[News] Anti Nazi Events Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 in Portland!

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Ad-Hoc Committee Against Racism and Fascism

For Immediate Release: 9/24/07

Contact: Ad-Hoc Committee Against Racism and Fascism,
fight_them_back at riseup.net, 971.285.4688 (voicemail).

"Hammerskin Nation" Racists Will Meet with Opposition
People from All Backgrounds Unite Against White Supremacist Organizations

Portland, Oregon - The Hammerskin Nation, a neo-Nazi skinhead
organization, aims to attract hundreds of hardcore racists to the group's
twentieth-anniversary celebration, to be held October 5 - 7 of this year
in the greater Portland area. The Hammerskins, then known as the
Confederate Hammerskins, began life in 1997 as a Dallas, TX gang
specializing in violence against Jewish people and people of color, sexual
minorities, as well as activists. The Hammerskin Nation-a masthead for
Hammerskin racist skinhead crews-has since gone national, and later
international, with their bigoted agenda. The upcoming Hammerskin Nation
event in Oregon was planned in conjunction with Volksfront, a Portland-led
white supremacist group with links to Kenneth Mieske and Kyle Brewster,
two of the killers of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw in a 1988
racially charged crime. Volksfront's short-lived musical division "Upfront
Records" released a benefit CD for Mieske in 2002, and Brewster had his
parole revoked last year after his association with Volksfront was
revealed on the internet. The October Hammerskin Nation gathering is
currently being openly advertised on such Hitler-admiring websites as
stormfront.org

A coalition of Northwest anti-racists has coordinated three days of
community responses to the Hammerskin gathering. On Saturday, September
29, the weekend before "Hammerfest 2007," the events include:

Anti-Fascist Awareness Event & Training
3 PM, September 29 at Room 236, Smith Memorial Center, Portland State
University
Organizers from the Seattle-based "If You Don't, They Will" grouping will
discuss white supremacist organizing in youth subcultures and in music, as
well as ideas for countering them. This event is free and open to the
public.

Musicians United Against Racism show
8PM, September 29 at The Recyclery, 1417 SE 9th & Madison
Portland hip-hop artists Mic Crenshaw and Santotzin, breakdancers, a
reggae DJ, and punk rock performers will offer cultural responses to
fascism from 8PM onwards this evening.

In addition, the last event at the Red & Black Café's current location
(2138 SE Division)-this Wednesday, September 26-has been designated as a
further night of "Rock Against Racism." Stop by for performances by the
"pirate-punks" of Rum Rebellion, acoustic sounds by The Taxpayers, as well
as other anti-racist acts. The Wednesday event also doubles as a
fundraiser for the Red & Black's securing of new premises.

A community gathering and rally in response to the "Hammerfest" will take
place Saturday, October 6 from 1PM onwards. The gathering will be held in
Lents Park, on the corner of SE 92nd and Holgate. Further details plus
speakers for the event will be announced soon.

Founded this September, the Ad-Hoc Committee Against Racism and Fascism is
dedicated to monitoring and opposing white supremacist groupings in
Portland and beyond. As large neo-Nazi rallies have often been preceded by
attacks on Jewish people and people of color, sexual minorities, as well
as activists, the Ad-Hoc Committee wishes to work with community groups
and people of good conscience who want to respond to fascist mobilization.
The Ad-Hoc Committee pledges to respond to any racist provocations in the
coming weeks. "We also promise to have a better time than the Nazis," says
one Committee member.

To obtain a chronology of recent white supremacist activity in the Pacific
Northwest, or for more information on anti-racist endeavors, please
contact the Ad-Hoc Committee: 971.285.4688 or fight_them_back at riseup.net.



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