Extremist Groups: Opposing Viewpoints (2001)

Extremist Groups: Opposing Viewpoints is a book, in the Opposing Viewpoints Series, examining the issue of extremist groups: religious, racial, environmental, animal rights, militia, and socialist. It was edited by Tamara L. Roleff, with assistant editors Helen Cothran and James D. Torr.

It was published by Greenhaven Press (San Diego) in 2001 as a 171-page hardcover (ISBN 0-7377-0656-2) and paperback (ISBN 0-7377-0655-4).

Contents

Chapter	Viewpoint	Author	Notes
Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?
Introduction
Chapter 1: Does Religious Fundamentalism Benefit Society?	1. Religious Groups Tend Toward Extremist Views	Samuel Brittan
	2. Religion Is a Positive Force in Society	Adam Maida
	3. The Religious Right Has a Harmful Agenda	Rob Boston
	4. The Religious Right Has a Beneficial Agenda	Charles Colson
	5. Radical Islamic Fundamentalists Pose a Serious Threat	Steven Emerson
	6. Most Followers of Islam Are Not a Threat	Jonah Blank	Excerpt from "The Muslim Mainstream".
Chapter 2: Do Liberal Groups Benefit Society?	1. Radical Animal Rights Groups Harm Society	Teresa Platt
	2. Radical Animal Rights Activism Is Justified	Interview with Darius Fullmer	Reprint of "Interview with an ALF Activist".
	3. Socialists Encourage Violent Extremism	Balint Vazsonyi	Reprint of "Socialism: The Ultimate Evil".
	4. Socialism Would Benefit Society	Gus Hall	Excerpt from "Marxism-Leninism: Science for Our Times"
	5. Environmental Groups Encourage Violence	Stephen Budiansky
	6. Radical Environmental Activism is Justified	Earth First!	Reprint of "Direct Action Gets the Goods".
Chapter 3: Do White Supremacist Groups Promote Hate and Violence?	1. White Supremacist Groups Promote Hate and Violence	Loretta Ross	Reprint of "White Supremacy in the 1990s".
	2. The Danger from White Supremacist Groups is Exaggerated	Samuel T. Francis	Excerpt from "Witchfinder: The Strange Career of Morris Dees"
	3. Racial Hatred is Necessary to Save the White Race	Matt Hale	Reprint of "The Value of Hatred".
	4. Racial Hatred is Immoral	Howard Kleinberg	Reprint of "Cult's hateful rhetoric leads to murder".
Chapter 4: Does the Militia Movement Pose a Threat to Government?	1. The Militia Movement Poses a Serious Threat to the Government	Klanwatch Project
	2. The Danger from the Militia Movement is Exaggerated	William Norman Grigg
	3. Militias Protect Against Authoritarian Government	Walter Williams
	4. Militias are Unnecessary	Carl Levin
	For Further Discussion
	Organizations to Contact
	Bibliography of Books
	Index