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White Power Leader Sam Dickson's Bankruptcy Filings
We are publishing documents from Atlanta attorney and white power leader Sam Dickson's Chapter 11 bankruptcy. These documents not only give a clear picture of Dickson's business interests but also provide details on Dickson's political activity and associates. Dickson filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2014 (Case 14-29781-LMI, Southern District of Florida US Bankruptcy Court). Then, in March 2015, his "Hickory Hill 1185" company also filed for bankruptcy (Case 15-13854-LMI, Southern District of Florida). The two bankruptcy cases are now jointly administered.
Sam Dickson at the 2019 "American Renaissance" white nationalist conference
We have published two earlier articles highlighting Dickson's and other white nationalists' activity on the Atlanta property market. For readers unfamiliar with Dickson, we suggest reading our 2017 article, "Right-Wing Gentrification Gangs", which explains his method for profiting from tax lien purchases in Black and multiracial working-class neighborhoods. Dickson has a history spanning decades in the white nationalist movement. As a participant in the secretive yet influential Charles Martel Society – where Dickson is listed as a Director – and also as a mentor for younger white nationalists, Dickson continues to influence the white power movement to this day.
Website for Dickson's "Villas Key West" vacation rentals, Key West, FL.
Our articles so far have focused on Dickson's dealings in Atlanta. By publishing Dickson's bankruptcy filings, we broaden our picture to include information on Dickson's property in Florida and North Carolina. Dickson's properties in Atlanta are mostly but not exclusively vacant lots, which make a profit once sold. However, properties such as Dickson's "Villas Key West" vacation rentals in Key West, Florida, bring in regular income.
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Author antifa atlPosted on December 4, 2019 Tags Buckhead, Charles Martel Society, Council of Conservative Citizens, David Irving, Dublin GA, Florida, gentrification, Hartford Trust, Hickory Hill 1185 LLC, Highlands NC, John C. Hall, Keith Alexander, Key West FL, League of the South, North Carolina, Sam Dickson, Sons of Confederate Veterans, The Political Cesspool, Villas Key West
Who Are the White Supremacists Attending February's "Rock Stone Mountain II" Rally?
Is the upcoming "Rock Stone Mountain II" rally about "resistance to communism" as its current Facebook event page claims, or is it an overt white supremacist gathering? This article highlights a dozen individuals who marked themselves as "going" to the "Rock Stone Mountain" event outside Atlanta, which is scheduled for February 2nd, 2019. Although there is no guarantee that everyone listed will attend, looking at those who plan to show up gives a clear indication of the rally's white supremacist and extreme-Right character.
We used two Facebook "going" lists for Rock Stone Mountain II for this article. First, we used the list of people who said they were "going" on the current Facebook event page. We also downloaded the "going" list for an earlier Rock Stone Mountain II event page, which was eventually deleted by Facebook. We used this earlier list as a source for the last few names discussed in this article.
Listed as "Going" on the Current "Rock Stone Mountain II" Facebook Event
John Michael Estes
John Michael Estes (Note that "88" on shirt is alphanumeric code for "H.H." or "Heil Hitler.")
John Michael Estes is the primary organizer for "Rock Stone Mountain II", just as he was for the first "Rock Stone Mountain" in 2016. We have already discussed Estes' worldview in an earlier article written before the first Rock Stone Mountain rally. Estes is a white supremacist who was radicalized by ordering books from the Aryan Nations while in prison. Estes has since that time moved through a variety of white power circles, from racist "Christian Identity" religion (which believes that whites are God's true chosen people) to racially-charged versions of Odinism. Continue reading "Who Are the White Supremacists Attending February's "Rock Stone Mountain II" Rally?"
Author antifa atlPosted on October 19, 2018 October 19, 2018 Tags Aryan Nations, Aryan Strikeforce, Brian McCoy, Defend Stone Mountain, Georgia Peach Oyster Bar, Greg Calhoun, Hunter Lamm, International Keystone Knights, Jason Bradford, John Daniel Martin, John Michael Estes, Joseph Olah, Justin Owens, Kenneth Steven Monk, Kenneth Whitman, Ku Klux Klan, League of the South, National Socialist Movement, Nationalist Liberty Union, Rebecca Barnette, Rock Stone Mountain, Ryan King, Shaun Winkler, Silent Brotherhood, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Steven Monk, Stone Mountain GA
"Right-Wing Gentrification Gangs": White Nationalists and Atlanta Property Development
Update 10/11/2017 here.
