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• We go where they go: Whenever fascists are organizing or ac-
tive in public, we’re there. We don’t believe in ignoring them or
staying away from them. Never let the nazis have the street!
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SOUTH SIDE ARA - ZINE #2
TABLE OF DISCONTENTS MAY DAY EDITION
ACTION In solidarity with worker and immigrant communi-
ties who rise up every year on this date and take
• New Jersey Reportback:: The Battle of Pemberton: ARA vs NSM action against the bosses and politicians that op-
• The Rejection of the Identity of Victimization through Cracking a Nazi’s Skull press us all, we are proud to release the second
• 2011 Hitler Birthday Celebration Attacked by Anti-fascists issue of the South Side ARA zine on May Day.
• “The Minutemen” Film Crew Met with Protests, Eggings and a Shit-filled Pie This issue contains action reportbacks from the
• Anti-Choicers’ Cars Attacked at Joe Scheidler’s Tribute Ceremony past year, information on active fascists in the
• Pro choice Militants take on Joe Scheidler and the Pro Life Action League area, news & analysis, and more. Please read,
• Chicago Anti-Fascists Attack Secrets copy, and redistribute as you see fit.
• March 10 Immigrant Rights Mobilization / Liberation Square
• October 16 Midwest Regional Anti-war March in Chicago May 1st - International Workers Day is celebrat-
• South Side Chicago ARA Reportback on July 31st Day of Action ed worldwide. On this date in Chicago, during the
• Tips for Antifascist Street Battles 1886 General Strike, workers and immigrants
LOCAL fought and died fighting for better working condi-
tions and an eight hour work day. To this day,
• INSF Collapses After Leadership Exposed as Known Pedophile the State, the rich ruling class, and street-level
• Wilmette Nazi Patrick Langballe Arrested for Breaking into a Gas Station fascists are still attacking marginalized commu-
• Neo Nazi Mariusz Wdziekonski Sentenced to Seven Years nities and the working class. Several states are
• Creativity Movement leader Brian Moudry Arrested for Waving Weapons at Children passing legislation to privatize public services
• Michael Schloer On The Streets: NSM Chicago, Where Are They Now? and attack union collective bargaining rights,
• Andrew Jackson of the INSF Behind Bars for Attempted Home Invasion while other bills are being passed which encode
• Illinois State Trooper Beaten on St. Patricks Day for Making Racist Comments racial profiling and attack immigrant communities. At the same time, Nazis, the Klan and
• Yellow Cab Finally Removes Islamophobic Taxi Cab Ads other street-level white supremacists are spreading racial terror through vigilante border
• Racist Glenn Beck Speaking at Right-Wing Hate Fest “Right Nation 2010″ patrols, rallies and marches, and even attempted assassinations and bombings.
• Brian Lloyd Christian: Pianist, Teacher, and White Supremacist
• PROTEST Against “Americans For Truth About Homosexuality” As the crisis of capitalism intensifies, it is becoming more and more necessary to orga-
nize and take direct action against the forces that seek to dominate our lives and the
REGIONAL planet. We hope the release of this issue will spark debate and inspire action to destroy
all forms of oppression.
• Spokane: Bomb Discovered on MLK Parade Route Planted by White Supremacist
• NSM to Protest Milwaukee Pridefest and “Communist” Roller Derby Team
• Stop Indiana from becoming the “Arizona of the Midwest”
• Indiana Anti-Immigrant Bill Reflects A “Quiet Awakening” of Racists
ANNOUNCING THE 17TH ANNUAL ANTI-
• Exposing Grand Rapids Nazi Michael Peterson “Ragnar Whiteson”
• Confront David Irving’s 2011 Holocaust Denial Tour
RACIST ACTION NETWORK CONFERENCE:
• David Irving’s Indianapolis Speaking Event Attacked… Twice
• Disgraced Neo-Nazi Bill White’s Conviction in Chicago
SEPTEMBER 16-18, 2011 IN CHICAGO, IL
• Iowa Anarchists Shut Down Neo-Nazi Rally in Des Moines Chicago ARA is pleased to announce that we will be host-
• Rumors: Street Stories of Anti-Racist/Anti-Fascist Actions in the U.S. & Canada ing the 17th Annual Anti-Racist Action Network conference
in 2011. The conference will include workshops, speakers,
caucuses, network plenaries, and social events and will be
THEORY bringing a diversity of anti-racist and anti-fascist activists from
• Antifascists vs Fascism vs the State: a Three Way Fight, not Democracy in Crisis across the continent. As time draws near we will announce
• Race, Class Struggle & Organized labour in the “Age of Wisconsin” more detailed info such as workshop topics and schedule.
• Advancing the Understanding of the Ones We Destroy We hope all individuals and chapters within and outside of
the ARA Network will join us. Mad props and thanks go out to
Rose City Antifa for hosting the 2010 conference.
as it was supposed to. This was the part of
NEW JERSEY REPORTBACK: THE the purpose of our demonstration; we are
not trying to change their minds or tell them
BATTLE OF PEMBERTON: ARA VS NSM they have been bad little nazi sub-humans.
We want to disempower them, leave them
The National Socialist Movement (NSM), in fear and most importantly crush what
a group that tries to dance around the fact they are trying to build. Not only did we win
that they are Nazis while sporting swasti- the physical battle by a mile, but given the
kas on their uniforms and sieg heiling, had goal at hand, they were completely defeat-
been planning to host their annual confer- ed. The conference was now minimized to
ence along with a rally, redneck horse shoe a retreating space where the NSM would
and band spectacle for several months. pout and discuss their defeat. According to
some sources not only did some members
The dates were set for April 15th and 16th of the NSM check into a different hotel, spending more money and fearing more attacks,
in Trenton, New Jersey. Of course we can but even the cops were laughing at how bad the nazis were beat and were quoted saying
assume they expected some unhappy “ARA isn’t playing this weekend”, but then again, are we ever?
spectators at the rally but what they didn’t
predict was an all out battle that left 4 of The next day, April 16th, it was time for the downtown rally in Trenton followed by the
their “SS security” force in the hospital with backyard concert on Jason Heickes’ property. Before the NSM showed for their hour
multiple staples. The NSM went through long spectacle in which they gained no supporters whatsoever, not only were ARA, the
quite a bit of trouble keeping their event new Black Panthers and other radical groups ready to confront the Nazis but the com-
and sleeping locations private. This was munity itself filled the streets with rage looking to clean house. The NSM was protected
nothing but a waste of time for the NSM by several hundreds of cops, as you can expect, and because of this there really was no
considering the turncoats within their organization leaked the information to anti-fascists physical stand off aside from a few rocks hurled at their busses as they exited the city.
weeks in advance. This was a second victory for us since they gained absolutely nothing and no one out of
the formality while we showed our numbers and that we were more then prepared for an-
The 15th came around and a phone jam was put on both the hotel, where 50 or 60 other round. After the Nazis left, one of our other enemies in the three way struggle, the
of them stayed for the weekend(the Comfort Inn off 209 in Bordentown, NJ) and their cops, moved aggressively to force us out of the city, but not before a few folks smashed
conference location (the 449 club at 6 Pemberton Ave in Pemberton). Just as the confer- some Bank of America windows. These actions show that the rage against the fascists
ence was about to begin 30 of us took the streets about 2 blocks away and marched in is not based out of a will to preserve the status quo or protect capitalism but rather a will
black bloc to the conference location. Within that time several people living and passing to reclaim what is ours and to smash racism, fascism and all oppression and apparati
through the neighborhood began to stare from the cars and porches as we let them know of control. Since one of the band members from Zyklon B had his head split wide open
Nazis were meeting in their town. One person, upon notification, parked his car and in the melee and because it was raining we assume the outdoor concert on Heickes’
joined the bloc immediately, eager to confront the boneheads. By the time we arrived to property was at the very least not what they expected bringing. Yet another victory for
demonstrate a few nazis from the NSM gathered outside of the conference space but our side.
within a few seconds about 30 or 40 of their fully SS uniformed security were out with
chairs, thinking they were about to kick some antifa tail. After some exchanged words
the NSM walked off the property to engage us. They wanted a brawl…and we defended
ourselves successfully.
SCHEIDLER & THE PRO LIFE ACTION LEAGUE Now here I must confess that I do
not believe in hate crimes. A crime is
In the early hours of December 1st, pro-choice militant feminists attacked the home of a crime. And chances are if you rob
an anti-choice “patriarch” Joe Schiedler on the North Side of Chicago. The day fallow- someone or hurt him or throw a brick
ing the action news spread across Christian and Catholic news sites about the attack through his window, you probably
on the Scheidler’s even contacting the Obama Administration to do an investigation on don’t like him. I don’t think we need
this “hate crime” but still, while wanting to incarcerate them, offering up a whole lot of layers of crimes with special labels to
forgiveness. Isn’t it ironic that a few rocks being thrown through a couple windows grabs try to keep order.
so much attention from their side while people who preform abortions, or even work in
health clinics where they are preformed, have to wear bullet proof vests to work? It turns out, however, that the “hate
crime” label does not fit this particular
We stand in solidarity with the “crazy feminist bitches” who carried out this action and crime. The explanation? The perpe-
hope they continue their good work. Actions like these are but a taste of the resistance trator didn’t hate us. She just hated
that will eventually overshadow the delusional anti-choicers who condone hit lists of what we stand for. Rather a subtle
abortion doctors (Nuremberg Files) but are astounded when their homes are attacked. difference it seems to me. The up-
shot is there won’t be much investi-
Taken from the pro life action league website. Posted by Ann Scheidler gation unless it happens again.
Later in the morning when we were about to head to 7:30 Mass, Joe went out front to I called the police station to give them the new piece of information, but the officer on
see if anything looked suspicious. At about the same time that he discovered shards duty thought it was irrelevant because there would be no way to prove that someone
of glass all over our front porch, I discovered a chunk of asphalt and lots of broken from the training was the brick thrower. True, but it certainly seems likely.
glass on the floor in the dining room.
A brick through your window is a pretty small price
A few minutes earlier I had noticed that the living room seemed a bit cold, but the to pay for your beliefs. But there’s no guarantee
windows are covered with lace shades so it wasn’t obvious that a window was bro- that that’s where it stops. We are blessed that so
ken. After finding the dining room break, I checked again in the living room. Sure many people pray for us on a regular basis. And
enough on the floor was a plastic bag with a piece of asphalt and a note in an en- we have received many calls from pro-life friends
velope. with assurance of their prayers. That’s why we
aren’t especially unnerved by this act of vandal-
Asphalt Accompanied by Cryptic Writings ism. And that’s why we will pray for the post-
I opened the envelope to find a message from a troubled woman (women). It start- abortive women who paid us a visit and tossed a
ed: “We are crazy, feminists bitches….” Clearly it was time to call the police. couple of bricks. Maybe no one else is praying for
them. I hope you’ll join us.
A very concerned Chicago police officer arrived shortly. He explained that it wasn’t
Joe Scheidler hit with ink at a
technically a burglary because no one tried to break it, but since it wasn’t exactly a
April 2004 confrontation at UIC
ANTI-CHOICER’S CARS ATTACKED AT CHICAGO ANTI-FASCISTS ATTACK
SCHEIDLER’S APPRECIATION CEREMONY NAZI SYMPATHIZING “SECRETS”
On April 2nd, Monica Miller, executive director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society (and a On August 22nd around 2pm Chicago anti-
long-time friend of the Scheidlers), held a tribute to pro-life chauvinist and martyr Joe fascists gathered in front of secrets to pro-
Schiedler, bringing a number of religious zealots and fundamentalist wingnuts together test Suzy M Lenner, a member of the Na-
at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza just northwest of Chicago’s Loop. Although the Pro-choic- tional Socialist movement, and the store
ers were outnumbered, and the show unfortunately went on, three cars of pro-lifers in itself for not only employing the known
attendance were attacked. Taken from Chicago Indymedia: Neo Nazi but for actively trying to cover up
her racist, sexist, genocidal politics.
