Showing posts with label Nazis. Show all posts
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Monday, March 21, 2011

Claremont Authorities Promote Fascism at Hate Rally

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Claremont Authorities Promote Fascism at Hate Rally

by Rockero Monday, Mar. 21, 2011 at 4:10 AM
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Saturday, March 19, 2011

CLAREMONT, California - Despite the best efforts of the City of Claremont and the Claremont Consortium of Colleges to obstruct, befuddle, and otherwise thwart a popular demonstration against fascism, the Southern California community succeeded in doing precisely that at two parallel demonstrations in response to a heavily-armed presence of a band of racist paramilitaries and their state-funded protectors.
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The neo-nazi National Socialist "Movement," who have spearheaded overt manifestations of fascism and targetted immigrant and Jewish communities in Southern California's Inland Empire in the past year, held a brief demonstration of hatred at the corner of Indian Hill and Foothill in the city of Claremont, allegedly to make a statement about illegal immigration. The NSM's mouthpiece, a Riverside-dwelling boor named Jeff Hall, (the same imbecile who missed his own first rally due to car trouble) also admitted to some other motives, telling corporate media outlets that his gaggle of losers was also opposing the students of the Claremont Colleges for expressing pro-immigrant sentiment, and that they had been invited by local racists.

While Claremont is famed primarily for its private, elitist liberal arts colleges and its overprices shopping and entertainment district, it also has a dark legacy of racism and reactionary activity.

At the time of white colonization, what is now Claremont was a settlement of Yuhaviatam (Serrano) people. Like most indigenous Californians, their language is Shoshonean, part of the Uto-Aztecan family that also includes many of the indigenous languages of Mexico.

Under Spanish domination, the Yuhaviatam people were dispossesed of their lands and disenfranchised. Despite a violent uprising in 1812 carried out in coordination with the Cahuilla and Yuma peoples, in 1834 most were forced to live at the Spanish missions and were robbed of their religion.

Under the Americans, they suffered even worse fates, including the infamous 1856 massacre by American vigilantes, which lasted 32 days.

The racist Revilo P. Oliver, who attended Pomona College in the early 1900s, when on to promote racist ideologies, giving them a veneer of intellectual legitimacy. Alex Linder, another product of Pomona College, runs the white supremacist website Vanguard News Network.

In 1999, Claremont police officers Hany Hanna and Kent Jacks shot and killed Irvin Landrum, Jr, a young black man at a traffic stop. The weapon they attempted to pin on him to justify the murder was traced to a retired Ontario police chief and laborotory tests showed that it had never been fired. The pigs were subsequently awarded as "employees of the year."

During the same year, Nazi Party member Richard Bunck ran for Claremont city council and school board, while Hale McGee, who had operated a nazi bookstore, also pursued a council seat.1

Since about 2009, Claremont has been home to the racist Minuteman outfit "We the People, California's Crusader," whose members, Robin Hvidston and Raymond Herrera, opted for a PO Box adjacent to the ultraconservative and reactionary Claremont Institute when the Minutemen began to become unmasked as violent racists in the wake of the murder of nine-year-old Brisenia Flores by Shawna Forde's band of Arizona Minutemen.

Also in 2009, the ultraconservative Mountain View Republica Club invited the racist founder of the Minuteman Project, Jim Gilchrist, to speak to their club on April 20. The club as since invited representatives of the hate group Numbers USA to speak to its membership.

Claremont is represented in Washington by the self-hating homophobe and racist Republican David Dreier, and recently sent the racist Minuteman Tim Donnelly to the state assembly as their representative. Donnelly has already introduced numerous anti-immigrant legislative assaults, that, while sure to go nowhere, are frightful by their very nature and encourage racist assaults of other types. Donnelly was recently listed among the Southern Poverty Law Center's "23 Candidates on the Radical Right".

It is easy to see, then, why the nazis see this city as a base of power.

Early efforts to organize opposition were confounded, first by city officials who refused the organizers of a peace rally a permit for Memorial Park, only to then reserve it themselves for the rally, creating much confusion in the process. However, despite ultimately allowing the demonstration to proceed, the city did not allow for amplified sound, effectively dooming the effort to send a powerful message of peace and racial harmony.

The colleges, meanwhile, were jockeying for control over the counterdemonstration, first encouraging it to take place on-campus, then, when unable to wrest control from the city, slandered student organizers with the statement:

"Several other individuals and groups, including those that are interested in inciting the crowd, typically attend these types of events. Some of these people are sympathizers or followers of the NSM, while others may not be affiliated in any way, they frequently are more interested in creating a lawless environment."

And discouraged students from attending at all, writing that "[b]ecause of the potential for violence, we encourage you to avoid the NSM rally and to, at all times, be aware of your surroundings and make safety your top priority."

Nonetheless, the efforts of the authorities did not dampen the will of upwards of 500 passionate protesters, who filled Memorial Park and participated in sign-making, Native and Christian prayer ceremonies, and heard from speakers from numerous student, community, and religious groups.

Three blocks north, approximately twenty nazis enjoyed enjoyed the protection of approximately 150-200 police officers and sheriffs from as many as five local jurisdictions. They were dressed in riot gear, carried tear gas-projectile-launching weapons, and there were reports of the "sound gun." The SWAT team was present, and a team of officers filmed and photographed counterdemonstrators from their perch atop the U.S. Bank in direction violation of the Handschu agreement.

As with most anti-nazi demonstrations, most activists saw the occasion more as an organizing opportunity than an opportunity to genuinely halt fascist activity, especially in light of the awareness that the FBI conducts surveillance at these events specifically to target antiauthoritarians and other practitioners of direct action.

Immigrant rights advocates offered that the best way to combat racism was to fight for a comprehensive immigration reform, revolutionary socialists argued for revolution against capitalism, and antiauthoritarians took the opportunity to highlight the parallels between the paramilitary neo-nazis and their state-sanctioned and taxpayer-funded protectors.

Once again, the nazis failed to articulate a cogent message, and came off as a weak bunch of ex-cons easily-identifiable by the prison-quality tattoos.

After just about an hour of their offensive "sig heiling" and hate speech, they retreated to their cars and the people again took the streets.

And once again, by displaying their repulsive countenances in public, they have provided the resistance with vital information about their identities, which will be passed to the appropriate parties to be used at a future date.

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1. Woods, Wes II and David Allen. "Neo-Nazi rally to be held in Claremont," Daily Bulletin. March 11, 2011. http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_17596439

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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Nazis attack antiracists in Riverside

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Nazis attack antiracists in Riverside
by Rockero Monday, May. 31, 2010 at 2:45 PM
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
RIVERSIDE, California - In the latest anti-fascist action to occur in this conservative inland city , a small group of anti-fascists planned to out Jeff Hall, the California "commander" of the Michigan-based National Socialist Movement (NSM), outside of his house. They were violently confronted by about thirty Nazis, who brandished firearms and threatened the safety of the demonstrators.
Late last year, the National Socialist Movement announced the opening of a California chapter based in Riverside, the largest city in southern part of the state's Inland Empire. On September 26, they held a protest at the corner at Madison and Indiana, where people of color gather to look for work. In response, activists formed a broad-based coalition composed of political parties, students groups, labor unions, churches, and community groups to demonstrate their opposition to racism and hatred at City Hall. Meanwhile, a smaller contingent of antifascist activists took a more direct approach at the targeted corner, confiscating swastika-laden flags from the nazis and ultimately expelling the ragtag bunch after a few small skirmishes.

Humiliated, the Nazis decided to return the following month. Once again, the community rallied against them, drawing anywhere between 700 and 1000. On this occasion, however, the racists enjoyed the protection of numerous riot-gear clad police officers from multiple agencies who allowed them to make their hateful stand. When valiant antifascists from the Brown Berets penetrated the police perimeter, a small conflict took place. The day ended with two of our comrades behind bars, one for disobeying a police order and the other for throwing a "deadly weapon" later identified as a lemon.

