Alex Linder
Alex Linder was an American white supremacist. He was the founder and editor of the Vanguard News Network, an antisemitic and white supremacist website and forum described by the Anti-Defamation League as "one of the most active white supremacist sites on the Internet."
Linder was a former member of the National Alliance, a political organisation considered by the Southern [Poverty Law Center] as "the country's most active and important neo-Nazi group" in the United States when he joined it.
Background
Linder was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Pomona College in Claremont, California, in 1988, then worked as a researcher for CNN on the Evans & Novak political show, and then at The American Spectator.Criminal record
On May 26, 2007, Linder organized what has been described as a "racially charged protest" linked to the Murders of [Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom|Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom murder] case in Knoxville, Tennessee, that attracted 30 supporters, around 60 counterprotesters, and 300 law enforcement officers. Linder fought with police and was the only person arrested. He was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, vandalism, and assault on a police officer. He was placed on six months probation and ordered to pay restitution to the police officer whom he assaulted.Political life
Linder was an ex-member of the National Alliance, a Holocaust denying, white separatist, neo-Nazi, and white nationalist group. He left after deciding to allow criticism of the National Alliance to appear on the VNN forums.The Anti-Defamation League reported that Linder announced in January 2005 his intention to establish the White Freedom Party, stating it was "America's first political party advocating Aryan interests and specifically naming the Jew as the agent of White [genocide conspiracy theory|white genocide] and greatest obstacle to our people's self-preservation as a distinct and protected people." It threatened to "WAGE NONSTOP WAR on the Jews, coloreds, and mainstream sellouts". Lacking financial backing, the "White Freedom Party" is currently dormant, which matches it with the non-interactive status of VNN. Linder later ran a blog and a low-traffic social network for people who shared his views. The status of these outlets is uncertain in the wake of his death.
''The Aryan Alternative''
In 2004, Linder began to publish a tabloid newspaper called The Aryan Alternative. Four issues were published as of July 2010 – the first issue was published in mid-2004. Printing of the first issue resulted in 41,000 copies being distributed in 28 U.S. states. The most recent issue, July 2010, was published in mid-2009. The newspaper is distributed for free, but donations for it are solicited online.In articles which he wrote for The Aryan Alternative newspaper, Linder claims that Jews have been and are consciously engaging in a conspiracy in which they are implementing a systematic program of genocide to exterminate the Aryan race.
On August 6, 2025, updates which were posted on several neo-Nazi online platforms which were run by Linder announced that he had died.