On the night of April 2nd, shortly after the pro choice demo against Joe Scheidler,
another attack from pro-choice militants was carried out against him and his follow- The antifascists distributed fliers to people
ers. Three cars of pro-life activists had their tires slashed. It’s only been a few months in the area before being approached by
since two of Scheidlers front windows of his home were attacked with chunks of two secrets employees and a man claim-
asphault than contained “cryptic” messages denouncing Scheidlers sexist bullshit. ing to be the owner. The first employee,
Aside from wanting Joe to remove that Indiana Jones ass lookin hat, we hope, and who admitted not only to Suzy working
will see to it, that his punk-ass receives constant and aggressive confrontation until there but also to the fact that Secrets knows she’s a Nazi, asked us to not stand in front
he quits the ridiculous anti-choice bullshit. Him, his heinous looking son and his of the store and stated “yall do your thing why can’t she do hers” and “I’ve seen her be
children of the corn-like followers. Those who attempt to take away ones freedom nice to black people at work”. The second employee who came out was a bit more hostile
deserve it not for themselves. and tried to deny her working there even though the first employee openly admitted to
it. Shortly after, a guy who claimed to be the owner came out of a taxi, ripped fliers from
PROTESTS AGAINST “AMERICANS FOR Protesters hands and began screaming in peoples faces in a fit of rage. Just seconds
after his arrival the second employee, the owner and the store itself were pelted with a
TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY” barrage of eggs leaving them even angrier than before. Once again all the antifa man-
aged to make a clean get away just before police arrived.
AFTAH, Illinois’s leading homophobic organization, has been
the target of numerous protests organized by the Gay Lib-
eration Network including their November 13th annual ban-
quet and the opening day of their homophobic classes at the ATTACKED AGAIN!
“Christian Liberty Academy” in Arlington Heights
After attempting, and almost with success,
In contrast to many on the far right such as Rev. Rick War- to mislead enquiring customers, it was
ren, AFTAH’s Executive Director Peter LaBarbera is such an confirmed that Suzan M Lenner, a member
unreconstructed hater of LGBT people that he remains one of the National Socialist Movement(NSM)
of the few who still publicly support Uganda’s notorious “kill still works at Secrets (3229 N Clark). As
the gays” bill. AFTAH so regularly slanders LGBT people that you should expect Chicago Antifascists re-
the Southern Poverty Law Center recently labeled it a “hate sponded appropriately by launching a cin-
group” along with neo-fascists and other haters. Unfortunately AFTAH President der block that read “fire suzy”through the
AFTAH is not just a fringe joke group like Fred Phelps of “God Peter LaBarbera glass front door. This is the second time
Hates Fags” infamy. AFTAH has led two failed attempts to get anti-gay referenda on the their windows have been smashed adding
Illinois state ballot and closely allies itself with Republican candidates like immigrant- to the list of attacks including locks being
hater Jim Oberweis. glued shut and their sympathetic manager
being pelted with eggs.
However, antifas were able to confont one of the three people who spoke on behalf of the film.
We extend this invitation to organizations and communities to join us at Liberation
“The Minutemen” producer Nicholas Weissman thought he was going to be giving an inter- Square. As people committed to fighting for immigrant justice, we recognize we can
view about the film to a local newspaper, but instead he screamed in surprise as a pie filled no longer look to politicians and their liberal organizations for real change. Liberation
with dog shit was brutally driven into his face: a reminder of what to expect if you attempt to Square is a time and place where we can come together and build a new culture, a new
bring racist propaganda to Chicago. Folks are encouraged to call Nicholas Weissman on his politics, to harness the power of unity and create real change.
cellphone at 818-219-0111 asking him how he enjoyed his just desserts.
SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO ARA REPORTBACK OCTOBER 16 MIDWEST REGIONAL
ON JULY 31ST DAY OF ACTION ANTI-WAR MARCH IN CHICAGO
Chicago-area anti-racist organizations came together
for the July 31st Day of Action Against Racism and
Fascism, organizing a variety of actions and events.
Additionally, we released detailed personal information on several Illinois area nazis in- Many hoped that the end of the Bush Presidency would mean an end to illegal U.S.
cluding members of the National Socialist Movement(NSM) and “White Boy Society”, wars and a focusing on human needs. Yet nearly two years into the Obama adminis-
reminding them that they will no longer be able to organize and spread their hate in tration, the occupation in Iraq continues, with more private military contractors taking
secrecy. In the week prior to the 31st, we also flyered the neighborhoods of several nazi the place of departing soldiers and the world’s largest embassy set to squat in the
scum to inform their neighbors of their involvement in hate groups. heart of Baghdad.
On July 29th, members of ARA participated in a national day of action against SB1070 The “peace president” has dramatically escalated the Afghanistan invasion ? at nine
and rallied at Cook County Jail, where hundreds gathered to demand a moratorium on years, America’s longest war. He’s spread war into Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
deportations. Cook County Jail has frequently been found violating prisoner’s human He’s supported a brutal coup in Honduras, is building threatening new U.S. military
and civil rights resulting in numerous lawsuits and criminal investigations, and is also bases in Colombia, and ignores Israel’s war crimes against the Palestinians and
the major place in Chicago where ICE and local police collaborate to deport immigrants those seeking to aid them.
using “immigrant holds“.
The Bush-era attacks on civil liberties have if anything escalated, with Obama push-
Other Chicago revolutionary groups participated in the July 31st Day of Action by orga- ing for an even more powerful and unaccountable executive branch, assassinating
nizing several actions throughout the day. In the morning, members of Four Star Anar- people abroad at a far greater rate, and increasing the deportations of undocu-
chist Organization distributed flyers and spoke with community members near the CVS mented immigrants by more than 50%.
at 26th and Pulaski where Anthony Kyser, an unemployed person of color and father,
was murdered by the hands of a CVS manager for stealing crayons and toothpaste while Yet while the economy continues to stumble, with ever-higher foreclosure rates,
a Cook County Jail Correctional Officer (CO) pointed a gun at Kyser. In the evening, stagnate wages and persistent unemployment, the income gap between the rich
members from Bring The Ruckus flyered Rogers Park informing neighbors about Soren and the rest of us gets ever wider. Adding insult to injury, President Obama has
Renner, a white supremacist who lives in the area and actually spotted and confronted pledged a domestic spending freeze at the same time that he’s brought U.S. military
the creep while he was slinking around the Heartland Cafe. spending to its highest level ever. 57% of the federal budget is spent on war.
Finally, we also released a zine documenting much of the work we’ve done over past On October 16th on the eve of the 2010 bi-elections, please join us in President
year. We hope that this publication will start a larger discussion in strategizing ways we Obama’s home town to demand:
can more effectively combat all forms of oppression in our city.
END the Wars & Occupations NOW!
We are satisfied about how folks came together in Chicago for the Day of Action – both Money for Human Needs, Not Corporate Greed!
taking the offensive against known white supremacists while also organizing against
broader forms of racist injustice in society. We are also excited to hear reports coming in The October 16th protest will begin with a short 12:30 PM rally in the heart of Chi-
from other ARA chapters about how their actions went . We expect great things through- cago’s downtown – Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway – followed by a march
out the year. on Chicago’s busiest thoroughfares.
be identified and and allow you to casually walk away.In my experience looking normal
TIPS FOR ANTI-FASCIST STREET BATTLES and acting casual works a hell of a lot better than running in black bloc attire.
• Have enough money to take public transportation, taxi or whatever home in case you
1.) Preparing in Advance get separated.
• After receiving intel on a march, meeting, or show where fascists are gathering it is • Don’t have illegal substances that may worsen your legal situation if you are arrested.
standard and highly recommended to case(check out) the terrain you will be battling on • Hit and retreat. Self explanatory. Make your move, make it good, and back out. Don’t
ahead of time. If the event is a great distance away and the trip can only be made once get greedy. Get out of sight fast, disrobe and act natural.
you can use Internet resources such as google maps to potentially find pictures of the • Never leave a comrade behind.
terrain.
• Discuss tactics. Best route of action, back up plans, escape routes, all possible mis- 3.) In case of arrest
fortunes, roles/duties(scouts, strikers etc.), decide buddies(see #2) emergency contacts • Be prepared ahead of time. Have
and a little saved money if possible. some cash on hand available for
• When discussing roles, be open and realistic about your comfort zone. Being a striker emergency bail funds. Develop a
and not following through can result in a comrade’s loss. relationship with a lawyer.
• Weaponry. If you feel you must bring weapons, take ones that are legal and preferably • Before an action, review and dis-
unconventional; rocks, u-locks, heavy water canteens etc (be creative). Large numbers cuss all potential charges you’re
and training is always the best weapon. facing if caught so there are no sur-
• Train. Regular self-defense training will not only make you more fit for battle but is a prises and everybody understands
good tool for building camaraderie with your crew. Having a steady and reliable group of and is prepared to take the risk.
people you consistently work and train with is highly recommended. • If arrested, do not give any ver-
• When recruiting members for your crew, shoot for someone street or common sense bal or written statements, agree to
smart and dedicated individuals not any old tough guy/girl. It is easier to teach someone be interviewed, or sign anything. If
smart how to fight then it is to teach some idiot who can fight how to be smart. everyone keeps their mouth shut,
everyone may go home. The magic
2.) Fight smart, not strong words are “I have nothing to say, I
• Safety in numbers: 2-1 is good, 3-1 is better. We must always have a numbers advan- want to see my lawyer”.
tage in order to prevent a loss on our side. Anti-fascism isn’t won by being the toughest • Have people not involved with the
its about being smart and prepared. The fascists don’t understand this and that is why action on call who can be notified if
they almost always lose. A death or loss on our side is rare and can be detrimental to something goes wrong or will know if something is up because no one is making it back
our movement. The murder of LA anti-racists Dan and Spit set our network back and in time or is responding to phone calls. Understand basic legal support roles including
can destroy a local chapter. It’s not about being tough enough to fight, it’s about winning. raising money to post bail and calling the local precincts or look online to locate where
We must always win so choose your battles where you have the advantage every time. people are being held and what charges they are facing.
• Element of surprise. Getting the jump on someone when they don’t expect it gives
you the advantage, especially when you are dealing with someone who is more physi- 4.) Post action
cally equipped. Not to mention you have • Keeping a scout nearby to observe what happened afterwards is beneficial. Especially
prepared for the battle and they may not to see if cops got involved or where they retreat to.
have. Never let the enemy know when and • No need to brag. keep your lips sealed outside of discussing successes and failures
how you will strike. with your comrades.
