A KLANSMAN'S GUIDE TO THE FIFTH ERA

As the Klan enters the Fifth Era of its existence, we as Klansmen must have a full understanding of the rules governing this period. To attempt to carryon the work of the Order by the old standards and methods of conduct is analogous to fighting a war today with the weapons of World War I.

Though a cavalry charge is a grand and glorious thing to watch, or be a part of if you have the courage, it is, as the Poles found out at the beginning of World War II, an outdated mode of fighting. Today's battles must be fought with today's weapons.

No one in the Klan movement can doubt that we are now engaged in a great war, testing whether this people known as the White Aryan man shall survive. As this conflict is a battle for survival, it is by definition a no-holds­ barred contest. Our enemy has at his disposal the very latest in technology, the financial resources of the government, total control of the mass communications media, and the minds of most of our own people whom the members of the Order fight to save - in a word, virtually unlimited resources. To win against such a -foe requires the very best in ingenuity and intelligence that our Race can produce. Anything less than excellence in strategy, planning, tactics, and skillful management of available resources is tantamount to aiding and abetting the enemy in the destruction of our Race.

Ignorance, like cancer, cannot be tolerated. It is the duty of every Klansman to know and understand the present conflict.

 

Unrevealed

In the First Era of the Klan, lasting from 1865 to 1876, the Order was totally secret. For a member to reveal the identity of another member, meant instant death at the hands of his former comrades. The men of the Klan knew and understood that if the government could locate them, they would be imprisoned or killed. So it shall soon be in the Fifth Era in all respects. For, though the government currently wages only a "legal" (sub pretext jucie) campaign in their courts against those who fight for Race and Nation, this will soon change as the tyrants in Washington come to the realization that this will not stop America's freedom fighters - mental wards for some, roadside ambushes for others - either way, one less soldier of freedom. With this in mind, secrecy becomes the watchword of the Fifth Era.

 

Armed Conflict

This country is moving irresistibly toward internal armed conflict between those who fight for their heritage and those who seek to destroy it. The enemy has managed to capture the government. So, for the third time in this nation's history, the government has become the enemy of the people. The first time this occurred, our nation was able to produce resolute intelligent leaders, who directed the American people in a war against the government. Death, violence, suffering, and sacrifice ruled supreme for seven long years. but eventually the people won - the government overthrown and the Republic born.

Many years later during Reconstruction, a hate-filled and vindictive government violated its own terms of surrender given to a valiant but defeated foe who had sought independence. An attempt was made to enslave the people of the South - at the hands of their own former slaves. Once again the people were led by great leaders to fight the government, and where open combat had failed, secret struggle was successful. So shall it be in the Fifth Era, for the Anglo-Saxon does not long bow to the heavy hand of tyranny.

 

An Unalterable Objective

When in the still of the early morning hours of 1869 the pounding of hooves were heard across the valleys of Tennessee or the mountains of Georgia, it meant the Klan was riding with a mission in purpose. Those who supported the government's tyranny dreaded the sound of those terrible horsemen who rode to execute the will of the folk upon enemies of freedom. Openly they prayed to their craven god to let the hooves pass them by. The horsemen rode with single-minded purpose: there would be a White Man's government in this country - or no government! So it will be in the Fifth Era.

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