nutzi

Posted on April 3, 2009 by @ndy

The German NPD is in financial trouble: “On Thursday, the German parliament fined the NPD €2.5 million for financial statement irregularities. The party’s future looks uncertain.”

In the US, a blog called unattributable (EXCLUSIVE! After Death of Anti-Obama White Supremacist, FBI Seized Dirty Bomb Components, January 19, 2009) tells an intriguing story.

Amber Cummings allegedly shot her husband James on December 8 after suffering years of abuse at his hands. It looked like just another everyday tragedy adding to statistics on domestic violence, a local investigation with no need for federal assistance–until police discovered in the Cummings residence radiological materials, components to construct a dispersal device (dirty bomb), and literature with instructions on how to build one.

The summary of an internal FBI Intelligence Information Report acquired by unattributable.com also indicates that Amber Cummings reported her husband had been very upset by the election of Barack Obama and had been in contact with white supremacist groups. Read the FBI’s full report summary after the jump.

FBI FIELD INTELLIGENCE GROUPS:

9 December 2008 Discovery of Radiological Dispersal Device Components, Literature, and Radioactive Material at the Maine Residence of an Identified Deceased US Person

…Amber ((Cummings)) indicated James was very upset with Barack Obama being elected President. She indicated James had been in contact with ‘white supremacist group(s)’. Amber also indicated James mixed chemicals in the kitchen sink at their residence and had mentioned ‘dirty bombs’. (Source comment: State authorities detected radiation emissions in four small jars in the residence labeled ‘uranium metal’, as well as one jar labeled ‘thorium.’ The four jars of uranium carried the label of an identified US company.) (FBI comment: Further preliminary analysis on 30 December 2008 indicated an unlabeled jar to be a second jar of thorium. Each bottle of uranium contained depleted uranium 238. Analysis also indicated the two jars of thorium held thorium 232.)

An application for membership in the National Socialist Movement, which had been completed by James Cummings was discovered.

See also : Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Lone Wolf, February 12, 2009.

http://www.nsm88.org/

“Membership is open to non-Semitic heterosexuals’ of European Descent. If you really care for your heritage and for the future of your family, race and nation, fill out a Membership Application today!”

Or maybe not.

The NSM are a Hollywood Nazi party which, following the demise of the American National Socialist Workers Party (led by Bill White), dominates that segment of fascist opinion. Their Fuehrer is Commander Jeff Schoep Dogg.

Bill resigned from Jeff’s troupe in July 2006 following the S H O C K I N G revelation that the wife of the NSM’s Chairman (Clifford Herrington) was a High Priestess of The Joy of Satan Ministry. He then established his own part-ay (the ANSWP).

In Australia, the NSM has/had a lone supporter: Carl D. Thompson. In New Zealand/Aotearoa, Sid ‘The Squid’ Wilson — acting on behalf of the National Front (now formally allied to the Australia First Party) — threw his tinfoil helmet into the NSM ring too.

…”Historically, when times get tough in our nation, that’s how movements like ours gain a foothold,” Jeff Schoep, the leader of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group with 73 chapters in 34 states, told USA Today. “When the economy suffers, people are looking for answers … We are the answer for white people.”

Unfortunately, Schoep is right. And the economic meltdown set in motion by the subprime crisis is not the only reason. Indeed, there seems to be a kind of perfect storm brewing of factors favoring the growth of hate and hate groups.

Non-white immigration has been successfully exploited by white supremacist groups in recent years, to the point where the number of such groups has spiraled from 602 in 2000 to 888 last year — a 48% increase. (“This immigrant thing in the past couple of years has been the greatest boon to us,” Schoep said.) And nativist fears have not been limited to extremist groups; politicians and pundits routinely vilify Latino immigrants in public forums. That is likely to continue or worsen as the economy raises new fears among Americans of job loss and wage depression.

At the same time, the U.S. Census Bureau has predicted that whites will lose their national majority by shortly after 2040, leading many to fear that they are somehow losing the country that their forefathers built to both Latino immigration and the comparatively high fertility of our native Latino populations.

