In 1980, Texas Klan Grand Dragon Louis Beam was running a paramilitary training camp outside of Houston. But they weren't just training klansmen for the race war. They ran a boy scout camp on the weekends.

Sources and further reading:

Belew, Kathleen. Bring the War Home : The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America. Harvard University Press, 2018.

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/993/2128255/


https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/1017/2128803/


https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/543/198/1460786/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/30/archives/paramilitary-actions-irk-neighbors-of-texas-camp-charter.html


https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/24/boy-scouts-taught-to-fire-weapons-strangle-opponents/1eec4466-569a-47a8-b2e1-ce60c763ffe7/ 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/23/Charge-Klan-teaches-scouts-how-to-strangle-people/2641343803600/ 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/24/Klan-member-trains-youths-at-paramilitary-camp/6144343890000/


https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/25/A-mother-says-two-teen-age-Explorer-scouts-who-attended/4442343976400/


https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/12/05/The-owner-of-a-10-acre-plot-of-land-used/1128344840400/

In 1980, Texas Klan Grand Dragon Louis Beam was running a paramilitary training camp outside of Houston. But they weren't just training klansmen for the race war. They ran a boy scout camp on the weekends. Sources and further reading: Belew, Kathleen. Bring the War Home : The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America. Harvard University Press, 2018. <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/993/2128255/">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/993/2128255/</a> <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/1017/2128803/"></a>
<a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/1017/2128803/">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/1017/2128803/</a> <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/543/198/1460786/"></a>
<a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/543/198/1460786/">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/543/198/1460786/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/30/archives/paramilitary-actions-irk-neighbors-of-texas-camp-charter.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/30/archives/paramilitary-actions-irk-neighbors-of-texas-camp-charter.html</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/24/boy-scouts-taught-to-fire-weapons-strangle-opponents/1eec4466-569a-47a8-b2e1-ce60c763ffe7/"></a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/24/boy-scouts-taught-to-fire-weapons-strangle-opponents/1eec4466-569a-47a8-b2e1-ce60c763ffe7/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/24/boy-scouts-taught-to-fire-weapons-strangle-opponents/1eec4466-569a-47a8-b2e1-ce60c763ffe7/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/23/Charge-Klan-teaches-scouts-how-to-strangle-people/2641343803600/">https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/23/Charge-Klan-teaches-scouts-how-to-strangle-people/2641343803600/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/24/Klan-member-trains-youths-at-paramilitary-camp/6144343890000/">https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/24/Klan-member-trains-youths-at-paramilitary-camp/6144343890000/</a>
 <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/25/A-mother-says-two-teen-age-Explorer-scouts-who-attended/4442343976400/">https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/25/A-mother-says-two-teen-age-Explorer-scouts-who-attended/4442343976400/</a> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/12/05/The-owner-of-a-10-acre-plot-of-land-used/1128344840400/"></a>
<a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/12/05/The-owner-of-a-10-acre-plot-of-land-used/1128344840400/">https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/12/05/The-owner-of-a-10-acre-plot-of-land-used/1128344840400/</a>

Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off. 

Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off.

Investigative journalist Molly Conger takes you beyond the headlines to examine some of the worst people on the planet, most of whom you’ve never heard of. These are the weird little guys trying to ruin life as we know it.

Weird Little Guys

Klan Camp

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1cbdc9ff-70f1-4ad0-80f7-b465015f1204/transcript

In 1967, segregationist lawyer Jack Kershaw swore out a warrant against George Ware, an organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. By the end of the week, a congressman was denouncing Ware on the house floor as an outside agitator. But what is an outside agitator? What do we mean when we blame unrest on these untrustworthy outsiders? Where does that idea come from? And is it even true?

Sources & Further Reading:

https://belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/ARCHIVE/kerner_commission_full_report.pdf


https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html

https://www.crmvet.org/docs/sv/670400_sncc_nyc-newsletter.pdf

https://www.christcathedral.org/phase-to-history/st-anselms-liberation-school-and-the-long-hot-summer-of-1967/

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/274/538/1574803/

https://www.phillytrib.com/obituaries/george-w-ware-jr-72-educator/article_0e1a1218-3c2b-51fa-b960-61094a1f6d98.html

https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/GSB/id/10262/

https://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal67-1311343

https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/05/archives/us-aides-in-visit-to-negro-school-view-a-drama-at-institution-cited.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/12/archives/nashville-panel-suspends-school-liberation-classroom-also-ousted.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/09/archives/official-changes-testimony-on-antiwhite-school.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/30/archives/sedition-charges-dropped.html

https://www.wsmv.com/2025/02/25/former-nashville-assistant-police-chief-dies-while-custody-wifes-death/