As Nazis continued to organize, community activists recognized the need to increase the pressure. They published Jeff Hall's home address, which he uses as a base of operations, and called for a protest, scheduled to take place during the NSM's monthly meeting. "We're doing this because there are people in our community--people of color--who live in that neighborhood," explained one of the organizers, who asked to remain anonymous.

In response, the Nazis published a flyer calling for a demonstration at the home of a longtime Riverside activist, accusing him of "child endangerment," who had been active in the anti-Nazi organizing last year. Apparently, the Nazis were under the impression that the Riverside activist--who is Jewish--had called for the demonstration at the Nazi house, where a young child also resides. The Riverside activist was not involved in the planning and execution of the home demonstration, but made a handy scapegoat, especially for those who believe that people of color are incapable of organizing in their own defense. Unlike Hall, the activist, who is a leader in a statewide socialist party, does not use his home as a base for organization.

However, due to the the overwhelming presence of California human rights defenders at the National Day of Action for Arizona, turnout was relatively low. Only about seven members of the SoCal Antiracist Network were present, backed up by a contingent of about five Brown Berets. "Our reason for being there was to be security, to get Chicanos out of there if anything happened. We were not there to break any laws, we were not intending to go into the house," said of the the leaders from the Brown Berets.

Four police officers in riot gear were at the end of the cul-de-sac where Hall lives, and the police helicopter hovered overhead. Once the antifascists took their stand, a crowd of about thirty Nazis in full fascist costume swarmed out of the house and confronted one of the organizers. "We're not here to fight," he explained, and backed up about thirty feet. The Nazi charged him aggressively, but the antiracist defended himself, knocking the Nazi out cold at the end of his charge. The Nazis continued their offensive against the antiracists, chanting "Get the girl!" and attempting to strike the only woman present, a member of the Brown Berets. They brandished two firearms as police looked on, refusing to intervene in the violence. "If you don't like it, get out of here," one of the officers told a member of the Berets.

In light of the armed Nazi aggression, the antiracists withdrew their picket for the day. The antifascist struggle in Riverside, however, is anything but over.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Judith Halberstam lecture: "Homosexuality and Fascism"

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Judith Halberstam lecture: "Homosexuality and Fascism"
by Rockero Monday, Feb. 08, 2010 at 5:34 PM
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February 4, 2010
CLAREMONT - Feminist and queer theorist Judith "Jack" Halberstam, professor at USC best known for her work on female masculinity, gave a slide lecture at Pomona College titled "The Killer in You is the Killer in Me": Homosexuality and Fascism.

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After a brief introduction by Professor Angelina Chin, Halberstam began by referring to the recent film Brüno, a vehicle for the British comic Sasha Baron Cohen. In it, Cohen plays a gay character who describes himself as "the second most understood Austrian of all time," a reference to the fascist dictator Adolf Hitler. The character also performs an exaggerated homosexuality. She used this pop culture example to challenge some commonly-held assumptions (that one's politics flow from one's sexuality, i.e., gays and lesbians "naturally" tend towards progressive politics.) Another common image, especially in the media, is that of the queer victim who stands up to his/her aggressor. This is the dominant figure, the hero in queer meida, but does not necessarily harmonize with the historical record.


Recently, there has been a heightened depiction of (especially male) homoeroticism during the Third Reich. She dissected the various ways in which male homosexuality intersected with Nazism in Germany, tearing down the "Pink triangle vs. Pink Swastika" dialectic.

The final part of the talk was on other media explorations of the homosexuality-fascism connection, including the work of Tom of Finland, Stuart Marshall, Collier Schorr, and Attila Richard Lukacs.

The lecture ended with a quetion-and-answer/group discussion, and was followed by a reception hosted by Pomona College's Queer Resource Center.

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by Rockero Monday, Feb. 08, 2010 at 5:34 PM
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Actions + Conversations + Intersections 2010: Second Annual Los Ángeles Anarchist Bookfair / Acciones + Conversaciones + Intersecciones 2010: Segunda

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Actions + Conversations + Intersections 2010: Second Annual Los Ángeles Anarchist Bookfair
by Rockero Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010 at 11:35 PM
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

HOLLYWOOD - For the second consecutive year, Los Angeles anarchists organized a bookfair, which, in addition to facilitating exchanges between vendors and literature-hungry readers, also provided an array of panel discussions, workshops, and most importantly, quality interactions with fellow activists in the liberation movement.
Preparations began months ago, when members of the collective that organized last year's bookfair at the Southern California Library began holding meetings and seeking the input of other members of the community. The collective grew, and arrangements were made to hold this year's fair at the Barnsdall Art Park, a hilltop park with such amenities as a theater, an art gallery, and a grassy area with a sculpture garden. Potential speakers were discussed and contacted. A call was issued for workshop proposals, and applications came flooding in. Community events, such as film screenings and concerts were held to raise funds and awareness about the bookfair and about anarchism in general. At long last, the day arrived.

Rainy weather throughout the week alleviated worries about longstanding water scarcity issues drought to some extent, but raised concerns about the realization of the bookfair. Fortunately, however, Sunday morning saw crystalline sunlight and azure skies, a positive sign for a productive day.

Vendors and organizers started arriving at about nine, setting up tables, posting signs, plugging in extension cords, and tying up logistical loose ends. The dancers of Danza Azteca Cuauhtémoc began donning their headdresses and anklets in preparation for the opening ceremony. And the people started arriving: community activists, punk rockers, vegans, students, artists, parents, media activists, attorneys, indigenous people, travelers, and anarchists of all stripes.

The scent of copal filled the air as Danza Cuauhtémoc formally initiated the day's events with a ceremony traditionally associated with the planting of seeds, in hopes that the seeds of revolutionary consciousness would take root in the community. Thanks was given for the rain, and homage was paid to the indigenous caretakers of the land upon which we stood. Forgiveness was asked from the plants and animals for the human violations of their lives and homes. Finally, we were asked to share in the pain of the migrants who suffer and die as they brave borders, violence, and the elements in their quest for the dignity that should be guaranteed to us all. "These people are just like the hummingbirds, or the deer. They move also for economic reasons," intoned Judith, a leader among the dancers. "So we're no different."

Upon the conclusion of the ceremony, the crowd of spectators began milling about, some eager to attend the first workshops, others looking for food, while others began browsing the merchandise.

The first round of workshops included a talk on dual power and modern anarchism by Harjit and Adam W., a discussion on the German Autonomen movement, a pre-cursor of the black bloc, led by Raoul, and a presentation on anarchism and urban planning by Olympia, an urban planner. In the video room, the Revolutionary Autonomous Communities film We're Still Here, We Never Left, a documentary on the police attack on May Day protesters in MacArthur Park, was screened.

At the talk on dual power, to which other attendees contributed greatly, Harjit began by positing that, while anarchists ask the general population to abandon capitalism, we lack the infrastructure that would allow people to make that leap. Tom Wetzel of the Workers Solidarity Alliance went on to debunk some of the myths surrounding anarchist positions on power. "One of the weaknesses of anarchism historically was there was a lot of confusion about power. People say we're against power, but actually, the mass of people, the working class people, can't liberate itself without actually creating new structures of power to run things. To run the society, that's power. And I think the idea of popular power, power that's based on 'we're all equals,' self-managed kind of power, I mean, that's how I think of the replacement for the state and the corporations, and so on. But in terms of developping power now, it might be useful to distinguish between, like, social power that people build through movements that are engaged in confrontations, like shutting down workplaces. That means ordinary people are actually exercising power, some power. But it's power that comes about through struggle, through confrontation with the people that have power in this system. But if you're just running a collective, like of food distribution, that's not really power, that's collectively managing a resource. But I think that's different from social power. And the point you said about transition to the new society, we have to have things there that can make that transition, historically, that was part of the whole reason for syndicalism--you develop a working-class movement where we have in all the various workplaces, we have workers organized in revolutionary, self-managed workplace organizations or unions, so that in a transitional situation, they can take over the running of those workplaces and guarantee that we still have food and transportation and public utilities and so on."

