--- Sponsor's Message -------------------------------------- **WIN A TRIP TO HAWAII** Every time you send a FREE ZingCard from now until September 11, 2000 you will be entered to win a trip to Hawaii. http://click.topica.com/aaaayAbz8SnrbAjwjxa/Zing ------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________________________________________________ The Internet Anti-Fascist: Friday, 1 September 2000 Vol. 4, Number 71 (#464) __________________________________________________________________________ "Freedom of Speech" and Fascist Actions Digital Freedom Network (press release), "Web site bans woman with "unacceptable" name," 18 Aug 00 AP, "Canada Navy Boards U.S.-Owned Ship," 3 Aug 00 World Church of the Creator (press release), "White Racist Television Show Comes to Connecticut!," 16 Aug 00 August (Pastor August & Karley Kreis) & Karley Kreis, "The Jewish Defense League -- Terrorism Personified," 24 Aug 00 Aftenposten/NTB via "Nazism Exposed Project", "25 Neo-Nazis Rally In Askim, 9 Arrested," 19 Aug 00 Aftenposten/NTB via "Nazism Exposed Project", "Swedish TV-Photographer Attacked By Neo-Nazis," 20 Aug 00 What's Worth Checking: 10 stories -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Web site bans woman with "unacceptable" name Digital Freedom Network (press release) 18 Aug 00 In a new twist on Internet censorship, Los Angeles attorney Sherril Babcock was blocked from joining the BlackPlanet.com online service -- at least until she changes her name. When Babcock registered for access to BlackPlanet.com, a Web site dealing with African-American topics, she was told that her last name was "unacceptable" presumably because it contained the word "cock," and she was not permitted to register. Suspecting the matter to be a simple matter of the site's overly ambitious censorware, she contacted BlackPlanet.com hoping to clear up the problem. She explained that "Babcock was my father's name as well, and I am very fond of him." Crystal Martin, BlackPlanet.com's Moderator for Member Services, responded. She apologized twice for the inconvenience, but said "unfortunately, the letters that form the word 'Cock' is [sic] unacceptable and will not be recognized by our system." Omar Wasow, BlackPlanet.com's executive director, intends to continue using the censorware. Though he described himself as a strong supporter of free speech, he defended his use of censorware as an attempt to not offend his site's membership, even though there would be casualties like Sherril Babcock. When asked if he would register Babcock manually, thereby bypassing the censorware, Wasow explained that if the censorware made bad decisions even only one percent of the time, it would have meant over 8,000 manual entries given the current population of his online community. Babcock would just have to change her registration name to please the censorware. BlackPlanet.com is concerned that people could register on their site with false names that others could find unacceptable. End of matter. Babcock is still not a member, and cyber-rights groups are having a good laugh over this latest episode of censor- ware's shortcomings. "Censorware is a non-solution for a non-problem. It doesn't block what it intends to, most of which doesn't hurt anyone, and it blocks far too much of what it shouldn't. It's a failure and it's scary that some want public libraries to adopt this junk," said Alan Brown, Internet development director for the Digital Freedom Network. The episode reminded Babcock of America Online's ban of the word "breast" in its chat rooms. The ban was only overturned when members of a breast cancer survivor's group complained that the ban left them with very little to talk about. According to the cyber-rights organization Peacefire, Internet censorware is so flawed that various versions have blocked Web sites including Time magazine, the National Organization for Women, the Vatican, the Heritage Foundation, and even sites about dogs. "Would St. Francis of Assisi or Emily Dickinson also have been banned from BlackPlanet.com?", asked Bobson Wong, executive director of the Digital Freedom Network. Network (DFN) promotes human rights around the world by developing new methods of activism with Internet technology and by providing an online voice to those attacked simply for expressing themselves. DFN creates Internet applications to fight censorship, acquires technology tools for other activists, launches Internet-based campaigns on behalf of human rights, and serves as a technical resource for activists worldwide. DFN's Web site is <http://dfn.org> RELATED SITES BlackPlanet.com Peacefire Electronic Privacy Information Center American Civil Liberties Union Censorware.org - - - - - Canada Navy Boards U.S.