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We Are Change (WAC) is an organization that likes to quote Martin Luther King Jr., Einstein, Gandhi and others talking about the evils of war. It describes itself as a nonviolent 鈥渃itizens based grassroots peace and social justice movement鈥� and reacted angrily this year when the 澳彩开奖 (澳彩开奖) described it as part of the , which is obsessed with . Its leader, , complained at the time that the 澳彩开奖 said nothing of WAC鈥檚 alleged 鈥渞aising money for 9/11 first responders, toy drives during the holidays, clothing drives and feeding the homeless.鈥�

But WAC鈥檚 Los Angeles chieftain, at least, may not be quite the pacifistic type that Rudkowski likes to showcase. This past May, Bruno Ernst Bruhwiler was charged with four criminal counts related to making threats, according to the Los Angeles Superior Court鈥檚 website. Three of the counts were for making threats (Rudkowski says that Bruhwiler was charged with making 鈥渢erroristic鈥� threats), including against an 鈥渆xecutive officer鈥� (apparently a law enforcement or court official) carrying out his duties. The fourth count is for 鈥渨illful disobedience鈥� of a court order.

Bruhwiler鈥檚 website says that the charges stem from an incident when he was attending a civil case involving a WAC-LA member. 鈥淭he Judge literally did not like Bruno鈥檚 involuntary facial expressions, and ordered him out of the courtroom,鈥� reads the website posting. Hatewatch鈥檚 repeated E-mail and phone requests for comment from Bruhwiler were not answered. WAC also declined to respond to Hatewatch鈥檚 repeated requests for comment on Bruhwiler鈥檚 activities.

But on its website, WAC-LA has described the charges as baseless. 鈥淭he truth is that any one of us could easily face what Bruno is facing because it鈥檚 all about the rulers keeping the masses and our uppity attitudes about our 鈥楻ights鈥� in check,鈥� the group wrote in a asking for defense fund donations. 鈥�'How dare you make a face in my court room!!! How dare you ask for my identification, SLAVE!!!!'鈥�

That鈥檚 not all. Bruhwiler, it turns out, is part of the extreme-right 鈥� people who believe that the government has no authority to impose laws and regulations on most Americans. He has engaged in some of the practices preached by scammers, most of whom are seeking to wrest millions of dollars from the government for their personal use. He has allegedly harassed former co-workers with 鈥渟overeign鈥� letters demanding money. And he is a member of the , a conspiracy-oriented Patriot group. All in all, it seems clear that Bruhwiler, despite Ludkowski鈥檚 claims of running a relatively moderate group, is part and parcel of the most radical wing of the Patriot movement.

Two workers at a California marketing company where Bruhwiler was laid off three years ago told Hatewatch that the WAC-LA leader was so enraged that he wrote a series of threatening letters to the company demanding massive sums of money. They said Bruhwiler, who had worked in a graphic design section that the firm decided to outsource, claimed that he had been subjected to wrongful termination, conspiracy and abuse of power. The letters were brimming with the virtually incomprehensible legalistic gobbledygook that is typical of such sovereign-citizen filings. Starting this spring, some of them were directed at the two workers, who had nothing to do with Bruhwiler鈥檚 termination (the workers asked not to be named for fear of retaliation from Bruhwiler). In one letter, Bruhwiler claims he was libeled and discriminated against by the recipient. His major beef seems to be that the firm supposedly took away his 鈥淕od given freedom of speech when speaking out about the treasonous acts of 9-11 against the people of the United States鈥� and the 鈥渢reasonous cover up by the mainstream media.鈥� Bruhwiler also complains of having been slandered with respect to his professional skills 鈥渂y imputing to me general disqualification.鈥� The letter demands payment of $100,000 within 21 days, with an additional $1 million per month for every month payment is not received. And it orders the recipient to surrender to the 鈥渁uthorities for criminal prosecution.鈥� Next to Bruhwiler鈥檚 signature is a , which in the redemptionist world symbolizes the blood of a sovereign citizen. It also says that the person signing the letter is a 鈥淣atural Man Divine creation, and a Private, Sentient Sovereign.鈥�

Needless to say, the recipients were terrified. 鈥淭hese guys need to be watched,鈥� said one woman who only worked with Bruhwiler for a few months but has nevertheless received two letters from him demanding $1 million. 鈥淭his is crazy and it is scary.鈥�

Bruhwiler also appears to be a participant in so-called redemption practices, which are rife in the world of sovereign citizens. Proponents of this bizarre ideology argue that when the U.S. quit the gold standard in 1933, it pledged its citizens as collateral so it could borrow money based on their future earnings. Then, the theory goes, the government funded a secret for each individual that it stocks with millions of dollars. Redemptionists have come up with a series of bizarre maneuvers that are meant to liberate this money from the government and have it paid to them personally. For most redemptionists, this involves, among many other incomprehensible steps, filing a 鈥淯niform Commercial Code-1鈥� document.