During the next hour, the first of the panel discussions was held. Authors of anarchist texts, including Andrej Grubačić, the author of Wobblies and Zapatistas, Cindy Milstein, who penned the forthcoming Anarchist Aspirations, Mitchell Cowen Verter, editor of the Ricardo Flores-Magón reader Dreams of Freedom, and Gary Phillips, who produced The Jook, who shared insights about their works.

Meanwhile, a discussion was held about anti-fascist organizing in the Southern California area, which touched on the topics of recent Nazi activiy in the Inland Empire and current efforts to oppose the American Third Position Party, as well as issues of race within the antifascist movement and the historic anarchist opposition to fascism.

In the video room, a slide show of anarchist-themed posters from the holdings of the Center for the Study of Political Graphics was presented.

The next hour featured a panel presentation about political prisoners. Ojore Lutalo and Sherman Austin, both former political prisoners, shared the stage with Mapache, the moderator, Matt, an organizer with the Los Angeles chapter of the Anarchist Black Cross Federation, and Ben, who was discussing political prisoners in Latin America.

Before beginning the discussion, Mapache asked the audience to entertain a few questions as they listened. "Specifically for the white audience, do you view yourself as oppressed?" He based his definition of oppression on that of Julis Lester in the text Revolutionary Notes, copies of which were circulated amongst the audience. "Second question is for the entire audience, do you consider yourself a revolutionary or progressive?" Another pamphlet was distributed on this topic. "Third question, do you view drugs as revolutionary or counterrevolutionary?"

Ojore began: "I became politically active in the early 1970s after living a life of drugs and street crime. I went to prison, and I met the late New Afrikan anarchist Kuwasi Balagoon and other POW political prisoners. It was at least seven years later, then I joined the armed struggle, underground. I was captured in 1975 for an armed bank expropriation, engaging the police in a gun battle. Then I served 28 years in Trenton State Prison for my political activity, and I was released August 26th, 2009 by way of court order."

He continued with an update on the BLA: "Currently, the BLA is dormant, due to activities of COINTELPRO--currently Homeland Security. But you still have BLA prisoners in the prisons who aren't being supported who are in dire need of your support. For instance, Sekou Odinga just served 28 years in the federal system. He was transferred to New York State prison system several months ago. He is currently serving 20 years to life. His last hope for release is based on a pending action he has in court. He's in the process of trying to raise $5,000 to retain an attorney to assist him in his legal battle." He also discussed Sundiata Acoli, who will face the parole board next month, Herman Bell, and their need for support.

Sherman Austin, jailed for two years for being the webmaster of the revolutionary website raisethefist.com spoke next, discussing the tactics that were used against him. "It's kinda funny that it's the anniversary [of the FBI raid on his house] and it's the anarchist bookfair. I don't know if that was intentional, or just kind of happened to be. The type of tactics that were used were wiretaps, they monitored instant messenger conversations, e-mails, I had cars parked in front of my house, I was followed." He went on to clarify some of the common misconceptions about his case and the USA PATRIOT Act. "After all this went down, there was a lot of talk about how our civil liberties were being eroded because of the USA PATRIOT Act, but the fact of the matter is that all this stuff had been going on a lot longer before my case even started. The PATRIOT Act just put it out there and said, the government said, and the FBI said, 'We're just gonna do it, but we're not gonna do it under the cover anymore, we're not gonna do it under the rug, we're gonna do it out in front of everyone's face and there's nothing anyone can do about it.'"

Matt then spoke on the difference between oppressions faced by working-class whites and communities of color, quoting Stokely Carmichael: "Whites are exploited, but other communities are colonized." In this sense, it is incumbent upon whites in the movement to realize, as he put it, "this is our movement as well." Nonetheless, he pointed out, it is important to recognize how easy it is for whites to make use of their white skin privilege in order to avoid the consequences of their involvement in revolutionary politics, whereas people of color have no such recourse.

Sherman elaborated on the situation, explaining that the FBI's interest in him was the result of a young white man who failed to take responsibility for placing bomb-making instructions on a website that was hosted on Sherman's server. In addition, people involved in the movement that had bruited about the need for revolution were the first to become informants once state pressure was brought to bear upon them. "When we turn our backs on each other, that destroys our movement," he summarized.

Ojore shared that faced a similar situation in 1982, when a former Black Panther with a drug problem became an informant, which led to Ojore's apprehension by the FBI and his subsequent incarceration. He continued with an analysis of drug use, concluding that it is a counterrevolutionary form of self-oppression and that revolutionaries should not use drugs, and those that do, should seek the help of revolutionary substance abuse programs.

Mapache then challenged the audience, who had been pondering the question of the distinction between progressivism and revolution, to support political prisoners, since they are the ones who have taken steps that others were unwilling or unable to take and are now suffering for it. Matt shared the story of Thomas Warner, an incarcerated Black Panther who committed suicide in prison. "Part of the reason why he committed suicide was because of the fact that he didn't have support. He felt alone. This is somebody that was a political prisoner, that every single political prisoner support organization had on their list, but not a single one of them knew who this guy was. We found this out two years later after he died. Two years later. And it makes me think that if there were more people out there doing political prisoner work, maybe one more letter would've gotten to him, and it might've changed his mindset just a little bit."

Ben then shared some highlights from a report on political prisoners in Latin America provided by Rodolfo Montes de Oca, a Venezuelan comrade of the LA bookfair collective and a member of the editorial collective of El Libertario. For one, Latin America is the region of the world with the greatest number of anarchists assassinated by both state and para-state actors. There has also been an upsurge in anarchist activity--primarily to denounce the pseudo-socialism espoused by the left-wing governments currently dominating the continent, which has faced severe repression and resulted in numerous political prisoners. Among them are Diego Sebastián Petrissans, Leandro Sebastián Morel, Cristián Cancino, Marcelo Villarroel, Freddy Fuentevilla, Axel Osorio, Asel Luzárraga, Matías Castro, Pablo Carvajal, Víctor Hernández Govea, Emmanuel Hernández Hernández, Abraham López Martínez, Fermín Gómez Trejo, and Sabino Romero, all of whom are in need of solidarity and support.

While the political prisoners panel was being conducted, Kaley, a member of the Anarcha-feminist collective Anarcha-LA and the coordinator of childcare at the bookfair, gave a workshop on radical parenting, and elsewhere, a film on abuses of immigrant workers in the sheep industry was screened. On the balcony, Tom Wetzel and other members of the Workers Solidarity Alliance introduced curious attendees to their organization. Outside Barnsdall's Junior Arts Center, a talk on veganism and health was attended by more than thirty people. "I got to talk to an anarchist vegan dietician who let me know the perks of the diet, and making sure that I'm eating correctly and I'm not gonna end up doing harm to my body, and that was really cool because he answered a lot of my questions," said Francisco, a student from Santiago, Chile who recently unenrolled due to the high cost of tuition.

The next hour saw a packed theater for the panel on indigenous resistance. Simultaneously, Cindy Milstein shared space with Andrew, a member of the Institute for Anarchist Studies and anarchist archives, a film on the criminalization of the participants in the Oakland rebellion was screened, and there was a chat about anarchists and radicals in the health professions.

The panel was made up of Professor Andrea Smith from the Cherokee Nation, Alex Soto from the Tohono O'odham Nation, Mark and Jamie, traditionalists from the Diné Nation, and Klee Benally, also of the Diné Nation. Topics included the centrality of indigenous rights to any struggle for liberation, the border wall, cultural genocide, the Táala Hooghan infoshop.

Outside, Andrew spoke on the importance of anarchist archives, showing examples of materials from the Anarchy Archives in Claremont. He emphasized the need to preserve our own history and to support the work of archivists the world over who conserve the evidence of our struggle. His talk dovetailed neatly into Cindy on the Institute for Anarchist Studies. She encouraged those present to apply for the grants that the Institute issues to writers and translators.

The film concerned the rebellion that took place in response to the New Year's Eve police murder of 22-year-old Oscar Grant. The trial of Grant's murderer, Johannes Mehserle, has been moved to Los Angeles and local media activists are closely following the trial in order to facilitate the achievement of justice for Grant and his family.

