New Intelligence Report Released
Today, we鈥檙e releasing the latest issue of the Intelligence Report, the investigative quarterly published by the Southern Poverty Law Center and written by the staff of Hatewatch. Highlights include a about the racist fringe of the black Hebrew Israelite movement, whose preachers are predicting the imminent return of Jesus Christ, who they expect will kill or enslave whites, Jews, homosexuals and others. The story describes how thousands of black men and women have joined this movement, which is spreading rapidly from East Coast inner-city neighborhoods to cities across the country. Other stories include:
鈥� examines the apocalyptic movement Joel鈥檚 Army. Numbering in the tens of thousands, members of this movement are breaking away in droves from mainline Pentecostal churches and embracing an ideology of theocratic takeover. The approach is so militant that one Christian ministry worries it may soon produce 鈥渞eal warfare with actual warriors.鈥�
鈥� reports on anti-Semitism on university campuses, including strains that originate on the political left. Two examples 鈥� extremist Muslims at a California campus and a once-鈥減rogressive鈥� forum in Oregon 鈥� serve to illustrate this phenomenon.
鈥� describes how twin brothers in Massachusetts who have led a nativist crusade against Brazilian immigrants also may be Holocaust deniers.
Here鈥檚 a to the rest of the issue, which includes an array of other features and short news items. We hope you鈥檒l find it interesting and important.
