Pacifica Forum Speaker Celebrates National Socialism

The speaker blamed “Jewish lies” for the Iraq War, praised the swastika as a symbol of white people, showed a neo-Nazi propaganda video, and led several audience members in an enthusiastic Nazi salute. No, this wasn’t an assembly of America’s largest neo-Nazi organization, the National Socialist Movement (NSM). Rather, it was the weekly gathering of the Pacifica Forum, a formerly left-wing discussion group that has met for years at the University of Oregon. Although the forum has been hosting prominent Holocaust deniers and far-right extremists for more than two years, it ratcheted up the vitriol during its Dec. 11 meeting. Titled  „The National Socialist Movement: An Inside View of America’s Far Right,” the event basically amounted to a recruitment pitch for National Socialism, complete with sieg-heiling. The event provoked an outcry from community members. “Friday night was really wretched,” said Michael Williams, who has monitored Pacifica Forum for six years. “It was a lot like attending a Nazi rally.”

via Pacifica Forum Speaker Celebrates National Socialism | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center.

Reputed white supremacist gets more than 24 years

A 40-year-old accused white supremacist gang leader has been sentenced in Nevada to more than 24 years in federal prison on racketeering and drug conspiracy charges. U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden says Kenneth Russell Krum was sentenced Monday by District Court Judge Kent Dawson after a jury in Las Vegas found Krum and four other Aryan Warriors guilty in July of charges including firearm possession and methamphetamine production.

via Reputed white supremacist gets more than 24 years – State News – Modbee.com.

Ursensollen: Sheepworld wehrt sich gegen Neonazis

Die Firma Sheepworld in Ursensollen im Landkreis Amberg-Sulzbach beweist Mut und wehrt sich gegen Neonazis. Diese haben das Motiv des Unternehmens „Ohne Dich ist alles doof!“ kopiert und für rechtsradikale Zwecke abgeändert. (…) Laut Sandner schaut Sheepworld nicht einfach weg, da die Firma gegen Fremdenhass und Gewalt ist und für ein friedliches Miteinander plädiert. Verantwortlich für die Imitation des Motives ist der vorbestrafte Neo-Nazi Paul Breuer.

via Ursensollen: Sheepworld wehrt sich gegen Neonazis | ramasuri.de.

siehe auch: Pressemitteilung Sheepworld

danke an sheepworld und die Genehmigung, dieses schöne Bild hier zu nutzen!

First Amendment doesn’t protect dangerous threats

It has been exactly 20 years since a pipe bomb sent to federal Judge Robert Vance’s Alabama home killed him and injured his wife. It has been more than 30 years since a hired killer gunned down federal Judge John H. Wood Jr. in his San Antonio driveway. It has been 10 days since a New Jersey jury deadlocked on whether a radio shock jock and blogger should be convicted for saying three federal appeals court judges in Chicago deserve to be killed. You might think that getting a conviction on that last one would be simple. But because of the First Amendment, it’s not. Though the First Amendment says „Congress shall make no law“ suppressing free speech, the Supreme Court has said in a series of rulings that there are some types of speech that can be punished because they just aren’t worth the trouble they cause. For instance, you probably couldn’t cry „First Amendment“ after you falsely yelled „fire“ in a crowded theater and caused a panic, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously wrote in 1919. But words have to be pretty extreme and obnoxious to fall outside free-speech protections. What’s said must amount to „fighting words“ or incite „imminent lawless action“ or convey „true threats.“ But the outer boundaries seem to shift with the times. In 1942, you couldn’t call someone „damned racketeer“ and „damned Fascist“ on a public street because, the Supreme Court said, that was likely to provoke retaliation and a breach of the peace. But in 1969, the court said it wasn’t punishable for a Ku Klux Klan leader, at a rally with burning cross, to say if federal officials continued „to suppress the white, Caucasian race, it’s possible that there might have to be some revengeance taken.“ So where do shock jock/blogger Hal Turner’s words fall? Turner spews hate that his lawyers describe as political hyperbole, according to accounts of his trial. After Judges Richard Posner, Frank Easterbrook and William Bauer ruled that a lower court properly dismissed a challenge to handgun bans in Chicago and Oak Park, Turner wrote online, „These judges must die. Their blood will replenish the tree of liberty.“

via First Amendment doesn’t protect dangerous threats.

