George Burdi (born 1970), also known as George Eric Hawthorne, is a former white supremacist who is now a Canadian musician and leader of the white power music scene. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...

Born to Armenian immigrants, Burdi came into contact with the white supremacist movement through the father of his then-girlfriend. He became an active white supremacist at 18 and was, by the age of 21, leader of the Canadian branch of the Church of the Creator. Using the pseudonym "Reverend George Eric Hawthorne" he formed the skinhead band RaHoWa in 1989. The band's name was derived from the phrase "Racial Holy War". RaHoWa was the single largest hate-rock band throughout the 1990s, and is still very well-regarded in white-power circles. Armenia - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ... The Church of the Creator is an Oregon-based church founded by Rev. ... A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to their legal name (whereas an allonym is the name of another actual person assumed by one person in authorship of a work of art; e. ... 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 boy of the West Indies and the Mods of the UK. English Skinhead on cutdown circa 1991 Categories There are a number of different... RaHoWa (sometimes RAHOWA) are a defunct Canadian White supremacist band. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Racial Holy War (RAHOWA) is the belief that white people should unite and undertake a holy war against Jews and non-whites. ... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...

Burdi was the founder president of Resistance Records, which was the distributor for his band and other white supremacist bands. The company also operated a web site and a magazine. It was one of the pre-eminent white-power record producers, and sold nearly 100,000 records in its ten years of operation and published a quarterly Resistance Magazine which covered the white power music scene. Resistance Records is a white nationalist music label which produces and sells music by racially conscious white musicians, primarily through its website, www. ...

Burdi was convicted of assault causing bodily harm in 1995 for kicking an anti-Nazi activist in the face during a riot that followed a RaHoWa concert in Ottawa in 1993. He was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Location. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ...

In 1997, police raided his home and the Resistance Records offices. Burdi was charged with "willfully promoting hatred," he ended up pleading guilty to a lesser charge and spent no time in jail. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...

In 2001, Burdi sold Resistance Records to William Pierce of the National Alliance for $250,000 and left the white power movement due to disillusionment. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Pierce was the name of the following men: William Pierce (politician) (1740-1789), a Continental Congressman from Georgia. ... The National Alliance is a white nationalist organization based in the United States. ...

He claims to have renounced white supremacism, and is currently in a multiracial band called "Novacosm". He has a South Asian girlfriend, and is deeply into eastern spiritualism. However, he has been criticised by anti-racists who claim he has not clearly denounced the white supremacist movement or apologized to the communities and individuals he hurt in his career as a neo-nazi. White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ... The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ... The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ...

External Links

• The Defection of George Burdi: Lessons to be Learned (http://www.vanguardnewsnetwork.com/index165.htm) - a view from the neo-nazi side
• A racist no longer: Ex-white rights fan just wants to be a rock star (http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2001-01-25/news.html) 2001 article from Toronto's Now Magazine.
• I am not my DNA (http://www.acidlogic.com/georgeburdi.htm) recent interview from Acid Logic.
• Present at the Creation (http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=179) Interview with Burdi by the anti-racist Southern Poverty Law Center.
• Novacosm band website (http://www.novacosm.com/)
• IFILM about George Burdi and Novacosm (http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2407732?htv=12)