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US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men’s network
The founder and sponsor of a far-right network of secretive, #men-only, #invitation-only fraternal lodges in the US is a former industrialist who has frequently speculated about his future as a #warlord after the collapse of America, a Guardian investigation has found.
Federal and state tax and company filings show that the Society for American Civic Renewal (#SACR) and its creator, #Charles #Haywood, also have financial ties with the far-right #Claremont #Institute.
SACR’s most recent IRS filing names Haywood as the national organization’s principal officer. Other filings identify three lodges in Idaho – in #Boise, #Coeur d’Alene and #Moscow – and another in #Dallas, Texas.
The “possibilities involving violence” that his "#Armed #Patronage #Network" might face, Haywood writes include “more-or-less open #warfare with the federal government, or some subset or remnant of it”.
Further on, Haywood writes: “At this moment I preside over what amounts to a extended, quite sizeable, compound, which when complete I like to say, accurately, will be impervious to anything but direct organized military attack”, adding that “it requires a group of men to make it work … what I call ‘#shooters’ – say fifteen able-bodied, and adequately trained, men.”
These “shooters”, Haywood explains, “can operate my compound, both defensively and administratively”, meanwhile, “I have the personality, and skills, to lead such a group.”