And now, a black man has been chosen as America’s president…

~ Mark Potok, After the election, SPLC Intelligence Report, Winter 2008

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These Don’t Make Headlines

Posted on April 3, 2009 by @ndy

Stolen from OlyBlog.

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G20 : Lies & evictions (&/or resistance)

Posted on April 3, 2009 by @ndy
    G20 Summit and Countersummit Broadcast on KPFA – April 2nd
    KPFA Radio

    KPFA’s April 2nd coverage features activist Tadzio Mueller on the vigil today at the Bank of England for the man who died during yeterday’s demonstrations there, anarchist scholar Andrej Grubacic on the factory occupations and “boss-napping” taking place across Western and Eastern Europe, as well as the Eastern European debt bomb, French academic Philip Golub on Sarkozy and social and labor upheaval in France, and political economist Leo Panitch talking about the geopolitics of the G20, financial deregulation, US empire, and bank nationalization.

    G20 Diary: An arresting scene
    Andy McSmith
    Independent
    April 3, 2009

    It may be apocryphal but, true or false, this story deserves a place in anarchist mythology. As you know, 11 protesters were nicked near Bishopsgate on Wednesday on suspicion of possessing a fake armoured car and police uniforms. The word on the street is that when the constable said to one of them: “I’m arresting you for impersonating a police officer,” the immortal reply was: “No, I’m arresting you for impersonating a police officer.” Surreal, or what?

Squatters, fuckwits, bums, lowlifes (2.0)

Unsurprisingly, police have busted two squats in London — the rampART social centre and the Payne House — “as the hunt for violent G20 anarchists continued”.

The rampART social centre was established in May, 2004; the Payne House was squatted shortly before the Summit for use as a convergence space.

Police detained squatters for hours, identified or attempted to identify and record the identities of all of those involved, and eventually arrested a handful of those detained on a number of charges relating to the April 1 protests. (See also: Police evict/ing aspaceoutside and the wake, November 17, 2006).

Johnny On the Spot:

Around 12.30 the police set up a cordon around the surrounding area, blocking off roads and refusing access to the space. Then 150/200 police stormed the office/residential complex made up of 12 connected building[s], Payne house being one of them [and the other 11 buildings standing derelict].

A large armored urban combat vehicle screeched into Earls Street as riot cops swarmed in from either side bunching in a phalanx formation around the main doorway.

At the same time more riot cops invaded the surrounding buildings, gaining access to the roof – just in time to meet fleeing activists running to escape the impending confrontation.

Despite countless attempts to engage in conversation with the police, informing them their actions where illegal, they only responded with jeers, while the police outside Payne house were in the process of battering down the main door despite valiant attempts by residents to hold it.

Some residents fleeing from the roof met others fleeing from the ground floor, and barricaded themselves on the first floor, locking themselves in a series of side offices.

What followed was a twisted game of hunter and prey, as protesters attempted to escape – followed by a small army of cops. Despite attempts to hide in the basement or run across the roof tops [or] crawl into the loft space, all were eventually picked off one by one, threatened with Tasers and riot batons, and dragged from the building.

The main body of people on the first floor were made to lie face down with their hands in the air, looking on as the riot cops smashed the kitchens and surrounding spaces that they had just built.

Everyone on the premises was arrested for violent disorder, handcuffed and removed from the building. Around 100 residents evicted from the building were made to sit in plastic cuffs in the gutter.

After a couple of hours of F.I.T identification, the police only arrested one person, and had to de-arrest everyone else. Conveniently in this time the owners, followed by a veritable workforce army, descended on the complex and proceeded to reclaim possession of all the premises, and to repair the enormous damage caused to the buildings by the police.

This eviction was totally illegal, and as one policeman said, the operation was a logistical nightmare and we should enter an official complaint.

Some possessions were reclaimed from the building. If you had stuff inside go to Rampart[?!?], and also for more info/emergency housing.

Payne house was truly a shooting star.

It will be sorely missed.

Lies

Witness Statement About G20 Death. Again — unsurprisingly — witness statements contradict state/corporate media accounts which claim protesters attacked police while they attempted to assist the dead man (“Police officers were reportedly pelted with debris as they tried to resuscitate him” stated The Independent). colono also can has infos: G20 Violence: Death at the Hands of the Police.