• Buddy system. Travel in groups of two. • Be sincere about your mistakes.fascists will always lie about there losses and it doesn’t
Have a buddy and don’t leave each other do anything to prevent it from happening again. Don’t feel the need to let the world know
behind. they are lying, anyone with experience can see through the b.s. and more importantly,
• Separate and blend in. Don’t walk in a they know the truth.
group of 20 unless it’s for intimidation or • If they admit defeat they will always exaggerate our numbers. Fascists focus on strength
of course if the time calls for it. Split up in and muscle and although they will fabricate that they won the street battle, they will of-
blend in to your environment. ten give us credit unknowingly in other areas: Infiltrating them, setting them up, being
• Be tactical when choosing clothing. Black well prepared and well organized etc. As long as they can say they won the physical,
bloc in mid day with a cadre of 5..not a they think its good propaganda. They are also into the martyrdom so they may state the
smart idea. Consider plain clothes(work names of the comrades who got rocked and allow you to further your Intel
clothes, jogging outfits, etc) upon plain
clothes. This will allow you to sneak on
your opponent, scout better and escape.
The changed clothes will allow you to not
With the collapse of the INSF, James Logsdon is attempting to fill the void by holding
INSF COLLAPSES AFTER LEADERSHIP several failed meet-and-greet barbecue recruitment events – including their most recent
plans for a cross / nazi swastika burning held by Ron Ruhl and Eli James on November
EXPOSED AS KNOWN PEDOPHILE 7th near the border of Indiana and Michigan which never ended up happening because
their members flaked out. But with all of Logsdon’s trash talking of the INSF as being
Does anyone remember that white nation- pedophile apologists, it seems Logsdon himself is unable to come to terms with similar
alist group out of Peoria, Illinois calling allegations with members of his own group. Joel Dufresne, a leading Creativity Move-
themselves the Illinois National Socialist ment member, was arrested in 2006 for kidnapping and raping the mother of his son Hale
Front (INSF)? Formed from the ashes of (named after imprisoned WCOTC leader Matt Hale). While Logsdon claims to be one of
the American National Socialist Workers’ the few able to stand up to Turpel, he has continuously defended Dufresne.
Party (ANSWP) which was founded by
now-imprisoned Bill White after he was This hasn’t been a good year for the “Reverend” and friends: after having his front teeth
excommunicated from the National So- knocked out during his second prison sentence, his Creativity friend Brian Moudry (304
cialist Movement (NSM), they were once S. Reed St Joliet, IL) was arrested in Joliet after wildly waving guns and threatening peo-
the talk of the white nationalist move- ple, his friend Brother Marshal in the Washington Creators was exposed to be a police
ment in Illinois: a promising group holding informant, and most of his former friends in the World Church of the Creator turned on
monthly meet-and-greet barbecue events, him and started splinter group Creativity Alliance. No wonder many in what is left of the
distributing literature, organizing protests, Creativity Movement is calling into question Logsdon’s leadership and want imprisoned
and even putting pro-white messages in Matt Hale to be once again officially recognized as Pontifus Maximus.
childrens’ easter eggs.
And we haven’t forgotten about the handful of NSM members in Chicago – NSM Matt,
Their “success” seemed unchallenged un- Susan Lenner, Michael Schloer, and others who also attended a few INSF events. They
til South Side Chicago ARA came into the are also feeling the heat being confronted – at their jobs, schools, and at their homes.
picture. With face to face beat downs, mul-
tiple infiltrations of their ranks, and public While internal and external blows coupled with their own idiocy has left Illinois Nazis
humiliation at their attempted 2010 White Pride march where four nazis from different highly ineffective and discreditable, things on our side of the fence are looking good.
white nationalist organizations were beaten and arrested, they have been relatively quiet One year later South Side ARA and comrades are hard at work and are still organizing,
since. After suffering utter defeat they stopped organizing any public events or updating smashing fascism in the streets. While we have clearly won the war between us and the
their website, in constant fear of fierce antifa retribution. It is now known that the INSF INSF, the larger struggle against fascism and racist oppression is an uphill battle that we
have disbanded. are determined to fight and win.
Creativity Movement failure James Logsdon (101 Tanner St, Bloomington, IL 61701)
gave a more disturbing explanation for the collapse of the INSF: one of their main or-
ganizers was discovered to be a convicted pedophile. It has been confirmed that Steve
Turpel of the Arlington Heights INSF was imprisoned for kidnapping, rape, and child
pornography. After his initial arrest, several other victims came forward detailing Steve’s
abuse stretching several years, and when Steve’s house was raided, a large cache of
guns and ammunition were found. Steve was surprisingly acquitted of the rape charges
despite community outrage and after his sentence he was back on the streets with “Il-
linois United” and the INSF organizing barbecue events at his house where he currently
lives at 1308 W Northwest Hwy, Arlington Heights, IL 60005. Especially disturbing when
teens go to events like an INSF barbeque or the Mokena Fest, or the 2009 St Patricks
Day Parade to be recruited by the likes of Steve Turpel, who probably shouldn’t be hang-
ing out with children at all.
Phil Anderson and other INSF members tried to keep this information about one of their
leaders a secret, even from other white supremacist organizations. Maybe because
Steve Turpel’s history is as disturbing and discrediting to the nazi movement as Bill
Riccio, Andrew Hengel, Levi Dale Lucas, or John Snyder. Or maybe the fact that kidnap-
pers, rapists, and child molesters are attracted to their movement reveals the blatant
contradictions of their supposed racial superiority.
Patrick Langballe, John Alexander, Mike Marcink and kids, Paul Paletti and kids, Patrick Leyland, and
others at a Blood & Honour Illinois gathering hanging out by the dumpsters where white trash belong
Moudry had claimed to be the local
CREATIVITY MOVEMENT LEADER BRIAN leader of the Creativity Movement, a
white supremacist group.
MOUDRY ARRESTED FOR WAVING
Police remained at the scene until
WEAPONS AT CHILDREN around 9:30 p.m. Sunday before de-
termining Moudry was not going to
Just a month after threatening a black shoot anyone from inside his home.
postal carrier, local Creativity Movement
member Brian Moudry was arrested for “We obtained an arrest warrant for un-
waving a weapon at a kid outside his home lawful use of a weapon and took him
at 304 S. Reed St in Joliet, IL. Moudry into custody around noon Monday,” Brian Moudry with James Logsdon
also plays, or played, guitar and vocals in Lt. Brian Dupuis said.
National Socialist black metal(nsbm) band
Xenophobia under the Alias warhead jew- Moudry allowed police to search his home. “We found the remnants of a silver bb
driver. One People’s Project reports: gun inside that matched the description of the weapon witnesses saw him with,”
Dupuis said.
As one Nazi dies, another takes his
place – on Ye Olde Chopping Block. Bomb allegations: On July 17, Moudry reportedly threatened to bomb a mail truck
We reported a few weeks ago that after having trouble restarting his mail delivery. Moudry was questioned by federal
one of the Creativity Movement’s lu- postal inspectors. No criminal charges were filed, but he was “encouraged to be-
minaries Brian Moudry was being have,” reports said.
investigated for threatening a black
postal worker because he wasn’t re-
ceiving his mail. Well now the US
Postal Service can forward his mail to
ANDREW JACKSON OF THE INSF BEHIND
his new address at the county jail. This comes because on Sunday the Creatard
decided he would threaten someone else – this time a boy in his neighborhood with
BARS FOR ATTEMPTED HOME INVASION
a gun. The cops didn’t get him on the threat to the postal worker, but they told him Last we heard from Andrew Jackson(left),
to knock this crap off. Well not only he didn’t, but he acted like the bonehead he he was getting arrested in Chicago after
was when police came to question him about this latest threat. They stayed for 90 getting his ass kicked to the ground by
minutes, said screw it, came back with an arrest warrant on Monday and took him antifa while his once respected leader
away. A search of his home turned up a BB gun. Creatards. They never seem to fail Phil Anderson (804 E Marietta Ave / Peo-
in the comedy. Never. ria Heights) watched in awe. Since then
it doesn’t seem things have gotten much
An August 17th Herald News article: better for him. Two weeks after that arrest
and beat down he was arrested for an at-
White supremacist arrested tempted home invasion/cause injury. We
don’t know what the story behind this is but
JOLIET — A white supremacist leader has been arrested after allegedly threatening we do know that he has been sitting be-
a boy with a weapon . Neighbors told police they saw Brian J. Moudry, 33, run at 8 hind bars since March 4th of 2011 in Stan-
p.m. Sunday into the road in front of his house at 304 S. Reed St. ton, IL at the Illinois River correctional and
isn’t set for parole until January of 2012.
“He was holding (what looked like) a silver handgun and yelling at someone who So lets get this straight; one year after hav-
had just ridden near his residence,” Chief Fred Hayes said. Witnesses were unable ing his ass beat along with Phil, not only is he sitting behind bars but his crew, the Illinois
to describe the ethnicity of the boy, who fled from the armed man. National Socialist Front(INSF), have broken up after the backbone of their organization,
Steven Turpel, turned out to be a kidnapping, child porn loving, pedophile. Maybe white
“Mr. Moudry was standing outside the doorway when officers arrived, but went in- nationalism hasn’t been the best route for this bonehead from Peoria. If he decides to
side and refused to exit the house or talk to them,” Hayes said. “As police estab- stick with it after being released from Prison, his life is only going to continue to suck.
lished a perimeter, the subject began yelling statements about white supremacy
from inside.” We urge people to send hate mail to Andrew Jackson #m12302 p.o. box 999 Canton, IL
61520 or email him at andrewjackson55@gmail.com
events that involve beer,bands bbqs.
MICHAEL SCHLOER ON THE STREETS: Yet theres NO shortage of ARA, antifia
or sharp scum when WE”RE out do-
NSM CHICAGO, WHERE ARE THEY NOW? ing a march, rally ETC. You contribute
NOTHING to this movement except to
Chicago NSM member Michael Schloer is the expansion of your waisteline you
back in town after spending time in Ten- fat ass keg bellied pussies!!! “
nessee attending the recent nazi march in
Knoxville. Unfortunately for him, this low- From “NoNazisInNaperville”:
life won’t be going back to his old address
because he was kicked out of what was “Report from Naperville: LOTS OF
once his wife’s home in Naperville. Ac- POLICE CARS ON SUGAR COURT
cording to her friends and relatives, since on [September] 3rd & 4th! Schloer is
Mike moved in to her house he has done barred from the Naperville residence
nothing but abuse and mooch off her, have via protection order so we got to
his idiot white power friends threaten her, watch the police escort him out of the
and break his promise to her father on his house. The person he lives with told
death bed that he would quit the nazi idiocy. He hasn’t, and after we outed his NSM affili- me many times how much she hates
ations and personal details to Naperville residents, his girlfriend finally had enough and him and how controlling & bitter he is.
kicked him out to the streets (but maybe he will be able to move in with some of the girls She also hates Nazis & is enjoying the
from hotornot.com he has been exchanging dirty pictures with). peace and quiet. The fact that he put
her and her daughter in danger is disgusting. Rumor has it that he is temporarilly
So where are the proud white people of the Chicago NSM now? Susan “Pincushion” living at Suzie Lenner’s or in his truck in Naperville someplace.”