siehe auch: Ex-N.J. mayor applauds hate-crime conviction. South Harrison Township’s first black mayor, who received death threats laced with racial epithets during his tenure, said yesterday that he was glad to learn a white supremacist who he said harassed him last year was convicted of hate crimes over the weekend. A Roanoke, Va., jury on Friday found William White, who headed a neo-Nazi organization and Web site, guilty of four of seven hate crimes after a nearly two-week trial. Though White was acquitted in U.S. District Court of threatening New Jersey’s Charles Tyson via telephone and e-mail, Tyson said he was pleased with the verdict. „At least he got convicted,“ Tyson said. „This guy was a terrorist, and these kind of people should be put in jail.“; Jury Finds Bill White Guilty on Four Counts. A federal jury today agreed with some but not all of the government’s allegations that former neo-Nazi leader Bill White made threats against various people with whom he disagreed. White was found guilty of threatening a Citibank employee, intimidating tenants of a Virginia Beach, Va., apartment complex, threatening a University of Delaware administrator and threatening a Canadian human rights lawyer, according to The Roanoke Times. He was acquitted of threatening the Citibank employee with the intent to extort, threatening Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Leonard Pitts and threatening a New Jersey mayor.

HITLER KEPT CHRIST OUT OF CHRISTMAS

Jesus was a Jew and Christianity was an oriental religion, so Hitler’s followers reinvented Yuletide as a pagan festival – and cast the Führer as the Messiah. A Yuletide fir tree decorated with sparkling swastikas, apple- cheeked children in uniform eager to bake SS insignia-shaped cakes for the whole family, and festive Germanic candlesticks hand-crafted in a concentration camp – such were the dubious delights of Christmas under Nazi rule. Sixty-five years after Germans celebrated the last Christmas of the Third Reich, a new exhibition at Cologne’s National Socialism Documentation Centre offers, for the first time, an insight into the elaborate propaganda methods devised by the Nazis in their campaign to take the Christ out of Christmas. The exhibition contains selected items from a vast private collection of Nazi Christmas memorabilia, including swastika and Nazi SS tree decorations, Aryan department store catalogues featuring presents for boys – toy Nazi tanks, fighter planes and machine guns – and music for carols that have been stripped of their Christian content.

via San Francisco Sentinel » Blog Archives » HITLER KEPT CHRIST OUT OF CHRISTMAS.

Drugs, weapons, explosives, Nazi gear: Antioch suspect found unfit for trial

Police found weapons, explosives, Nazi paraphernalia and drugs when they raided an Antioch man’s home in September, but a judge on Tuesday ordered him transferred to a state mental facility because he is unfit for trial. Burl Thomas, 56, of the 25100 block of West Linden Lane, was brought into Lake County Court in a wheelchair and appeared confused when asked questions by Circuit Judge Fred Foreman or his attorney. (…) Thomas has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed violence, possession of marijuana and cocaine with intent to deliver and having drug gear. „He’s a survivalist,“ Di Natale said. „He thinks there is a conspiracy to take over the country, and he thinks he is (in court) because he knows about it.“

via Drugs, weapons, explosives, Nazi gear: Antioch suspect found unfit for trial — chicagotribune.com.

