U.S. Newswire : Releases : "AntiDefamation League Issues Online Guide to NeoNazi Hate Music"

Racists and anti-Semites have made no secret of their desire to bring in a new generation of young people to their movement. Ever creative in their attempts to lure teenagers -- and even younger children -- the groups have employed everything from deceptive Web sites and racist video games to free giveaways in an effort to entice children to their brand of bigotry. One recent strategy involves the distribution of CD samplers of hate music to schoolchildren in a campaign dubbed "Project Schoolyard" by the Minnesota-based hate music record label, Panzerfaust. In a new online report, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) says that today, hate music plays a central role in the white supremacist movement in the United States and around the world. The ADL report, Neo-Nazi Hate Music: A Guide examines the underpinnings of an industry that has become both a lucrative source of income and powerful recruitment tool for neo-Nazi extremists. Far more than simply providing a soundtrack for the extremist movement, neo-Nazi music has created an entire subculture of shared customs, fashions and music, bringing together haters in a community of shared ideas and musical interests, according to ADL's report. The report, which delves into the underground world of hate music to examine the origins, themes, bands, labels and subculture associated with the music, is available online at: http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/ hate_music_in_the_21st_century.htm