Malfunctioning Units of Human Capital Value Added

In other news, factory workers have devolved into squatters — fuckwits/bums/lowlifes — by occupying their workplaces in Belfast (Northern Ireland/Six Counties) and Enfield (Middlesex, England) following the announcement of mass sackings. Several hundred unites of Human Capital Value Added have taken over factories properly belonging to car parts manufacturer Visteon. Visteon workers have appealed for solidarity from others in the car industry (especially Ford workers), but it’s unknown if any has been forthcoming.

Personally, I think the company should send in the goon squad.

Cameraderie, alcohol and desperation on Visteon car plant rooftop protestors’ second night
Sarah Cosgrove
Enfield Independent
April 2, 2009

ROOFTOP protestors at the Visteon car plant are keeping their spirits up with comradeship and alcohol.

As they prepare to spend a second night barricaded into the Ponders End car plant, an army of wives, partners, former colleagues and friends has swung into action, delivering food, drink and moral support.

Over £160 has been collected from visitors to the protest for supplies and this morning former Visteon shop steward, Steve Parenti, brought in a cooked breakfast for 60 people.

Well wishers have been turning up too, displaying acts of solidarity such as one young woman who brought ten packets of cigarettes yesterday.

Former machine operator, Linda Bartle, said: “I don’t even know her name or where she was from.

“She said she normally gives to charities abroad but she’s decided now that it’s needed here, I was really surprised.”

In one of many poignant displays of love across the barricades, Sue Lloyd turned up to see her partner, Dave Ainsborough, with a hot casserole, beer, cigarettes and a change of clothes.

“I don’t think what they were prepared for this before it actually happened, it was a shock,” she said passing the supplies through the bars of the fence.

“It’s the first night we’ve spent apart in a long time, I’ll definitely be coming back after my shift at the Harvester.”

Ms Lloyd, of Thornaby Gardens, Edmonton, said the two had only recently moved in together to save money.

As well as anger at the fate of the 227 workers there is a strong sense of friendship between the former colleagues, who laugh and joke between swigs of beer and coffee.

The former colleagues, some of whom had spent their entire working lives at the factory, occupied the building on Tuesday after the company went into receivership and they were made redundant with immediate effect on Monday.

They have been told they will only be able to claim the Government-set minimum redundancy pay but it could take six weeks to come through.

This compares to packages of as much as £40,000 under Ford’s terms and conditions.

Meanwhile they have not been paid for their last week’s work and are living on credit, charity and their savings.

Fifty-year-old Lee Cowell, of Shirley Grove, Edmonton, said: “We’re desperately making something of this protest because we’ve no money, we’ve got nothing, literally nothing.

“I say to myself how am I going to pay the mortgage?

“But we’re really surprised at the support we’ve had, it’s fantastic.”

Despite the cameraderie there is a sense of desperation and a firmer feeling of denial.

Ten and seven-year-old Keenan and Tyrone Roach, of Beech Close, Edmonton, are the sons of two people who have been hit by the redundancies.

They turned up with their mother Clare to lend support to their father Dave and colleagues inside.

Mrs Roach said: “I’m trying not to think about it, it hasn’t really sunk in, the worst scenario I haven’t really thought about.

“I just want a reasonable bit of money. I don’t see myself getting another job in six months and we need something to live on.”

Want Keenan wants is simple.

“I want to see my Daddy,” he said.

About Visteon in Europe

European Corporate Office in Basildon, United Kingdom
24 Manufacturing facilities in Europe, including South Africa
7 Focused factories in Europe, to meet just in time and just in sequence lean delivery requirements of OEMs
10 Technical centers in Europe
12 Customer service centers in Europe
Approximately 15,000 people in Europe

Belfast Plant
Visteon UK Ltd.
150 – 156 Finaghy Road North
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT11 9EF
UK

Enfield Plant
Visteon UK Ltd.
Wharf Road
Enfield
Middlesex
EN3 4TN

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Good & Bad

Posted on April 3, 2009 by @ndy

GOOD

Anarchist Queer From “Syria”- رزانيّــــات
“I am vegetarian, Anarchist and queer, and a person who cries genuinely while watching Daddy Long Legs cartoon.”

