1. The Ku Klux Klan had a significant impact on the Aryan Nation, based out of Hayden, Idaho. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was established in 1866 and primarily hated and victimized Catholics, Jews, blacks, and immigrants. “The civil rights movement of the 1960s also saw a surge of the Ku Klux Klan activity, including […]

Dear Dr. Haltinner: My name is Anna Hammons, I am a sophomore at the University of Idaho and I am in Russ Meeuf’s media writing class. Russ has assigned a semester long project that requires each student to research a large issue that also relates locally for each individual. I am from Coeur d’Alene and […]

The Rise and Fall of the Aryan Nations: A resource Mobilization Perspective is much different than I expected. Robert B. Balch, of the University of Montana, attributes the rise and fall of the Aryan Nation to resource mobilization framework (McCarthy and Zald 1977). Social movement organization is a main focus of this perspective. The factors […]