The final panel, which was on worker and student occupations, took place during the next hour. Sirena spoke about workers' occupations in Argentina, while Chris, Eowyn, Gifford, and Paul took part in the discussion, most of which centered around recent efforts to oppose budget cuts in the California public education systems and to reclaim student spaces.

Outside, Ned led a talk on radical queer politics, which deconstructed the "-isms" experienced by queer and trans people, while Toi and Rebecca led a workshop on autonomous birthing.

The last set of workshops included the Earth First! roadshow, a screening of a film on strikes and occupations, a workshop on prison abolition led by the Los Angeles chapter of Critical Resistance, and a look at radical feminist anatomy by Pati, a doula.

Throughout the day, spontaneous conversations and impromptu workshops were held. At a makeshift bicycle garage, lessons on repair and maintenance were given. Illogic, a Canadian hip-hop artist from the raised fist collective and partner in rhyme of Testament, gave a self-defense workshop. The Long Beach chapter of Food not Bombs served food provided by the Los Angeles chapter, and when that ran out, the guerrilla chapter showed up to feed those of us who were still hungry or had not gotten any of the vegan sopes being sold by Mariana and her family. An intrepid environmentalist, not to be let down by the absence of tree-climbing promoted on the flyer, decided to simply take matters into his own hands. A graf artist set up a canvas and did live painting. At some point, goods donated by vendors and comrades were raffled off, elating the prizewinners. Rebel folk musicians inspired children and their parents to dance. And everywhere, people chatted, got to know one another, traded contact info, and of course, shopped.

As the events began dying down, a microphone was set up. The Outspoken Wordsmiths, another Canadian hip-hop group who is touring with Testament and Illogic to promote resistance to the 2010 Olympic Games, which are to be held on the occupied Salishan territories known today as British Columbia, performed, and then beatboxed under the freestylings of various members of the audience. After the performance, members of the bookfair collective gave thanks to the attendees, vendors, and guests, particularly those who came great distances, and opened the microphone up for announcements. These included messages regarding RAC's programs, the upcoming March for Zapata in East Los Angeles, and an afterparty/concert held at the Tribal Café. Finally, a request was made for clean-up support. Everyone did their share, lent a hand, and packed up the tables in no time at all.

If we can reorganize the society in the same way we organized the bookfair, then we can surely build a new world from the ashes of the old.

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The author would like to thank the members of the Los Angeles Anarchist Bookfair Collective for their support in the composition of this article.

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Acciones + Conversaciones + Intersecciones 2010: Segunda Anual Feria del Libro Anarquista
by Rockero Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 at 12:10 AM
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Domingo, 24 Enero 2010

HOLLYWOOD - Por el segundo año consecutivo, anarquistas del área de Los Ángeles realizaron una feria de libros, la cual que, además de propiciar intercambios entre vendedores y lectores ávaros para la literatura, también posibilitó todo un espectro de pláticas en panel, talleres, y de suma importancia, interacciones de calidad entre compañerxs activistas del movimiento libertario.

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Los preparativos se iniciaron hace unos meses, cuando integrantes del colectivo coordinador de la feria del libro anarquista del año pasado, que tuvo lugar en la Librería del Sur de California, empezó a reunir y pedir las aportaciones y sugerencias de otros sectores de la comunidad. El colectivo comenzó a crecer, y se hicieron arreglos para realizar la feria del año en curso en el Parque de Arte Barnsdall, ubicado en la cima de un cerro y que cuenta con tales lujos como un teatro, una galería de arte, y un jardín de esculturas en una plaza de pasto. El colectivo habló de e hizo contacto con posibles oradores. Se lanzó un llamado para propuestas para talleres, y las solicitudes empezaron a llegar en multitudes. Eventos comunitarios como muestras cinematográficas y conciertos fueron planificados con el fin de propagandizar la feria y el anarquismo, al igual que para recaudar fondos. Después de tanto preparar, el día clave por fin llegó.

Una semana entera de lluvias fuertes incitó preocupaciones referente a la realización de la feria del libro, no obstante su alivio a la carencia regional de aguas. Afortunadamente, el firmamento amaneció cristalino y despejado de toda nube, un buen agüero que prefiguraba un día productivo.

Por las nueve empezaron a llegar los organizadores y vendedores, armando mesas, poniendo rótulos, enchufando cables, y finalizando detalles logísticos. Los danzantes de la tropa Danza Azteca Cuauhtémoc llegaron y se pusieron a ponerse los tocados de pluma y tobilleras de capullo, alistándose para la ceremonia inicial. Y empezó a llegar la gente: activistas comunitarios, punkeros, veganos, estudiantes, artistas, madres y padres de familias, activistas mediáticos, abogados, indígenas, viajeros, y anarquistas de toda variedad.

La danza formalizó el comienzo del evento con una danza tradicionalmente asociada con la siembra de semillas, con la esperanza que se germinara una conciencia revolucionaria entre el pueblo. Al danzar, el aire se llenó del aroma de copal. Lxs danzantes dieron gracias por las lluvias recientes, y luego hicieron homenaje a lxs conservadorxs de la tierra, el pueblo indígena. Luego pidieron el perdón de los animales y las plantas por la violación humana de sus vidas y hogares. Finalmente, nos pidieron que compartieramos del sufrimiento de los migrantes que mueren al enfrentar fronteras, violencia, y el intemperie en su búsqueda para la dignidad que nos debería ser garantizada a todxs. "Estas personas son como los colibríes, o como los venados. También se trasladan por motivos económicos," precisó Judith, líder entre lxs danzantes. "Entonces, nosotros no nos diferenciamos tanto de ellos."

Se concluyó la ceremonia, y el públicó empezó a dispersarse para asistir los primeros talleres, buscar comida, y mercar.

La primera ronda de talleres incluyó una plática sobre el doble poder y el anarquismo moderno por Harjit y Adam W., una charla sobre el Autonomen Alemán, un movimiento que precedió el brote del Bloque Negro, liderado por Raoul, y una presentación sobre el anarquismo y la planificación urbana por Olympia. En el salón de videos, las Comunidades Revolucionarias Autónomas mostraron su película Todavía Estamos Aquí, Nunca Nos Fuimos, un documental sobre el ataque policial contra manifestantes en el Parque MacArthur el primero de mayo, 2007.

El la plática sobre el doble poder, a la cual el público contribuyó bastante, Harjit empezó con la idea que, aunque los anarquistas piden que el pueblo abandone el capitalismo, nos hace falta la infraestructura que permitiría que el pueblo tome ese gran paso. En el proceder, Tom Wetzel de la Alianza Solidaridad Obrera aclaró uno de los mitos rodeante el anarquismo, el de la postura anarquista hacia el poder. "Históricamente, una de las debilidades del anarquismo ha sido que ha habido mucha ambigüedad en torno al poder. Hay lxs que dicen que nos oponemos al poder, pero la verdad es que la mayoría de la gente, la clase obrera, no puede liberarse sin crear de nuevo estructuras de poder para gestionar las cosas. Manejar la sociedad, ése es el poder. Y pienso que la idea del poder popular, un poder que se basa sobre 'somos iguales,' un poder autogestionado, digo, así es como conceptualizo una sustitución para el estado y las corporaciones, etcétera. Pero en cuanto al desarrollo actual del poder, vale distinguir entre, por ejemplo, poder social que la gente construye a través de movimientos que participan en confrontaciones, como el cerrar de lugares de trabajo. O sea que el pueblo común está ejerciendo el poder, hasta cierto grado. Pero es un poder que se logra mediante la lucha, por enfrentarse a lxs que tienen el poder dentro del sistema. Pero si estás manejando un colectivo, digamos una distribución alimenticia, eso no es el poder verídico, eso es manejar colectivamente un recurso. Es diferente del poder social. Lo que decías de una transición a la nueva sociedad, que tenemos que tener cosas para hacer esa transición, históricamente, eso fue parte de la razón para el sindicalismo--se desarrolla un movimiento de clase obrera en el que tenemos en todos los talleres obrerxs organizadxs en sindicatos revolucionarios y autogestionantes para que éstos se encarguen de manejar los talleres y asegurar que tengamos comida, transporte, servicios públicos, etcétera."