A War of Position
E. Colin Ruggero blogs on social movements, notions of hegemony, and so on. Big Gramsci fan. Neat.

Caitlin Ate
Muzak and politricks and stuff.

Contemporary Anarchist Studies
“A volume of collected essays by some of the most prominent academics studying anarchism. It attempts to bridge the gap between anarchist activism and theory on the streets and anarchist studies and activism in the academy. Focusing on anarchist theory, pedagogy, methodologies, praxis, and the future, this edition will strike a chord for anyone interested in radical social change. Further, this interdisciplinary work draws connections between anarchism and other liberatory perspectives such as feminism, queer theory, critical race theory, disability studies, post-modernism and post-structuralism, animal liberation, and environmental justice. Featuring original articles in these diverse areas, this volume brings together a wide variety of anarchist voices, stressing anarchism’s tradition of dissent — even within the anarchist milieu. As such, the book contains a wealth of theory, experience, and practice, and promises to be the only book of its kind featuring these key ideas side-by-side for the convenience of the critical teacher, student, and activist on the street.”

Media Education Foundation
“The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media.”

Perverse Egalitarianism
Is this the right blog for an argument? Yes. Of especial note: Badiou, Rosenzweig and the word “Jew” (March 4, 2009). Definitely too many books.

‘The Nazis and Deconstruction: Jean-Pierre Faye’s Demolition of Derrida’
Loren Goldner sticks the boot in while wearing shoes skillfully hand-crafted by Jean-Pierre Faye. (Also Break Their Haughty Power: see everything.)

BAD

Hipsters:
“These do-nothing, vacuous, trust fund having, ironic mustache growing, moppy haired, scarf-wearing retards must be stopped. You love nothing and therefor should be unloved. Being ground into sausage links would be too good for you, but then again, you’d fry up nice in your own grease.”

Deadshits:

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Kiwi Anarchists in London // Death // The Economy

Posted on April 2, 2009 by @ndy

Police have confirmed a man has died during anti-capitalist demonstrations in London.

Yesterday evening, a protester died during demonstrations against the G20 outside the Bank of England in London. The circumstances are currently unclear, but he died inside a police cordon (or kettle) where police had crushed and baton charged protesters. The case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission. A solidarity demonstration will be held today, assembling at 1pm at the Bank.

Anyone with information they believe may help clarify the circumstances surrounding his death should, as soon as possible, write a full statement and contact the legal team at Bindmans Solicitors on 020 7833 4433 and the Legal Monitoring groups present at the demonstrations. Information can also be sent to Indymedia London: imc-london[at]indymedia[dot]org (this is a private email address).

The left should offer no comfort to these crazies. We should do whatever we can to isolate them. They are wreckers.

Bristle’s Blog from the BunKRS on G20 | Media lies, anarchists, and the G20, Last Hours, March 29, 2009 | Indymedia London has good coverage.

A man is dead after collapsing while imprisoned within a police cordon. His death will be greeted with sadness by his family and friends, but what will be the effects upon The Economy? On this front, there is good news and bad news.

The good news is that dead bodies must be buried, and so a demand for funeral services has successfully been generated. Further, mourners can be expected to obtain death and funeral notices in the press, purchase flowers, and have to travel to and from the service. Assuming the man was employed, replacement labour will have to be obtained, and so further advertising must take place. Indirect demands upon The Economy may also be occasioned. For example, upon hearing of the news of the man’s death, Summit leaders may experience some indigestion (although this may also be a result of the rather rich menus), and therefore require the use of antacids.*

The bad news is that his death may effect productivity. That is, for some period after news of the man’s death has reached them, family and friends may be less productive at their labour. This is unfortunate, but every cloud has a silver lining, and emotional distress may place additional demands upon the health services. To the extent these are provided by private facilities, so much the better.

*JAMIE OLIVER AND YOUNG CHEFS FROM FIFTEEN LONDON TO SERVE THE “BEST OF BRITISH” FOR G-20 LEADERS

Jamie Oliver has created a special menu for today’s (Wednesday 1st April 2009) Downing Street dinner, attended by the leaders of the G-20 group of nations, which shows [off] the best of British seasonal produce as well as the skills of the young chefs – graduates or apprentices of Fifteen London – who will be helping prepare the meal.