Far Right Death Threats

With the convictions of nazi duo shepperd and whittle and the recent arrests of other nazis over web content, the legal implications are going to cause problems for the far right. The arrest last week of Michael Heaton, or ‘Wigan Mike’ as he is better known, for “soliciting murder and using threatening, abusive or insulting words likely to stir up racial hatred” has unpleasant implications for far right internet users. The charges relate to the Aryan Strike Force (ASF) website. Heaton has a long history of Nazi activities and has also been involved with the English Defence League (EDL). His co-defendant Trevor Hannington was accused of “possessing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism and disseminating a terrorist publication.” He was remanded until the new year and faces a dismal Christmas dinner. Heaton was arrested and then bailed which sparked suspicion on the VNN forum. Joey Owens initially expressed surprise that Heaton was bailed whilst Hannington was remanded but this has apparently been ‘explained’ to the moderator although there has been little posted since to substantiate the claim. Another poster worried that “If they can get Mike for what he has said on the net then they can get all or the majority of us I would wager.” Following the arrests Liam Pinkam, posting as Pino88 on VNN, wrote: “the BFF will be releasing a statement about it either today or tomorrow” which clearly implies an intimate connection between ASF and British Freedom Fighters. There has been no statement so far. Pinkham was arrested with Heaton earlier this year following an incident at the BNP rally in Blackpool.

via Far Right Death Threats | libcom.org.

ADL: Neo-Nazis use Deceptive Music Downloads to Attract Young People to White Supremacy

In an effort to lure young people into the white supremacist movement, neo-Nazis are using deceptive new tactics to appeal directly to high school and college students through advertisements in their school newspapers, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which actively monitors neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups. One scheme hatched by neo-Nazi Kevin McGuire of Bozeman, Montana involves placing advertisements in school newspapers offering “free music downloads.” As a result of the scheme, last month unsuspecting students at high schools in San Francisco and Carmel, Indiana were apparently tricked into running ads promoting the racist “Victory Forever” site operated by McGuire. In an apparent attempt to be misleading, the Victory Forever site initially displayed a page of music by independent artists, including at least one African-American artist. However, between the time when the ads were purchased and when they actually ran, the site was changed to its present, explicitly white supremacist form. “While the hatemongers have used stealth tactics before, now they are taking it to the next level by attempting to trick unsuspecting students into logging on to sites that appear harmless, but in reality are promoting music with a white supremacist message,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. Recruiting “White Youth” McGuire, 27, has longstanding ties to the neo-Nazi National Alliance (NA) and has been active in the white supremacist movement for years. According to his site, the purpose of the “Victory Forever” project is to disseminate “white resistance” music as widely as possible and to “recruit vast minions of White youth to become soldiers in the war for White racial survival.” McGuire also maintains a related Web site called “Fetch the Rope” – an apparent reference to lynching – that makes available racist CDs, swastika stickers and t-shirts for purchase. The Fetch the Rope store advertises bulk orders of $10 for 25 CDs that are, according to McGuire, “cheap enough to hand out to the neighborhood kids.”

via ADL: Neo-Nazis use Deceptive Music Downloads to Attract Young People to White Supremacy.

Pope says visit to Holocaust memorial ‘upsetting’

Pope Benedict XVI on Monday described a visit to Israel’s Holocaust memorial as a disturbing encounter with hatred, days after his decision to move the controversial World War II-era pope closer to sainthood angered Jewish groups. The German-born Benedict signed a decree Saturday on the virtues of Pope Pius XII, who has been criticized for not doing enough to stop the Holocaust. The decree means that Pius can be beatified – the first major step toward possible sainthood – once a miracle attributed to his intercession has been recognized. The decision sparked further outrage among Jewish groups still incensed over his rehabilitation earlier this year of a Holocaust-denying bishop, Richard Williamson. Nevertheless, a planned visit by Benedict to Rome’s main synagogue, scheduled for Jan. 17, is still on, said Ester Mieli, spokeswoman for Rome chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni. (…) „The visit to the Yad Vashem has meant an upsetting encounter with the cruelty of human fault, with the hatred of a blind ideology that, with no justification, sent millions of people to their deaths,“ he said. Yad Vashem is „first of all a commemorative monument against hatred, a heartfelt call to purification and forgiveness, to love,“ he said. Benedict’s speech during his Yad Vashem visit drew criticism in Israel, with some faulting the pope for failing to apologize for what they see as Catholic indifference during the Nazi genocide. Others noted that he failed to specifically mention the words „murder“ or „Nazis.

via Pope says visit to Holocaust memorial ‘upsetting’ – News – World – bnd.com.

