All of them are circulating identical literature that differs only in the names that are on it. As I have traced the organizing ties upwards I find the Wise Use movement. Few or none of the people in the local groups know anything at all about who is running them or where they are coming from. It is now becoming apparent that the stealth campaigns are being coordinated at a state and interstate level. The secrecy and paranoia that radiates from these organizations is unbelievable.
Every group seems to have some very scary and violent people lurking in the background.
Most of the people are being manipulated in ways that they neither see nor understand. At my local level, it is the same group of monied interests that have messed up our economy and tax base that are driving this thing. As you look up the ladder, there are large corporations like Trillium, Plum Creek Timber, Bechtel, Presto. There are organizational ties to groups like the Unification Church, the World Anti-Communist League, Christian Identity, Aryan Nations and The Order. What is emerging is a picture of an attempt to take over the city, local and state governments in the Puget Sound region.