around the world who remember what the nazi salute stands for. it's not just the fact that these students did what they did. it's a sign of a bigger issue, of people not knowing about the holocaust coupled with the fact that anti-semitism is alive and well around the world. here's what cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward just found in germany last month. >> reporter: this man tells us, a shouted shadowy cabal of glob controls the world. >> when you talk about elites and finance, is that another way of saying jewish people? >> yes. >> reporter: yes? >> it is. >> reporter: and they are growing more brazen. one man flashes a quick but unmistakable nazi salute ri

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ideology and use of nazi symbolism and which is beliefs of participated in training and radicalizing united states based white supremacist organizations well just have a look at the screen here you don't have to be an f.b.i. agent to prove that out of is actively using neo nazi symbols you can just look at their emblems and signee out neo nazi salutes and slogans even are a common thing now just want you to have a look at what rather frequent marches of members of these kind of organizations and their supporters look like in ukraine. look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look look . this was marches of members and supporters of the use of battalion so dan this criminal complaint which is written by an f.b.i. operative is important because it is it appears to be story the first instance of f.b.i. actually looking into the claims of ukrainian neo nazi somehow being involved in training the radicals across the atlantic and resisting to see what those further documents reveal and of course any mr geishas that happens r.t.c. looked drunk

a former nazi concentration guard pleads not guilty to hundreds of charges. he says he was forced to serve at the camp. time now for business news, and helena is standing by right over there. she has a stern warning for italy, i understand. >> i'm not issuing it myself. it did come from the international monetary fund, saying heavy spending carries substantial risks and could create market turmoil. the comments came hours before and eu-imposed deadline. brussels rejecting rome's initial plan, which saw deficit spending a two point 4% of the country's gdp. italy has so far said it will not change its plans, arguing it must spend to boost its economy. investor concerns over the showdown have led to a rise in borrowing costs. the trade conflict with the united states is increasingly proving a problem for china. all the more important for the country is the idea of a free trade zone of its own that encompasses most of southeast asia. negotiations have been going on for years and the issue is now high on the agenda. >> although china's economy is strictly controll