Lenner (3144 Boyle Terrace, Apt 4B River Grove, IL 60171-1185) is feeling the heat at
her job at Secrets in boystown, NSM Tim Durkan and NSM Matt were both beaten by “Mike Schloer is in Tennessee but will be in Naperville toward the end of August/
antifa and subsequently arrested at the embarassing four-man “White Pride” action last beginning of September to gather the last of his pathetic, masking tape covered
March, while Mike is floating around Naperville living out of his black Chevy truck making belongings.”
racist threats on his NewSaxon profile. This is what they’re trying to pass as the master
race? From Anonymous:
From Michael Schloer’s NewSaxon profile: “Schloer no longer lives @ the Naperville address & is barred from entering the
residence. His wife Jennifer has been working on having him legally removed from
“I had to take some time off for a moment to clear my head and collect my thoughts the residence for quite some time. It took a while to get to that point but you have
but now Im back stronger than ever and with a vengence!!! We have ALOT of work to be careful with people who advocate kicking their wives’ faces in with steel toed
to do White man to reclain our country and we can and will united as one so put boots, ie Drew Bostwick. What a fine, upstanding White man – not! He’s probably
down the beer and put on your boots, were coming to a town near you !!! Chicago in Minnesota or Michigan – or floating around Naperville someplace. Let’s see if he
ara beware paybacks are Hell and I’m going to bring it down on ya ALL OF YA ! ! ! can get himself to Knoxville for the rally next week… he has plane tickets. Anyone
want to give him a ride to the airport??”
HOBBIES: beating the SHlT out of SHITago ara, anti fia and sharp pussies, Your day
of the rope is coming,each and every one of ya in SHITcago You done F.U.C.K.E.D From Anonymous:
with the wrong guy here in IL.
“Hello, Thank you for outting all of those haters. One of them Michael Schloer hap-
DISLIKES: As if this section needs pens to be living with my sister. My sister is so upset by him. He is always berating
an explanation ? I will say though I and belittling her. I can’t stand him. He lives with my niece and it makes my heart
have NO time for the socalled skin- hurt. He lied to my family (especially to my father who was on his death bed) saying
heads or klan folks who think this is all he would change and leave the group before my sister married him. He even went
about just hanging out like its one big out and got a job and played the role of a changing person. Needless to say, that
F.UCKING party yet claim to be some did not last long at all. Now all he does is sit in my sister’s house and sponge off of
stand up street fighting warrior for the her. She is very scared that something is going to happen to her, her daughter, her
14 words but only come around when pets, and or her home now that her address and phone number has been posted.
theres something in it for them,like Is she safe? Thank you,”
the day long or weekend long social
WILMETTE NAZI PATRICK LANGBALLE NEO NAZI MARIUSZ WDZIEKONSKI
ARRESTED FOR BREAKING INTO A GAS SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS
STATION Mariusz Wdziekonski(7800 block of Lawrence Ave in Norridge), an alleged member
of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement, was arrested in 2008 for vandalizing 67
Another bonehead causing trouble in graves of Jewish men and women interred in Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, Illinois.
the local white supremacist scene for Convicted earlier this month, he received a 7 year sentence to be carried out at Stateville
a long time has found himself in the pa- prison in Joliet. While ARA is glad to see one less white supremacist roaming the streets,
pers again. Patrick Langballe, who began we recognize the failures of the prison industrial complex, a system that sweeps prob-
his white power organizing while attend- lems under the rug without healing the damages caused to our communities.
ing New Trier High School as the “White
War Commission”, is a former member of Taken from the Chicago Tribune:
the now splintered World Church of the
Creator(WCOTC) who did several years A Norridge man found guilty of a hate crime for spraying
prison time having been convicted of mul- anti-Semitic graffiti on dozens of grave markers at a Jewish
tiple hate crimes. His recent arrest for cemetery has been sentenced to seven years — the maxi-
breaking into a gas station to steal instant mum penalty permitted by law.
lottery tickets is just the latest on his list of
embarrassing antics which caused him to Judge Larry Axelrood called Mariusz Wdziekonski, 25, “a
get kicked out of the local Blood and Hon- bigot” before sentencing him today. “You have this warped
our’s C-18 division (denoted by the sloppy idea that you’re going to be a hero to these other bigots and
“28″ B&H tattoo on his forehead). Rumor white supremacists,” Axelrood said. “You wanted to inflict
has it he received the boot because he your hatred. You wanted to inflict your pain. You brought
was giving C-18 tattoos to non-members, shame to your family.” Wdziekonski did not speak during his sentencing at the Skok-
making C-18 more public than they want- ie branch courthouse.
ed by making business cards, jokxxxing
about having sex with children, talking trash about other local nazis, and most impor- Wdziekonski was convicted of spray-painting anti-Semitic epithets and neo-Nazi
tantly, providing us(ssARA) with intel on people within his own movement(thanks again). and white supremacist hate symbols on 67 headstones in Westlawn Cemetery in
According to John Alexander of C-18, Langballe was also caught smoking weed with a January 2008. One grave marker was spray-painted with a noose with a Jewish Star
person of color(apparently a horrible crime in the WN world). These are things that lead of David dangling from it, authorities said.
to his own comrades thinking that he is one loose cannon who can’t be trusted. Let’s see
how much white unity he’s finding in Cook County Jail where he has been sitting for more Wdziekonski, a Polish national, was arrested in February 2008. Investigators at the
than three weeks now. time said he was a member of the National Socialist Movement, which the Anti
Defamation League has called the largest and most active neo-Nazi group in the
From TribLocal: United States.After his arrest, investigators found pictures of Wdziekonski dressed
as a German storm trooper and said he was fascinated with Nazi history and culture,
A Wilmette man was charged with breaking into a gas station to steal lottery tickets. Assistant State’s Attorney Lauren Brown said.
Patrick Langballe, 34, of 1936 Schiller Ave., was charged recently with burglary,
police said. Authorities said Langballe smashed the front door of the BP gas station, Held on $250,000 bond since his arrest, Wdziekonski has already been imprisoned
901 Lake Ave., and stole instant lottery tickets at 1:15 a.m. on Nov. 1. for almost three years and could therefore be eligible for early release in a few
“He was identified off a video surveillance,” said Wilmette Police Sgt. Kyle Murphy. months. Prosecutors said he could be deported to Poland.
“We knew it was him. It was a matter of locating him.”
Langballe agreed to come into the Wilmette Police Department, where he was ques- Wdziekonski testified in his own defense during the 2 ½-day trial. He denied being a
tioned and later charged, Murphy said. He allegedly stole 70 instant lottery tickets neo-Nazi or white supremacist and said he was simply a collector of Nazi memora-
valued at $500, Murphy said. bilia. Axelrood said that while the U.S. is a free country where people are allowed to
“There were some winners,” Murphy said. “But he didn’t successfully cash them in.” have hateful beliefs, they cannot act on them. “You can keep you beliefs,” the judge
Bond was set Dec. 6 and Langballe was given a Dec. 20 court date at Skokie court- told Wdziekonski, “and you can take them to the penitentiary.”
house. Langballe could not be reached for comment.
“It is a hate crime because he doesn’t like a single group of people,” Brown said. “I
can’t imagine anything that could be worse…especially to the Jewish community. He
RACIST GLENN BECK SPEAKING AT YELLOW CAB FINALLY REMOVES ISLAMO-
RIGHT-WING HATE FEST “RIGHT NATION PHOBIC TAXI CAB ADS
Today on September 18th, notorious racist Glenn Beck The racist organization “Stop Islamization of America”, which describes itself as a “hu-
is “taking it to Obama’s backyard” by speaking to thou- man rights group”, attempted to spread Islamophobia in Chicago by placing ads with
sands of other right-wing extremists at “Right Nation Yellow Cab but eventually the company buckled under community outrage and had the
2010″ at the Sears Stadium in Chicago suburb Hoffman ads removed:
Estates. This national event organized by such groups
as FreedomWorks, United Republican Fund and Ameri- Anti-Islam Ads Removed from Chicago
cans for Prosperity. It is also sponsored by dozens of Il- Taxis: Yellow Cab says ads are offensive
linois Tea Party groups, several Republican congressio- to Muslims
nal candidates, TV/radio show hosts and musicians and
is expected to draw tens of thousands of flag-waving A series of controversial ads targeting Is-
idiots from across the country. lam will be removed from a fleet of Yellow
Cab taxis.
Other Illinois Tea Party groups have been active lately,
organizing several events including a September 12th Glenn Beck’s reaction to los- The ads were sponsored by a group
“Freedom Fest” rally in Morton Grove and a September ing his show on Fox called “Stop Islamization of America,”
15th tea party rally in Joliet each drawing hundreds of people. We have previously con- which claims the U.S. is under attack by
fronted racism in the tea party movement at the April 15th Tax Day Tea Party rally where Islamic law, reports the Chicago Tribune. The group is also a strong opponent of
we kicked out Soren Renner, the type of nazi trash the tea party movement attracts. plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City.
This is Beck’s first major public appearance since he spoke in DC at a rally called “Re- Some of the ads, which appeared on about two-dozen cabs, show women who
storing Honor” on the same day as MLK’s “I Have A Dream” speech in an attempt to were allegedly killed by their Muslim fathers for not agreeing to enter into forced
appropriate the civil rights struggle. Although Beck initially claimed the date was a coin- marriages. Next to these images is the question: “Is your family threatening you.”
cidence, he has frequently claimed him and his conservative allies to be “the inheritors
and the protectors of the civil rights movement” and that the scheduling coincidence is Pamela Geller, leader of Stop Islamization of America, has been quoted as say-
“divine providence” – God’s way of saying he is following in MLK’s footsteps. But Beck is ing Muslims are increasingly taking over schools and other institutions in America.
anything but a pioneer of the civil rights movement and is more symbolic of the rise of the Geller said the ads were directed at “Muslim girls in trouble, living in fear of their
fascist right. He frequently criticizes “big government” and uses vague populist rhetoric lives, struggling to find resources to help,” she told the paper.
but he is very much a supporter of the status-quo and the institutionalized racism that
the civil rights movement fought against. This can be seen in his constant xenophobic Yellow Cab CEO Michael Levine had the signs removed because he said they were
rhetoric and quest for “white rights” in a society rooted in white supremacy. offensive to the city’s Muslim taxi drivers, reports the Chicago Tribune.
Other more blatant examples of Beck’s racism include the time that he called Hurricane The ads come at a time when Muslims are fighting to build a mosque near Ground
Katrina survivors “scumbags”, calling Cinco de Mayo a “mexican beer holiday”, calling Zero in New York City. While President Obama has show support for the plan, Gov-
the health care bill Obama’s idea of “reparations”, defending the Constitution’s original ernor Pat Quinn came out against it last week.
claim to African Americans being three-fifths of a human, the time he called Obama a
racist, and many more. Beck is also not surprisingly very popular amongst neo-nazis, Levin says a fleet of independent Yellow Cabs carried the ads. The owner of that
and Beck even once added a stormfront.org post (the largest white supremacist forum) fleet was paid by an advertising company to display them on top of the taxis. Three
to his twitter favorites. And for the August 28th rally, his tea party assistant Bruce Majors weeks ago Levin says he called the company to have the ads removed. Yellow Cab
published a visitor’s guide advising people to avoid “sketchy” neighborhoods and train was told they were taken down, but according to the Chicago Tribune three ads are
lines and “how to deal with African immigrants”. still running.
Glenn Beck, however, is not just one bad apple. The tea party and right-wing movement “They will be removed,” Levine told the Tribune. “Yellow Cab does not regularly ap-
as a whole embraces these same racist tendencies and their intent to spread their hate prove advertising content carried by our affiliates, but we do reserve the right to ask
through gatherings like “Restoring Honor” and “Right Nation 2010″ under the guise of them to remove ads that offend either the drivers or the public.”
freedom and democracy must be confronted every step of the way. We must continue
to point out the contradictions and hypocrisies in their reactionary ideology and expose This comes just a few weeks later after anti-Muslim sentiments in NYC boils over to
them for what they really are; wolves in sheep’s clothing. the point of cab drivers being assaulted.
