http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/extremism/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3994/the_real_mccain_revealed/ Once Barack Obama emerged as a viable candidate for President – given the nation's grim history of violence toward African-American political figures – the worries began about Obama's safety, and they have not gone away. Now, with the McCain-Palin campaign's recent decision to go intensely negative on Obama, those risks appear to be growing, putting added pressure on the Secret Service detail assigned to protect Obama. In particular, Sarah Palin's reckless talk about Obama "palling around with terrorists" has helped validate the anti-Obama hate that has long obsessed the American Right. She also accused Obama of insulting American troops in Afghanistan, a twisting of Obama's words that was then reprised in a McCain-Palin attack ad. Though avoiding some of Palin's… election 2008 race extremism Rachel Jefferson Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:00:00 -0600 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4177/gi_skinhead/ Domestic Skinhead groups are recruiting U.S. military members. They're looking for "ghost skins"--personnel without records of white supremacist activity or overtly racist tattoos. According to a recently declassified July report from the FBI's Domestic Terrorism Analysis Unit, "extremist leaders have historically favored recruiting active and former military personnel for their knowledge of firearms, explosives and tactical skills and their access to weapons and intelligence in preparation for an anticipated war against the federal government, Jews and people of color." Between October 2001 and May 2008, 203 individuals active in the white supremacist movement had claimed or confirmed ties to military service. While that number is a small percentage of the nearly 1.5 million active-duty military personnel, the report notes, "the… race military extremism Rachel Jefferson