Oliver and his team have gone to great lengths to find the best ingredients available. “I’m very, very proud of my country and its food traditions,” says Oliver, “and I know that the guests at Downing Street will be in for a real treat.”

The starter includes fresh organic farmed salmon from Shetland served with foraged samphire and sea kale and a selection of early vegetables from Secrett’s Farm in Sussex, wild garlic from Elwy Valley in Wales and home-made Irish soda bread freshly baked on the day using Gloucestershire-based Shipton Mill organic flour.

For the main course, Oliver has chosen shoulder of lamb from the Elwy Valley in North Wales, the earliest delicious Jersey Royal potatoes, fresh asparagus from the Wye valley and foraged wild St. George mushrooms. Mint sauce and gravy will be freshly made on the day using British herbs and vegetables.

Dessert is a traditional British favourite, Bakewell Tart which Jamie’s team will make on the day using a mixture of home-made jams and Grasmere ginger shortbread. Fresh custard is being made with free-range eggs from the Duchy of Cornwall farms.

There will also be a selection of fresh breads baked by The Flour Station and home-made butter “made with our own fair hands”, freshly churned at Fifteen London using organic cream from Ivy Farm in Somerset and smoked sea salt from Halen Mon in Wales.

G20: Hardcore of anarchists clad in black behind the violence
Nick Allen, Mick Armstrong and Caroline Gammell
The Daily Telegraph
April 2, 2009

Amid the thousands of protesters who descended on the Bank of England yesterday a hard core of European anarchists, clad head to toe in black and their faces obscured by scarves, were behind the intermittent outbursts of violence.

They were co-ordinated and could be clearly seen communicating by mobile phone, identifying weak points in police lines and surging towards them.

As one avenue was closed off by police they quickly retreated, vanishing into the crowd before regrouping and trying another angle.

Some spoke English but Italian, French, German and Polish voices could also be heard in the melee as they shouted abuse at police.

Others spoke with thick New Zealand accents.

It was clearly not the first time they had taken part in a riot and it was they who broke windows at the Royal Bank of Scotland before crawling inside.

One of their number, wearing a black mask, smashed the glass with a metal bar and another sprayed “Scum” and “Burn” on the side of the bank.

An anarchist behind a black balaclava said he was Polish, while another used broken English as he forced his way through peaceful protesters urging his followers to attack the police. Others carried Italian and French flags.

Some of the European anarchists who flooded into London for the protests are believed to have planned their tactics in a meeting at a squat in Whitechapel, east London.

They are believed to have scouted out the area ahead of the protests before deciding to operate in small groups rather than as one large block that could be surrounded by police.

Security sources believe they included members of notorious groups from across Europe, some of whom had already taken part in a week of anarchist strikes in Italy.

The groups with members in London for the G20 are thought to have included Italy’s Guerrigilieri Anomali (Anomalous Warriors), the French Anarch-Autonomist group and the New Zealand All Black & Reds.

There are also thought to have been protesters associated with Germany’s ANTIFA, an anti-fascist umbrella group whose members clashed with police at the G8 riots, and Attac, a left-wing group with ties to anti-globalisation protesters across Europe.

Groups who attended the meeting at the east London squat also included the home-based Whitechapel Anarchist Group, Class War and the Wombles.

Police believe members of another anarchist group calling itself the Convergence Crew, were also at the protests after they took over a disused east London pub as a headquarters.

Detectives think groups associated with the Poll Tax riots of 1990 may also have reunited for the G20.

However, when some of those involved removed their black masks for a breath of fresh air, it was clear that they were still in their teens. As police in riot gear, backed up by horses, charged once again one young anarchist shouted to another: “Has there ever been anything like this in London before?” The older hand replied: “Not for years.”

