{"id":15684,"date":"2010-04-02T04:13:46","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T18:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=15684"},"modified":"2010-04-02T12:50:34","modified_gmt":"2010-04-02T02:50:34","slug":"local-anti-racist-shot-in-downtown-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=15684","title":{"rendered":"Local Anti-Racist Shot in Downtown Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"

From infoshop.org<\/a> (unverified<\/strike>)…<\/p>\n

Shortly after midnight on Saturday, March 27, a man was brutally attacked in the heart of downtown Portland. His attacker shot him and left him lying in the street. He is currently in the Intensive Care Unit in an area hospital, fighting to overcome extensive injuries.<\/p>\n

It is no secret that this man, Luke Querner, is a long-time anti-fascist activist. He has devoted over a decade of his life to opposing the most vicious elements of our city\u2019s white supremacist movement. Rose City Antifascists, the Portland chapter of the Anti-Racist Action Network, believe that the local neo-Nazis whom Luke has opposed for years attempted to murder him on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Luke is proud to be an anti-racist skinhead. The true skinhead movement has always been anti-racist, tracing its origins to the cultural intersection of Jamaican immigrants and working class whites in England during the 1960s. After racists and the far-Right attempted to hijack the skinhead movement in the late 1970s and \u201880s, a movement known as SkinHeads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP) emerged in 1987 to reaffirm the anti-racist roots of the subculture. As with many other anti-racist skins, Luke is deeply committed to racial equality and social justice. This commitment has caused Luke to be targeted in the past.<\/p>\n

Rose City Antifa believes that the most recent attack was planned and committed by an element within Portland\u2019s neo-Nazi underground. This is the most logical explanation for such a vicious act, for several reasons:<\/p>\n

1. Local neo-Nazi organizations and cliques have the capability to carry out such an act. Several organizations, including the Portland-centered Volksfront International, are tightly-organized, disciplined, and command significant loyalty from adherents and sympathizers. Their members have experience committing violent acts, including murder.<\/p>\n

2. Luke was a prime enemy of organized racists. Luke and his community have been violently targeted by Volksfront in the past. The recent shooting echoes the sentiments expressed in the song \u201cSHARP Shooter\u201d by the old Volksfront-affiliated rock band, Jew Slaughter.<\/p>\n

3. Local fascist groups have spent recent months uniting despite organizational differences. Volksfront as well as National Socialist Movement affiliates hosted a series of social events that have likely emboldened individual fascists. One recent point of unity between local neo-Nazi cliques and groups\u2014whether they be Volksfront, the Northwest Front, the National Socialist Movement or Hammerskins\u2014has been common targeting of anti-racists and the Left.<\/p>\n

4. Given the overall resurgence of the radical Right in recent years (see Southern Poverty Law Center report), neo-Nazis have expressed more urgency in their propaganda, expecting a race war in the near future.<\/p>\n

Luke is an entrenched and beloved figure in the anti-racist community and well known by local fascists. Saturday\u2019s shooting was an intentional message that those standing up for equality are in mortal danger…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See also<\/em> : Anti-Racist Action Network<\/a> (ARA) \/\/\/ Rose City Antifa<\/a> \/\/\/ RIP Dan and Spit<\/a> (July 5, 2006).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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