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I began this blog in May 2009 following the death of Marcia Powell at Perryville State Prison in Goodyear, Arizona. It is not intended to prescribe the path that leads to freedom from the prison industrial complex.

Rather, these are just my observations in arguably the most racist, fascist, militaristic state in the nation at a critical time in history for a number of intersecting liberation movements. From Indigenous resistance to genocidal practices, to the fight over laws like SB1070 and the ban on Ethnic Studies, Arizona is at the center of many battles for human rights, and thus the struggle for prison abolition as well - for none are free until all are. I retired the blog in APRIL 2013.

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Showing posts with label national socialist movement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national socialist movement. Show all posts

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Anarchists v. Neo-Nazis: Saturday, AZ Capitol

Here you go - this is what I was talking about...just hit the Feathered Bastard every week at the Phoenix new Times.

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Anarchists vs. Nazis at the Arizona Capitol? The "Phoenix Class War Council" Talks the Talk

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Where's Brad Pitt when you need him?   
There's one group talking a big game about confronting the neo-Nazi scum at the state Capitol this Saturday: the anarchists, the traditional foes of goosesteppers going all the way back to the Spanish Civil War, and then some. They're often badmouthed in many activist circles here in town for being unruly and pigheaded, but I will give them points for at least demonstrating against Holocaust-denier David Irving when he spoke at a Phoenix diner back in July. The anarchists were the only ones there. And for ruining Irving's day at least, I'd label the demonstration a success.

They don't command large numbers, and I suspect that organizing them is a little like herding felines. But they are generally intelligent, and pro-immigrant to the point of being for open-borders. Plus they have no moral quandaries with confronting blackshirts in the streets.

Their class-based political theories are a bit nutty, though. In a recent post to the Phoenix Class War Council's blog, which describes itself as a "fanatical, revolutionary anarchist group," the writer invites the local libertarian community to join the anarchists on November 7 in protesting the Nazis. Um, sorry, but the Ron Paulites and teabaggers are a little too close to the swastika-lickers for comfort sometimes, "states rights" being the battle cry of neo-Confederates, and all that. Paul himself had no problem accepting a campaign contribution from Ron Black, proprietor of the white supremacist messageboard Stormfront.org. He even appeared in a photo op with Black and Black's son.

The rest of the post is pretty gratifying, however, even if it sounds like a schnauzer with a doberman complex.
"If Americans can be counted on for anything," reads the post, "it's for hating Nazis, and images of brownshirted fascists in full historical reenactment regalia (or, alternately, dressing like SWAT team wannabes) spouting their anti-immigrant nonsense will highlight the extreme nature of what passes for the mainstream discussion in Arizona, and to show that there is strong resistance to it. The NSM's traveling circus affords us the opportunity to twist their spectacle to our ends."... (hit the bastard's blog for more...)

Neo-Nazis already occupy AZ Capitol Building

C'mon - Just ignore them? Wait - isn't it a white supremacist who did that brutal murder in the jail who's on trial now? And what about the Minuteman splinter group that murdered that family? Should we just ignore them, too? And all the racial profiling going on here - ignore that? Civil rights violations?


Should we create a favorable, friendly environment in which to host them while MCSO deputies go chasing after Copwatchers with their cute little Posse and camera in tow? Is that what the First Amendment is about?


How long do we ignore how many of these people before we confront their ugliness and hate, and reject it?Will we continue to ignore their poison as it seeps out of our elected officials - influencing policy, selectively starving people, and offering "hard working Americans" more jobs working in prisons instead of educating them and investing in sustainable development? 

These people are pathetic. The real bad ones are already in power, of course. That's how it all works. 



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Neo-Nazis to march against illegal immigration at Arizona State Capitol

The leader of a group of neo-Nazis has announced a planned march for this weekend at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix.

National Socialist Movement commander Jeff Schoep said his group will be protesting against illegal immigration while showing support for the American worker.

Schoep acknowledges his group is a white civil rights organization concerned primarily with white people.

But, he said the group also supports "all legal citizens, all people who are here legally."

Anti-Defamation League spokesman Bill Strauss said illegal immigration is just a cover for the National Socialist Movement.

Strauss said the best thing people can do is ignore neo-Nazis.