-Owned Ship AP 3 Aug 00 [This story is interesting for it illustrates -- albeit very indirectly -- two legal concepts of use in the battle against fascism: a "writ of retaliation" and the Alien Tort Control Act. -- tallpaul] HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Backed by war ships, Canadian troops dropped from a helicopter and seized control of a U.S.-owned vessel off its Atlantic coast Thursday, after the ship refused to deliver its cargo of Canadian military supplies because of a monthlong contract dispute. The navy boarded the 750-foot freighter, the GTS Katie, because the ship was holding important military supplies, said Canadian Defense Minister Art Eggleton. After a warning if its intention to board, two Canadian naval ships approached the Katie Thursday afternoon. But the freighter accelerated, jerking from side to side, said Canadian Capt. Drew Robertson, who was in charge of the boarding. As the Canadian vessels closed in, a navy helicopter lowered 14 heavily- armed soldiers to the Katie's deck to take control, said Robertson at a news conference. "The master of the ship was rather dramatic, which is understandable," Robertson said. "The crew was rather welcoming." The ship's Russian captain, Vitaly Khlebnikov, told reporters that the boarding was "dangerous." There were no injuries in the operation, which came a day after Canada said it had received permission to board the boat from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Caribbean nation where the boat is registered. officials said. The Katie was being escorted Thursday night to Montreal and was expected to arrive Sunday, three weeks after the original arrival date. Eggleton said the Canadian and American companies involved in the contract dispute will have to resolve the issue in court. Being held hostage by these companies is not acceptable," he said. "There was no confidence that short of taking control of that ship we would have any control of our equipment." The freighter was carrying five tanks, 200 of Canada's 2,000 armored vehicles, and 390 crates packed with rifles, ammunition, and communications equipment. Three Canadian soldiers are also on board to guard the cargo. The freighter had been stationed in international waters about 140 miles off Newfoundland since Monday night. The freighter's owner, Annapolis, Md.,-based Third Ocean Marine Navigation Company, was hired by a Montreal-based company, Andromeda, which had in turn been contracted by the military to bring back the military supplies used by Canadian peacekeepers in Kosovo, a province of Serbia. But Third Ocean has refused to deliver the cargo, demanding payment it says it is owed. The Canadian government and the shippers had been negotiating a settlement since early last month. Peter Margan, head of Third Ocean, who says Andromeda owes him $288,000, said that late Wednesday the military had given him an ultimatum to accept an offer of $90,000 or face being boarded. Prior to the boarding, Margan said Thursday that "there are negotiations going on, but there's no update just yet." The Katie had been scheduled to transport the shipment from Thessaloniki, Greece, to a port near Montreal by mid-July. But the ship was delayed reaching Greece, increasing costs of the voyage. Canada routinely charters foreign transport for its military equipment overseas. The Navy has no transports equipped to carry heavy armor and the Air Force's C-130 Hercules transports are limited to about 20 tons of cargo. - - - - - White Racist Television Show Comes to Connecticut! World Church of the Creator (press release) 16 Aug 00 Reverend Matt Hale, leader of the most controversial racist and anti- Semitic organization in America, the World Church of the Creator, announced today that beginning on August 21, the Church television program entitled White Revolution will be airing on Public Access Channel 21 in Branford, East Haven, Guilford, Madison, North Branford, North Haven, and Wallingford. This follows up on several months of intensive Church activity in these areas which has resulted in the recruitment of many new adherents. The show will first air at 6:30pm on August 21 and will be repeated at 7:30pm on August 22, 6:30pm on August 23, 7:30pm on August 24, 6:30pm on August 25, 6:30pm on August 28, 3:30pm on August 29, 3:30pm on August 30, and 3:30pm on August 31. The second show in the White Revolution series will follow two weeks later. Reverend Matt Hale (an attorney who was denied a law license by the state of Illinois due to his extreme racist views) is the Leader of The World Church of the Creator, a pro-White religious organization. He and his church have received international media attention last year stemming from Illinois' violation of his right to practice law and the shootings by his friend Ben Smith which possibly happened as a result of this trampling of