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Politics : Arnold for Governor!
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To: richardred who started this subject8/26/2003 6:07:52 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) of 773
 
A Look at Schwarzenegger’s Father’s Ties to the Nazis and Arnold’s Connection to Racist Hate Groups

democracynow.org

Synopsis:

Biographer Wendy Leigh reveals Arnold’s father voluntarily became a Nazi brown-shirted stormtrooper and how the gubernatorial candidate once publicly made Hitler-like gestures. Meanwhile the Southern Poverty Law Center outlines the links between U.S. English (where Arnold serves on the board) and right-wing hate groups.
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“Arnie’s Father, the Nazi”
That was the headline of an article by British journalist and biographer Wendy Leigh last March.

At the time of the story’s publication Arnold Schwarzenegger was simply Arnold the actor. Today he stands a chance to soon become Arnold the governor and the story is getting a second life.

In the piece Wendy Leigh reveals that newly found documents show Arnold’s father Gustav had voluntarily joined the Nazi party in Austria and was a member of Hitler’s notorious brown-shirted stormtroopers.

Connections between the Schwarzenegger family and Nazis have been known since the early 1990s when Leigh published her book Arnold: The Unauthorized Biography.

Meanwhile, the Washington Post recently reported that Arnold Schwarzenegger has served for 15 years on the board of the organization U.S. English which promotes English to be the country’s official. The group also opposes bilingual education.

Less known about the organization are the groups ties to right-wing nationalist movements. US Engligh co-founder John Tanton has started 13 anti-immigrant groups including three that are labeled hate groups by the SPLC.

Wendy Leigh, journalist and author of the 1990 book Arnold: An Unauthorized Biography. She is working on an updated version. Earlier this year she revealed that Arnold’s father was a Nazi stormtrooper.
Mark Potok, editor of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s quarterly Intelligence Report, which monitors far-right hate groups in the United States.
Lydia Camarillo, vice president of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project.
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