Right-Wing Rage: Hate Groups, Vigilantes and Conspiracists on the Verge of Violence

Hate groups stayed at record levels -- almost 1,000 -- despite the total collapse of the second largest neo-Nazi group in America. Furious anti-immigrant vigilante groups soared by nearly 80 percent, adding some 136 new groups during 2009. And, most remarkably of all, so-called "Patriot" groups -- militias and other organizations that see the federal government as part of a plot to impose “one-world government” on liberty-loving Americans -- came roaring back after years out of the limelight.  Read more...

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• Report: Right-Wing Extremist Groups Grew 244% in 2009

A new report says the United States is seeing a major rise in the number of domestic right-wing extremist groups. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, anti-government “Patriot” groups grew to 512 in 2009, an increase of 244 percent. Right-wing militias tripled over the same period to 127.