UPDATED “WANTED: ILLINOIS-AREA BRIAN LLOYD CHRISTIAN: PIANIST,
NAZIS” POSTER TEACHER, AND WHITE SUPREMACIST
Update 4/26/2011: We have received confirmation that after being physically con-
It’s been relatively quiet for Chicago-area nazis fronted and having his racist activities exposed before a Heartland Cafe perfor-
since their failure at the attempted 2010 “White Pride mance, Brian’s employers Opera On Tap has decided to let him go. Opera On Tap
World Wide” march just over a year ago. Consider- released a statement saying they were not aware of Brian’s racist activities and do
ing how badly they were defeated, it’s not surprising not discriminate. He is still teaching music to children at Faith Community Church.
they didn’t bother organizing another action in 2011.
We have still been keeping tabs on the major white Brian Lloyd Christian is a classically
supremacist groups and individuals in the area, par- trained pianist and teacher. He graduated
ticularly James Logsdon‘s Creativity Movement out from the University of California at Berke-
of Bloomington IL, John Alexander‘s new “Blood & ley with a B.A. in Music. Amongst many
Honour / C18″ chapter, Suzie Mike and Matt from the other musical achievements, he has co-
Chicago NSM and the stragglers from the now-dis- produced performances of his operetta
banded Illinois National Socialist Front. After a series “The Little Prince” with the aid of student
of failures, they’ve crawled back under whatever rock opera singers. Brian Lloyd moved to Chi-
they came from, having been reduced to a handful of cago from Baltimore, MD in September
sparsely-attended private barbecue events, where the of 2009 about a week after marrying his
main event is a drunken sob-session about the mean wife, Clara. He currently teaches piano at
folks of Chicago ARA. Faith Community Church(910 Main Street
West Chicago, IL 60185), works for Opera
Every once in a while, some new boneheads appear On Tap, a non-profit 501(c)3 company, and has several upcoming performances at the
on the scene mistakenly thinking that this might be a Heartland Cafe (7000 N Glenwood Ave).
city receptive to some white supremacist hatred. We
at Southside ARA are quick on the draw to identify Brian’s public life is well-known, but his private life has an ugly side: Brian Lloyd Chris-
and confront racist imbeciles who don’t know any- tian is a white supremacist. He actively posts under the alias “WhiteMuser” on neo-nazi
thing about how Chicago handles nazi scum. In that website Stormfront.org, the world’s largest online white nationalist community. Brian was
spirit, here’s an updated “Wanted: Illinois-Area Nazis” active in Baltimore and has tried to continue white supremacist activity since he moved
poster. to Chicago. Quoting from some of his Stormfront.org posts, “Hi, I’m also in the northern
Chicago metro area and I’m looking to join a WN(white nationalist) group, especially
• Brian Lloyd Christian, from Rogers park. A profes- Klan(as in the Klu Klux Klan or KKK). I’m interested in community building and activ-
sional pianist, teacher, and white supremacist who ism”. It’s bad enough he wants to be a Klansmen, but he wants to be an armed one at
is actively recruiting on Nazi forum Stormfront.org. that: “I’ve only fired a .22 rifle, not a handgun. I’ve been doing some research – I know
Since 2005, he’s been posting as “WhiteMuser” look- I want a glock because I like the safety mechanism” (from a stormfront post November
ing to form a “European Americans United” chapter. 08). Brian also has a post in thread titled, “ideal careers for a white nationalist,” in which
• William Nelson, from Villa Park. A white suprema- he said it would be nice to work with David Duke, a former grand Wizard of the KKK and
cist with Nazi tattoos who was recently paroled from world famous white supremacist. Brian has 121 other posts on Stormfront and has been
Stateville, having done several years for hate crime recently trying to start a “European Americans United” (EAU) chapter in Rogers Park, a
charges after savagely beating a black man while shouting racial slurs. group that “educates people on anti white double standards” in the fight for “white rights”.
• Eric Scott, from Chicago. Affiliated with the Chicago Mafia Skins(CMS) and the Bully Something tells us Brian hasn’t been doing too well as of late.
Boys, Eric runs the zine “Brew & Honor,” and maintains a NewSaxon profile.
• Mark “MadMark88″ Davis, from Springfield, IL . He has attended Illinois United gath- We urge anti-racists and anti-fascists to do their best to give him hell and drive him out of
erings and numerous Nordicfest and Hammerskins gatherings over the years. town. Whether it be through his job, at his performances, in his neighborhood or on the
• Arthur Butz, a Northwestern University engineering department professor. Butz has street, he should be exposed and confronted.
authored numerous racist books preaching holocaust denial.
• James Manow, from Matteson Illinois, and Tim Nelson, from Chicago, who are affili- Brian Lloyd Christian
ated with the Blood & Honour chapter. 6449 N. Hoyne Ave. #1
• Jon Isaac, who attends punk shows in Chicago and posts racist trash on this facebook Chicago, Il 60645
account. Home phone: (773) 770-8916 Cell phone: (773) 733-3741
• Brandon Huddleston, a white nationalist from Lake in the Hills, IL. composer@brianlloydchristian.com
ILLINOIS STATE TROOPER AND POLITI- SPOKANE WA: BOMB DISCOVERED ON
CIAN BEATEN ON ST. PATRICKS DAY FOR MLK PARADE ROUTE PLANTED BY WHITE
MAKING RACIST COMMENTS SUPREMACIST
Kenneth D. Snider, an Illinois State Trooper, Carlinville school board member, MaCoupin From Rose City Antifascists - rosecityantifa.org
County democrat, and former security chief for Governor Patrick Quinn, was attacked
on St. Patricks Day for making racist comments at a local Carlinville bar. The media is March 9, 2011, Gene Johnson and Nicholas K. Ge-
being slow to acknowledge the racial element, but according to witnesses and dozens of ranios of the Associated Press and the News Tribune
internet postings, the story goes like this: when a black student from nearby Blackburn reported that an arrest had been made in connection
college entered the Anchor Inn, Ken started making racial slurs including, “What’s a with the bomb found on the parade route at Spokane’s
****** doing in a white man’s bar?” The policeman was next seen leaving the bar bruised Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration.
and bleeding. Ken Snider has since resigned from all official positions while an “internal
investigation” is underway, but few official details have been released. Kevin William Harpham, 36, who the Southern Poverty
Law Center recorded as being associated with the neo-
Racial slur led to fight with Illinois trooper, student says Nazi National Alliance, and who federal agents describe
as a white supremacist, is charged with attempting to
CARLINVILLE – The politically connected head of Gov. Pat Quinn’s Southern Illinois use a weapon of mass destruction and possessing an
security detail used a racial slur against a black college student in a Carlinville bar, unregistered explosive device.
starting a fight that preceded the officer’s resignation, the student says.
As Jessica Robinson’s March 14th OPB News article
Blackburn College senior Bryan Reynolds, 22, said in an interview that the epithet elaborates, the pseudonym that Harpham used on neo-
from state Trooper Ken Snider “started the … well, I wouldn’t call it a ‘brawl,’ but I nazi forums, “Joe Snuffy,” was very active in online white
guess the fight.” supremacist circles, writing about “race wars and The
Turner Diaries.” In addition to his ties to the National
Reynolds’ account of the St. Patrick’s Day fight in the small community south of Alliance and his online neo-nazi activity, Harpham re-
Springfield raises new issues around Snider’s sudden resignation the next day. portedly sought out a North Idaho Aryan Nations group
Snider, one of Quinn’s top security people and a well-connected member of the requesting information.
region’s Democratic power structure, resigned shortly after what officials have de-
scribed as a barroom “altercation.”
Reynolds said he has been asked to tell his account to both local and state authori-
The following day, Snider also resigned without explanation as head of the Ma- ties investigating the case. Haley confirmed that Reynolds came to the police de-
coupin County Democratic Party and president of the Carlinville School Board. partment March 18 to discuss the incident. Haley said he advised Reynolds that the
investigation had been turned over to the State Police.
Quinn’s office has declined to comment on the matter because Snider left the secu-
rity staff of the governor, also a Democrat. Reynolds, a former football player, told the Post-Dispatch that he stood near Snid-
er inside the Anchor Inn. After two bumps to his shoulder, Reynolds turned to the
Reynold’s account of the fight is the first direct allegation of a racial component in state trooper and “asked what his problem was, because that’s the second time he
the incident. Snider didn’t respond to repeated calls to his home and cellphone, or bumped into me,” Reynolds said.
to a message left at a business operated by his wife.
Snider grabbed the student’s shoulder and called him “the N-word” and other derog-
Carlinville Police Chief David Haley confirmed that Snider called his home phone atory names, Reynolds said. When Reynolds attempted to remove Snider’s hand
and cellphone during the early morning hours of March 18 after a fight. Haley dis- from his shoulder, the trooper responded with a shove, Reynolds said, which pro-
patched police to the Anchor Inn; no arrests were made. “Mr. Snider was involved in voked him to throw a punch. Reynolds said he was asked to leave the bar before
an altercation,” Haley said. police arrived, an allegation that Anchor Inn owners and employees declined to
discuss. “I was defending myself,” Reynolds said.
Illinois State Police are still investigating “to see if there was any criminal conduct or
criminal activity that occurred that night,” spokesman Scott Compton said. Compton Snider’s responsibilities with Quinn’s Executive Protection Unit included the super-
confirmed that a state trooper resigned in connection with the altercation, but he vision of officers, scheduling, routes and movements while Quinn traveled in the
declined to provide further information, pending the ongoing investigation. southern parts of the state. He earned more than $131,000 annually.
INDIANA ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILL REFLECTS
A “QUIET AWAKENING” OF RACISTS
Indiana is one of the latest states to attempt to pass an Arizona-style anti-immigration
bill: S.B. 590, a bill which codifies racial profiling by police and mandates English-only
State documents. Despite being met with significant protest from community organiza-
tions, educational and religious leaders, the Indiana Farm Bureau, and even a handful of
judges and politicians (including Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller), the bill passed
an Indiana Senate Labor panel by 8 to 1, and now moves to an appropriations commit-
tee. By continuing to move forward with this bill in spite of public opposition (and a likely
federal injunction), Indiana is reasserting its proud racist traditions.
Not surprisingly, the white supremacist crowd is praising the bill as a “comprehensive
attack on immigration, multiculturalism, and political correctness,” and calling for a “quiet Both Jaenelle Antas and Matt Parrott of Hoosier Nations recently attempted to attend
awakening”. This call to action seems to reflect a growing trend of racist activity in Indi- the white supremacist 2011 American Renaissance conference run by notorious racist
ana . In an effort to bring this underground “awakening” to light (and hopefully put it back Jared Taylor until it was shut down by anti-fascists for the second year in a row. Even
to sleep), the following is an overview of the major places and players in Indiana. though most conference goers backed out, an emergency American Dark Age shadow
conference(pictured above) was organized at the last minute over facebook where Hoo-
The capital of Indiana, and center of the anti-immigrant bill debate, has had KKK mem- sier Nation members associated with other notorious racists including Paul Fromm and
bers in control of many of its government offices. These include the Indiana General Andrew “Yeoman” White of Bay Area “National” Anarchists pictured here shaking hands.