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/wife-former-mnpd-assistant-police-chief-found-shot-to-death-rutherford-county/

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-07-12/race-troubles-109-us-cities-faced-violence-in-1967

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2020/07/27/a-brief-history-of-dangerous-others/

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/11/12/audio/defining-safe-defining-the-outside-agitator/

In 1967, segregationist lawyer Jack Kershaw swore out a warrant against George Ware, an organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. By the end of the week, a congressman was denouncing Ware on the house floor as an outside agitator. But what is an outside agitator? What do we mean when we blame unrest on these untrustworthy outsiders? Where does that idea come from? And is it even true? Sources &amp; Further Reading: <a href="https://belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/ARCHIVE/kerner_commission_full_report.pdf">https://belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/ARCHIVE/kerner_commission_full_report.pdf</a> <a href="https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html"></a>
<a href="https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html">https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html</a>
<a href="https://www.crmvet.org/docs/sv/670400_sncc_nyc-newsletter.pdf">https://www.crmvet.org/docs/sv/670400_sncc_nyc-newsletter.pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.christcathedral.org/phase-to-history/st-anselms-liberation-school-and-the-long-hot-summer-of-1967/">https://www.christcathedral.org/phase-to-history/st-anselms-liberation-school-and-the-long-hot-summer-of-1967/</a>
<a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/274/538/1574803/">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/274/538/1574803/</a>
<a href="https://www.phillytrib.com/obituaries/george-w-ware-jr-72-educator/article_0e1a1218-3c2b-51fa-b960-61094a1f6d98.html">https://www.phillytrib.com/obituaries/george-w-ware-jr-72-educator/article_0e1a1218-3c2b-51fa-b960-61094a1f6d98.html</a>
<a href="https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/GSB/id/10262/">https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/collection/GSB/id/10262/</a>
<a href="https://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal67-1311343">https://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal67-1311343</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/05/archives/us-aides-in-visit-to-negro-school-view-a-drama-at-institution-cited.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/05/archives/us-aides-in-visit-to-negro-school-view-a-drama-at-institution-cited.html</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/12/archives/nashville-panel-suspends-school-liberation-classroom-also-ousted.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/12/archives/nashville-panel-suspends-school-liberation-classroom-also-ousted.html</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/09/archives/official-changes-testimony-on-antiwhite-school.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/09/archives/official-changes-testimony-on-antiwhite-school.html</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/30/archives/sedition-charges-dropped.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/30/archives/sedition-charges-dropped.html</a>
<a href="https://www.wsmv.com/2025/02/25/former-nashville-assistant-police-chief-dies-while-custody-wifes-death/">https://www.wsmv.com/2025/02/25/former-nashville-assistant-police-chief-dies-while-custody-wifes-death/</a>
<a href="https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/wife-former-mnpd-assistant-police-chief-found-shot-to-death-rutherford-county/">https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/wife-former-mnpd-assistant-police-chief-found-shot-to-death-rutherford-county/</a>
<a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-07-12/race-troubles-109-us-cities-faced-violence-in-1967">https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-07-12/race-troubles-109-us-cities-faced-violence-in-1967</a>
<a href="https://www.nybooks.com/online/2020/07/27/a-brief-history-of-dangerous-others/">https://www.nybooks.com/online/2020/07/27/a-brief-history-of-dangerous-others/</a>
<a href="https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/11/12/audio/defining-safe-defining-the-outside-agitator/">https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/11/12/audio/defining-safe-defining-the-outside-agitator/</a>

Outside Agitators

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/991fc68c-300e-4b77-aa36-b45e0171e856/transcript

We lost one of the greats last month. Laura Sullivan was an antifascist researcher, a photographer, a journalist, a friend, a mother, and a mentor. She was a legend and we were lucky to have her while we did. 