Reverend Hale's religious freedom. The first show of White Revolution, as a matter of fact, will reveal "The Truth About Ben Smith" and is sure to spark great controversy. Reverend Hale had this to say today: "I am extremely happy to be taking to the public airwaves in Connecticut to present the Truth of what is happening to our people and country. I am particularly happy to devote the first show of White Revolution to the subject of Ben Smith, for the actions of Ben Smith certainly rattled a great many people and it is high time that I reveal what really happened that undoubtedly caused him to commit such crimes. The viewer can then judge for him or herself." Reverend Hale stated further: "The airing of White Revolution is part of a coordinated effort to win more of our White Brothers and Sisters to our great Cause. In particular, I hope that many White children will watch the show so that they can learn and accept the Truth before having their minds polluted with anti-white concepts. In other words, we intend to teach White youth through this program to be as racist as possible." Lastly, Reverend Hale stated: "White Revolution will present just exactly why my followers and I believe as we do. It is my chance to speak directly to my White Brothers and Sisters. This is important if we wish to counter the bias and hostility of the press. I am quite confident that if people hear us out, they will not only understand where we are coming from but will also agree with what we stand for." For further information, contact Reverend Hale at (309) 694-4444. - - - - - The Jewish Defense League -- Terrorism Personified August (Pastor August & Karley Kreis) & Karley Kreis 24 Aug 00 With the Aryan Nations Civil trial about to begin the entire town of Coeur d'Alene will be inundated with JEWS, just like we told you last week. First, Anti-WHITE Jew Supremacist Morris Seligman Dees is coming from his hole in Montgomery, Alabama to do battle and decimate, not Aryan Nations, as the JEWSMEDIA would have you believe, but a righteous mans life's work building a Christian Church in North Idaho, that of Pastor Richard Butler. Anti-WHITE JEW Supremacist Morris Seligman Dees is bringing any number of JEWS with him for support, as bodyguards and to carry his trunk full of legal papers so he can use the JEW legal system to destroy a Christian Church and the life's work of Pastor Richard Butler. In addition, Anti-WHITE JEW Supremacist Morris Seligman Dees has contracted with still more local JEWS to aid and abet him with his attack on a Christian Church and Christian Pastor. We now hear from the true haters of WHITE people in America, the likes of Irv Rubin of the Jewish Defense League based in Los Angeles, California. He is putting his slimy derriere on a plane along with his entourage and coming to shout JEW and Anti-WHITE slogans, be lawless and, in general, act like a loudmouth JEW that he is. Because he, along with Anti-WHITE JEW Supremacist Morris Seligman Dees are the darlings of the JEWSMEDIA they will have instant access with their words of denigration and contempt and come across as, oh so very righteous. Remember that the JDL is a pure terrorist organization (see The Spotlight article attached). These people have committed more heinous crimes than any other group of people in America and walk with impunity because they are JEWS! If you don't believe us, you can count the JEWS that will be in Coeur d'Alene for the trial! It would be safe to say that, on a per capita basis, more Christ hating JEWS will be in Coeur d'Alene during the trial period than live in New York City, the JEW capitol of America. Don't be fooled! Read what we have published in the past and you will see our prophetic words come to pass. You will get to see the JEW first hand. Take notes and video record them so your children can see who they really are and what they really do. IN THE MASTERS SERVICE Carl E. Story Evangelist Vincent Bertollini <http://www.televar.com/~vb11thhr/index.html> - - - - - 25 Neo-Nazis Rally In Askim, 9 Arrested Aftenposten/NTB via "Nazism Exposed Project" 19 Aug 00 Around 20-25 activists were gathered for the unannounced march arranged by the Neo-Nazi group Boot Boys in Askim/Norway. The march started at 13:47 and lasted for 10-15 minutes. It was held in the memory of German Nazi Rudolf Hess. Six activists were from Sweden, the rest were Norwegian. Norwegian law clearly states that one need police permission to march, and that it is illegal to cover ones face when participating. Still, it wasn't until later on the way home that 9 neo-nazis got arrested for driving a stolen car with false license plates. These nine also tried to speed away from the police car which intercepted them at around 16:00. Currently the nine are in police custody waiting to be