December 6th, 1983: Frank Silva, self-proclaimed grand dragon of the California Ku Klux Klan, says cross burning was part of a religious ceremony. Photograph: Mike Sergieff/Los Angeles Herald Examiner/Los Angeles Public Library A former senior member of the Ku Klux Klan and convicted terrorist has been meeting remotely with Irish far-right activists to provide advice and encouragement in relation to anti-immigration protests. Frank Silva, or Frank L DeSilva, is a self-proclaimed grand dragon of the California Ku Klux Klan. Photograph: X Frank L Silva, who also goes by Frank DeSilva, was a prominent figure in the US white supremacist movement...