Fascists Taking Over American Town

[X5N]

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At first glance the Pioneer Little Europe website seems like it could be the work of the Montana Office of Tourism. Photographs depict the rugged beauty of the Flathead Valley region near Glacier National Park in northwest Montana.

One image shows a young blond-haired girl playing in a meadow overlooking Kalispell, the largest town in the area, with a population around 20,000.

The site also features short news items about the Northwest Montana State Fair and a wildflower beautification program along with Kalispell job postings.

But then there's this: A scan of a full-page advertisement in a recent edition of the Flathead Beacon, the local paper, with photographs of 47 babies newly delivered in the Kalispell Regional Medical Center. All but one are fair-skinned with light-colored hair. "Wonderful white babies being born in Kalispell," the website reads. "What do the babies look like being born in your town?" Another item on the Pioneer Little Europe site depicts white families relaxing on the shore of a lake. A caption reads,"This is how white our beaches are, and I'm not talking about sand."

And that little girl in the meadow? Her name is Dresden Hale. That's Dresden for the German city firebombed by the Allied forces in World War II, and Hale for the 1990s leader of the neo-Nazi group World Church of the Creator, Matt Hale, who's doing 40 years in prison for soliciting the murder of a federal judge.

Dresden Hale is the youngest daughter of Kalispell resident and neo-Nazi activist April Gaede, the public face of the Pioneer Little Europe (PLE) movement. Launched in 2008, PLE invites "racially conscious" white Americans to relocate to the Flathead Valley to help create a heavily-armed Aryan homeland.

(Gaede's other two daughters, Lynx and Lamb, are identical twins who gained widespread media attention by performing neo-Nazi folk ballads as the musical act Prussian Blue. They have since renounced white supremacism.)

The PLE movement has brought dozens of white supremacists to the Flathead Valley. They are increasingly making their presence known by staging public events, openly recruiting and distributing racist literature, stocking up on firearms at area gun shows while dressed in neo-Nazi clothing, working for local anti-gun control and anti-abortion campaigns (according to Gaede), and issuing violent threats to perceived enemies, including Media Matters, which is now under "indictment" for treason to the white race.

The growing numbers of PLE white supremacists in the Flathead Valley parallels a recent influx to the area of ultra right-wing "Patriot" movement leaders and their followers. Their combined forces are rapidly transforming the region into the hottest flash point of right-wing extremism in the country.

Nationwide the anti-government Patriot movement is surging, and the number of racist hate groups has surpassed 1,000 for the first time since the Southern Poverty Law Center, a leading authority on extremism, began tracking white supremacist activity.

Both trends are glaringly evident in the Flathead Valley. Local anti-hate activists have responded to the PLE with several large demonstrations. Meanwhile, local, state, and federal law enforcement authorities, as well as Montana civil rights activists, say that PLE white supremacists are forming ties with newly arrived Patriot group members in the region.

"They're showing up at each other's events, and they have in common a great degree of hostility toward the government in general and specifically law enforcement," says a federal law enforcement investigator with specialized knowledge of extremism in Montana. "Also they're both openly encouraging individuals with a similar mindset to relocate to the Kalispell area. At this point they are separate but related concerns for law enforcement."

I don't advocate violence, but I would love to see "FASCISTS NOT WELCOME " spraypainted on the "Welcome to Kalispell" sign.

[Smyg]

You don't advocate antifascist violence? Too bad. I, on the other hand, do. Smash the fash.

Now, this is just silly.

[The Douche]

Good, let em have Montana, who the fuck would want to go there anyways?

[ВАЛТЕР]

Build a wall around the town, then after the revolution we can look at them as a curiosity. Much like we go to a zoo and look at strange animals and whatnot.

[xub3rn00dlex]

Build a wall around the town, then after the revolution we can look at them as a curiosity. Much like we go to a zoo and look at strange animals and whatnot.

Only difference is animals at a zoo are you know, cool and interesting!

[ВАЛТЕР]

Only difference is animals at a zoo are you know, cool and interesting!

Yeah you're right...

So, how do we make fascist cool and interesting?

Hmmm...

Make them fight to the death with the other fascists!

/cue star trek fight music/

[IndependentCitizen]

So they want to create a small village that's isolated. This will be interesting after a few decades when everyone's related....if they're not already that is.

[norwegianwood90]

If I can shoot rabbits, then I can shoot fascists.

[Triple A]

A black majority school having a field trip in that town would lead people to reage mode.

[X5N]

You don't advocate antifascist violence? Too bad. I, on the other hand, do. Smash the fash.

Now, this is just silly.

I'm not a total pacifist though. I think people should be organized and ready to stand up to these assholes if needed.

[Susurrus]

Oh good, they're all right in the same place. Now, shall we call in an artillery barrage or simply send in a forklift division to crush them?

[Nox]

Can you buy artillery in America?

If so, shell that piece-of-shit town.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Good, let em have Montana, who the fuck would want to go there anyways?

A lot of people, from all over the world.

It's an incredibly beautiful place with amazing natural surroundings. A lot of things are preserved there that have all but disappeared elsewhere.

I've never met anyone who spent any time there -- whether they were from the midwest, the East Coast or East Asia -- who wasn't impressed.



You can't see why people would want to go a place like that?? Really?

But yea, Montana and Idaho have long been havens for white supremacists.

Another hot spot? Northeastern Pennsylvania, a little over an hour from NYC.

[The Douche]

A lot of people, from all over the world.

It's an incredibly beautiful place with amazing natural surroundings. A lot of things are preserved there that have all but disappeared elsewhere.

I've never met anyone who spent any time there -- whether they were from the midwest, the East Coast or East Asia -- who wasn't impressed.



You can't see why people would want to go a place like that?? Really?

But yea, Montana and Idaho have long been havens for white supremacists.

Another hot spot? Northeastern Pennsylvania, a little over an hour from NYC.

Sheesh, cowboy, can't a guy make a joke?

[Revy]

"The atmosphere of the area has a distinct 'Montana' feel and attitude. That attitude is to leave others alone and allow them to have their own beliefs and choices," Gaede wrote. "There is a strong pro-gun and pro-hunting population and one of the strongest Constitution parties that I have seen yet. Our Christmas parade still goes by that name and we have a nativity scene in our public square with a Baby Jesus... Come Home!"

The final part in the series will address the ongoing spike in Patriot activity in the Flathead Valley, spearheaded by Chuck Baldwin, a fundamentalist Christian preacher and far-right Constitution Party activist who moved to the Flathead Valley about a year ago.


"We know there's a fight coming," Baldwin told a gathering of about 200 in Kalispell earlier this year. "We know there is a line being drawn in the sand, and we want to be in the right place. The good ground is right here in Montana."

The Constitution Party is America's largest far-right party. They are racist, xenophobic, homophobic Christian fundamentalists. So this apparently extends beyond the dozens recruited by Pioneer Little Europe - there are other far-right groups involved, including the far-right "Patriot" groups.

[Susurrus]

I wonder if this is related to that "Paulville" thing.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Sheesh, cowboy, can't a guy make a joke?

Sure. But usually that requires the use of humor.

[AmericanCommie421]

I think it's best to have them all there than in the rest of the country.