Aryan Nations (AN) is an international White nationalist organisation. It was founded in the 1970s by Richard Girnt Butler as an arm of the (Protestant) Christian Identity group
Church of Jesus Christ-Christian.
Its origin lies in the teachings of Wesley Swift, a significant figure in the early Christian Identity movement. Swift combined
British Israelism,
anti-semitism, and political militancy. He founded his own church in California in the mid 1940s where he could preach this ideology. In addition, he had a daily radio broadcast in California during the 1950s and 60s. In 1957, the name of his church was changed to the Church of Jesus Christ-Christian, which is used today by Aryan Nations churches.
Aryan Nations is a non-membership based world-wide organisation dedicated to the
preservation and
advancement of
the White race.