James Mason (neo-Nazi)
James Nolan Mason (born July 25, 1952) is an American neo-Nazi. Mason is an ideologue for the Atomwaffen Division, a paramilitary neo-Nazi terrorist organization, which some consider to be a part of the alt-right, however the group rejects that association. The Atomwaffen Division was responsible for 8 homicides in 2017–2019. Early life. Mason grew up in Chillicothe, Ohio. In 1966, when he was 14 years old, he joined the youth movement of George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party (ANP). In 1968, when he was 16, Mason planned to murder the principal and  other staff members at his high school. Instead, following the advice of William Luther Pierce, he quit school and began working at the American Nazi Party's headquarters in Virginia. After the assassination of George Lincoln Rockwell in 1967, Mason aligned himself with the National Socialist White People's Party and Joseph Tommasi's National Socialist Liberation Front (NSLF). In 1970, at the age of 18, Mason became a full-fledged member of the National Socialist White People's Party (NSWPP) and returned to Chillicothe. In the early 1980s, Mason began corresponding with Sandra Good and Lynette Fromme, two followers  of Charles Manson. In 1982, along with Manson, Mason founded Universal Order, an organization that encouraged terror with notoriety, similar to that achieved by the Manson Family. Criminal charges and convictions. In 1973, Mason and fellow neo-Nazi Greg Hurles deployed tear gas against several black teenagers in the parking lot of a Dairy Queen. Mason was convicted of assault, and sentenced to six months in a Cincinnati workhouse. In 1988 and 1991, police raided Mason's home in Ohio and seized pornographic photos of a 15-year-old girl. In 1992, he pled guilty to two counts of "illegal  use of a minor in nudity-oriented material", for which he was sentenced to a $500 fine and a suspended sentence. In May 1994, Mason was arrested and charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Mason threatened his ex-girlfriend, who was then 16 years old, and a Latino man who she had been dating, with a firearm. Mason struck a plea bargain and was convicted of weapons charges, for which he was sentenced to three years of incarceration before being released in August 1999 . On June 25, 2021, Mason was sanctioned by the Canadian Government on its list of terror-related entities. Atomwaffen Division. Mason's writings in the "Siege" newsletter, which have been compiled into a book, have been credited with forming a large part of the Atomwaffen Division's ideological foundation. Mason's writings are considered influential among radical right-wing and neo-nazi movements by authorities in Germany and the United Kingdom. On March 14, 2020, Mason claimed that the Atomwaffen Division has disbanded. However, the group is believed to be on the cusp of being designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization  by the State Department, and the Anti-Defamation League concluded "the move is designed to give members breathing room rather than actually end their militant activities". According to SITE Intelligence Group Atomwaffen and its offshoots remain clandestinely active. Mason has also been known to receive foreign admirers in his Denver home, including members of the Nordic Resistance Movement, a proscribed Finnish terrorist organization, and affiliated neo-Nazi music collective "Bolt of Ukko". Political views. Mason believes that Nazis cannot take power as long as the existing U.S. government remains in place, and has advocated murder and violence to create  chaos and anarchy, thereby destabilizing the government. Mason considers Timothy McVeigh and James Fields Jr. to be "heroes" and claims that the white race is in danger because of the Jews. He expressed that the election of Donald Trump has given him hope, commenting that "in order to Make America Great Again, you have to make it white again". Writing. Between 1978 and 1980, Mason worked with the National Socialist White Worker's Party and edited "The Stormer", their newsletter. In 1980, Mason took over writing "Siege", the newsletter of the NSLF. He continued publishing until 1986. In the newsletter , Mason paid tribute to Adolf Hitler, Joseph Tommasi, Charles Manson, and Savitri Devi. He also advocated random attacks and murders in order to destabilize society. In 1992, the newsletters were edited and published in book form as "Siege: The Collected Writings of James Mason" by Michael Jenkins Moynihan. The book acquired a neo-Nazi following and is now required reading for initiates of the Atomwaffen Division. In 2000, he published "The Theocrat", a comparison of Bible passages and passages in Hitler's "Mein Kampf". Designation as a terrorist. On June 25, 2021, it was announced that James Mason had been  added to the entities designated as terrorist by Canada. Mason is only the second individual to be specifically added to the list.