See also : April Fools (April 1, 2009) | News From Nowhere // News From Neverland (March 31, 2009) | March 25: The day the world changed (March 27, 2009) | G20 : Inner City Pressure + Global Economic Crisis = Anarchy in London (March 25, 2009) | G20 : London’s Burning! (March 18, 2009) | 40 New Zealand anarchists still at large; London and Berlin tremble (March 1, 2009) | Davos 2009 : Capitalism in Crisis (February 1, 2009) | Meanwhile, in Europe, ¡anarcholocos! (December 12, 2008)

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[For Damian] Moar April Fools

Posted on April 1, 2009 by @ndy

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April Fools

Posted on April 1, 2009 by @ndy

Professional chatterer and former Revolutionary Communist Frank Furedi whines ‘Stop this banker bashing’, The Australian, April 1, 2009.

British PM Gordon Brown has called for banks and financial markets to adopt “family values” as world leaders gather in London for Thursday’s G20 summit, Markets need ‘family values’ – PM, BBC, March 31, 2009.

The German government has proscribed bizarro nutzi yoof group the Homeland-Faithful German Youth (HDJ) / Heimattreue Deutsche Jugend / German Youth Faithful to the Homeland.

But honestly.

Why do yoof need to be indoctrinated in neo-Nazism? As one B&H member put it in her signature: “One does not become a National Socialist. One only discovers, sooner or later, that one has always been one — that, by nature, one could not possibly be anything else”.

RaHoWa!

In the US, OnE wHo TeRrIfIeS is Randal Krager. In 2006, the SPLC done a profile on Randal:

VOLKSFRONT

At 6-foot, 2-inches and 240 pounds, with “FEAR” tattooed across the knuckles of his right hand and a large swastika stamped on his thick neck, Volksfront founder Randal Krager is an imposing figure whose continuing, heavy influence on boneheads in the Pacific Northwest has deep roots.

Krager has been involved in the bonehead subculture since at least 1989. That year, when he was 15, Krager was arrested along with several other boneheads and charged with racial intimidation for allegedly assaulting three teenagers near a park in Portland, Ore. During the attack, assailants pummeled a Hispanic girl in the face while shouting, “Why aren’t you white?”

Krager was sent to a juvenile detention center…

Volksfront is a weird mob: and by ‘weird’, I mean violent.

Volksfront’s Washington state chapter leader, Kurtis William Monschke, joined three other boneheads in 2003 in beating to death a homeless man in Tacoma using baseball bats and rocks. But this mindless violence hardly destroyed Volksfront. By 2004, Krager’s gang has chapters in seven states.

5 years later, Randal is still fighting the good fight, only now — after being chased out of Portland, Oregon — he’s based in Lakeland, Florida. And Volksfront now has an Australian chapter, led by Douglas Schott and Welf Herfurth.

Huzzah!

In the capital city of the place what gave birth to the US, they’re still talkin’ turkey about ‘alternatives’. As an alternative to University authorities telling the riff raff to fuck off, Alternative G20 has issued a press release stating the conference will be going ahead regardless.

Alternative London Summit Press Release

Despite management efforts to shut down the Alternative London Summit on Wednesday 1st April organisers and speakers are committed to making sure the event goes ahead at the University of East London as planned.

At 6pm there will be a press conference held at University of East London in the East Building, room 1.12.

Organisers are appealing to the public to join academics, union representatives and students in the occupation of the university in order to ensure that prominent political, scientific, academic and activist speakers who have remained committed to the event will be free and able to speak as planned.

It is vital at this pivotal moment in British and world history that we, the people have a public platform to understand and act on alternative ideas and strategies for our political, environmental and economic future.

The inconvenient truth that the authorities are so anxious to suppress is the simple fact that another world is possible!

Despite New Labour’s best efforts to establish corporate control over our education system, like many other universities across the country the University of East London is proud of its diversity of ideas, its intellectual autonomy and freedom of expression.

Free speech still exists in our university and it is our duty to protect this.

The crucial battleground on April 1st is the Docklands Campus of the University of East London. Either we lose control to the corporate state or we defend our sovereignty and therefore defend our traditions of freedom and democracy across England and Beyond. This is a battle between language and violence. If armed police are permitted to break the sacred circle of academic and scientific autonomy England will be a police state.

You may not have been thinking of coming. Please think again.

We are the people. We are the power.

I hope the academics in London take a leaf outta the book written by lawyers in Pakistan.

Bonus!