Theft of Nazi sign was orchestrated outside of Poland, officials say

Investigators criticize Auschwitz security system. A foreigner outside of Poland commissioned the theft of the infamous Auschwitz sign “Arbeit Macht Frei’’ (“Work Sets You Free’’) and detectives may expand their investigation beyond the country’s borders, officials said. In a bid to learn more about the escapade, the investigators held a reenactment yesterday of the theft by the three men who confessed to taking the sign from the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. Based on the evidence gathered since the theft Friday, the crime was commissioned by a “person living outside Poland’’ and police were seeking help from Interpol and others as they investigate, said Artur Wrona, the chief prosecutor in Krakow. Polish media have reported, without citing any sources, that someone in Sweden could be under suspicion, but Wrona did not confirm or deny the claims. In Stockholm, a Swedish police official said they have not been contacted about any links.

via Theft of Nazi sign was orchestrated outside of Poland, officials say – The Boston Globe.

siehe auch: Polish police recover Auschwitz gate sign, damaged. The three pieces of the infamous sign proclaiming „Arbeit Macht Frei“ („Work Sets You Free)“ will be welded together and restored to the main gate at the former Auschwitz death camp after an improved security system is put in place to guard against another theft.; Swedish man suspected in Auschwitz sign theft. A still unidentified resident of Sweden is suspected of being the middle man in the brazen theft of the infamous Arbeit Macht Frei („Work Sets You Free“) sign from the Auschwitz concentration camp last Friday. Artur Wrona, the chief prosecutor in Krakow, says evidence indicates the crime was commissioned by a person living outside Poland. Polish media, without citing sources, reported suspicions focusing on someone in Sweden, but Wrona refused to confirm or deny the reports; Diebe von Auschwitz-Schriftzug gefasst – Keine Neo-Nazis. Der Auschwitz-Schriftzug „Arbeit macht frei“ wurde nach Angaben der polnischen Polizei nicht von Neo-Nazis gestohlen. Die fünf Verdächtigen hätten die eiserne Inschrift zweifelsfrei aus kriminellen Motiven entwendet, erklärte der Krakauer Polizeichef Andrzej Rokita am Montag. „Wir können sagen, dass keiner der fünf einer Neo-Nazi-Gruppe angehört.“ Die Männer im Alter von 20 bis 39 Jahren seien wegen diverser Vergehen wie Raub und Körperverletzung vorbestraft. Unklar sei bislang, ob sie zu der Tat angestiftet worden seien. Nach Angaben der Polizei wurde der Schriftzug in drei Teile zerlegt; Diebe der Auschwitz-Inschrift sind keine Neo-Nazis. Die Diebe, die den historischen Schriftzug „Arbeit macht frei“ vom Eingangstor der KZ-Gedenkstätte in Auschwitz entwendet haben, sind nach Einschätzung der polnischen Polizei keine Neonazis. Stattdessen seien sie wegen Raubüberfällen vorbestraft. Die Inschrift wurde von ihnen zersägt – und zwar „Wort für Wort“.

Demjanjuk trial hears of Nazi death camp horrors

A survivor of the Nazi death camp at which John Demjanjuk is accused of helping to kill 27,900 Jews recalled in court on Tuesday losing his wife after a three-day train journey to the extermination center. Demjanjuk, lying on a hospital bed, said nothing as Jules Schelvis, 88, described for the trial in Munich his arrival at the Sobibor death camp in Poland, where German state prosecutors accuse the 89-year-old defendant of assisting in killings. (…) Prosecutors say at least 250,000 Jews were killed at Sobibor. They accuse Demjanjuk, who was top of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s list of most-wanted war criminals, of knowingly herding thousands of Jews to their deaths at the camp. Schelvis, whose wife was gassed, said he joined a group of 80 other young men after arriving at Sobibor and that they were sent to work at another camp, where those who found the labor too arduous were hanged.

