UNBROKEN WARRIOR - The Richard Scutari Letters
Magnus Soderman & Henrik Holappa
When two key members (at the time) of north european resistance movement team up together to make book about one of better known members of Bruders Schweigen - also known as THE ORDER - one can't expect moderate and objective journalism. What we have here, is simply book to spark spirit among suitable people and glorify the sacrifice of political activism.
In opening lines where Henrik and Magnus talk about how correspondence with Scutari changed their lives and made them really think - at first I'm kind of disappointed how short and casual the actual letters are. But to think, that this is guy, who has been in isolation of maximum security prisons of USA since 1986, and gets letter from unknown teenager from Finland who expresses interests in racialist movement... How deep one would go straight away. Especially when your letters are being monitored and every word you express ends up piling up more reason to spend next months in hole...
Letters go through 2000 to 2008 and perhaps more interesting is the interview conducted by Magnus, and pieces was friends and associates of Scutari wrote about him. As well as "essays" of Scutari himself. While book proceeds... and finally ends, I have to say that I have zero doubts that still somewhat unsure teenager will find great example of deep rooted iron will and commitment to cause from this man. Despite spokesman of wotanism, he keeps things very simple and to the point. Repeats very basic ideas and quotations. For readers expecting something elitist or secretive, there is not. It's more like fatherly lessons of qualities of noble virtues of common man.
There is good "between the lines" information. You can see the first steps of nordic resistance movement. Where Scutari is the middle man, suggesting Henrik to contact Magnus and establish contacts to build bigger organization. His praise for usual suspects a'la D.Lane, B. Matthews, Savitri Devi, etc.. but also throws in curious names. Like in some sentence he refers to Homo Galactica -idea, although doesn't mention Myatt (of NSM, Order of Nine Angles,..) and tells the curious story of Glenn Miller. Power electronics fans may realize Operation Cleansweep track where sample repeats things about "white patriot party". Miller is still in the game, even running to senate in missouri 2010. Ex-KKK, ex-WPP guy who apparently ratted out The Order members who financed his 80's career with bank robberies etc.
c.150 pages, some photos, mostly text. Some typos and general language issues like we've used to in this field of writing... Nevertheless, good reading for those who would like to see something from man who has been target of semi-fictional books and hollywood adaptations.
Holappa is no longer the chief in Finnish Resistance Movement, Scutari finally couple years ago, decided to stop his political role, hoping to get out perhaps 2016... His mandatory release is 2026, at age of.. 78...
Now reading Kai Murros "Vallankumous ja sen toteuttaminen modernissa yhteiskunnassa"
Big Finnish book publisher LIKE did this in 2001. Political pamphlet titled "revolution, and how to put it in action in modern society". Pretty bad translation from my behalf, but can't really think what words exactly to use.. Back then, Kai Murros was perhaps sort of Mao influenced socialist. Before, he had already been member of conservative/right crap of kokoomus and now decade later he appears to have abandoned the left wing ideal and moved closer to traditionalist circles? This book, despite it's clear marxist tone, appears to be appreciated by all sorts of extremists. Manifest operates in brief to-the-point comments listed one after another. To think this violent, this fanatical text could be published by mainstream press and distributed all over the country in bookstores, can only happen as it talked about revolution of people against the plague of international financial capitalism. It still could boldly talk about "patriots" and nationalist commitments towards the state & people. But lets think if this book was to be published NOW, not 10 years ago, and this slight communist tone would have been changed to to something else... Not a chance. I'm sure conservative right will always hate him for being communist, and the left hates him for teaming up with blood conscious traditionalist... Therefore good book to grab. Provocative and harsh.