Assembly, the City Council, the Board of School Commissioners and even the mayor’s
office. Former Mayor John L. Duvall and former Governor Edward L. Jackson were Bloomington is known for being a liberal stronghold in Indiana, but in the past few months
both open Klansmen. One current Indianapolis racialist group, “Hoosier Nation” (which has seen a string of hate crimes. In November, 54-year-old Ellettsville resident and In-
sometimes goes by the Indiana Council of Conservative Citizens or the Indiana Tea diana University employee Mark Zacharias was arrested for several racist attacks on
Party), has organized anti-immigrant demonstrations opposing the DREAM Act, a dem- Jewish student centers where windows were broken with rocks and concrete, and He-
onstration against the Hollywood film Machete, a demonstration against an Al Sharpton brew texts were removed from libraries and thrown in toilets. In response, thousands of
speaking event, and attempted to attend the failed 2011 American Renaissance racist Bloomington residents wore blue to show solidarity with the Jewish community. Another
conference, which was shut down by Anti-fascists. Their leader, Matt Parrott, wrote the IU student, Clay Hicks, recently spoke to Fox59 voicing his support of racist store owner
book “Hoosier Nation,” an unapolagetically racist book which uses a misguided sense Gary Dewester, who is in the news for refusing to stop selling racist “kolored kids” and
of culture and separatism to promote its fascist agenda. Other members include Brian “darkie” brand soaps out of his Noblesville shop.
“Jake” Jacobsen, who runs “Radio Free Indiana,” which has hosted the openly racist
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpiao, and the notorious racist Jaenelle Antas: Indiana is also home to the Vinlanders Social Club (VSC), primarily based in Indianapolis
and Knightstown. The VSC is a renegade skinhead crew co-founded in 2003 by Eric
Jaenelle Antas “The Butcher” Fairburn, who at one point had active crews in 20 different States. Brien
Alias:Tristania James, formerly of the Hoosier State Skinheads, is reportedly still active with the VSC,
Address: 7823 Ella Dobbs Ln, Indianapolis, Indiana holding gatherings out of his home in Indianapolis at 2507 English Avenue. Many VSC
46227 members have committed numerous violent hate crimes, including an 2007 attack on a
Phone: 317-379-8871 305-923-9400 homeless man, and more recently, a VSC probate and Pennsylvania Correctional Of-
Birthday: 12-23-1984 ficer, who murdered his wife and kids in 2009. The Vinlanders were once known for wild
partying, fighting and “odinist rituals;” however, criminal allegations, “racial impurities”
Jaenelle Antas is an Indianapolis-based racist who organiz- and infighting have led to the group’s slow decline.
es with “Hoosier Nation,” runs the white power bookstore
Lighthouse Literature, and has made over 4500 posts on Another Indiana racist is Joe Knaack of Hebron, IN. Years ago, he
the nazi forum Stormfront.org. In 2007-2008 she was the was kicked out of Boon Grove high school for defecating in a fel-
assistant to the chair of the Indiana Libertarian Party but left them for more openly racist low students locker. Later, he was incarcerated in Lake and Jasper
groups like Council of Conservative Citizens, Hoosier Nations and Indiana Tea Party. County jails, and was sent to rehab at Rosecrance for his addiction
She is a Holocaust denier and the main US contact for Nazi sympathizer David Irving, to Percocet. Now, he is on the streets claiming to be a member of
having served as his personal assistant and tour manager during his 2010 US speaking the Aryan Brotherhood. Joe is employed as a photographer for an
tour, which was disrupted and shut down in nearly every city where he tried to speak. appraisal company (perhaps Capital in Munster) and can be fre-
“Well-behaved women rarely make history”. quently found at Cultural Cuts(10923 Miami Street Crown Point,
IN 46307) with his close comrade and stylist, Edwin.
James Logsdon(Creativity Movement) and Eli James(Christian Identity) and was to in-
clude a cross/swastika burning. While their events are usually sparsely attended, this
event was cancelled entirely due to infighting and mistrust within their ranks (according
to John Alexander of Blood & Honour / C18), although the organizers reportedly blamed
it on “bad weather.” After many years of watching his friends become informants, victims
of violent attacks, or imprisoned (and having his teeth knocked out in prison because of
his racist beliefs), James Logsdon still continues to attempt to recruit up new members,
specifically targeting vulnerable populations (such as pedophiles and teenagers) and
rednecks (like Brian Moudry) for white activism.
The Des Moines Police Department, Polk County Sherriff´s Department, and unknown Now simply exposing Michael for his fascist activism (usually carried out by the name
federal law enforcement were all monitoring the scene, and some anarchists suspect Ragnar Whiteson, Ragnar Odinson, or Wotansvolk) would be enough, but it gets far
that at least three men who attended the counter-protest were probably undercover law juicier. Early last year, a White Culture Club attempted (and failed) to start up at Grand
enforcement officers, due to their appearance and behavior. Rapids Community College. On the Gallows Tree Forum Michael owns up to the fact that
he and other Gallows Tree members started the White Culture Club to help promote the
The counterprotest was organized on less than two weeks notice, and was generally religion he leads. But look up earlier on the thread at the article by the name of “White
considered a victory for the loosely-affiiliated anarchist movement in Iowa. culture club tries GRCC”. It ran in the Collegiate, GRCC’s student newspaper, at the be-
ginning of the controversy. And its author: Mike Peterson, Collegiate Staff Writer. That’s
¨Sixty-three people attended the counter-protest which means there were sixty–three right, an active Nazi got to write THE FIRST ARTICLE about the group he helped start
different social movements represented here today,¨ said one local anarchist. ¨We not FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING NEW MEMBERS into his own organization, and
only successfully shut-down the neo-nazi rally, we also successfully demonstrated our quite possibly got paid for it. Great journalism Mike! And to the GRCC students won-
strength in numbers and the effectiveness of the decentralized affinity group model of dering whose been passing out the racist flyers promoting “whitepridemi.com” around
organizing.¨ campus, the wondering’s over. The e-mail listed as a contact on the flyer is also Mike
Peterson’s, put up on his mead expert page online.
Word of the ¨White Pride Day¨ rally and the proposed counter-protest were disseminated
through Facebook, email, and other online social media, and half a dozen or more af- Michael Peterson alias Ragnar Whiteson
finity groups, representing a wide variety of ideologies and personal styles, and ranging Address: 2112 Martindale Ave. (as of 5/2009)
anywhere between four and fourteen people each answered the call. Wyoming MI 49509
Phone: 616 773 9766
¨Nazi punks fuck off!¨ yelled one SkinHead Against Racial Prejudice. Another woman email: konungr1488@yahoo.com
from Des Moines carried a sign that read, ¨Hamsters are taking our jobs.¨ Major websites:
facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001115796183
¨I used to have a really great job, running around in a cage and rolling in a ball around the http://ragnarwhitesons.blogspot.com/2010/08/racism-
living room,¨ she said. ¨Then a hamster came along and took that job from me, and that´s watch-michigan-blog.html
not right. I don´t think hamsters should be allowed to take our jobs. I´m sick of unicorns, http://wotansreich.webs.com/
as well, coming around with all their rainbows.¨
NSM TO PROTEST MILWAUKEE PRIDEFEST Harriet has also recently started her own business, “Garfield Accounting Services,” but it
is hard to believe anyone would want to trust their business records or personal details
AND “COMMUNIST” ROLLER DERBY TEAM to a company run by active neo-Nazis.
The National Socialist Movement Wiscon- Many Chicago-area Nazis have partici-
sin unit is planning several upcoming hate- pated in several WI NSM events. Our own
mongering actions: a March 26th private Susan “Pincushion” Lenner, Chicago NSM
meeting near Fond Du Lac, a May 14th member who works at “Secrets” headshop
protest of the Rushin’ Rollettes (a ”commu- in Boystown (pictured here holding an as-
nist” roller derby team in Milwaukee), and a sault rifle while Harriet Paletti gives the
June 11 demonstration against Milwaukee seig heil), has made the trip to Wisconsin
Pridefest. This is not the first time the WI to attend the NSM protest of Milwaukee
NSM have attempted to protest Pridefest; Pridefest and a gathering at the memorial
last time they were forced to hide behind to Adolf Hitler constructed by former SS
police protection out of fear of being con- Waffen officer Herr Junker. Other Chicago
fronted by Milwaukee Bash Back and ARA members. We’re calling for folks to stand up nazis who attended Wisconsin events in-
against racial prejudice and homophobia by driving these racist scumbugs out of town. clude NSM member Michael Schloer, who
last we heard was still on the streets (having been kicked out of his home for abusing
Although ARA has previously released his girlfriend), Chicago NSM Matt who was defeated at the failed 2010 Chicago White
some names and pictures of WI NSM Pride Worldwide march, and NSM snitch Tim O’Donnell, who also attended the last NSM
members, we want to focus on the two Pridefest protest.
main players, Harriet and Paul Paletti.
They live in New Berlin with their infant Neo-nazis try to hang on the fringes of the right-wing Tea Party movement, taking ad-
twins Paul and Aryan and both have a long vantage of rising right-wing tides to recruit, provide a context to engage in violent hate
and sordid racist history, having organized crimes, and more explicitly, promote their fascist organizing. This wink-wink relationship
numerous NSM events. They plan on at- between Nazis, the mainstream right wing, police and politicians composes a compre-
tending the upcoming 2011 NSM National hensive attack on immigrants and the working class, from discriminatory legislation down
Conference in New Jersey. Although Har- to street level hate crimes. With dozens of states following their lead, Wisconsin has
riet tries to portray the NSM as a group become a main battlefield for this fight, with an Arizona-style anti-immigrant bill in the
of “community activists” doing “volunteer works, public outrage due to the Republicans passing the widely opposed anti-union
work at animal shelters, food pantries, and bill, and a budget plan that kills in-state tuition and food stamp benefits undocumented
senior centers” on her NewSaxon profile, it people. Tea Party groups such as Americans For Prosperity have organized in true as-
is clear through their actions they are capa- troturf fashion several “Stand with Scott Walker” rallies across Wisconsin; millions of
ble of violence against people of color and dollars have been poured into these front-groups by multi-billion dollar corporations such
LGBTQ folk. Paul Paletti was arrested in as Koch Industries headed by notorious right-wingers Charles and David Koch and his
2008 for beating up a Mexican man outside father Fred Koch (who co-founded the John Birch Society). The Koch family’s history of
a bar in Waukesha with a group of Nazis supporting fascism dates back to their involvement with the Nazis during WWII where
while shouting racial slurs. The charges they ran concentration camps, the oil industry, and specialized in making products out
were eventually reduced to assault and he of the skin of murdered prisoners. Koch is still active today promoting mainstream Tea
got two years probation. Although he was Party front groups and supporting politicians like Scott Walker(who himself has defended
ordered not to affiliate with white suprema- notorious KKK leader David Duke by saying his issues were legitimate and not extreme
cists, that hasn’t stopped him from con- enough), further demonstrating the connection between fascism, corporatism, and right-
tinuing to organize as the WI NSM. The fact wing politics.
that they are organizing public demonstra-
tions shows they are becoming increasing- However the rising tides of oppression manifest themselves, whether through the state
ly emboldened and need to be reminded and politicians like Scott Walker or by the Fascist imbeciles protesting Milwaukee Pridef-
that speading hate has consequences. est, they must be exposed, confronted, and stopped.
Right in the middle of his failed east coast appearances, his websites were also attacked We anti-fascists find this historical perversion
by anti-fascist hackers who released his private emails and databases to WikiLeaks. The appalling, but — more importantly — find it an
emails gave hilarious details of the frustrations caused by Irving’s infatuation with his impetus to destroy their quest of creating a po-
much younger assistant Jaenelle, and also eventually caused his landlord to kick Irving tential for fascism to gain ground. David Irving’s
out of his Winsdor home. More importantly, this leak revealed private speaking locations attempts to legitimize such a movement and to
as well as names and addresses of dozens of racist Nazi sympathizers who purchased victimize Nazis as being bad jacketed must be
tickets – a warning to those who would consider purchasing a ticket to Irving’s gather- met with organized militant resistance and shut
ings. down everywhere he attempts to make an ap-
pearance.
