In his early adulthood, he recruited skinheads to the White Aryan Resistance. Now, he is in the fight against white supremacy by helping others to leave these extreme organizations. Tony McAleer is the executive director of Life After Hate which works to rehabilitate former white supremacists, promising no judgment, just help.

Tony McAleer is a former white supremacist who is coming clean about how he fell into a job as a skinhead recruiter; LIVE on Steele & Drex.

Interview with Tony McAleer, former organizer for the White Aryan Resistance. Tony served as a skinhead recruiter, proprietor of Canadian Liberty Net (a computer operated voice messaging center used to disseminate messages of hatred), and manager of a racist rock band. It was love for his children that finally led Tony on a spiritual journey of personal transformation. Today he is the Executive Director of Life After Hate and shares his practice of compassion as an inspirational speaker.

Tony McAleer, co-founder of 'Life after Hate' is not surprised about the conflict in Charlottesville and says these protests started well before Charlottesville, and that these groups exist in Canada.

A former white supremacist and a man who nearly became a school shooter in his teens discuss the journey back from hate in an in-depth interview. »»» Subscribe to The National to watch more videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/CBCTheNational?sub_confirmation=1 Voice Your Opinion & Connect With Us Online: The National Updates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thenational The National Updates on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBCTheNational »»» »»» »»» »»» »»» The National is CBC Television's flagship news program. Airing six days a week, the show delivers news, feature documentaries and analysis from some of Canada's leading journalists.

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Former white supremacist Tony McAleer, who now runs an organization that helps people leave the violent far-right, talks about the recent U.S. mass shootings, and what can be done to stop the violence that may be fuelled by extreme ideologies. To read more: http://cbc.ca/1.5236674 »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS Connect with CBC News Online: For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: http://bit.ly/1Z0m6iX Find CBC News on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1WjG36m Follow CBC News on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1sA5P9H For breaking news on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1WjDyks Follow CBC News on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1Z0iE7O Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 75 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.

Once thought to be relics of a bygone era, white supremacist groups have re-emerged in America. How far-reaching is the ideology of white supremacy in the U.S. and what can be done about it? In a discussion presented by the Leonard Greenberg Forum for Domestic Policy Issues, experts from around the country discussed how best to confront this looming threat. Featuring Brian Levin, Director, Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino; Tony McAleer, Co-Founder and Board Chair, Life After Hate; Janet Reitman, Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine; Brette Steele, Director of Prevention; and National Security, McCain Institute for International Leadership. This session was moderated by Rabbi Noam Marans, Director, AJC Interreligious and Intergroup Relations and introduced by Ned Dubilo, AJC Executive Council.

Drawing on his work with skinheads, neo-Nazis and KKK members, sociologist Michael Kimmel considers the root causes of this addiction and how to bring marginalized men back from society’s extremist edge. He is joined by former neo-Nazis Frank Meeink and Tony McAleer, two men who can speak personally to the violence they conducted and how they are devoting their lives now to healing from their pasts and speaking publicly to prevent others from exploring that path. Image by Evan Nesterak - White supremacists clash with police, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61723994 WGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideas Like us: http://facebook.com/wgbhforum Tweet with us: http://twitter.com/ForumNetwork See our complete archive here: http://forum-network.org