Durante la siguiente hora, la primera discusión de pánel tuvo lugar. Autores de textos anarquistas, incluyendo a Andrej Grubačić, autor de Wobblies y Zapatistas, Cindy Milstein, quien escribió Anarchist Aspirations (a estrenarse próximamente), Mitchell Cowen Verter, editor de la copilación magonista Dreams of Freedom, y Gary Philliips, compositor de The Jook, compartieron reflexiones sobre sus obras.

Mientras, se llevó a cabo una charla sobre esfuerzos antifascitas en la región surcaliforniana que tocó los temas de la reciente actividad neonazista en el interior del Sur de California, el tema de la raza dentro del movimiento antifascista, y gestos actuales en contra del nuevo Partido Americano Tercera Posición. También abarcó antecedentes históricos de oposición anarquista al fascismo.

En el salón de videos, una exposición de diapositivas de afiches anarquistas de la colección del Centro para el Estudio de la Gráfica Política fue presentada.

Lxs próximxs panelistas trataron el tema de presos políticos. Ojore Lutalo y Sherman Austin, ambos ex-presos políticos, compartieron el escenario con Mapache, el facilitador, Matt, un organizador con el comité de Los Ángeles de la Federación Cruz Negra Anarquista, y Benjamín, quien habló de los presos políticos en Latinoamérica.

Antes de empezar la plática, Mapache pidió al público que consideraran ciertas preguntas al escuchar. "En particular para lxs de herencia europea, ¿te consideras oprimidx?" Basó su definición de opresión sobre la de Julius Lester en su obra Revolutionary Notes, copias de la cual fueron distribuídas entre la audiencia. "Segunda pregunta para el público en general, ¿te consideras revolucionarix o progresista?" Se repartió otro folleto tocante este tema. "Tercera pregunta, ¿consideras qu la droga es revolucionaria o contrarrevolucionaria?"

Empezó Ojore: "Fui politicizado en los tempranos setentas después de una vida de drogas y delincuencia callejera. Fui encarcelado, y conocí al fallecido anarquista Nuevoafrikano Kuwasi Balagoon y otros presos políticos de guerra. Unos siete años después me integré a la lucha armada clandestina. Me llevaron preso en 1975 por una expropriación bancaria armada, batallando a tiros con la policía. Luego de una condena de 28 años en el Penal Estatal de Trenton por mi actividad política, fui puesto en libertad por orden judicial el 26 de agosto, 2009."

Continuó con actualidades sobre el Ejército Libertador Negro: "Actualmente, el ELN está inactivo debido a las actividades de COINTELPRO, actualmente Seguridad Interna. Pero hay todavía presos del ELN en las prisiones que no reciben apoyo y necesitan urgentemente de tu apoyo. Por ejemplo, Sekou Odinga acaba de cumplir 28 años en el sistema federal y fue trasladado el sistema carcelario del estado de Nueva York hace unos meses. Su sentencia es de 20 años a vida. Su última esperanza para la libertad depende de una audiencia pendiente. Está en el proceso de recaudar $5.000 para contratar a un abogado para asesorarlo en su batalla legal." También habló de Sundiata Acoli, quien tendrá audiencia ante la mesa directiva de fianza el mes entrante, Herman Bell, y la necesidad que ellos tienen de apoyo.

Sherman Austin, encarcelado por dos años por manejar el sitio de internet raisethefist.com, fue el próximo en hablar de las tácticas que fueron utilizadas en su contra. "Cómo es curioso que es el aniversario [del cateo del FBI de su casa] y es la feria del libro anarquista. No sé si eso fue intencional o simplemente ocurrió así por casualidad. La clase de tácticas que usaron contra mí fueron pinchadas telefónicas, monitoreo de conversaciones de mensajería instantánea, correos electrónicos, estacionaron carros fuera de mi casa, me siguieron." Aclaró un malentendimiento que tienen muchos acerca del USA PATRIOT Act y su caso. "Después de que todo esto ocurrió, se hablaba mucho de cómo nos estaban repelando los derechos individuales por el PATRIOT Act, pero el hecho es que todas estas cosas ya estaban en marcha mucho más antes del caso mío. El PATRIOT Act simplemente declaraba que el gobieron y el FBI ya no iban a ocultar sus actividades sino ejercer abiertamente, y no había nada que nadie pudiera hacer en contra."

Luego habló Matt sobre la diferencia entre las opresiones que enfrentan blancxs de clase obrera y comunidades de color, citándole a Stokely Carmichael: "Los blancos son explotados, pero otras comunidades son colonizadas. En este sentido, es el deber de lxs blancxs de darse cuenta que, según el locutor, "Éste es nuestro movimiento también." Sin embargo, señaló que es importante reconocer que tan fácil es que lxs blancxs aprovechen del privilegio que les otorga el color de su piel para evitar las consecuencias de su involucramiento en la política revolucionaria, mientras que para personas de color, no existe esa posibilidad.

Explicó Sherman que el interés que tuvo en él el FBI resultó de las acciones de un joven blanco que no tomó responsabilidad por poner instrucciones para fabricar bombas en un sitio de internet mantenido en el servidor de Sherman. A ésto se suma que fueron lxs mismxs activistas que más fuertemente hablaban de revolución que luego que sintieron la presión de los aparatos estatales, se volvieron informadores. "Cuando nos damos la espalda el uno al otro, eso destruye nuestro movimiento," resumió.

Ojore compartió que él había enfrentado una situación semejante en 1982, cuando un ex-Pantera Negra con un problema de drogadicción se hizo infromador, hecho que terminó con su aprehensión en manos del FBI y su encarcelamiento consecuente. Procedió su análisis del uso de drogas, en la que concluyó que es una forma contrarrevolucionaria de auto-opresión y que lxs revolucionarixs no deben usar drogas, y los que las usan deben buscar la ayuda de programas revolucionarios de antidroga.

Luego retó Mapache al público, que había estado reflexionando sobre la distinción entre progresismo y revolución, a que apoyaran presxs políticxs, ya que son ellxs que han tomado los pasos que otrxs no pudieron tomar y ahora ya están sufriendo por lo mismo. Matt relató la historia de Thomas Warner, un Pantera Negra encarcelado que cometió suicidio en la cárcel. "Parte de la razón por qué él se suicidó fue porque él no tenía ningún apoyo. Se sentía sólo. Fue alguien que era preso político, que todas las organizaciones de apoyo a presxs políticxs tenían en sus listas, pero ninguno de ellas sabía quien era este tipo. Nosotros nos enteramos dos años despues de su muerte. Dos años después. Y me hace pensar que si hubiera más personas trabajando el teme de presxs políticxs, tal vez una carta más le habría llegado, y le podría haber cambiado un tantito su mentalidad."

De allí destacó Benjamín algunos detalles de una exposición sobre presxs latinoamericanos proporcionada por Rodolfo Montes de Oca, un compañero venezolano del colectivo coordinador de la feria del libro e integrante del colectivo editorial de El Libertario. Por uno, Latinoamérica viene siendo la región del mundo con la mayor cantidad de anarquistas asesinadxs por actores estatales y paraestatales. También ha habido una resurgencia de actividad anarquista--principalmente en denuncia del socialismo falso adoptado por los gobiernos izquierdistas que actualmente predominan en el continente sudamericano. Estos anarquistas han sido reprimidos cruentamente y muchos han termindo en la cárcel. Entre ellos son Diego Sebastián Petrissans, Leandro Sebastián Morel, Cristián Cancino, Marcelo Villarroel, Freddy Fuentevilla, Axel Osorio, Asel Luzárraga, Matías Castro, Pablo Carvajal, Víctor Hernández Govea, Emmanuel Hernández Hernández, Abraham López Martínez, Fermín Gómez Trejo, y Sabino Romero, todos de los cuales necesitan solidaridad y apoyo.

