Alex Linder | |
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| Born | (1966-06-30)June 30, 1966 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 2025 (age 58 or 59) |
| Alma mater | Pomona College |
| Occupation | Head of Vanguard News Network |
| Website | vanguardnewsnetwork.com kirksvilletoday.com |
Alex Linder (June 30, 1966 – June 2025) was an Americanwhite supremacist. He was the founder and editor of theVanguard News Network (VNN), anantisemitic and white supremacist website andforum[1][2][3][4] described by theAnti-Defamation League (ADL) as "one of the most active white supremacist sites on the Internet."[4]
Linder was a former member of theNational Alliance, a political organisation considered by theSouthern Poverty Law Center as "the country's most active and important neo-Nazi group" in the United States when he joined it.[3]
Linder was born and raised inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated with a bachelor's degree fromPomona College inClaremont, California, in 1988, then worked as a researcher forCNN on theEvans &Novak political show, and then atThe American Spectator.[4]
On May 26, 2007, Linder organized what has been described as a "racially charged protest" linked to theChannon Christian and Christopher Newsom murder case inKnoxville, Tennessee, that attracted 30 supporters, around 60 counterprotesters, and 300 law enforcement officers. Linder fought with police and was the only person arrested.[5][6] He was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, vandalism, and assault on a police officer. He was placed on six months probation and ordered to pay restitution to the police officer whom he assaulted.[7]
Linder was an ex-member of theNational Alliance, aHolocaust denying,white separatist,neo-Nazi, andwhite nationalist group.[8][9][10][11] He left after deciding to allow criticism of the National Alliance to appear on the VNN forums.[4]
TheAnti-Defamation League (ADL) reported that Linder announced in January 2005 his intention to establish the White Freedom Party, stating it was "America's first political party advocatingAryan interests and specifically naming the Jew as the agent ofwhite genocide and greatest obstacle to our people's self-preservation as a distinct and protected people." It threatened to "WAGE NONSTOP WAR on the Jews, coloreds, and mainstream sellouts".[4] Lacking financial backing, the "White Freedom Party" is currently dormant, which matches it with the non-interactive status of VNN (where Linder posts his own listings with no comments). Linder later ran a blog and a low-traffic social network for people who shared his views. The status of these outlets is uncertain the wake of his death.
In 2004, Linder began publishing atabloid newspaper calledThe Aryan Alternative. Four issues were published as of July 2010 – the first issue was published in mid-2004. Printing of the first issue resulted in 41,000 copies being distributed in 28 U.S. states.[12] The most recent issue, July 2010 (#4), was published in mid-2009. The newspaper is distributed for free, but donations for it are solicited online.
In articles he has written forThe Aryan Alternative newspaper, Linder claims that Jews have been and are consciously engaged in aconspiracy that is implementing a systematic program ofgenocide to exterminate theAryan race.[13]
On August 6, 2025, updates on several neo-Nazi online platforms run by Linder (including an eponymous site) announced that he had died.[citation needed]
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