Finally, an independent anarchist scholar responds to the economistic babble at the G20 Summit:

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Why “boneheads”?

Posted on April 1, 2009 by @ndy

Silly old boneheads!

Following on from news that some cheeky monkey hacked bloodandhonour.org and made available to the world the private messages of hundreds of boneheads around the world — including scores from Australia and New Zealand/Aotearoa — comes news of Bonehead Vs. Bonehead in the US in April. Thus Anti-Racist Action in North America rudely queries the abilities of the Aryan Master Race to organise fellow “Patriots”:

White Unity? It’s Bonehead Against Bonehead in the “White Pride” Scene

On April 11, 2009, the white supremacist group “East Coast White Unity” (ECWU) plans to host a neo-nazi gathering in Boston, MA named “Patriot Action 2009”. The co-sponsor of this event is Volksfront International, a racist skinhead organization founded in 1994, which has a presence in several US states as well as chapters in Canada, Australia and Europe. Although the Boston event is intended as a display of unity between fascist groups, anti-fascists have discovered plotting and betrayal behind the scenes of the white power movement, the extent of which many event organizers and scheduled attendees might not be aware…

The primary organizer for East Coast White Unity is Scott Clarke, a Massachusetts resident who uses the handle of “Hedge” on several white nationalist internet sites. Before the founding of ECWU, Clarke was active in another white power organization named “North East White Pride” (NEWP). Clarke broke from NEWP for a large number of reasons–including questions about the use of finances, and alleged general mismanagement of NEWP by leader Rob O’Donovan–and moved on to form ECWU. NEWP continues to this day in a reduced form, still under the direction of O’Donovan. By all accounts, the split was acrimonious. As we will show, it wasn’t enough for Clarke to leave NEWP taking much of its membership with him; he also tried to sabotage his former “brothers.”

In August 2008, anti-fascists from DatenAntifa (“Data-Antifa”) hacked the fascist website bloodandhonour.com. The entire contents of this website were then uploaded to the web, so that anyone who wished to see its posts and user information could do so. While most of the original web links are no longer available, the hacked Blood and Honour forum may still be downloaded via torrent sites. Importantly, the DatenAntifa hackers removed password requirements from the bloodandhonour.com site, so that anyone who downloaded its contents could check the private messages of any Blood and Honour user. This is where things became interesting for us.

Looking at the private messages by “Hedge” (Scott Clarke) on the hacked bloodandhonour.com site, one may read the following exchange…

A few points.

First, Volksfront. An attempt to establish VF in Australia was originally made several years ago.

In 2004, a young racist named Stuart McBeth (1981–), then the leader of the now defunct ‘Patriotic Youth League’ (PYL) — a risible attempt by Dr James Saleam to extend Australia First Party membership to the under-40s — threw his tinfoil helmet into the ring as an Australian organiser for the United States People’s Front. McBeth resigned as PYL President shortly after being fired, in late January 2005, from his job as a case officer for the Salvation Army. McBeth was replaced by Lachlan Black, also a former ONP member and, like McBeth, a former ONP candidate.

Like the PYL, Volksfront Mk I collapsed in a heap.

According to BlueEyedBlonde (via bloodandhonour.org):

Last year [Volksfront] started a probationary chapter here, which pissed the Hammerskins off big time. Not because they wouldn’t support Volksfront, but because of how it was done. Doug [Schott] from Blood Red Eagle was the first probationary member, and he was allowed [to] start the chapter without having actually met any of the VF guys in the USA. A lot of the HSN guys can’t stand him and think he is a moron, so they were unimpressed with VF bending the prospect rules and letting him prospect sight unseen. Justin (AustMade) was in the scene years ago (I knew him back then), he also left and then has recently come back. He started off prospecting with VF, but then realised he had backed the wrong horse as HSN hated them, so he left and joined B&H Vic. And that’s pretty much where we are… try getting that group of egos to work together!

Teaming up with Doug is/was — second — Welf Herfurth.

Welf wears many tinfoil helmets: as a former member of the German NPD and the One Nation Party (Australia), a close collaborator of Dr James Saleam’s — helping to organise the fascist assembly known as the ‘Sydney Forum’ — and most recently as promoter of fascist groupuscule ‘New Right Australia’ (and er, New Zealand) and the bizarro fascist platform known as ‘national anarchism’.

