The Alliance for American Autonomy (AAA) was an American isolationist organization that was opposed to the United States' involvement in foreign affairs and dedicated to the removal of U.S. President Noah Grace from office.
History[]
The AAA was founded in May 1949 and immediately attracted thousands of participants during their campaign against American re-militarization and participation in foreign wars.[1] The organization was also opposed to the authoritarian policies of the Noah Grace administration, criticizing Grace's unlimited term in office, Grace's executive secrecy, and the unexplained seizure of private lands.[2] At the time, the AAA was unaware that the military build up were to combat the Chimera, and the land seizure were to be use for the construction of the Liberty Defense Perimeter. After the Chimeran War broke out in December 1949, the U.S. government censored all media outlets and replaced with propaganda, effectively enforcing American citizens' ignorance of the Chimera's existence. The government censorship, however, exacerbated the AAA's antipathy to the Grace administration.
What began as an anti-war movement soon turned into an anti-government insurrection. Beginning in May 1950, the AAA made their war on the Grace administration by bombing the U.S. border crossings with Canada and Mexico that claimed the lives of forty-six people.[1] Thereafter the AAA made further attacks on government and military institutions ranging from vandalizing Army Recruitment Stations to seizing military convoys. The U.S. government condemned the AAA as an "un-American" terrorist group, and began a campaign in suppressing the AAA through federal crackdowns and propaganda demonizing the organization.[3] The government propaganda were effective, as various AAA members and sympathizers were discriminated and even ousted from their workplace.[4][5]
An anti-Alliance for American Autonomy pamphlet.
The AAA was the publisher of the newsletter America First - America Only which printed anti-Grace stories and perceived "crimes" committed by the government, and advocating the enforcement of the First and Second Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. The AAA also had informants within the government and leaking government secrets in their newsletters, which include Project Abraham and Dr. Fyodor Malikov. The organization's investigation eventually led to learning about the Chimera. While the AAA acknowledged the real reason for America's military buildup was in response to the Chimera, this did not changed their views on the Grace administration as they lambasted the government for withholding the truth from the public.[6] The AAA were also deeply skeptical of the government promising protection against the alien threat, believing that they cared less about the wellbeing of their citizens and accusing the military as mere puppets of the Grace administration.[7]
On December 15, 1950, the AAA was eventually forced to go underground following a government raid on their activities, in which federal agents had been infiltrating the organization, leading to the breakup of planned protest rallies and the America First - America Only news office being destroyed.[8]
Known Members[]
- Professor Peter Rassmussen † - Founder[9]
- Susan Farley[5]
- Gordon Lhiene - former security guard at the Briltown Grain & Feed Store[4]
- Maury Welkers (arrested)[10]
- Betsy Winterstein[4]
Trivia[]
- The Alliance for American Autonomy, and especially their "America first, America only" motto, is based on the real life America First Committee which was against American entry into World War II, until it was disbanded after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
- The Alliance's more exaggerated conspiracy theories published in America First - America Only bears some similarities to the John Birch Society, which has been known for its fringe conspiracist direction in American right-wing politics.
- It is unclear if Freedom First from Resistance: The Gathering Storm are what remains of the AAA.
References[]
- ^ a b Timeline retrieved from the official Resistance website.
- ^ Save America - Fight Back
- ^ Would You Recognize a Subversive?
- ^ a b c END THE WITCH HUNT
- ^ a b YRSD519594
- ^ ALIEN INVASION!
- ^ OUR COASTLINES WILL BE DESTROYED
- ^ THEY'RE ON TO US!
- ^ AN EYE FOR AN EYE
- ^ PRESERVE OUR LIBERTY