via Demjanjuk trial hears of Nazi death camp horrors | Reuters.

siehe auch: Demjanjuk trial witness describes deportation. A survivor of the Sobibor death camp testified that Ukrainian guards in Nazi-occupied Poland were worse than the Nazis’ infamous paramilitary SS as he recalled his experiences Tuesday at the trial of John Demjanjuk. The Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk, a retired auto worker who was deported from the U.S. in May, is charged with 27,900 counts of accessory to murder for his alleged activities as a guard at Sobibor. Jules Schelvis, an 88-year-old from the Netherlands, recalled being deported to Sobibor in 1943 along with his family. He told the Munich state court that he lost 18 relatives — including his wife, Rachel — at the camp in occupied Poland. Schelvis, one of dozens of victims’ relatives who have joined the trial as co-plaintiffs, as allowed under German law, recounted his 72-hour journey from the Dutch transit camp of Westerbork in a cramped freight car, with no food and little water or fresh air. „We were crammed in like herrings in a barrel,“ Schelvis testified. He said the people on board knew little about what was happening and thought they were being deported for labor; Überlebender sagt im Demjanjuk-Prozess aus. Der Sobibor-Überlebende Jules Schelvis hat im Mordprozess gegen den mutmaßlichen NS-Verbrecher John Demjanjuk seine Deportation in das Vernichtungslager geschildert. Er habe seinen Rucksack und seine Gitarre mitgenommen, weil die Deutschen gesagt hätten: „Ihr geht zur Arbeit in den Osten“, sagte der 88-Jährige vor dem Münchner Schwurgericht aus. Seine 20-jährige Frau Rachel und weitere 17 Familienmitglieder wurden in Sobibor vergast. Demjanjuk ist angeklagt, 1943 als Wachmann beim Mord an 27 900 Juden geholfen zu haben; „Ukrainische Wachmänner waren schlimmer als die SS“. Im Prozess gegen den mutmaßlichen NS-Verbrecher John Demjanjuk hat ein Überlebender des Vernichtungslagers Sobibor ausgesagt, in dem der 88-Jährige als Wachmann arbeitete. Die erschütternden Details des Zeugen brachten den Angeklagten nicht aus der Ruhe. Die Brutalität ukrainischer Wachleute nahm durch die Schilderungen des Überlebenden im Zeugenstand erschütternd Gestalt na. „Wir haben das gesehen, dass die ukrainischen Wachmänner schlimmer waren als die SS“, sagte der 88-jährige Jules Schelvis am Dienstag vor dem Münchner Schwurgericht. Während er zum Torfstechen selektiert wurde, sei seine 20-jährige Frau Rachel mit fast allen anderen sofort nach der Ankunft direkt in die Gaskammer geführt worden. „Ich konnte sie nicht mehr grüßen oder küssen“, sagte Schelvis. Wenig später habe er erlebt, wie zwei ukrainische Wachmänner an der Straße zwei Juden erschossen und mit deren Kleidung davonspaziert seien. „Da haben wir gesehen, das sind schlimmere Leute als die anderen“, sagte Schelvis. Der gebürtige Ukrainer John Demjanjuk ist angeklagt, von März bis September 1943 in Sobibor als Wachmann im Sold der SS beim Mord an 27.900 Juden geholfen zu haben; Verteidiger beklagt „internationales Justizkomplott“. Mit der Anhörung von Holocaust-Überlebenden ist der Strafprozess gegen den mutmaßlichen NS-Verbrecher John Demjanjuk fortgesetzt worden. Demjanjuks Verteidiger beantragte erneut die sofortige Aussetzung des Verfahrens. Wahlverteidiger Ulrich Busch warf den drei Berufsrichtern im Mordprozess gegen den mutmaßlichen NS-Verbrecher Demjanjuk Befangenheit und Willkür vor. „Der Angeklagte ist Opfer eines internationalen Justizkomplotts“, sagte Busch am Dienstag vor dem Münchner Landgericht und kritisierte mit Blick auf das frühere israelische Todesurteil gegen Demjanjuk: „Unterlagen aus dem Sumpf des mutmaßlichen versuchten Justizmordes können nicht verwendet werden.“

mein herbstmeister….