In February, Bruhwiler filed just such a form with California Secretary of State. His says that his 鈥渙ne hundred billion United States silver dollars鈥� have now been transferred to 鈥淏runo Ernst Bruhwiler, a living man, secured party.鈥�

Bruhwiler is also a member of another antigovernment group, the Oath Keepers, which is made up of law enforcement officers, military personnel and veterans. The group, which like WAC is part of the Patriot movement, vows to resist government efforts to 鈥渄isarm the American people鈥� or impose martial law or turn cities into 鈥済iant concentration camps鈥� 鈥� all core Patriot conspiracy theories. (Several Oath Keepers have lately been , including a Georgia member accused in May of plotting to take over a Tennessee courthouse and place two dozen officials under 鈥渃itizen鈥檚 arrest.鈥� Also, in Cleveland, Ohio, a member is awaiting trial on 54 criminal counts related to his alleged storing of a live napalm bomb at home, as well as keeping explosives at a friend鈥檚 home.)

In addition, Bruhwiler regularly makes pleas for support on popular antigovernment media sites, most notably that of leading movement conspiracy-monger 鈥� Internet radio show. On June 17, Jones interviewed Bruhwiler in a segment that bashed law enforcement. 鈥淎 lot of these cops don鈥檛 see us as human,鈥� Jones said of the threat case against Bruhwiler. 鈥淭hey enjoy throwing milk cows in prison. We are seen as slaves, and when a slave gets uppity, they got to be put in their place.鈥� Jones went on to describe the officials in question as 鈥渙ut of control,鈥� 鈥渞uthless鈥� and 鈥渢yrannical.鈥� Jones asked Bruhwiler to share his E-mail address with Jones鈥� on-air listeners to solicit funds. (Ironically, Bruhwiler had earlier devised a WAC-LA outreach program called 鈥淭alk to a Cop Wednesdays.鈥� It was meant to 鈥渂efriend and educate law enforcement.鈥�)

Earlier this year, WAC leader Rudkowski told the 澳彩开奖 that he started the group to showcase 鈥減atriot journalists.鈥� (Today, the group is by far the largest Patriot group in the country, with 102 chapters in 33 states.) WAC鈥檚 original obsession was with 鈥� still the group鈥檚 bread and butter 鈥� that originated both on the political right and the political聽 left. (WAC says it rejects the 鈥渇ear-based politics and state mandated propaganda being disseminated by the Corporate Media which has facilitated the cover-up of 9-11.鈥�) But over time, WAC has taken up several additional conspiracies specific to the radical right. Today, the group鈥檚 website frets about a looming 鈥渙ne world order鈥� and says it seeks 鈥渢o uncover the truth behind the private banking cartel of the military industrial complex鈥� that wants to 鈥渆liminate national sovereignty.鈥� Rudkowski now seems particularly worried about the alleged role in the supposedly imminent 鈥淣ew World Order鈥� of organizations such as the Bilderberger group and the Trilateral Commission. These institutions have been targeted for decades as major global evildoers by Patriot groups and other far-right organizations, including several that are racist and virulently anti-Semitic.

The for WAC鈥檚 upcoming Sept. 9-12 9/11 conference in New York City reflects its continuing ability to attract A-list conspiracy theorists, while still bridging right and left. Speakers at the event are to include , head of We The People, the second largest Patriot group in the U.S. Schulz specializes in far-right conspiracies about the Federal Reserve and the income tax. , the purveyor of the film 鈥淐amp FEMA: American Lockdown鈥� that alleges the into concentration camps run by the agency, will be on hand. So, too, will Paul Craig Roberts, a right-wing columnist who writes for the racist VDARE.com website (named after the first English child born in America).

At the same time, the conference will hear from former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.), a woman once seen as being on the political left who has and anti-Semites. Anti-war activist also will be featured, as will Danny Schechter, a human rights activist and television producer. So will a number of Democratic politicians, including former Alaska senator Mike Gravel and Don Siegelman, the former governor of Alabama who is free while appealing a prison sentence for corruption.