- Joined
- Jul 27, 2017
After more than a decade in complete solitude, George Burdi has finally spoken out about his decision to leave the White Nationalist movement, and exactly how the media took his personal journey completely out of context.
This interview, split into two separate parts, picks up where the video left off and is quite enlightening.
This interview, split into two separate parts, picks up where the video left off and is quite enlightening.
George "Eric Hawthorne" Burdi is a Canadian singer and songwriter best known for fronting the white nationalist band Rahowa and founding Resistance Records. In 1995, Burdi faced an assault conviction after Alicia Reckzin, an Anti-Racist Action activist who sustained injuries in a riot erupting after white supremacists violently charged protesters on May 29, 1993, claimed he attacked her. In 1997, the court found Burdi guilty of vicarious liability by leading the charge across the street. Burdi was then sentenced to prison for a period of 12 months. Burdi continues to maintain his innocence regarding the event, and the prosecution failed to properly establish that he personally assaulted Reckzin.
Born in 1970, Burdi grew up outside Toronto. He developed an interest in music at an early age. At age 9, he played trombone and sang in a choir. Until meeting his girlfriend at age 18, Burdi had no prior racial attitudes. Hoping to win her father's blessing, he found inspiration in her father's copy of White Power by George Lincoln Rockwell. From there, an associate gave him a copy of the The White Man's Bible by Ben Klassen. He later relocated to the United States to work on Klassen's compound in North Carolina for two months, writing articles and later founding the Canadian branch of the Church of the Creator.
Burdi formed Rahowa in 1989 with Jon Latvis and fellow skinheads; musician turnover was frequent. Rebelles Européens sent the band money to record an album, but after the label folded, George then started Resistance Records in December, 1993, taking the role of producer, publisher and editor. Although founding the label in Detroit enabled Burdi to bypass Canadian hate propaganda laws, the main purpose of its location was to centralize a connection with Church of the Creator reverends in Wisconsin and Toronto. The label grew and became the forefront of the white nationalist music scene in the 1990s, releasing a magazine claiming over 13,000 in circulation. Burdi states the label sold as much as 60,000, possibly 100,000, in music alone between 1994 and 1997.
Upon release from prison, Burdi's role in the white nationalist movement came to an end, where he sold Resistance Records to Willis Carto, who in turn sold it to William Luther Pierce, III.
Born in 1970, Burdi grew up outside Toronto. He developed an interest in music at an early age. At age 9, he played trombone and sang in a choir. Until meeting his girlfriend at age 18, Burdi had no prior racial attitudes. Hoping to win her father's blessing, he found inspiration in her father's copy of White Power by George Lincoln Rockwell. From there, an associate gave him a copy of the The White Man's Bible by Ben Klassen. He later relocated to the United States to work on Klassen's compound in North Carolina for two months, writing articles and later founding the Canadian branch of the Church of the Creator.
Burdi formed Rahowa in 1989 with Jon Latvis and fellow skinheads; musician turnover was frequent. Rebelles Européens sent the band money to record an album, but after the label folded, George then started Resistance Records in December, 1993, taking the role of producer, publisher and editor. Although founding the label in Detroit enabled Burdi to bypass Canadian hate propaganda laws, the main purpose of its location was to centralize a connection with Church of the Creator reverends in Wisconsin and Toronto. The label grew and became the forefront of the white nationalist music scene in the 1990s, releasing a magazine claiming over 13,000 in circulation. Burdi states the label sold as much as 60,000, possibly 100,000, in music alone between 1994 and 1997.
Upon release from prison, Burdi's role in the white nationalist movement came to an end, where he sold Resistance Records to Willis Carto, who in turn sold it to William Luther Pierce, III.