kein platz für rassismus

Polish police recover Auschwitz gate sign, damaged

The three pieces of the infamous sign proclaiming „Arbeit Macht Frei“ („Work Sets You Free)“ will be welded together and restored to the main gate at the former Auschwitz death camp after an improved security system is put in place to guard against another theft. Officials at the Auschwitz memorial museum said Monday the new system would be aimed at better protecting not just the recovered sign but many other objects testifying to Nazi crimes — from two tons of human hair to a trove of written documents to the ruins of gas chambers now sinking into the earth. „The location of the sign is its only authentic one, above the gate of the former Auschwitz I camp,“ museum director Piotr Cywinski said. „The sign will return there as soon as possible, after ensuring the protection of its site against damage and burglary.“

via The Associated Press: Polish police recover Auschwitz gate sign, damaged.

siehe auch: Five men arrested over theft of infamous Auschwitz ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ sign are NOT neo-Nazis, police confirm. Five men arrested for stealing the Auschwitz ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ are common thieves not neo-Nazis, Polish police have confirmed. Last Friday’s theft triggered widespread outrage, especially from Israel and Jewish groups, amid fears of a political motive. The sign, which carries the German motto ‘Work makes you free’, is a powerful symbol of the Holocaust committed by the Nazis against the Jews. Police said it had been cut into three pieces; Stolen Auschwitz Sign Recovered But Damaged. A sign stolen from the Auschwitz death camp – described as the „defining symbol of the Holocaust“ – has been recovered by police. The 16ft-long Nazi relic was discovered sliced into three pieces in woods in northern Poland. Five men aged between 20 and 39 have been arrested on suspicion of the theft, which caused outrage around the world. Polish police have released video footage of the astonishing theft, but denied reports the men had political motives. „We can say that none of the five are members of a neo-Nazi group,“ said deputy Krakow police commander Andrzej Rokita. The sign, which reads „Arbeit Macht Frei“ (translated as „work will set you free“), has become synonymous with the concentration camp. The three pieces were found wrapped in cloth and buried in woods near the home of one of the gang, outside Torun in the central north; Auschwitz-Diebe keine Neonazis. Die Diebe des Schriftzugs „Arbeit macht frei“ über der Einfahrt des ehemaligen Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz sind gefasst – Die Polizei schließt politische Motive aus: Es seien keine Neonazis Der Schriftzug „Arbeit macht frei“ vom Haupttor des früheren Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz ist wieder aufgetaucht. Nach drei Tagen und einer Großfahndung fanden polnische Polizisten den am Freitag gestohlenen Schriftzug in einem Wald in Nordpolen wieder. Allerdings hatten die Täter, die kein geeignetes Versteck für den vier Meter langen Schriftzug gefunden hatten, ihn in drei Teile zerlegt. Beim Verstecken ihrer Beute wurden sie beobachtet. „Bei den fünf Verdächtigen handelt es sich nicht um Neonazis“, erklärte Andrzej Rokita, der Chef der Krakauer Polizei. „Ein politisches Motiv können wir ausschließen. Alle fünf Männer sind wegen Raubes und Diebstahls vorbestraft.“; Das verhängnisvolle Werk von Künstler Nummer 1010. Das gestohlene Eisenschild «Arbeit macht frei» aus Auschwitz ist wieder aufgetaucht. Die Diebe handelten angeblich im Auftrag eines Sammlers – die Hintergründe sind bizarr. Sie kamen frühmorgens. Fünf Diebe im Alter zwischen 25 und 39 Jahren. Die Männer lösten die Schrauben der 40 Kilogramm schweren und fünf Meter langen Inschrift «Arbeit macht frei» und transportierten sie ab. Das war letzten Freitag. Inzwischen hat die Polizei die Diebe festgenommen und das Eisenschild gefunden – in drei Teile zersägt. Laut der polnischen Polizei gehören die Diebe keiner Neonazi-Gruppe an, wie anfänglich vermutet wurde. Das polnische Radio RMF FM meldet, sie hätten auf Auftrag gehandelt: Angeblich hat ein «verrückter Sammler» den Schriftzug übers Internet bestellt. (…) Angefertigt wurde das Schild von Häftling Nummer 1010, dem Polen Jan Liwacz: Der Kunstschmied wurde Anfang der 40er-Jahre als politischer Gefangener ins Vernichtungslager gebracht, wo ihn sein künstlerisches Talent mehrmals vor der Gaskammer rettete. Auf Anordnung des Lagerkommandanten Rudolf Höss musste er den Schriftzug zusammen mit Mitgefangenen anfertigen, als das Eingangstor und die Umzäunung des Lagers ausgebaut wurden; Poland declares state of emergency after ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ stolen from Auschwitz. Police believe gang behind theft of Nazi slogan. Act of vandalism ‘knows no equal’ – Polish minister. A state of emergency was announced in Poland today involving tightened border controls and random police checks as a nationwide hunt was launched for the infamous bronze sign to the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz after it was stolen.