En lo que el pánel sobre presxs políticxs acontecía, Kaley, integrante del colectivo anarcofeminista Anarcha-LA y coordinadora del cuidado de niños para la feria de libros, dio un taller sobre la crianza de niños para radicales. En otro salón pasó una película sobre abusos de trabajadores inmigrantes en la industria ovejera. En el balcón, Tom Wetzel y otros miembros de la Alianza Solidaridad Obrera presentó su organización a partícipes interesadxs. Afuera del Centro Artístico Juvenil del Parque Barnsdall, una plática sobre la salud y el veganismo fue asistida por más de 30 personas. "Logré hablar con un nutricionista anarcovegano quien me dio a saber las ventajas de la dieta y me ayudó a asegurar que estoy comiendo correctamente y que no iba a hacer daño a mi organismo, y me gustó bastante porque contestó todas mis preguntas," recalcó Francisco, un ex-estudiante originario de Santiago de Chile ya radicado en California que tuvo que retirarse de las clases por el incremento en las colegiaturas.

Durante la próxima hora se llenó por completo el teatro para el pánel sobre la resistancia indígena. Simultáneamente, Cindy Milstein compartió espacio con Andrew, miembro del Instituto por los Estudios Anarquistas y archivos anarquistas. También se mostró un documental sobre la criminalización de participantes de la rebelión de Oakland y se hizo una plática sobre anarquistas dentro de las profesiones de salud.

El pánel constó de Profesora Andrea Smith de la Nación Chéroqui, Alex Soto de la Nación Tohono O'odham, Mark y Jaime, tradicionalistas de la Nación Diné, y Klee Benally, también de la Nación Diné. Temas incluyeron la centralidad de los derechos indígenas a toda lucha por liberación, el muro fronterizo entre Estados Unidos y México, genocidio cultural, y el infoshop Táala Hooghan.

Afuera, Andrew habló de la importancia de los acervos anarquistas, mostrando ejemplos de materiales de los Anarchy Archives de Claremont. Enfatizó la necesidad de preservar nuestra propia historia y de apoyar la labor de archivistas de todo el mundo que conservan las evidencias de nuestra lucha. Su plática se alineó bien con la de Cindy sobre el Instituto por los Estudios Anarquistas. Ella alentó a lxs que estuvieron presentes que pidieran las becas que el Instituto otorga a escritores y traductores.

La película se trató de una revuelta que transpiró como respuesta al asesinato policial de Oscar Grant, de 22 años el primero de enero del año pasado. El proceso jurídico de Johannes Mehserle, acusado del crimen, ha sido trasladado a Los Ángeles, y activistas locales están siguiendo el proceso para afirmar el anhelo popular para justicia en el caso.

El último pánel, que abordó el tema de ocupaciones de obreros y estudiantes, tomó lugar durante la próxima hora. Sirena habló de ocupaciones de obreros en Argentina, mientras que Chris, Eowyn, Gifford, y Paul participaron en la discusión que se centró sobre recientes esfuerzos para oponer recortes presupuestarios en el sistema educativo público de California y para reclamar espacios estudiantiles.

Afuera, Ned encabezó un taller sobre la política radical de la comunidad LBGT, el cual deconstruyó los "-ismos" experimentados por miembros de dicha comunidad, mientras que Toi y Rebecca dirigieron un taller sobre el parto autónomo.

La última hora de talleres incluyó la gira de ¡Tierra Primera!, la muestra de una película sobre paros y ocupaciones, un taller sobre abolición carcelaria dirigido por el comité de Los Ángeles de Resistencia Crítica, y una mirada radical a la anatomía feminina por Pati, una partera.

A lo largo del día, conversaciones espontáneas y talleres improvisadas se realizaron. En un taller mécanico para bicicletas, se dieron lecciones sobre reparaciones a bicicletas. Illogic, artista canadiense de hip-hop del colectivo puño alzado y co-presentador con Testament, dio un taller de autodefensa. El comité de Long Beach de Comida No Bombas sirvió refrigerio provisto por el comité de Los Ángeles, y cuando ése se acabó, el comité guerrillero llegó para alimentar a lxs que seguían con hambre o que no alcanzaron a comprar los sopes veganos a la venta por Mariana y su familia. Un ecologista audaz, no desilusionado por la falta de trepado de árboles prometido en el volante, decidió simplemente trepar un árbol solito. Un artista de grafitti armó un lienzo y se puso a pintar. Al agrado del público, se rifó mercancía donada por vendedores y compañerxs. Músicos del folclor rebelde inspiraron a niños y sus padres a bailar. Y en todas partes, personas se platicaron, se conocieron, intercambiaron datos, y por supuesto, compraron.

Al tranquilizarse los eventos del día, se arregló un sistema de sonido. Los Outspoken Wordsmiths, otro grupo canadiense de hip-hop de gira con Illogic y Testament para promover resistencia a los juegos olímpicos del 2010, que se harán sobre terrenos ocupados del pueblo Salish ahora conocidos como Colombia Británica, estrenaron, y luego proveyeron un ritmo de beatbox para raperos del público. Después de la presentación, integrantes del colectivo coordinador de la feria del libro dieron gracias a lxs asistentes, vendedores, e invitadxs, en especial a lxs que vinieron de la lejanía, y luego abrieron el micrófono para anuncios. Éstos incluyeron mensajes sobre los proyectos de las Comunidades Revolucionarias Autónomas, la anual Marcha por Zapata en el Éste de Los Ángeles, y un pos-feria concierto en el Café Tribal. Por último, se pidió manos de obra para ayudar con la limpieza del parque. Todxs aportaron, ayudaron, y de volada se guardaron las mesas.

Si se puede reorganizar la sociedad como se organizó la feria del libro, seguro que podramos construir un mundo nuevo de las cenizas del antiguo.
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Al autor le gustaría extender sus agradecimientos a lxs integrantes del colectivo coordinador de la Feria del Libro Anarquista de Los Ángeles por su colaboración en este artículo.

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View of the outside of the gallery (early on)

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View of Hollywood sign from the hilltop.

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Judith asks us to share the pain of the migrant.

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Dual power and modern anarchism

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German Autonomen

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Anarchist urban planning

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Vegan tacos

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Bicycle kitchen

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Antifascist action in Southern California

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Political prisoners panel

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Children's area

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Institute for Anarchist Studies / Anarchist archives


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http://la.indymedia.org/news/2010/01/234472.php

Photo set 2.

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Veganism and health
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Live graf painting

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View of outdoor vendors' tables

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Insane Dialectical Posse, presente

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Video room
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21...Occupations panel

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RAC

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Riot folk...

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...inspires dance!

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Critical Resistance workshop

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treeclimber

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Freestyler from the audience, Beatboxing by Outspoken Wordsmiths

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http://la.indymedia.org/news/2010/01/234405.php


Audio from the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Anarchist Bookfair
by Rockero with support from A Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 at 8:42 PM
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

HOLLYWOOD - For the second consecutive year, Los Angeles anarchists organized a bookfair, which, in addition to facilitating interactions between vendors and literature-hungry readers, also provided an array of panel discussions, workshops, and most importantly, quality interactions with fellow activists in the liberation movement.


http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/2010/01/la_a_bf2010-001-danza.mp3

These are the first 11 audio files, which include recordings of workshops and interviews with participants.

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Second part of danza ceremonia.

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Dual power

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SoCal Antifa

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Political prisoners panel

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Indigenous resistance

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Interview with Francisco

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Interview with Mariana

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Interview with Evan

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Audio from the raffle

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(Partial) interview with K


http://la.indymedia.org/news/2010/01/234418.php


Audio from the 2nd Annual Los Angeles Anarchist Bookfair (part 2)
by Rockero Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 at 9:00 PM
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

HOLLYWOOD - For the second consecutive year, Los Angeles anarchists organized a bookfair, which, in addition to facilitating interactions between vendors and literature-hungry readers, also provided an array of panel discussions, workshops, and most importantly, quality interactions with fellow activists in the liberation movement.


http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/2010/01/la_a_bf2010-012-action.mp3


In this set, the first file is of a man who seeks to mobilize some action.

