White Aryan Resistance, or WAR, was the creation of long-time white supremacist Tom Metzger, who tried to build up a network of racist skinheads in the 1980s. It is also the name of white supremacist prison gangs... Read more

The White Knights are a Texas-based white supremacist prison gang (they have also been active in Arizona in recent years). Their main symbol consists of a knight's helmet containing a skull. Behind the skull are two crossed... Read more

William Pierce (1933-2002) was a white supremacist leader who founded the neo-Nazi National Alliance in 1974 and led the group until his death in 2002. During much of this time, the National Alliance was the largest neo-Nazi... Read more

Willis Carto (1926-2015) was one of the most virulent antisemitic propagandists in the U.S. in the second half of the twentieth century. After emerging as a right-wing organizer in San Francisco in the early 1950s, he was... Read more

Winston Shrout is a prominent sovereign citizen guru whose videos and seminars attracted thousands to the anti-government extremist movement in the 2000s. He also played a role in exporting ideas of the sovereign citizen movement to several... Read more

WP is an acronym for the common white supremacist chant "White Power." In some contexts, WP may refer to "White Pride" instead.

Aryan Nationalist Alliance was the original name of the Nationalist Front, an umbrella organization created in 2016 and led by the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement. The organization was formed to unite various facets of the white supremacist... Read more

The hand sign for the Aryan Nations white supremacist prison gang consists of the fingers held in a pistol shape with the pistol pointed to the sky, referred to as "bolts up" or "bolts to the sky."

The Aryan Nations is a large Tennessee-based white supremacist prison gang, not to be confused with the Neo-Nazi group of the same name. The main patch for the prison gang consists of a rounded Celtic Cross image... Read more

A small white supremacist group resembling a racist skinhead group or a prison clique. The group's logo is the Phoenix with a lightning bolt and a runic symbol.

The Aryan Warriors is a Nevada-based white supremacist prison gang that has been around since the 1980s. The gang uses Viking-related imagery including shields and runic symbols.

The Asatru Folk Assembly is a largely California-based neo-Volkish hate group with chapters in various states. Asatru is a Norse pagan religious sect, and while it is not a racist religion in itself, it has been adopted... Read more

The Tyr rune is an ancient runic symbol that was appropriated by the Nazis and subsequently became popular among white supremacists. Its popularity in part stems from the fact that it is considered by many to be... Read more

The Aryan Cowboy Brotherhood is a fairly smal white supremacist prison and street gang in Minnesota and Kentucky. Its symbol consists of a winged skull wearing a helmet that has the initials "ACB" on it.