Since the early 2000s, Atlanta white nationalist attorney Sam Dickson has been accumulating property in Atlanta, making a profit from gentrification and rising property values in our city. Dickson has built a "multi-million dollar business" from purchasing unpaid tax debts, then using them as leverage to obtain properties at bargain prices. Dickson has focused on property in South Atlanta, often in neighborhoods that are historically Black and working class. Dickson has been accused of "bullying" tactics to gain title.
Dickson's moneymaking from the Atlanta property market was highlighted in a 2006 article published by the state-friendly, anti-extremist Southern Poverty Law Center. Other white nationalist and far-Right figures — currently or recently involved in the Atlanta property market — have received less attention. This article discusses some of these figures, showing how organized white nationalists gain both politically and economically from gentrification in our city.
Sam Dickson
Georgia attorney Samuel Glasgow Dickson has been a major figure on the racist far-Right since the 1970s. In 1978, Dickson campaigned for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on a segregationist platform, receiving 11% of the vote. A lawyer since 1972, Dickson was known for representing Klansmen. Dickson participated in organizations such as the World Anti-Communist League (which included war criminals and far-Right terrorists) as well as the Council of Conservative Citizens (which traces back to the segregationist White Citizens' Councils.) Dickson was active in Holocaust-denial circles – he published "Revisionist" materials and hosted events in Atlanta. Holocaust-denier David Irving spent time at Dickson's property in Key West, Florida while facing criminal charges in Europe.
In 1994, Dickson gave a talk at the first American Renaissance conference, a suit-and-tie-style white nationalist gathering. Dickson has presented at every American Renaissance conference since then. He is also a regular speaker at the "Alt-Right" gatherings of the National Policy Institute. Predictably, Dickson was a speaker at the "Atlanta Forum" gathering in Marietta, Georgia this January, which brought together racist Southern nationalists and "Alt-Right" white nationalists. When Auburn University in Alabama tried to cancel an appearance by white power leader Richard Spencer of the National Policy Institute, Dickson filed a lawsuit so the event could go ahead. Dickson gave a talk when white nationalists assembled in mass in Charlottesville, Virginia on May 13, 2017 – the white nationalists' evening event was reminiscent of Klan ceremonies. Sam Dickson was again in Charlottesville for the bloody "Unite the Right" far-Right rally on August 12, 2017, where white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr. murdered anti-racist Heather Heyer and wounded over a dozen more in a car attack.
Sam Dickson holding megaphone at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, May 13, 2017. "Alt-Right" leaders Richard Spencer, Nathan Damigo and Mike Peinovich ("Mike Enoch") also visible in photo.
While staying active on the white power scene, Dickson has spent over a decade and a half buying up land around Atlanta, frequently using tax liens he has purchased to encourage property owners to sell low. When areas are redeveloped, Dickson stands to profit. Predictably, other white nationalists and far-Right figures now have their names on Fulton County property records, operating at various degrees of proximity or separation from Dickson himself. Continue reading ""Right-Wing Gentrification Gangs": White Nationalists and Atlanta Property Development"
Author antifa atlPosted on August 30, 2017 Tags Adrian Davies, American Renaissance, Asafoetida Land Trust, Atlanta, Atlanta Forum, Beltem Trust, Casey Cooper, Charles Martel Society, Charlottesville VA, Counter Currents, Counter Currents Publishing, David Irving, Evan Thomas Anderson, Evan Thomas Kuettner, FashyFit, General Leonidas Polk Camp #1446 SCV, gentrification, Greg Johnson, Heather Heyer, Historical Review Press - USA, Identity Evropa, James Alex Fields Jr., Jared Huggins, Joshua Buckley, Lakewood, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Party of Dekalb County, Martin O'Toole, National Policy Institute, Occidental Quarterly, Operation Werewolf, Othala Land Trust, Patrick Sharp, Republican Party, Sam Dickson, Scandza Forum, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Summerhill, TYR, Unite the Right, Villas Key West