The Anti-Racist Action Network’s first point of unity: “Whenever fascists are organizing olis-based racists Matt Parrott and Jaenelle Antas
or active in public, we’re there. We don’t believe in ignoring them or staying away from (who are organizing to support Indiana’s anti-immi-
them. Never let the Nazis have the street!” grant bill SB590). Attacking Irving on the first func-
tion of the Midwest portion of his 2011 speaking tour
Below are the dates and locations where David Irving is scheduled to make an appear- sets the tone for things to intensify: not only for Irving
ance. He frequently books his events under fake names to mislead the venues into not and his assistant Jaenelle, not only for those who
knowing what exactly they are getting into, and to prevent the possibility of being con- attend and host his events, but for every holocaust
fronted by anti-fascists. denier and every white nationalist. We wish them to
be a target of war every minute and every second of
February 28: Miami, FL April 22: Sherman Oaks, CA there lives and in those moments in which they seem
March 1: Orlando, FL April 23: Orange County, CA unchallenged, let them wither in fear of retribution
March 2: Savannah, GA April 28: San Francisco, CA and drown in the paranoia caused by the
March 3: Columbia, SC April 29: Sacramento, CA panopticon-like gaze that is antifa.
March 4: Raleigh, NC May 1: Portland, OR
March 5: Richmond, VA May 2: Seattle, WA The restaurant hosting Irving’s speaking event:
March 6: Washington DC May 3: Spokane, WA
April 9: Indianapolis, IN May 4: Kalispell, MT MCL Cafeteria (Update: Confirmed that Hoosier Nation is no longer
April 10: St. Louis, MO May 6: Billings, MT 1390 Keystone Way allowed to host meetings at MCL after this attack)
April 12: Dallas, TX May 8: Bismarck, ND Carmel, IN 46032
April 13: Houston, TX May 9: Fargo, ND Carmel location phone: 317-844-9217 Corporate phone: 317-257-5425
April 15: San Antonio, TX May 10: Minneapolis, MN
April 16: El Paso, TX May 11: Madison, WI Two Indianapolis-based racists who invited Irving here who are part of http://www.hoo-
April 17: Albuquerque, NM May 12: Chicago, IL siernation.us which also holds regular meetings at the MCL Cafeteria.
April 20: Las Vegas, NV May 13: Detroit, MI
April 21: Phoenix, AZ May 14: Cleveland, OH Matt Parrott Jaenelle Antas
1145 Golfview Dr Apt F 7823 Ella Dobbs Ln
Carmel, IN 46032 Indianapolis, IN 46227
(317) 324-8282 (317) 379-8871 and (305) 923-9400
DAVID IRVING’S INDIANAPOLIS SPEAKING
Apparently, after the location was moved, the dumb-asses managed to give up their
EVENT ATTACKED… TWICE new location spot again and, according to Jaenelle’s(Tristania) post on Stormfront, were
forced by management to leave. They claim that they found a new location at the last
It’s only been a few days since David Irving began the second portion of his 2011 tour second calling the event a success but whether this is true or not can’t be confirmed.
and already the Midwest has been delivering militant antifa resistance. His first Midwest Even if they did have this talk at Parrott’s apartment, or as the Hoosier nation response
speaking event was to take place in Indianapolis speaking to members of the racist hate says, “in a van down by the river”, it wouldn’t have been until two of the former locations
groups Hoosier Nation and American Third Position. However, the night before, the MCL fell through, not to mention that one of them was Hoosier Nations monthly meeting spot
Cafeteria hosting the event had several windows bashed out with bricks that read “Shut in which they are no longer welcome. How many people do you think were unable to at-
David Irving Down” and “No Nazis”, forcing the MCL Cafeteria to shut down the event tend this speech due to this fiasco? Meeting taking place or not they went through some
and tell Hoosier Nation that they can no longer host their monthly racist gatherings there. hell while antifa had a good time and with no legal repercussions.
Matt Parrott and Jaenelle Antas had to scramble to find another emergency location at
the last minute, although they have tried to claim, as the boneheads usually do, that this The next day, according to David Irving’s facebook, as well as some other sources, St.
was not the space for their event. We know this is bullshit because dependable intel- Louis antifascists have broke windows harassed and spray painted the hotel that were
ligence sources have confirmed this before and after bricks were thrown. said to be hosting Irving.
Antifa communique from an anonymous email: Even before his tour began, Irving was already facing disagreements with Jaenelle about
how he is poorly managing the funds raised from his book and ticket sales in addition to
On April 8th, the night before holocaust denier and nazi sympathizer David Irving’s harsh criticism from his own neo-nazi affiliates that he is washed up, old and an irrelevant
Indianapolis speaking event, we paid the hosting restaurant an early visit. Three mockery of his former self. After an awesome campaign against Irving’s 2010 U.S. tour,
Bricks written with “Shut David Irving Down” and “No Nazis” were launched through we are making sure 2011 will deliver a whole new round of failures for Irving’s holocaust
the windows to harass the MCL Cafeteria and to prevent Irving from speaking there. denial tour. Two days of war and twenty-two more to go. Good work to our comrades in
The MCL Cafeteria regularly hosts racist gatherings of Hoosier Nation, Council of Indiana, St. Louis and all the other antifas out there. No platform for the fascists!
Conservative Citizens(CCC) and American Third Position meetings led by Indianap-
DISGRACED NEO-NAZI BILL WHITE’S
CONVICTION IN CHICAGO
Update 4/20: Bill White was released from federal prison (on Hitler’s Birthday, of all days)
after his conviction was overturned. He is still on supervised release in Maryland and
banned from posting anything on the internet.
But predominantly-white Wisconsin is up in arms when the chicken comes home to roost However, the current state-sponsored legislative initiatives aimed at destroying collec-
in their own backyard! Martin Luther King was quite right when he declared, “Injustice tive bargaining rights, decent wages, workplace benefits and the ability of unions to
anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network financially support political activities – along with union-crippling “right to work” laws -
of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all should disabuse workers of their middle-class illusions. If you sell your labour and do not
indirectly.” We can only hope that white workers come to realize that white supremacist exercise substantive control over the organizing, managing and directing of work or the
beliefs and practices only weaken the working-class - to the advantage of the small labour process, you are a member of the working-class, period!
capitalist elite.
One may be forgiven for thinking that the pulse of resistance had disappeared from the
The political and economic elite in the United States is ruthlessly using the aftereffects body of organized labour in the United States. Other than participation in the farce that is
of the Great Recession as a pretext to further weaken the economic, social and po- electoral politics (politricks?), organized labour has been, for the most part, absent from
litical conditions of the working-class. It was the actions of the captains of industry and political struggles against white supremacy, sexism and capitalism.
commerce and their politicians that were responsible for the massive job losses, near-
collapses of major financial firms, housing foreclosures (which largely affected racialized With the attack on public sector unionism in Wisconsin and other states and the tentative
urban communities) and overall ‘bust’ of the capitalist business cycle. fight-back posturing of the labour movement that has begun to emerge in response, a cu-
rious observer may be excused for wondering aloud: “Has this Lazarus now risen from its
One of the effects of the preceding events was a massive reduction in revenue flowing to deathly sleep and re-discovered its historical mission?” Has Lazarus, the working-class,
the coffers of the different levels of government. It should be noted that prior and ongoing finally remembered that its principal role ought to be the battle to free society from social
tax cuts - granted by the political class to corporations, wealthy individuals and high in- oppression? We will know the answer in the fullness of time. The assault on collective
come earners - were also critical factors in the deficits now faced by state governments. bargaining rights of public sector workers by Governor Walker could be an undisguised
gift to social movement activism. It has certainly been a long time since labour and its
But it is the working-class in the public sector and the members of our communities who allies have mobilized tens of thousand of people into the streets over point of production
or workplace issues. our current period of wage-slavery. Marx’s 1867 assertion remains valid today: “In the
United States of North America, every independent movement of the workers was para-
Andy Kroll, a writer and an eyewitness at the protest actions against this potentially lysed so long as slavery disfigured a part of the Republic. Labour cannot emancipate
game-changing legislative attack on public sector unionism, states that “within a week itself in the white skin where in the black it is branded” (emphasis mine). [10]
there were close to 70,000 protesters filling the streets of Madison.” [5] The writer was so
moved by the spirit of resistance in the occupied Capitol building in Madison and events The class struggle and a united working-class movement in the United States (and Can-
in the street that he declared, “Believe me, the spirit of Cairo is here. The air is charged ada) will remain “paralysed”, deformed and underdeveloped, if the commitment to the
with it.” [6] elimination of white supremacy does not become a strategic goal of the organized labour
and the general working-class. Would the outpouring of solidarity with Wisconsin work-
While the protests on the scale in Madison, Wisconsin may bring into motion forces that ers be the same if the target was a group of largely racialized public sector workers?
represent radical or revolutionary demands, I am not among the commentators who are
overly impressed with what I have been seeing and reading. I am reminded of the in- Ford captures the issue at stake - the role of race and white supremacy in limiting the
structive refrain of the African Jamaican dub poet, “A revolt ain’t revolution.” A revolution class struggle in the United States:
ought to be guided by revolutionary ideas and demands. It would be a stretch to even
think that the preceding condition exists in Wisconsin, or even Egypt. We are currently Wisconsin is, in a sense, a near-ideal terrain for a showdown with the Tea Party
at such a low level of movement activism or upsurge that even a ripple of protest may brand of Republicanism. The actors in the drama are overwhelmingly white, putting
inspire fantastic declarations and expectation. the raw class nature of capital’s aggression in stark relief. With relatively few Black
scapegoats to complicate the issue, white folks must confront the bare facts of the
However, Larry Pinkney of the online publication The Black Commentator has a more way late-stage capitalism tramples ordinary people as it careens from crisis to crisis.
sobering assessment of the Wisconsin protest than Kroll, which runs counter to the eu-
phoric pronouncements that I have read in alternative spaces: Or, maybe not. White supremacy is a dynamic ideology that has always been central
to the domestic functions of American Exceptionalism, distorting not just race rela-
While it is certainly heartening to see some people making and taking a stand in tions but all other social relations, as well. Once the foundational Nigger has been
Madison, Wisconsin, this does not mean that Wisconsin has somehow become invented and given life in the public mind, with all his purported logic-bending and
Egypt. It has not. There are numerous inherent contradictions that have yet to be society-polluting defects, his[/her] characteristics can be imputed to other targeted
forthrightly addressed in Wisconsin, U.S.A., and which strongly impact the most groups – a ready-made demonization kit. Public employees in general and teachers
economically and politically dispossessed and despised of people in Wisconsin and in particular now find themselves Niggerized as lazy featherbedders, no-count ma-
throughout the United States. [7] Pickney is raising questions about the oppres- lingerers, fellow travelers with welfare queens and other human malignancies that
sion of the racialized working-class, inclusive of those with and without jobs. Their must be excised so that the free market can work its wonders. [11]
material interest does not garner substantive or broad sympathy from white union
bureaucrats and rank-and-file members. The task facing us class struggle and anti-oppression advocates is to be “ruthlessly”
frank and firm in our commitment to challenge and eradicate white supremacy within the
Where were the protests when Reagan and Clinton assaulted the working-class by labour movement, the general working-class and the structures of the wider society. It
changing “welfare as we know it” and demonized African Americans and the poor in the was encouraging to know that the question of race and centring the interest of the racial-
process? Where was the howling from organized labour when Clinton proudly declared ized working-class surfaced within the conversations of the Madison resistance - albeit
his intention to put 100,000 additional cops on the streets of America [8] and dramatically in a fairly marginal space. [12] The objective reality facing organized labour and the
increase the number of Africans, Hispanic and poor whites in the prison-industrial com- working-class in general is the need for a full integration of a principled anti-racist prac-
plex or penal colonies? Where was organized labour when affirmative action was being tice into the heart and mind of the resistance against capitalist domination.
savaged for merely trying to weaken white supremacist employment and other structural
barriers in the workplace and the wider society?
