White Supremacy . In this new age of heightened immigration tensions, an on-going war in the Middle East that is overly disconnected from its citizenry and a nation led for the first time by a black President, white supremacy in the United States has vastly transformed from its beginnings as a macabre, fireside dance performed by white men in sheets.  The White Nationalist movement has developed and assimilated becoming distinctly and comfortably ‘American,’ complete with pot-luck gatherings, Tea Party flags, road-trips to Las Vegas and, possibly most  American of all, almost universally exercising their right to bear arms. The National Socialist Movement is overtly militaristic in its activities, ranging from anti-immigration protests, hate rallies and, at its aggressive pinnacle, armed patrols along the U.S. border with Mexico.  Patrols are held in cooperation with other armed and well-organized groups including state militias in a union they dub, ‘The Coalition of the Willing.’ The following reportage is the photographic documentation of members of the National Socialist Movement in the United States over the course of one year.  The photographs were taken in places one might least expect to encounter Neo-Nazis so openly: Los Angeles, New Jersey, Las Vegas, and ‘protecting’ the border between the U.S. and Mexico. White Supremacy  in the United States of America by Julie Platner Los Angeles, California, April 2010. Born and raised a white nationalist, 18-year-old Mariah smiles at hundreds of counter-protesters while signing Sieg Heil on the front steps of Los Angeles City Hall. Los Angeles, California, April 2010. National Socialist Movement members attend ‘Nationals,’ a yearly dinner banquet to promote members, discuss NSM party news and issues, and to review and celebrate, ‘actions,’ from the previous year.  Earlier that day, the NSM had staged a rally on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall to protest against immigration. Los Angeles, California, April 2010. National Socialist Movement members gather in the foyer of a Motel 6 in preparation for a rally. Los Angeles, California, April 2010. National Socialist Movement members organize and rally at a Riverside, CA motel in preparation to march to the steps of Los Angeles City Hall in protest of Mexican immigration. Pemberton, New Jersey, April 2011. Corporal Schneider of the National Socialist Movement gives a speech at the yearly, ‘Nationals,’ banquet dinner in Pemberton, NJ. Los Angeles, California, April 2010. Major Wilson of the National Socialist Movement organizes a fleet of member cars outside a motel in Riverside, California.  The vehicles will be used to transport group members to the steps of Los Angeles City Hall for a rally in protest of Mexican immigration and other party issues. Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2010. National Socialist Movement members, in a parking lot a few blocks from the Mexican Consulate, preparing to march on the streets and rally in front of the Mexican Consulate in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The march was staged to protest against Mexican immigration and to promote the issues and ideals of the National Socialist Movement. Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2010. National Socialist Movement members preparing to attend a protest in front of the Mexican Consulate in Las Vegas. Trenton, New Jersey, April, 2011: Jeff Hall and other members of the National Socialist Movement being transported to their planned rally on the steps of the Trenton State Capital.  The State Police requested that NSM members park their cars in the State Police barracks and be transported to the rally via prisons buses to avoid any major security issues with counter-protestors. Arivaca, Arizona, August 2010. Just north of the U.S. Mexico Border, members of a Coalition force, including the National Socialist Movement, at base camp in preparation for a night time border patrol. Many of the coalition members site poor border security, an underfunded Border Patrol and the threat of Mexicans and drug smugglers illegally crossing into the U.S. as reasons for taking up arms and patrolling the border. Arivaca, Arizona, August 2010. Various militias and the National Socialist Movement load up and head out for a border patrol down Ruby Road.  In April, Arizona enacted a stringent law on immigration; its aim is to identify, prosecute, and deport undocumented immigrants. April 30, 2011.  Riverside, CA. Jeff Halls' son, who is now being held and charged with shooting and killing his father sits on the stairs eating a sandwich with his worn down shoes, next to a National Socialist Movement member.  Monthly meeting of the California Unit, at the now deceased Jeff Hall's house. Riverside, California April 2010. Young female National Socialist Movement members sit on the curb checking their e-mail outside a Motel 6. Riverside, California, April 2010.  An NSM member smokes a cigarette outside of Jeff Hall’s suburban tract home in Riverside CA. Riverside, California, January 2011. Jeff Hall's wife takes a picture of National Socialist Movement members as they chant and sign Sieg Heil in the backyard of her Riverside, CA home.  The couple’s youngest daughter sits and draws with chalk, as she watches. Riverside, California, January 2011. Corey, a born and raised white nationalist from San Diego, drinks a beer in the backyard of the Hall's home. After the monthly meetings, members would hang out, chat, and eat barbeque. Riverside, California, April 2010. Female NSM members take a swim at a Motel 6 pool soon after arriving back at the motel from a march in Los Angeles in protest of illegal immigration and other party issues. Riverside, California, January 2011. A backyard BBQ at Jeff Hall's Riverside, CA home. Riverside, California, January 2011. Corey shows his tattoo of a confederate flag to one of Jeff Hall's young daughters who is holding a confederate flag that she received for winning a game played at her mother’s baby shower. Back to current issue