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Action (continued)

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Interview with Anarcho-paparazzi

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Interview with Ashley

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Action (commentary)

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Interview with Ojore (part one)

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Interview with Ojore (part two)

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Monday, June 14, 2010

Immigrants Are Welcome Here. Nazis Are Not.

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Immigrants Are Welcome Here. Nazis Are Not.
by Rockero Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 at 10:06 AM
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October 24, 2009

RIVERSIDE, California - In Southern California's largest antifascist action in recent memory, a diverse group of between 400 and 500 protesters held a demonstration against a group of 16 neo-Nazis from the National Socialist Movement in the Casa Blanca barrio of Riverside. The NSM sought to target the day laborers who congregate outside the Home Depot at the corner of Indiana and Madison to exercise their right to free speech and look for work, but the community denied them any opportunity to put their genocidal ideology into practice. Despite efforts to contain the throng to sidewalks behind metal barriers, thrice the activists pushed forth their demands by taking over the street--in outright defiance not only of the police, who numbered well over 50, but also of protest organizers' pre-established rules of conduct. The day saw two arrests of anti-Nazi demonstrators criminalized for defending their community, and several activists reported being pushed and struck by police batons.

Immigrants Are Welco...

It all started a month ago, when eight NSM members from the organization's California chapter, which has its headquarters in Riverside, gathered for a protest of the same day labor corner. There they had their flags confiscated and set ablaze, and after a failed attempt to snatch an Israeli flag, were quickly chased off.


Across town at City Hall, a broad-based coalition of political parties, religious groups, student organizations, labor unions, and other community groups, held an anti-hate, pro-diversity rally that saw the participation of between 150 and 200 people. The Peace and Freedom Party played a major role in spearheading the coalition. In the aftermath of the resounding victory for anti-racists, the NSM declared that they would rally again on October 24, and the coalition acted quickly to expand its numbers and plan a strategic response. They planned a meeting at Riverside's Unitarian Universalist Church for that Saturday, inviting all concerned community members to join in. The day prior to said meeting, three neo-Nazis brandished their swastika flags outside Riverside's Temple Beth El's shabbat service, accusing the Jewish congregating of "promoting violence," apparently in reference to the non-welcome they received from the antifascists.1

That same night, the Congregational Church across the street from the Unitarian Church where the coalition was to meet was vandalized with satanic and anti-semitic grafitti, including "666" and "Eat Jews." While California NSM "commander" and Riverside resident Jeff Hall denied that there was any connection between NSM and the vandalism, it is exactly the type of juvenile tactic that Nazis are known for--right down to getting the wrong church.2

The most intense moment of the buildup to the 24th was on Wednesday, October 7, when 23-year-old resident of Riverside County's Lake Elsinore Benjamin Kuzelka blew off his own hand in attempt to manufacture explosives. His mother ran a childcare facility out of the residence. A police search of the residence turned up white supremacist paraphernalia.3

At the next meeting of the anti-hate coalition, held again at the Unitarian Church on October 21, Unitarians reported that racist skinheads had attended their Sunday service and attempted to provoke congregation members, as well as recruit some of the children of the congregation to their creed.

The stakes were undoubtedly very high for all parties involved.

The Riverside anti-Nazi coalition was keen on preventing any type of violence, and went to great lengths to avoid any situation similar to the confrontation that had occurred on September 26, establishing a large "Harmony" committee, complete with a command hierarchy, and composing a set of fifteen "Rally Rules." The list was sent out via e-mail and printed on a bilingual (English and Spanish) leaflet with Pastor Martin Niemöller's poem First they came... on the back to be distributed to all participants. They also raised money to pay for the printing of some 400 signs with slogans such as "Inland Area Rejects Nazi Hate," "No Human Being Is Illegal," "Tolerance Yes, Hatred No!" and the George Washington quote "To Bigotry, No Sanction," as well as for port-a-potties and food for a community victory celebration at nearby Villegas Park following the departure of the racists.

The contingent that took direct action during the first rally, which was made up of many students heeding the call to make use of their educations to lead the way toward a hate-free future, also made preparations, including strategy sessions, outreach, and the creation of large, bamboo-supported banners reading "Students Support Day Laborers," "Estudiantes Apoyan a los Jornaleros," "End Hate Now!" "Somos Un Pueblo Sin Fronteras," and the crowd-pleasing "Intolerance? That Was Sooooo 1942."

The Nazis, seeking to recover from a humiliating defeat, had everything to lose. Recognizing their organizational weakness, they set the bar for themselves very low, stating that their objective was simply to "begin again at 10am and will not leave until 1pm."4

The sun was out and already hot at 8:00 the day of the big event. School board member Victoria Baca donated coffee and donuts for those committed enough to show up early (some as early as before five and six in the morning) and lay claim to the Home Depot side of the street. The police had already begun setting up metal barriers on both sides of the street and establishing their staging area on a vacant lot across from the Home Depot and adjacent to the railroad tracks.

Two young white supremacists, one with a pink mohawk and the other wearing ill-fitting Doc Martens, walked through the area claimed for tolerance looking for their ignorant brethren. They were quickly advised to look elsewhere.

Just up Madison at the Mobil Station and Denny's parking lot, where the NSM had advised supporters to park via e-mail, small groups of antiracist activists stood watch just in case the leadership actually told the truth. But apparently, they were content to leave their potential supporters to march the two blocks to the rally site alone. The police, probably with the awareness that racists had just attempted to build bombs, patrolled the area with bomb-sniffing dogs. One veteran anti-racist recognized a couple who entered the parking lot on a motorcycle from previous engagements. "Fuck you," the fifty-something woman on the back of the bike said to him as the vehicle stopped at the driveway to exit the lot. "Fuck you," she repeated to him just before the bike sped off and got on the 91 freeway.

Instead of fulfilling their promise to their correspondents, the racists parked behind the police blockade on Railroad Avenue. Some of them, presumably the "stormtroopers" they had promised to bring, were dressed in black paramilitary costumes, complete with helmets. Others wore NSM t-shirts. Among their number were members of as far away as Arizona.5 Another that had come from afar was Mike O'Dell, whose blog postings on the no-longer popular social networking site MySpace.com include everything from lamentations of loneliness and lack of attention from women, to admissions of alcoholism and thoughts of suicide, to dirt on other Nazis from his own organization.6 Bay Area antifa take note: O'Dell lives on Hyde Street in the Lower Nob Hill area of San Francisco, and likes to drink at the Hyde Out. His neighbors and others in the community should probably be made aware of the type of danger to which his presence exposes them.

Almost immediately after they arrived, the most determined activists, many of whom were Brown Berets, crossed the street and knocked down the metal barrier, attempting to physically remove the offending parties.7 Police in riot gear jumped in to protect the Nazis, brutalizing several of the anti-fascists. One Brown Beret, an elder in the community, was placed under arrest and was not accorded the respect due to an elder.

Despite the markedly brief nature of the conflict, the mainstream media has predictably sensationalized the day's events in their accounts. The Republican-owned Press-Enterprise, in point of fact, dedicated nearly half of the photos of its on-line slide show to those few moments of the over-three-hour rally.

Once order was restored, the Nazis sought to claim it as a victory. Perhaps ignorant of the idiocy of their claim, the chanted, "Whose streets? Our streets!" while standing on the sidewalk.

The initial scuffle marked the first rupture of the barricade. The next came about an hour into the protest, when the youth-oriented anti-fascist contingent marched directly down Madison with their banners, drums, and bullhorns, intent on disrupting the Nazi manifestation. Again, the police swooped in, this time on motorcycles. They turned on their sirens, but the students and their allies were undeterred. As antifa took the street to the cheers of the crowd, one group of Nazis withdrew, retiring for the day. A minor victory was celebrated. Eventually, in the face of massive violent repression on the part of the police state, they decided to change tactics, and withdrew to the intersection with Madison to regroup.

Loyda Alvarado of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network lead a group of day laborers, supporters, and percussionists in a series of creative and original chants, including "Who's got the power? We've got the power! What kind of power? People power!" and "¡El pueblo callado jamás será escuchado!"

