And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 13:54:38 -0700
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From: arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ANTI-RACIST EMERGENCY ACTION NETWORK
STATEMENT ON SEA SHEPHERD AND JACK METCALF
Sea Shepherd is directly responsible for much of the racist anti-tribal
upsurge that is now gripping the state of Washington. They have
instigated this purposely using the excuse of the Makah whale hunt to
justify their racist actions. The direct, undeniable proof of their intentions
is found in their joining forces with the long time extreme rightwing racist
and anti-tribal activist Jack Metcalf.
Sea Shepherd has defended directly working with Metcalf and called
him a "stellar leader" and one of their supporters called him "a great
public servant". They did not at all try to deny any of the information we
gave them on Metcalf. All they would say was that Metcalf supported
their issue and that is all that is important. We have been informed by a
lawyer who was an activist against the former Apartheid regime in South
Africa, in Olympia, that when they lobbied the legislature "he, several
times made staggeringly racist comments about Africans being
genetically incapable of governing themselves, and made them in open
committee hearings."
Racism and fascism is part of the Metcalf family tradition. Jack's father
was a Langley unit leader of the Silvershirt Legion in the 1930s. The
Silver Shirts were a Nazi formation in the U.S. modeled after the fascist
brown shirts of Germany and the black shirts of Italy. This is in line with
the Sea Racists alliance with Brigit Bardot member of the fascist
National Front in France.
The following information comes from the files of the ANTI-RACIST
EMERGENCY ACTION NETWORK. Rep. Jack Metcalf is known
through out the state of Washington as the second most influential long
time racist anti-tribal activist, next to the king of racism Sen. Slade
Gorton, in this state. Jack Metcalf is one of the founders of S /SPAWN
which later became the United Property Owners of Washington
(UPOW). And Jack was on the UPOW Board until he left for congress.
There is a great over lap of members and rhetoric between UPOW and
the Washington Property Rights Network which is led by Jim Klauser
who began, with other officials of the Builders Industry Association of
Washington, the "Wise Use" Movement in this state. They also receive
support from the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise. Also
connected in this is the Citizens Equal Rights Alliance, a co-founder of
the "Wise Use" Movement and is a national anti-treaty rights
organization. UPOW has always used itself as a means
for white property owners to fight tribal sovereignty and Native treaty
rights. They have led the fight against tribal shell fishing rights,
including a suit in which the Defenders of Property Rights (DoPR) is
co-counsel. DoPR is an extremist right wing group whose board
members include James Watt, Ed Meese, Robert Bork, Sen. Orrin
Hatch and Sen Larry Craig, and is associated with the Heritage
Foundation, the Alliance for America and other far right wing
organizations.
Rep. Jack Metcalf was also a National Co-Chair of Redeem Our
Country, among the other Co-chairs of that organization include anti-
Semite Eustace Mullins and arch-segregationist John Rarick. The
group's advisory board included Christian Identity advocates, a Spotlight
columnist and members of the Posse-Comitatus.
Rep. Jack Metcaf was elected to congress along with other right wing
"Contract On America" Republicans like Linda Smith and Randy Tate.
But Jack just maybe the worst of the much. The extreme right wing
paper "The Spotlight" has had a number of write-ups on Jack, and one
issue featured a photograph of him in the office of the Liberty Lobby
which is the publisher of that paper. And Metcalf was a loyal support of
Newt Gingrich and was ranked #3 in the NewtWatch "Top 20 Toadies".
According to the League of Conservation Voters Jack has one of the
worst environmental voting records in congress. They listed him as
voting against the environment 85% of the time. And his voting record on
human rights was even worse. The ACLU gave him a 0% rating.
Just last year at a meeting held by the Sumas Chamber of Commerce,
Metcalf complained about not being able to tell racist jokes. He said;
"It's really tough these days to tell a joke or story. You use to be able to
tell race jokes. You can't do that anymore."
Sea Shepherd and Jack Metcalf have another issue in common.
Metcalf has received a 100% rating by the anti-immigrant lobby U.S.
Border Control. Sea Shepherd's president Paul Watson and board of
advisor member Dave Foreman both signed onto the anti-immigrant
campaign with the Sierra Club.
Sea Shepherd rather than acknowledging that they made a mistake in
joining forces with a man like Metcalf, sought to praise him. The only
reason Metcalf is willing to work with Sea Shepherd is that they are
fighting the Makah Nation over a purposed whale hunt, and Metcalf is
clearly one of them most anti-tribal people in congress. Were the issue
U.S. corporations wanting to get back into whale hunting he would be on
the other side of the issue. By joining forces with Metcalf, Sea Shepherd
is telling all those who have been victimized by the "Contract On
America", the poor, people of color, working people and real
environmentalists, and all Native people who have been victimized by the
right wing racist anti-tribal campaign, that their struggles are not
important to Sea Shepherd. We believe differently. We believe that all
these struggles are important and none of them should quietly sit back
and allow a self-righteous organization like Sea Shepherd stab them in
the back by joining forces with a man like Metcalf. It matters not how
you feel about the issues of Sea Shepherd, or its past activities, nothing
justifies their alliance with the extreme racist right wing.
Clearly Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd should be viewed now as a
part of the far rightwing racist movement. Watson's name should be
place along side that of David Duke and others and given the same
treatment. Those that give support to Watson and the Sea Racists
should understand that they have crossed the line and now stand
against the people and real environmentalism.
We are calling on all people to e-mail their comments about what the
Sea Racists have done directly to Sea Shepherd at:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In Solidarity
Arthur J. Miller
coordinator
ANTI-RACIST EMERGENCY ACTION NETWORK
P.O. BOX 5464
TACOMA, WA 98416-0464
e-mail; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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