interrogated. Boot Boys have earlier sent three applications to the Oslo police, requesting to hold the rally in Oslo. All three applications were rejected. While 20-25 Neo-Nazis were marching in Askim, there were around 15.000 gathered at a counter demonstration held by 134 anti-racist organizations at Youngstorget in Oslo. A one hour long program with appeals and singing, and attended by politicans and cultural personalities where just about what the anti-racist organizations had hoped for. - - - - - Swedish TV-Photographer Attacked By Neo-Nazis Aftenposten/NTB via "Nazism Exposed Project" 20 Aug 00 After the Askim march, the Neo-Nazis moved to Bjorndal in Oslo where they were having a party. The party was, however, stopped by the police after a Swedish TV-reporter had been attacked with a bat. The Swedish freelance journalist Bjor Lochstrom from Lindkoping was attacked by the attendees when they felt he was getting too close at around 21:00, Saturday evening. Shortly after this incident, a group of 20-30 policemen equiped with helmets, shields and bats went into the building and ended the party. "I was attacked by a bat, it was the same people who marched in Askim," says Lochstrom to NTB. Several Neo-Nazis were held back by the police and one got arrested for the attack on the Swedish TV-photographer. According to the police, two cars got away. The party was held in a nice and cosy neighbourhood at Bjorndal which is at the eastern parts of Oslo. On Friday the neigbours observed people carrying beer and other things, and on Saturday the first attendees came around 16:00. Witnesses in the area says that they were not hiding who they were, with handweapons, uniforms and T-shirts with the "Boot Boys" logo on it. At 21:00 when the police arrived, there was a group of around 100 people outside watching and cussing out the Neo-Nazis as they were being brought out. "The party is over for tonight. We stopped the party because the locale had been rented on false presumptions," says operative leader Drude Owren Fogg at the Oslo police to NTB. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT'S WORTH CHECKING stories via <ftp://ftp.nyct.net/pub/users/tallpaul/publish/story6/> Wamda K. DeMarzp (Milami Herald), "Firefighter pleads guilty to evading taxes for 1996: 1 of 3 resisters in Hallandale," 20 Jul 00, "A Hallandale Beach firefighter accused of tax evasion changed his plea of not guilty to guilty Friday morning in federal court." <1791.txt> Roger Boyes (The Sunday Times), "Railway Bomb Raises Neo-Nazi Fears," 29 Jul 00, "The splinter bomb attack at a Düsseldorf railway station, which left nine foreign students injured, including six Russian and Ukrainian Jews, was aimed at a group of foreigners and has been blamed on far-right extremists. Five people were seriously injured in the attack on Thursday, including a 26-year-old woman, identified only as Tatjana L, who was five months' pregnant. She lost the baby when a metal shard released by the bomb buried itself in her abdomen." <1792.txt> Germany Alert, "Politics, Nazi Terror Mix as Right Surges," 30 Jul 00, "German politicians, business leaders and editors wish the "problem" would simply go away. Speaking out against the new escalation in neo-Nazi terror does not win them votes, increase their companies' profits or cause more people to read and watch the news. Not in today's Germany, where some mainline political leaders are openly adopting extreme rightwing positions, even in the wake of more terror attacks on foreigners. The politics of hate hasn't had it so easy since Hitler was in power. Consider that a splinter bomb attack at a Düsseldorf railway station Thursday, which left nine foreign students injured -- six of them Russian and Ukrainian Jews -- came only a month after a regional Christian Democrat (CDU) official announced proudly that he had sung 'Deutschland, Deutschland über alles' at a meeting of rightwing students." <1793.txt> John Goodbody (The Times [of London], "Troublemakers stay clear of net," 31 Jul 00, ""Yobs use the net for "hate sites", but are otherwise wary of it Football hooligans are becoming increasingly sophisticated in planning violence. When the European championship begins in Holland and Belgium on Saturday, much of the expected trouble will be arranged using e-mails, pagers and mobile phones. The internet is not used to organise battles between rival supporters, because that would warn police where hooliganism is likely to take place." <1794.txt> John Hooper (The Guardian), "Old habits die hard," 31 Jul 00, "Last week's bombing of a Düsseldorf railway station may have been a response as much as an outrage. The attack came three days after Germany's chancellor, Gerhard Schröder identified the curbing of neo-Nazism as a priority for the second half of his four-year