Welf’s group is tiny, comprising himself and various refugees from Stormfront and other racist and fascist forums. In Melbourne — or should I say Geelong — Welf enjoys the support of a handful of teenyboppers. The most active of these is a boy by the name of Scott.

Funnily enough, Scott was also a member of the hacked B&H forum where, posting as ‘Tribalist’, he noted how much he enjoyed attending a neo-Nazi gig — apart from an unfortunate political disagreement which developed among the assembled drunken pea-brains. As for ‘national anarchism’…

“Wish in one hand and shit in the other and see which fills up first.”

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News From Nowhere // News From Neverland

Posted on March 31, 2009 by @ndy

On the eve of Financial Fools’ Day:

an idiotorial in The Australian argues that “Globalisation has done more to end poverty than socialism” (A Neverland protest, March 31, 2009);
‘G20 ‘terrorist plot’ uncovered by police’ (Duncan Gardham, and Richard Savill, Daily Telegraph, March 30, 2009);*
a suit has a message for wowdy webels: “Graham Williams, an insurance company director, has a warning for protesters planning to bring London’s financial district to a standstill this week: ‘We’re not all pansies’.” (Kevin Crowley, No ‘Pansies’ in London as City Boys Brace for G-20 Protesters, Bloomberg, March 30, 2009);
outspoken crackademic Brian Knight has been given the arse by his employer (The University of East London) and the University has apparently cancelled the Alternative G20 conference scheduled for this week;
the Financial Times has brought out a VERY special edition;
anarchists have rallied in London [video].

Finally:

    European anarchists ‘to invade London’ for G20 violence
    Mick Armstrong
    Metro
    March 30, 2009

    Thousands of hardcore anarchists and activists from across Europe are set to come together in London today it has been reported, as fears grow that protests over the G20 summit will erupt into violence.

    Security forces have identified notorious groups from France, Germany and Italy whose members are mobilising more supporters in a bid to create chaos on the streets of the capital as the world’s leaders meet.

    Many of the agitators are arriving today after a week of anarchist strikes in Italy, according to the Evening Standard.

    French police are warning their British counterparts that at least 1,000 activists are on their way to London, with members of the Anarch-Autonomist [sic] being particularly active in their preparations, according to reports.

    From Germany three groups are expected to make the journey, including ANTIFA [sic] – an anti-fascist group.

    And in Italy the Guerrigilieri Anomali (Anomalous Warriors) are planning to target symbols of wealth in London.

    The Met police was also warning that groups associated with the Poll Tax riots of 1990 were reforming to create a new wave of carnage.

    An anarchist group has already taken over a disused pub in East London as an HQ, according to the Standard.

    The Convergence Crew appear to have chosen the former pub in Shoreditch because of its proximity to the City, which is likely to be the focal point for demonstrations on Wednesday of this week.

    Buildings in London have already been boarded up and debris cleared from street works and building sites to minimise the potential for damage.

See also : March 25: The day the world changed (March 27, 2009) | G20 : Inner City Pressure + Global Economic Crisis = Anarchy in London (March 25, 2009) | G20 : London’s Burning! (March 18, 2009) | 40 New Zealand anarchists still at large; London and Berlin tremble (March 1, 2009) | Davos 2009 : Capitalism in Crisis (February 1, 2009) | Meanwhile, in Europe, ¡anarcholocos! (December 12, 2008)

*Terror probe uncovers ‘fake guns’, “An imitation Kalashnikov rifle and fireworks have been seized by police investigating alleged terrorism in connection with the G20 summit. Three men aged 25, 19 and 16 and two women of 20, from the Plymouth area in Devon, were held after the 25 year old was seen allegedly spraying graffiti. A number of imitation weapons were seized in searches of several premises. Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton said the weapons were “not major” and “probably not even lethal”… (BBC, March 30, 2009).

News From Nowhere
or An Epoch of Rest
Being Some Chapters From a Utopian Romance
by William Morris
(1890)

Bonus!

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Brief and to the point

Posted on March 30, 2009 by @ndy

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