William Luther Pierce White Supremacist Leader – Turner Diaries

Description

William Luther Pierce and the National Alliance: An FBI Overview

Timeline of Events:

This timeline is based solely on the provided source, which is an introduction to a collection of FBI files on William Luther Pierce and the National Alliance. Therefore, it focuses on the lifespan and activities of William Luther Pierce and the impact of his work.

• Circa 1972-2002: William Luther Pierce leads the National Alliance for almost thirty years.
• During his leadership of the National Alliance:The group’s membership includes individuals involved in terrorism, bank robbery, and planned bombings.
• Pierce authors the novel The Turner Diaries.
• Publication of The Turner Diaries: The book becomes highly influential within the racist right movement, earning the description of “the bible of the racist right.”
• 1984: The murder of Jewish radio host Alan Berg is carried out by The Order, a group that was inspired by The Turner Diaries.
• 1995: Timothy McVeigh’s Oklahoma City bombing is significantly inspired by The Turner Diaries.
• 2002: William Luther Pierce dies.
• Throughout William Luther Pierce’s career (spanning three decades until 2002): The FBI compiles files on him and the National Alliance, including:
• Reports on his residences.
• Information about his employment.
• Details about his position within organizations.
• Reporting from informants.
• Summaries of his activities.
• Synopses of the content of phone message recordings made for his followers.

Cast of Characters:

• William Luther Pierce: The founder and leader of the white nationalist organization, the National Alliance, for approximately three decades until his death in 2002. He is described as America’s most important neo-Nazi during this period. He was also the author of the race war novel The Turner Diaries, a highly influential book within the racist right movement and a source of inspiration for acts of violence.
• National Alliance: A white nationalist organization founded and led by William Luther Pierce for nearly thirty years. The group’s membership included individuals involved in terrorist activities, bank robbery, and planned bombings.
• Timothy McVeigh: The perpetrator of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. The Turner Diaries is known to have been a key inspiration for his actions.
• Alan Berg: A Jewish radio host who was murdered in 1984 by the group known as The Order. The Turner Diaries is cited as a key inspiration for The Order’s actions.
• The Order: A group responsible for the 1984 murder of Alan Berg. Their actions were reportedly inspired by William Luther Pierce’s novel, The Turner Diaries.
• FBI: The Federal Bureau of Investigation, which compiled 5,204 pages of files covering William Luther Pierce and the National Alliance. These files documented various aspects of Pierce’s life and the organization’s activities through informants, surveillance, and recorded communications.

William Luther Pierce White Supremacist Leader – Turner Diaries – National Alliance FBI Files

5,204 pages of FBI files covering William Luther Pierce and the National Alliance.

William Pierce was America’s most important neo-Nazi for some three decades until his death in 2002. Pierce was the founder and leader of the National Alliance, a white nationalist organization, which he led for almost thirty years. The group’s members included terrorists, bank robbers and would-be bombers. Pierce was also the author of the race war novel The Turner Diaries. The book has been called “the bible of the racist right,” is known to have drawn many into his movement and was a key inspiration for Timothy McVeigh’s 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the 1984 murder of Jewish radio host Alan Berg by The Order.

The FBI files regularly report on Pierce’s residences, employment, position in organizations, reporting from informants, summaries of  Pierce’s activities and  synopses of the content of  phone message recording made by Pierce for his followers.