Organized labour is willing to move when it is faced with self-evident existential threats.
Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer of Wisconsin’s AFL-CIO, seemed to con-
firm the preceding assertion when she noted, “[o]ur very labor movement is at stake and
when that’s at stake, the economic security of Americans is at stake.” [9] I wonder wheth-
er her visual image of “Americans” looks like the people on Fulton Street in Brooklyn,
New York. On the contrary, when the “slings and arrows” fired at the racialized working-
class provoke even the slightest bit of racial animus, union bureaucrats and white work-
ers, through their inaction or silence, tend to support the initiatives of the ruling-class.
White supremacy has been a reliable tool, used to set white workers against Africans
and other racialized workers in the United States, from the days of chattel slavery up to
ANTI-FASCISTS VS FASCISM VS THE STATE: ADVANCING THE UNDERSTANDING
A THREE WAY FIGHT, NOT DEMOCRACY IN OF THE ONES WE DESTROY
CRISIS In the Left there is a real a problem, amongst many, of reducing Fascism to be merely
synonymous with bureaucratic or even just plain “bad”, tossing the word around so loose-
The State: is the compulsory political institution of a centralized government that main- ly when describing “measures that represent the ordinary functioning of government”.
tains a monopoly of the use of force within a certain territory. It applies to the courts, the This only serves to delude the discussion. Fascism is a grassroots and self proclaimed
cops, the laws, the politicians etc. anti-capitalist movement or “political behavior” based on racial/religious superiority that
abandons liberty and pursues with violence a quest for internal purity and expansion. It
Fascism: A grass-roots revolutionary and self-proclaimed anti-capitalist movement has many tendencies and forms. Antifascists must not only understand, but be able to
based on racial/religious or other superiority and a false sense of victimization. fascism explain why the work we do is necessary: if we want to develop strong militant cadre we
attaches itself to populist ideology, relies on political violence and deceit and often is void must advance our understanding of that which we are fighting. Here are a few reads that
of a political platform. It seeks internal cleansing and external expansion. may be helpful in capturing a definition or analysis that better suit us for internal debate.
Capitalism: An economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means This is a partial issue taken from the “collections” out of the sojourner truths digital ar-
of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by chive. It was printed in 1976 and is compiled with analyses and debate about fascism .
private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-
owned means of wealth. Fascism in the U.S.? current debates on Fascism
• The Nature of Fascism
• Fascism- critical conceptions in Political science
The way we describe things and how we define them is important. Misunderstood and
• The Anatomy of Fascism
misused terminology, definitions that are not appropriate to their origins and genealogy, • A history of Fascism 1914-1945
are dangerous. In this case the term at hand is ‘fascism’. You can attempt to describe • The Doctrine of Fascism
fascism in a static image, as we have before for reasons of simplicity, but it is best under- • Confronting Fascism: Discussion documents for a militant movement(book reveiew)
stood as it has existed and how it has functioned. Often to understand what something • A debate stemming from Confronting Fascism: Discussion documents for a militant movement
between Bring the Ruckus and Three way fight.
is you must understand what it is not, and that is where the purpose of this piece comes
into play. Many leftists and even anarchists fail to understand that fascism and the State Other Reading Materials:
are two very different things. There are two reasons why it is necessary to recognize
these as completely separate entities. First, to equate fascism with the State, or even Challenging White Supremacy
worse, bureaucracy, is to misunderstand fascism and to obfuscate what it really is. This • “Beyond Identity Politics” published in Turning The Tide
• Whose ally? Thinking critically about anti-oppression ally organizing
minimizes its opposition by maximizing its abilities to go unnoticed. Second, to recognize
• The White Anti-Racist is an Oxymoron: An Open Letter to “White Anti-Racists” By Kil Ja Kim
the state as fascist fuels an attempt to attack its “fascist” leadership. This strengthens the • “Racism without Racists” by Bonilla-Silva
state by taking away from the idea that it is oppressive in its very nature. That the entire • “The Uses of Anger” by Audre Lorde
framework of the system itself must be destroyed, not just it’s supposed leadership. • “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack; on White Privilege” by Peggy Machintosh
• “Eating the other: Desire and Resistance” by Bell Hooks
• Gentrification before Gentrification? The Plight of Pilsen in Chicago
Liberal antifascists may recognize the difference in definition but do not oppose the state
• Principles of Environmental Justice: Working Together and Principles of Alliance with Green
or capitalism. They attempt to stage the discourse and struggle of anti fascism as de- Groups
mocracy vs fascism, seeing fascism as, most importantly, a threat to the established or-
der. This once again strengthens the state, by urging the necessity for a more democratic Fighting Rape Culture
society and a more pure capitalism. We recognize that fascism is something different, • “Support” zine
• On The Road To Healing: Men Against Sexism
yet we also want nothing to do with capitalism and the state. So which is worse? There
• Social Detox zine
is no simple answer to this. Fascism in power (which some purists would argue is not • “For the Guys” and Are you a manarchist? Questionnaire
fascism at all given it had to sacrifice its own ethics to gain that power) may be far more • Dealing With Our Shit: Six Years of Men’s Group and Accountability Work (Twin Cities)
brutal, however, if every stage of fascism is a fascist movement in itself, then one that • Men Unlearning Rape
never got past its own self realization could certainly not be worse than U.S democracy.
Anti-Fascist Strategies
Not only that, but how do we measure strength? Is it how easy something is to destroy?
• The Anti-Mass: Methods of Organizing for Collectives
Obviously fascism is far easier to defeat than Capitalism, so maybe it is a question of • Free Movement, Reaction and the Fascist State: Critical Questions for the Patriot Movement
which produces the other. Some Marxists say that fascism is capitalism in crisis and • How Fast It All Blows Up: Cincinnati’s Black rebellion exposes U.S. racial injustice and Black
democracy is the mode of operation in which fascism is born out of. But the question of People Have a Right to Rebel by Lorenzo Komboa Ervin
which produces the other becomes irrelevant when we realize that capitalism, fascism, • Anarchism, Violence, and Brandon Darby’s Politics of Moral Certitude
• An Updated History of the New Afrikan Prison Struggle by Sundiata Acoli
and the state must be destroyed.
• Turning The Tide and ARA Research Bulletin(print only)
WANTED: ILLINOIS AREA NAZIS
This list was compiled and last updated on 4/11/2011 and is just a small sample from our
The subjects before you are some of the many self-proclaimed Nazis in Illinois. Some are
intelligence files. If you were spared from this edition, it doesn’t mean we don’t already
from Chicago and some are from the surrounding suburbs. A few are members of such
know about you and that you won’t one day get what’s coming to you. If you spotted any
groups as the National Socialist Movement, the Creativity Movement, the Illinois National
of these individuals or have additional information please contact us.
Socialist Front and Volksfront. If you see these mindless racist bastards at a show, on
the streets or anywhere else, make sure they are met with hostility and/or confrontation!
http://southsideara.blogspot.com southsidechicagoara@hushmail.com
CHICAGO MAY DAY 2011 WORKERS’
STRUGGLE BEYOND BORDERS MARCH ARA NETWORK & VOUCHED CHAPTERS
Anti Racist Action Network website: http://www.antiracistaction.org
Workers’ Struggle Beyond Borders
March for Dignity, Justice and Legaliza- Anti-Racist Action Los Angeles / People Kent State University
tion for all! Against Racist Terror Kent, Ohio 44242
Solidarity Forever and For Everyone LA@AntiRacistAction.org
POBOX 1055 Montreal Anti-Racist Action
On May 1st millions of people around the Culver City, CA 90232 montreal@AntiRacistAction.org
world march to celebrate international soli- 310-495-0299
darity among working people. New York City Anti-Racist Action
Calgary Anti-Racist Action nyc@AntiRacistAction.org
We march because the classic union an- http://ARA-calgary.Anarchistservices.ca
them of “Solidarity Forever” must be ex- Calgary@AntiRacistAction.org Hub City ARA (New Brunswick, NJ)
panded to every worker – documented http://HubCity.AntiRacistAction.org
and undocumented, waged and unwaged, Central Texas Anti-Racist Action Hubcity@AntiRacistAction.org
those who labor and those who work in the Centex@AntiRacistAction.org
home, students, the unemployed, in the Quebec City Anti-Racist Action
US and around the world. South Side Chicago Anti-Racist Action Quebec Myspace
SouthSideChicago@AntiRacistAction.org quebec@AntiRacistAction.org
We march because the scapegoating http://southside.antiracistaction.org
and criminalization of immigrants is a cru- Rose City Antifa (Portland)
cial part of the overall attack on working North Side Chicago Anti-Racist Action 971-533-7832
people. We march because anti-immigrant http://NorthSideARA.wordpress.com portland@AntiRacistAction.org
legislation has created the conditions of NorthSideChicago@AntiRacistAction.org
modern-day slavery for migrant workers.We march because as long as one worker is October 15th Anarchist Collective
deport-able, all workers are exploitable. Columbus Anti-Racist Action (Toledo)
Columbus@AntiRacistAction.org toledo@AntiRacistAction.org
US corporate interests concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a few, while desta-
bilizing economies and displacing working people at home and around the globe. Pittsburgh Anti-Racist Action Philadelphia Anti-Racist Action
Pittsburgh@AntiRacistAction.org philly@AntiRacistAction.org
Together we must oppose the forces making us pay for a crisis we did not create. P.O. Box 9272 215-543-3812
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Together we must stand against policies that limit workers’ collective political representa- Phoenix Anti-Racist Action
tion. Together we must fight for justice, fair wages, decent working conditions, basic dig- Houston Anti-Racist Action phoenix@AntiRacistAction.org
nity and full legal status for all working people. Solidarity forever must be for everyone! Houston@AntiRacistAction.org
http://myspace.com/houstonara Southern Ontario Anti-Racist Action
Our demands: Ontario@AntiRacistAction.org
North West Indiana Anti-Racist Action
• Stop all deportations NOW — we demand an immedi- NWIndiana@AntiRacistAction.org Toronto Anti-Racist Action
ate Moratorium on Deportations ! Toronto@AntiRacistAction.org
• Legalization and full status without conditions for un- Circle City Anti-Racist Action
documented immigrants NOW! indianapolis@AntiRacistAction.org Trenton Anti-Racist Action
• An end to anti-immigrant legislation and the criminal- Trenton@AntiRacistAction.org
ization of immigrants! Kent Anti-Racist Action
• Labor rights, employment, and a living wage for all Kent@AntiRacistAction.org Vancouver Anti-Racist Action
workers! Box 8 Office of Campus Life Vancouver@AntiRacistAction.org
• Funding for health care, jobs and education, not for 226 Kent Student Center
war and deportation!