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... In the United States, the largest distributor of this racist music is Resistance Records. ... Resistance Records has had a bumpy career, full of its ups and downs. ... Their annual sales are more than 1 million dollars, and more and more people are logging into the Resistance website every day to purchase their products. ... Although their message of hate is seen as detrimental to society, Resistance Records is protected by the First Amendment right of freedom of speech, press and assembly.
In 1993, in the suburban Windsor, Ontario bedroom of a 23-year-old neo-Nazi skinhead named George Burdi, Resistance Records was born. ... ’ This sentiment would later be echoed by other key players in Resistance Records. ... Burdi also launched Resistance Magazine, a companion to the music distribution business.
Resistance Records had some early success, but soon had a conflict with the law. On the morning of Wednesday, April 9, 1997, while the Michigan State Police were raiding Resistance Records’ main offices in a rented Detroit house, the Ontario Provincial Police raided Burdi’s home in Windsor, Ontario. “The raids were conducted at the same time to avoid possible destruction of computer records. From both locations, close to 20,000 CDs and cassettes, records, computers, other merchandise and a subscriber list containing about 5,000 names were seized. At the time, Burdi was already in jail serving a one-year sentence for kicking a female anti-racism protestor in the face at a 1993 RaHoWa concert in Ottawa, Canada. Resistance Records was being investigated on both sides of the border: In the United States, there was an alleged discrepancy regarding proper payment of Michigan state sales tax. In Canada, Burdi and his Resistance Records co-founders, Jason Snow and Joseph Talic were butting heads with the law. ... Sentencing took Burdi out of commission and Resistance Records seemed to have an uncertain future. Publication of Resistance Magazine was placed on hold. ... Carto had then acquired Resistance Records. By October 1998, Resistance Records had relocated to Etiwanda, California, under the joint ownership of Carto and his business partner, Todd Blodgett. ... Apparently, Blodgett failed to deliver on a promise to have a new issue of Resistance Magazine on the streets by June of 1999. When the summer had passed, and Blodgett still had not come through, an angry Pierce seized control of Resistance and relocated operations to his National Alliance headquarters outside Hillsboro, West Virginia. In the fall of 1999, Resistance Records purchased a Swedish competitor, Nordland Records, thereby doubling its inventory. “Weeks later, Pierce recruited Erich Gliebe to serve as a full time manager and promoter for Resistance Records. ... org) Gliebe’s jobs include searching for and signing new talent to the label, as well as editing Resistance Magazine.
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Approximate Pages = 9
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