History
During the 1960s, Saxon drifted into and out of several political organizations and new religious movements, including the American Nazi Party, the John Birch Society, the Minutemen, the Church of Scientology, and the Church of Satan. In August 1970, he appeared before a Senate Investigations subcommittee holding hearings on bombings and terrorism. According to newspaper accounts, he suggested police and "concerned citizens" use bombs to wipe out "leftists," and recommended that student demonstrators be machine-gunned in the streets.
By the early 1970s he came to reject the political and religious groups of the 60s, and began writing on homesteading and preparedness issues. He is said to have coined the term "survivalism" to refer to making preparations for a future collapse of society and/or a major disaster.
In the early 1990s, Saxon had a shortwave radio program over WRNO, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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