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sheshe2

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Mon Jun 29, 2015, 07:56 PM Jun 2015

White supremacist: Charleston ‘a preview of coming attractions’

Dylann Roof refers to Harold Covington’s white separatist group, the Northwest Front, in his alleged manifesto. The rightwing sci-fi writer distances himself from the shooting, but his followers speculate if his work influenced Roof’s actions

One of the shadowy figures who appears to have influenced alleged Charleston killer Dylann Roof is Harold Covington, the founder of a white separatist movement and, within supremacist circles, an influential sci-fi author. Covington, the latest in a long line of rightwing sci-fi writers, has been linked to racist crimes in the past and this week called the massacre “a preview of coming attractions”.



The racist manifesto and photos apparently posted by Roof makes mention of the Northwest Front, created by Covington, a former member of the American Nazi party who traveled to South Africa and Rhodesia in order to agitate for white power. In the accompanying photos, Roof wore patches with Rhodesian and apartheid-era South African flags on them.

Covington, if you believe his website, runs a growing enclave of white supremacists near Seattle called the Northwest Front. The non-profit group is reflected in a series of sci-fi novels, authored by Covington, about a dystopian future in which a white nation is the only answer to US economic and racial woes.

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White supremacist: Charleston ‘a preview of coming attractions’ (Original Post) sheshe2 Jun 2015 OP
Callin him "an influential sci-fi author" in an insult to Sci-Fi. MicaelS Jun 2015 #1

MicaelS

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1. Callin him "an influential sci-fi author" in an insult to Sci-Fi.
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 08:14 PM
Jun 2015

His sci-fi is of the "The Tuner Dairies" filth. And yes, I actually read that filth way back it came out that was McVeigh's "bible". Yuck!

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