You can make a donation to One People's Project, the antifascist organization Laura was involved in for more than two decades, here:
https://onepeoplesproject.com/donate/

Daryle Lamont Jenkins' tribute to his longtime friends & collaborators, Laura & Mike Sullivan: https://idavox.com/index.php/2026/05/07/the-sullivans-much-love-and-rest-in-peace/

Abner Hauge's tribute to Laura & Mike: https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/in-memoriam-laura-mike-sullivan/

Laura's Obituary: https://obituaries.carewellcremations.com/laura-sullivan 

Sources & Further Reading:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-clark-dc-neo-nazi-arrested_n_5beb99ffe4b0caeec2bf24e5

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nazi-punch-antifa_n_59e13ae9e4b03a7be580ce6f 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/fbi-court-battle-identity-imf-protest-informants

We lost one of the greats last month. Laura Sullivan was an antifascist researcher, a photographer, a journalist, a friend, a mother, and a mentor. She was a legend and we were lucky to have her while we did. You can make a donation to One People's Project, the antifascist organization Laura was involved in for more than two decades, here: <a href="https://onepeoplesproject.com/donate/">https://onepeoplesproject.com/donate/</a>
Daryle Lamont Jenkins' tribute to his longtime friends &amp; collaborators, Laura &amp; Mike Sullivan:&nbsp;<a href="https://idavox.com/index.php/2026/05/07/the-sullivans-much-love-and-rest-in-peace/">https://idavox.com/index.php/2026/05/07/the-sullivans-much-love-and-rest-in-peace/</a>
Abner Hauge's tribute to Laura &amp; Mike:&nbsp;<a href="https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/in-memoriam-laura-mike-sullivan/">https://leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/in-memoriam-laura-mike-sullivan/</a>
Laura's Obituary:&nbsp;<a href="https://obituaries.carewellcremations.com/laura-sullivan">https://obituaries.carewellcremations.com/laura-sullivan</a>&nbsp; Sources &amp; Further Reading: <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-clark-dc-neo-nazi-arrested_n_5beb99ffe4b0caeec2bf24e5">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeffrey-clark-dc-neo-nazi-arrested_n_5beb99ffe4b0caeec2bf24e5</a>
<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nazi-punch-antifa_n_59e13ae9e4b03a7be580ce6f">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nazi-punch-antifa_n_59e13ae9e4b03a7be580ce6f</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/fbi-court-battle-identity-imf-protest-informants">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/fbi-court-battle-identity-imf-protest-informants</a>

In Loving Memory of Laura & Mike Sullivan

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/f7c2a4e6-cf15-45b9-a9b2-b45e0171e855/transcript

Wrapping up the discussion of the MAGA narrative surrounding the SPLC indictment, Molly addresses the question of money. If the administration is implying the SPLC fully funded the 2017 Unite the Right rally, what would that mean? How much does something like that cost? And who actually paid for it?

Sources & Additional Reading:
https://www.integrityfirstforamerica.org/exhibits

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/4540209/splc-money-informant-unite-the-right-richard-spencer-national-policy-institute/

https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/server/4

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/02/patriot-front-recruits-members-young-pyramid-scheme

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59680212/united-states-v-hiles/

https://vault.unicornriot.ninja/patriotfrontleaks/

National Policy Institute Form 990s
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521259838

Mary Noel Kershaw Foundation Form 990s
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/621608693

Charles Martel Society Form 990s
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/364397594

https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00583658/?tab=filings&cycle=2018

Wrapping up the discussion of the MAGA narrative surrounding the SPLC indictment, Molly addresses the question of money. If the administration is implying the SPLC fully funded the 2017 Unite the Right rally, what would that mean? How much does something like that cost? And who actually paid for it? Sources &amp; Additional Reading: <a href="https://www.integrityfirstforamerica.org/exhibits">https://www.integrityfirstforamerica.org/exhibits</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/4540209/splc-money-informant-unite-the-right-richard-spencer-national-policy-institute/">https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/4540209/splc-money-informant-unite-the-right-richard-spencer-national-policy-institute/</a>
<a href="https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/server/4">https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/server/4</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/02/patriot-front-recruits-members-young-pyramid-scheme">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/02/patriot-front-recruits-members-young-pyramid-scheme</a>
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59680212/united-states-v-hiles/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/59680212/united-states-v-hiles/</a>
<a href="https://vault.unicornriot.ninja/patriotfrontleaks/">https://vault.unicornriot.ninja/patriotfrontleaks/</a>
National Policy Institute Form 990s <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521259838">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521259838</a>
Mary Noel Kershaw Foundation Form 990s <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/621608693">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/621608693</a>
Charles Martel Society Form 990s <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/364397594">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/364397594</a>
<a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00583658/?tab=filings&amp;cycle=2018">https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00583658/?tab=filings&amp;cycle=2018</a>

It's One Nazi Rally, Donald, How Much Could It Cost?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/509fc73e-3edf-4533-82db-b457014b392e/transcript

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