The Aryan Nations Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club, also known as Sadistic Souls MC, is a white supremacist outlaw motorcycle club founded in 2010. Since 2014, they have been listed as an active neo-Nazi group in annual reports conducted by the Southern Poverty Law Center.[1]
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| Abbreviation | ANSSMC; SSMC |
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| Founded | 2010 |
| Founded at | Wood River, Madison County, Illinois |
| Type | Outlaw motorcycle club, hate group |
Region | United States, New Zealand, England, Australia, South Africa, France, Germany, Ireland, Ukraine and Sweden |
President | Dennis McGiffen |
| Website | www.sadisticsoulsmc.org |
According to their official website, the club claims to be the "militant arm" of the Aryan Nations.[2]
Formation
editAfter serving a seven-year prison sentence for federal weapons charges, ex-Ku Klux Klan member Dennis Michael McGiffen formed the Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club in 2010 with the intention of the group to act as the militant wing of North American-based Aryan Nations neo-Nazi organization. McGiffen has continuously served as the National President of SSMC since founding the group. The club's colors are black and silver.[3]
In July 2012, the Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club formally merged with the North American-based Christian Identity group the Aryan Nations. They are currently known as Aryan Nations Sadistic Souls MC.[4]
The Sadistic Souls MC has chapters in Illinois, Oklahoma, Missouri, Wisconsin, Florida, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Ohio and Tennessee as well as Australia, Sweden, Ukraine, Ireland, Germany, France, South Africa, the United Kingdom (England) and New Zealand.[5][6][7] They also have nomad-style chapter of members who sport a bottom rocker of the word "vagabond" on the backs of their kuttes.
Ideology
editThe Sadistic Souls claim to accept any white nationalist regardless of religious belief.[3]
On its official website, the club claims that forced integration is "deliberate and malicious genocide, particularly for a people like the white race, who are now a small minority in the world."
Their club's motto, "The Black & Silver Solution"', is the phrase given to represent a coalition of several racist organizations. with the United Klans of America and The Creativity Movement.[8]
Imagery
editLike many other white supremacist and racist skinhead groups, the Aryan Nations Sadistic Souls MC uses various Wehrmacht insignia, including the Totenkopf, the Reichsadler, the doppelte Siegrune and the Nationalflagge.[9]
Since the club's merger with Aryan Nations, many of the Sadistic Souls members can be seen wearing a patch of the Aryan Nations logo, which consists of a Wolfsangel symbol with a sword replacing the crossbar.[10]
See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ "Active Neo-Nazi Groups". Archived from the original on 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
- ^ "About". Archived from the original on 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- ^ a b Keenan, Catlyn K. (2014). Behind the Doors of White Supremacy (PhD). The University of Denver.
- ^ "Squabbling Aryan Nations Factions Descend Into Vicious Name-Calling". Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Here Are All the Active Hate Groups Where You Live". 2017-08-17. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
- ^ "Aryan Nations Sadistic Souls MC New Zealand". 2016-02-18. Archived from the original on 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ "Chapters".
- ^ "Ahead of the Black & Silver Solution Fall Conference, Questions Linger About Leadership". Archived from the original on 2017-02-25. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
- ^ "Photos". Archived from the original on 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ "Sadistic Souls". Archived from the original on 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
References
edit- "Aryan Nations New Zealand". 2017-07-30.
- "ARYAN NATIONS SADISTIC SOULS MC Trademark - Serial Number 87161084 :: Justia Trademarks".
- "Combating Terrorist Recruitment Act of 2016" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- Finley, Laura L. (2018-10-31). Gangland: An Encyclopedia of Gang Life from Cradle to Grave [2 volumes]. Abc-Clio. ISBN 9781440844744.
- "Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club - Bio, News, Photos - Washington Times". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- "White Men in the Woods". Archived from the original on 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- "White supremacists convene in celebration of Trump victory". Christian Science Monitor. 2016-11-20. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-11-30.