term. All the bomb victims were foreign immigrants and most were Jewish. The blast may yet turn out to have been a settling of accounts between individuals, as police initially suspected, but the coincidence is unsettling. It is especially so when taken in the context of the Schröder government's so far half-hidden agenda. Members of the chancellor's inner circle of advisers say he has reached the conclusion that racial prejudice and violence, especially in the east of the country, are not just morally repugnant but pose a threat to Germany's prosperity." <1795.txt> Kate Connolly (The Guardian), "Haider teases 'wise men' Special report: the Austrian far right in power," 31 Jul 00, "Guided to Austria by an increasingly nervous European Union and bearing tidings of cautious goodwill from Brussels, "three wise men" left Vienna yesterday snubbing gifts of CDs, videos and the infamous "Jörgi bear" - a cuddly bear donated by the extreme rightwinger Jörg Haider. Sent to judge whether the diplomatic sanctions on Austria, imposed because of fears of the political character of Mr Haider's Freedom party (FPO), should be lifted, the three- man panel of EU representatives concluded their 72-hour investigative visit tight-lipped after refusing to meet the man at the eye of the storm. Dubbed the three wise men, former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari; former Spanish foreign minister Marcelino Oreja; and leading German lawyer Jochen Frowein were appointed earlier this month to monitor Austria's political behaviour." <1796.txt> [FYI: Rightwing Information] Matt Hale (World Churchof the Creator), "Hotline for July 31, 27AC [sic]", "On this week's message, I wish to read the lead article from the August issue of The Struggle entitled, "What Is To Be Done?" A long battle has now, for the time being, ended. The battle for my law license in the state of Illinois has concluded without my obtaining that license. This seeming defeat occurred without fault by any of us but instead occurred through the combined machinations of our adversaries desperate to stop a ray of light from shining in "their" courtrooms. It is a badge of honor and a sign of the righteousness of our ideals that they fought so hard to stop me from getting that license. This has been a battle that has been at the forefront of many of our minds this past year and a half, and with good reason. It was the denial of my license that brought our Church and I to the international stage, and furthermore, there has never been a doubt just how important a law license for our Cause is as witnessed by the actions of our adversaries in that regard. While a few Creators have at times asked me why I sought my law license so tenaciously--why I wanted so much to be in courtrooms so rigged against our interests, the answer has always been simple: law is power, and if the White Racial Loyalist Cause is represented in law, it will have more power than it otherwise would have. Also, by having a law license, I would receive, rightly or wrongly, prestige in the eyes of our people." <1797.txt> Stephen A. Martin ([Burlington, IA] Hawk Eye), "Public defender tries to block state's attorney," 1 Aug 00, "Letting the Knox County state's attorney prosecute Dan Shoemaker would hurt the militia leader's chance for a fair trial, his attorney says." <1798.txt> Reuters, "Former Florida militia leader sentenced for bomb plot," 28 Jul 00, "A former militia leader was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for plotting to blow up power lines in Florida and Georgia. ... At a sentencing hearing on Friday at the federal courthouse in Tampa, defense attorney Nancy Johnson said Beauregard only talked about the plan to impress his friends and had not acted to carry it out. Therefore he should not be sentenced under federal anti-terrorism law guidelines, she said." <1799.txt> AP, "Militia Leader Sentenced," 28 Jul 00, "A Florida militia leader was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for plotting terrorist attacks on power plants and government offices. Donald Beauregard, 32, a general in the group called the Southeastern States Alliance, had plotted to steal explosives from a National Guard armory and blow up power plants to paralyze central Florida and Atlanta with blackouts, federal agents said. Agents said he had planned simultaneous attacks to be carried out on power lines and utility towers feeding Atlanta and St. Petersburg, including bombing the Crystal River nuclear plant 90 miles north of Tampa Bay." <1800.txt> * * * * * In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. __________________________________________________________________________ FASCISM: We have no ethical right to forgive, no historical right to forget. 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