[mobglob-discuss] Towards freedom: The G8 and beyond

[martin william fournier]

To all mobglobbers,
you are all using the wrong title for these emails! I keep expecting to 
receive critiscism for my piece on the movement and then I get this AGAN 
shit. Please spare me this absurdity.
Thanks
Martin F.


>From: Garth Mullins <garth at tao.ca>
>Reply-To: mobglob-discuss at resist.ca
>To: mobglob-discuss at resist.ca
>Subject: Re: [mobglob-discuss] Towards freedom: The G8 and beyond
>Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:11:56 -0700
>
>
>Our movement must purge itself of neo-fascist groups like the National 
>Alliance
>front group or more soft racists, like those that hide within our ranks and 
>try to
>recruit
>more quietly.
>
>If we do not come out with a clear anti-fascist, anti-racist position on 
>this - and
>actually follow it up by ejecting people from marches, meetings, etc. than 
>our
>movement will have no credibility with anybody, and its limited diversity 
>will
>disappear.
>
>In Vancouver, we have sat by while soft racists with organizational ties 
>infiltrate
>our ranks. This must end.
>
>g
>
>Macdonald Stainsby wrote:
>
> > Actually David: It appears worse than that, simple lunatics that is. 
>Check this
> > out (thanks to NEFAC for the mail)
> > This is the Neo-Nazi, wanna be militia group the National Alliance.
> >
> > AGAN is their puppet front group. Further down this turgid (and 
>eye-opening)
> > rant, they discuss exactly what happened at the fence and descibe their
> > participation.
> >
> > As a friend recently put it well, if our movement wasn't in a 
>near-crisis and at
> > a major turning point, this wouldn't matter. However, despite those who 
>think
> > "we won" or whatever, with our movement in decline and on the defensive,
> > shitbags like this will try to be the leadership vacuum our increasingly
> > disoriented movement seems to have.
> > We need to have a larger policy on this, for all activities in Vancouver 
>and
> > elsewhere. We also need to re-examine what our own orientation is 
>vis-a-vis
> > allowing oppressive views (racist, sexist, etc) within our organising.
> >
> > This is important and not to be taken lightly. I've only met one 
>skinhead on a
> > personal level in my life: He went to my college, tried to recruit 
>people there
> > and then gave up and went off and joined in the curb stomping murder of 
>a Sikh
> > Caretaker.
> >
> > Macdonald
> > ---
> > Beyond Left and Right
> > by NA Canada . Monday July 08, 2002 at 08:47 PM
> >
> > A report on recent National Alliance activity, including its presence at
> > the G8 demonstrations.
> >
> > Beyond Left and Right
> >
> > "One of the difficulties people have in trying to understand us, is that
> > they can't figure out quite how to categorize us. They are accustomed to
> > putting everything they encounter in life into little mental pigeon 
>holes
> > labelled right-wing, left-wing, communist, racist, and so on, and once
> > they have done that, they think that they understand the thing. Now, the
> > trouble is, that we don't quite fit any of the customary pigeon holes, 
>and
> > that is because the doctrine of the National Alliance, the truth for 
>which
> > we stand, is not just a rehash of old and familiar ideas, but is really
> > something new for our people. Perhaps, the best way to approach an
> > understanding of the National Alliance is to start by getting rid of 
>some
> > of the most troublesome pigeon holes all-together. That is, by pointing
> > out what we are not. We are not, as many people tend to assume at first,
> > either a conservative or a right-wing group, and I am not just trying to
> > be cute when I say that. I am not just trying to emphasis that we are a
> > special right-wing group, or a better right-wing group. In fact, our 
>truth
> > has very little in common with most right-wing creeds."
> >
> > These words were spoken by Dr. William Pierce in 1976. Over twenty-five
> > years later, many people are still suffering from misconceptions about
> > what the National Alliance is, and what we are trying to achieve. The
> > 'mental pigeon holes,' labelled right-wing and left-wing, are just as
> > confining in 2002 as they were in 1976.
> >
> > It is undeniable, that most National Alliance policies would 
>traditionally
> > be labelled right-wing, just as it is undeniable that other aspects of 
>our
> > worldview would traditionally be labelled left-wing. What brings life to
> > the National Alliance is not an allegiance to a particular end of the
> > ideological spectrum, but our all-encompassing allegiance to race and
> > revolution.
> >
> > Others have recognized the importance of charting a new path, and
> > disassociating themselves from both stagnant conservatism and rootless
> > liberalism. Britain's intrepid Oswald Mosley stressed that National
> > Socialism, "combines the dynamic urge to change and progress
> > [traditionally associated with the left-wing] with the authority, the
> > discipline and the order [traditionally associated with the right-wing]
> > without which anything great cannot be achieved" Spanish philosopher and
> > revolutionary Jos Antonio Primo de Rivera expressed largely the same
> > sentiment when he stated, "All revolutions have hitherto been 
>incomplete,
