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The American Front was a white power skinhead gang which was started in the mid-eighties in San Francisco, California by Bob Heick, aka "Nazi Bob", aka "Bob Blitz". Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... Bob Heick founded the group American Front after visiting London in 1984 & being impressed by the British White Power Skinhead Group The National Front. ... White Power is a political phrase coined by American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell in a debate with Black Panther Stokley Carmichael, who issued a call for Black Power. ... Skinheads, named after their shaven heads, are members of a subculture that originated in Britain in the 1960s, where they were closely tied to the Rude Boys of the West Indies and the Mods of the UK. Skinhead with scooter // Categories There are several different types of skinheads, and three... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ... Bob Heick founded the group American Front after visiting London in 1984 & being impressed by the British White Power Skinhead Group The National Front. ...

History

The American Front began as a loose organization modelled after England's National Front, both of which attempted to merge the Skinhead subculture with White Power politics. Heick was known as "Nazi Bob" at this time and was best known for terrorising the San Francisco Punk and Anarchist scene. This climaxed with Heick and a buddy of his breaking the windows of Haight Street Anarchist bookstore Bound Together Books. A meeting was going on at the time, and those in attendance poured out of the shop to stop Heick from continuing any damage. A skinny, 40 year old Hippie, with a pony tail and glasses beat up Heick, whose buddy fled immediately. The name National Front, is used by a number of political parties and coalitions. ... Skinheads, named after their shaven heads, are members of a subculture that originated in Britain in the 1960s, where they were closely tied to the Rude Boys of the West Indies and the Mods of the UK. Skinhead with scooter // Categories There are several different types of skinheads, and three... As understood in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a set of people with a distinct set of behavior and beliefs that differentiate them from a larger culture of which they are a part. ... White Power is a political phrase coined by American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell in a debate with Black Panther Stokley Carmichael, who issued a call for Black Power. ... A singer dresses in a stereotypical hippie outfit. ...

It is unclear if Bob Heick decided to start the American Front on his own, or was directed to do so by White Aryan Resistance leader, Tom Metzger. WAR had a dual structure, with Tom Metzger directly operating WAR and the American Front infiltrating and organizing the Skinhead scene. The White Aryan Resistance is a white supremacist organization founded and led by former Ku Klux Klan leader Tom Metzger. ... Thomas L. Metzger (born April 9, 1938) is the leader of the white supremacist group White Aryan Resistance. ...

Bob Heick and the American Front also gain notoriety by being a thorn in the side of prankster and misanthropist artist Boyd Rice's past. Heick and Rice posed in American Front uniforms for an article on Neo-nazis in Sassy Magazine. Rice claims that was never really a member of the American Front, but liked the dynamic character of Bob Heick and had been instructed by Charles Manson to infiltrate the growing White Power Skinhead scene and turn them into Manson cultists. Heick and the White Power Skinheads were pressured out of San Francisco in the late-eighties, relocating to Portland, Oregon where they continued to cause trouble. Boyd Rice in Portugal, 2004. ... Sassy Magazine was a monthly teen magazine for girls, founded by Matilda Publications (under CEO Sandra Yates) in 1987, and published in the USA by Lang Communications. ... Charles Manson. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown Location Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Oregon Multnomah County Mayor Tom Potter Geographical characteristics Area     City 145. ...

Activity

The National Front published the magazine "Revolutionary Nationalist" out of Portland, Oregon. Outside of their venture into publishing, many American Front members have committed heinous crimes. In 1991, police offers searching a Beaverton, Oregon residence from which American Front members had been evicted found a "hit list" of Portland police officers who were to be targeted. In California and Washington during July of 1993, there was a series of bombings targeting public meeting places for Blacks, Gays and Jews in California and Washington. Alledged American Front members Wayne Paul Wooten, Jeremiah Gordon Knesal and Mark Kowaalski were convicted of committing two of those attacks: the bombing of the Elite Tavern (a Gay club) and the bombing of an NAACP meeting hall. According to then U.S. Attorney Mike Yamaguchi, Wooten, Knesal and Kowaalski were part of a larger conspiracy to incite a race war. The bombings seem to have been timed to coincide with the sentencing of the police officers convicted in the Rodney King case, presumably to take advantage of heightened racial tension connected with the case. Beaverton is a city located in Washington County, Oregon, seven miles west of Portland in the Tualatin River Valley. ...

Change of leadership and location

The American Front briefly resurfaced under the leadership of James Porazzo. Porazzo moved the American Front to Harrison, Arkansas, and began to push a more obviously Third Position philosophy. The Third Position is a mix of extreme Right and Left wing politics. The American Front currently uses a great deal of Communist ideology amongst their White Power politics. Porazzo advocates "socialist revolution in a racialist context," explaining "We propose a workable, realistic alternative, and that is Separatism! White autonomy, Black autonomy, Brown autonomy and death to the current twisted system.... The only other obvious route would be an eventual winner take all race war: I don't think anyone with any sense would want that... " This particular version of Communist analysis targets Jews as the major players in the capitalist system. Porazzo also blames Zionism for the general state of global turmoil. During this period the American Front used working class, anti-capitalist, environmentalist, anti-globalization, communist positions in conjunction with a racial organizing platform, just as they used the Skinhead scene, Industrial music and Satanism in the eighties. Harrison is a city located in Boone County, Arkansas. ... International Third Position was a group formed by Nick Griffin and Derek Holland as a continuation of the Political Soldier movement. ... Separatism involves setting oneself or others apart. ...

The present

The American Front is no longer active, except for a few isolated activists who function only on the Internet. Bob Heick is currently active with the White Devil Conspiracy and side projects promoting racially and politically based music. James Porazzo is no longer active.