James Mason

James Nolan Mason is an American neo-Nazi born in 1952, who has been an active neo-Nazi since his youth. Mason is responsible for publishing a series of newsletters in the 1980s, which promoted the idea of lone actors conducting terrorist attacks against the U.S. government to bring about the collapse of society and a race war. Mason’s collective works, published as a book called Siege, is one of the most popular and influential texts of the global white supremacist movement. Siege has inspired accelerationist groups and serves as the ideological foundation for neo-Nazi groups such as Atomwaffen Division (AWD), which is a listed terrorist entity in Canada. Mason has provided tactical direction on how to operate a terrorist group and has met with members of AWD, where he coached them on propagandizing murder and genocide.