Neonazis attackieren linke Projekte

Nord-Neukölln gilt als bunter, multikultureller Kiez, der immer mehr Studenten und Künstler anzieht. Doch Neonazis versuchen dort seit einigen Wochen, Migranten und alternative Projekte mit Propaganda, dem Einschlagen von Scheiben und sogar Morddrohungen einzuschüchtern. Beobachter warnen vor dem Erstarken der militanten Naziszene im Bezirk. So wurden in der Nacht zu Montag an die Tür des Wohnhauses, in dem ein junger, im Bezirk gegen Rechtsextremismus engagierter Gewerkschafter wohnt, dessen Name, das als Nazisymbol verbotene Keltenkreuz und die Wörter „Neun Millimeter“ gemalt. Gemeint ist ein für Handfeuerwaffen übliches Kaliber. In derselben Nacht haben die Rechtsextremen an weiteren Orten zugeschlagen. An der alternativen Kneipe „Tristeza“ in der Pannierstraße und mehreren Wohnhäusern wurden die Fassaden mit Nazi-Parolen besprüht, bei einem Projektraum in der Friedelstraße die Scheiben eingeworfen. Bis nach Kreuzberg führt die Spur der Täter. Dort wurden die Rollläden eines Ladengeschäfts in der Waldemarstraße, das T-Shirts gegen Nazis vertreibt, mit der Parole „C4 for Reds“ besprüht. Es ist das Motto der neonazistischen Terrorgruppe „Combat 18“ aus Großbritannien, C4 die Bezeichnung eines Sprengstoffs.

via Neonazis attackieren linke Projekte.

Alleged White Supremacist Gets Three Years For Lying To Obtain Passport In L.A.

An alleged white supremacist practiced his anti-minority skills mostly in Nevada, but it was a little trip to one of the most diverse cities in the world that got him in hot water with federal authorities. Ross Hack, 38, drove to Los Angeles in the summer of 1998 to get a passport, and he lied on the application. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to three years in federal prison for the crime. Investigators, however, seem to think there’s more to Hack than just telling lies to obtain a little blue booklet. The strange caper started in 1998 with the Forth of July murders of Daniel Shersty and Linn „Spit“ Newborn, leaders of an anti-skin-skin head organization. An investigation led to Hack’s residence, where authorities with a search warrant took Hack’s passport, weapons and racist propaganda, according to a U.S. Department of Justice statement.

via Alleged White Supremacist Gets Three Years For Lying To Obtain Passport In L.A. – Los Angeles News – LA Daily.