Mastodawn

for anyone who'd been thinking about getting Spencer Sunshine's book about James Mason’s #Siege, the history of American Neo-Nazis (and ultimately the Church of Satan’s place in mainstreaming them) but have been putting it off, it's on sale right now for 25% off

https://www.routledge.com/Neo-Nazi-Terrorism-and-Countercultural-Fascism-The-Origins-and-Afterlife-of-James-Masons-Siege/Sunshine/p/book/9780367190606

#Satanism #ChurchOfSatan #antifascism #AntiFascistResearch #JamesMason #GeorgeLincolnRockwell #CharlesManson #BoydRice #MichaelMoynihan #AntonLaVey #PeterGilmore #ReadSiege #Meta

Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege

A new wave of aspiring neo-Nazi terrorists has arisen—including the infamous Atomwaffen Division. And they have a bible: James Mason’s Siege, which praises terrorism, serial killers, and Charles Manson. Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism, based on years of archival work and interviews, documents for the first time the origins of Siege. First, it shows how Mason’s vision arose from debates by 1970s neo-Nazis who splintered off the American Nazi Party/National Socialist White Peo

Routledge & CRC Press

Today in History Oct 1, 2024

October 1

This day in history:

1979 – Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
1957 – The motto In God We Trust first appears on U.S. paper currency.
2022 – One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.
1928 – Newark Liberty International Airport opens, becoming the first airport in the New York City metro area.

Births:

1904 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (d. 1977)
1956 – Andrus Ansip, Estonian engineer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Estonia
1928 – Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor (d. 2001)

Deaths:

1961 – Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer who founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
2022 – Antonio Inoki, Japanese professional wrestler and politician (b. 1943)

Holidays:

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Nigeria from United Kingdom in 1960.
International Day of Coffee
Day of Prosecutors (Azerbaijan)

Random Article of the day:

Peter Gilmore (chef)

#wikipedia #October1 #PeterGilmore(chef)

October 1 - Wikipedia

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Queer Satanic Sep 6, 2023

To the #ChurchOfSatan's credit, they've never sued ex-members for criticizing them and don't promise pregnant people they can help them get abortions with religious liberty loopholes.

Folks who support them generally *do* understand accurately that they aren't getting anything special in return.

But does that make them the "good ones"? Not exactly, and when it comes to the things #AntonLaVey, #PeterGilmore, and other key figures have said and done when forming and representing #CoS, the history with open #neoNazis and #fascists is quite awful, before even getting into the dogwhistles.

This article goes thru some of that Church of Satan history & provides sourcing for anyone to check for themselves if they believe there is some exculpatory context being left out or some passage omitted changes what is included means.

Note that none of this is a defense of The Satanic Temple, tho.

https://queersatanic.com/anton-lavey-was-worse-than-you-think/

Anton LaVey was worse than you think

A cursory look at some of the politics and views of the the Church of Satan's founder and other key figures in the organization.

Queer Satanic