Several organizations present distributed literature. The Los Angeles chapter of the Socialist Worker's Party set up a table with copies of The Militant and books, highlighting Trotsky's Fascism: what it is and how to fight it. The Party for Socialism and Liberation, too, under the banner of the ANSWER coalition, collected e-mail addresses and handed out flyers. The Los Angeles chapter of Anti-Racist Action, in a solid gesture of solidarity with their inland comrades, distributed the latest issue of Turning the Tide and agitated for radical change from the racist system.

But most importantly, the Inland Empire Rapid Response Network, the first line of defense for the immigrant community that is constantly under siege, passed out flyers that educated their recipients of the fact that the "neo-Nazi action is part of a wider pattern of injustice and racism against immigrants" and provided ways for concerned citizens to get involved, offering hope that "united, we can stop it!" The Network operates a hotline that immigrants can call for information about their rights, to seek aid in case of detention or deportation, and to report immigration raids or racist attacks.

Time passed and it seemed that there would be no way of eliminating the Nazi threat. After discussing various tactics, SoCal Antifa decided that, with thirty minutes until the scheduled end of the Nazi harassment, they would make a final charge. They threw open the barricade on the anti-racist side and again took the street, this time coming the closest since the beginning of the protest. Again, the police, this time with reinforcement from the Corona Police Department, blocked us with motorcycles and agents in riot gear. This time, much of the anger was directed at the police themselves as they struck and pushed us.

One of the brave students could not contain his disdain and approached the bullhorn. "Thank you, America's finest, for making the streets safe for fascism! Thank you, America's finest, for supporting a platform for hatred! Thank you, America's finest, for supporting a war on immigrants!"

At this point, another arrest was made. At the moment, the word running through the crowd was that a member of Casa Blanca's armed resistance had launched a rock at the Nazis. Later it was discovered that the object was a harmless lemon.

Finally, the remaining Nazis (several more had left during the heat of the action) sieg heiled one more time before slinking away to their cars. Some of them boarded a pickup truck with the business name "Proscape" on the side. Proscape is a Redlands-based pool company owned by one Bill Paugh. His phone number is (909) 335-0997 and his address is 344 Poppy Rd, Redlands, CA 92373. His current customers are recommended to cancel their accounts in order to avoid supporting efforts such as those of his associates to disrupt the peace with racial terror. Community members are also encouraged to call (taking precautions to make sure the number being called from is private) in order to register their complaints.

The departure of the Nazis brought many of those who were previously too timid to break the barricade into the street. The spokespeople for the ANSWER coalition, in particular, while raising loud opposition through chants throughout the rally, always did so from behind the metal bars. Once the threat was gone, however, they were glad to enter the street, and without having done any of the work to claim the streets, attempted to lead a chant of "Whose streets? Our streets!" Their hypocrisy was sickening.

The anti-racists then marched down the block to Ygnacio Villegas Park for the pre-planned celebration. As they did, a suspicious character, a white man in a car without license plates, drove down the street filming the marchers on his camera phone, but he did not impede the festivities or even dampen any spirits. A large quantity of non-perishable food items were collected to be distributed to the area's needy families, who are ever-growing in number.

The rally can be evaluated on different criteria.

As far as the Nazis are concerned, their rally must be considered an utter failure. They were outnumbered by a measure greater than 30-1. They were forced to stand in the sun in a dusty, vacant lot dressed entirely in black. And while they did muster greater numbers than on the previous occasion, they were unable to do so without calling on allies from far-off locales, and most of their participants did not have the wherewithal to remain even the short three hours. The NSM was also unable to appeal to the anti-immigrant sentiment that sometimes seems so strong in the inland area, and are likely to have succeeded in winning otherwise unlikely allies to the cause of immigrant rights. Worst of all, they had to endure the company of one another.

As far as the Riverside-based anti-hate coalition goes, they were successful in organizing and mounting a well-attended protest and spreading a message of peace and tolerance. They were unsuccessful, however, in their attempts to rein in the anti-fascist zeal of the youth in particular, and the community in general. But they should be applauded for doing their utmost to be true to their ideals and doing their best to minimize the harm done by agents of the police state.

The day laborers, who, because of the rally, may have missed out on some work, nonetheless were able to have a day free from police and border patrol persecution due to the massive presence of allies. They enjoyed the solidarity of many who might not otherwise be aware of their issues. And they were able to successfully defend their right to reclaim some public space, stand up against ignorance, and hold their heads high as full members of society--even if just for one day.

The student-centered antifascists also faced a mixed bag of results. They were unable to successfully end the Nazi rally due to police collaboration with the fascists. However, this circumstance gave rise to a unique opportunity to demonstrate which side the police, and the state in general, fall on in this struggle against racial hatred. Anti-fascist elements were also able to do a great deal of intelligence work, both on the day of the action and in the days leading up thereto. Names, license plate numbers, addresses, places of work and business, associations, and other crucial data pertaining to the neo-Nazis have been verified. Some of it will be used to make it very difficult for the individuals in question to do business and continue life as normal, while some of it will simply be passed on to interested parties. These antifascist actions may occur in the following weeks, or may not happen for years down the line. Until they do, the Nazis are going to have to sit and worry. And we're fine with that.

It must also be considered a victory that, while anti-racists were able to direct their message to all motorists passing by on Indiana street, Madison was shut down and the Nazis, being restricted to Madison Ave, were unable to directly spread their message of hate to the general public.

It must also be noted that in the face of increasing attacks on the community by outright racists, the vast majority of the crowd demonstrated remarkable restraint and used the most non-violent means available to forestall the onslaught. Those few who did dare deviate from "legality" deserve the full support of everyone dedicated to peace, tolerance, justice, and a hate-free world, whether it be in the material form of bail, legal defense, or simple moral support.

The struggle against hate is one that the dedicated members of the Inland Empire community will continue until racism is eradicated from our midst or until we perish in the pursuit of that noble goal. As José, a day laborer says, "If we allow hate to keep growing, first they will come for me, and then they will come for you, and you, and each one of us. We must continue to be organized and continue to generate consciousness in this constant struggle."



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1. CaliforniaNSM. "10-2-09 Protest." October 3, 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYJgHJN72EI. Accessed October 26, 2009.

2. "Hate graffiti, protests cited by Riverside religious leaders," Valley News. October 9, 2009. http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/41291/. Accessed October 26, 2009.

3. "Search of Lake Elsinore home where man lost fingers in explosion yields Anarchist Cookbook, swastika," Valley News. Thursday, October 8, 2009. http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/41266/. Accessed October 256, 2009.

4. National Socialist Movement. "October 24th Protest in Riverside." http://www.nsm88.org/events/oct24thprotestinriverside.htm. Accessed October 26, 2009

5. Lemons, Stephen. "Arizona neo-Nazi J.T. Ready Leads NSM Rally in Riverside, California." Phoenix News Times News Blog, October 25, 2009. http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2009/10/jt_ready_leads_neo-nazi_rally.php. Accessed October 26, 2009.

6. O'Dell, Mike. Mickthemick blog. http://blogs.myspace.com/449462624. Accessed October 26, 2009.

7. CBS2 News. "Nazis, Counter-Demonstrators Clash In Riverside," October 25, 2009. http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=117649@kcbs.dayport.com. Accessed October 26, 2009. See http://cbs2.com/local/Riverside.Neo.Nazis.2.1268903.html for article with embedded video. Also visible at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh4tKS6aicU.

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These kids were in the wrong place. (They were looking for the white supremacists rally.) They are so young, I like to think there's still hope for them. Let's hope they can stay out of prison.

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Anti-Racist Action-LA and Puerto Rican Alliance, presente

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Stop harassing day laborers!


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Casa Blanca Families and Friends Against Violence


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Jedi knight vs. Nazi stormtroopers. The force is with him!


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Proudly waving the flag of the SS? How low can you get?


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Never Again


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Students Support Day Laborers!


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This is why we had trouble...


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Border Patrol does what Nazis don't dare do!

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This is what a police state looks like.

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Nazis came in the night for the Jews. ICE comes in the night for immigrants.

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