James P. Wickstrom is a far right

Far right

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 radio talk-show host and Christian Identity

Christian Identity

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 minister, who resides in Rhodes, Michigan. He is known for his strong opinions on racial issues, globalization

Globalization

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, and Jews

Jews

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. He is also known to be intensely anti-communist.

History

Periodically, Wickstrom has written racially-inspired articles, and has operated as a pastor

Pastor

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 in Christian Identity organizations. In 1980, Wickstrom ran unsuccessfully in Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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 as a Constitution Party

Constitution Party (United States)

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candidate for governor

Governor

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.

Ideology

Wickstrom derives his beliefs from his interpretation of the Christian Bible. He preaches what he refers to as Two Seedline Racial Covenant Identity, an ideology which among other things, postulates that the Caucasian race

Caucasian race

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 is the only race made in the image of God

God

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, and thus is the only racial group possessing a soul

Soul

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. Furthermore, people of Jewish descent are not considered the "children of God", but rather the children of Satan

Satan

Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...

. Wickstrom categorically rejects the Jewish religious doctrine

Judaism

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 which states that Jews are "God's chosen people", stating that in fact members of the "white western, European" race are the actual Israelites referred to in the Christian Bible. According to Wickstrom, any person with any trace of Jewish ancestry is automatically condemned to eternal damnation

Eternal Damnation

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.

Current activity

Wickstrom hosts a weekly internet radio talk show, Yahweh's Truth on the Turner Radio Network. During the show, Wickstrom often has a limited number of guest speakers, where the topic is predominantly his perception of a communist, Zionist mandate operating in the United States whose goal is to destroy the Aryan

Aryan

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 nations, or nations where Caucasians are the ethnic majority

Ethnic majority

An ethnic majority refers to a condition in which a particular ethnic group comprises the majority of a particular population. It is frequently based on genealogy. For example, we can refer to the Caucasian race, or the Asian race, or the black race. However, it can also refer to a commonality in...

. According to Wickstrom, this goal is to be seen out through authoritarian and corrupt financial practices, multiculturalism

Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g...

, media infiltration, race-mixing and globalization. As well, he invites his listeners to call in to speak their views on world issues, which are typically similar to Wickstrom's.
Wickstrom is known to be affiliated with neo-Nazi groups such as the American

United States

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 group widely known as Aryan Nations

Aryan Nations

Aryan Nations is a white supremacist religious organization originally based in Hayden Lake, Idaho. Richard Girnt Butler founded the group in the 1970s, as an arm of the Christian Identity organization Church of Jesus Christ–Christian...

. He frequently has guests on his radio talk show from this and other affiliated groups.

Rhetoric

Wickstrom's frequent and intensely violent rhetoric has drawn the attention of such activist groups as the Southern Poverty Law Center

Southern Poverty Law Center

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 and the Anti-Defamation League

Anti-Defamation League

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. Wickstrom frequently indicates his desire for the Jewish people to endure a second Holocaust

The Holocaust

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, and for the assassination of certain members of the United States Government, particularly those he views to be in collaboration with those who seek to enable a communist takeover of the United States.

External links

• James Wickstrom's Official Website, "Yahweh's Truth"
• SPLC Article on James Wickstrom