Federation of Klans, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The Ferderation of Klans was formed in April 1994 by Chicagoen Ed Novak following his defection from the Knights of the KKK. Though originally making significant inroads among Klansmen at the start of his defection, Novak has engaged in little organizing since 1994, and today Federation of Klans membership stands at no more than 50 people across five states.
             Knights of the White Camellia Ku Klux Klan. The Knights of the White Camellia, a Texas Klan group led by Charles Lee, along with the Texas chapter of Thom Robb's Knights of the KKK, has been linked to a number of incidents of racial intimidation and harassment in Vidor, Texas. These incidents, which occured in 1992 and 1993, involved efforts to prevent the desegregation of an all-white Federally assisted housing project in Vidor. Among the reported acts of intimidation was the threat to blow up a housing unit to prevent its integration; residents of the project additionally alleged that the White Camellia Knights carried automatic weapons on a bus they drove through the housing complex and the one Klan member offered white children $50 to beat up African-American children. The Texas Commission on Human Rights has brought a civil suit against both Klan groups in responce to these incidents.
             The national Alliance. West Virginia-based National Alliance---headed for two decades by one of the Patriot movements intellectual godfathers, William Pierce---is growing at unprecedented levels.
             Membership soars. In recent years, National Alliance's membership has soared into the thousands. In 1992, the organization had known chapters in only three states. The group's membership has increased 30-fold since 1990. In 1993, Pierce said that his organization's membership "doubled in 1990-91 and again in 1992." Pierce's long-range goal is to ignite a worldwide race war nd establish an Aryan utopia in North America---a fascist societ...