> > in that none of them have served both the idea of the Nation and the 
>idea
> > of Social Justice at once. We combine those two things: the Nation and
> > Social Justice, and upon those two unshakable principles we are
> > categorically resolved to make our revolution."
> >
> > The National Alliance in Canada has participated in two recruiting
> > campaigns during the first half of 2002, and a preliminary discussion of
> > the National Alliance's rejection, of both the traditional right and
> > traditional left, serves as a useful introduction to these campaigns.
> >
> > Trouble in Harper Land
> >
> > As reported in the Calgary Sun and lampooned in Frank magazine, the
> > National Alliance was embroiled in a controversy earlier this year,
> > surrounding both the alleged support of the 'Stephen Harper Leadership
> > Campaign' by National Alliance members, and the participation of 
>National
> > Alliance members and supporters at a Canadian Alliance convention held
> > later in Edmonton.
> >
> > Under pressure from the media, Stephen Harper quickly condemned the
> > National Alliance, and personally called for a purge of racists from his
> > party, even as National Alliance activists were rubbing shoulders with
> > delegates and distributing literature on the floor of their annual
> > convention.
> >
> > While there is potential to radicalize some conservatives, and bring 
>them
> > into the fold, it is a mistake to believe that since conservatives share
> > a number of our concerns, that they can be more easily recruited, or 
>will
> > make better members, than someone coming from the traditional left.
> >
> > While conservatives look back fondly on a less-complicated and cleaner
> > (both physically and spiritually) world, and often understand the racial
> > dimension to society's problems, they seem incapable of making the leap
> > from reformer to revolutionary. Conservatives tend to react, when
> > something unsettles their immediate surroundings, but have a hard time
> > proactively looking beyond their immediate surroundings to see the 
>bigger
> > picture. Revolutions are unsettling affairs, and convincing a 
>conservative
> > to risk his personal status and comfort, for the future collective
> > security and health of society is a challenge.
> >
> > Efforts to recruit conservatives from within the Canadian Alliance may 
>not
> > surprise many, but the active participation of National Alliance members
> > and supporters in recent demonstrations against the G8 Summit, might 
>catch
> > others off-guard.
> >
> > Welcome to the Police State
> >
> > Following violent demonstrations in Seattle, Quebec City, and Genoa, the
> > establishment spared little expense in discouraging dissent and showing
> > force in Alberta. Hospitals may be running out of beds and factories
> > closing their doors, but the Canadian government still found 300 million
> > dollars of tax-payer's money to spend on security measures.
> >
> > An overwhelming police presence in downtown Calgary, and a belligerent
> > municipal government, helped to create a climate of intimidation. 
>Marketed
> > as the largest domestic security operation in post-war Canada, police
> > officers from as far away as Ontario patrolled virtual 'no-go' zones in
> > the city, as helicopters, jet fighters, and armoured personnel carriers
> > turned once-pristine Kananaskis into an armed camp.
> >
> > Despite the over-reaction of the establishment, and the
> > smaller-than-expected crowds that it produced, the National Alliance did
> > enjoy some success in reaching out to established anti-globalists. One
> > group rashly announced its cooperation with the National Alliance as 
>part
> > of a publicity campaign, only to be denounced as racists themselves in a
> > classic case of 'guilt by association.' The ensuing mix of paranoia and
> > sloppy research led to an amusing string of allegations and conspiracy
> > theories on websites as far away as Norway.
> >
> > Some of the resulting fall-out was encouraging. One self-described
> > anarchist had this to say, upon listening to an American Dissident 
>Voices
> > broadcast, "I scared myself listening to those broadcasts. I had 
>prepared
> > myself for some pretty blatant racism, what I hadn't prepared myself for
> > was finding myself agreeing with some of what they said."
> >
> > The march, the trampoline and George Bush
> >
> > Billed as being one of the more radical demonstrations, the 'Show-down 
>at
> > the Hoe-down,' was organized in opposition to corporate Calgary's 
>official
> > welcome for G8 functionaries and media hacks. While National Alliance
> > members participated in a number of activities during the summit, the
> > 'Show-down at the Hoe-down' is illustrative of how the week unfolded.
> >
> > By the time I arrived, a crowd of several hundred, which would later 
>swell
> > to two thousand, had gathered around the cenotaph at Memorial Park. 
>After
> > listening to a couple of weak speeches plagued by acoustic problems, and
> > locating my comrades, the march got underway.
> >
> > Without a permit to hold a rally or to march on city streets, two 
>thousand
> > people blocked-off traffic and began to walk towards Macleod Trail in
> > defiance. Unmolested by the swarms of police officers who surrounded the
> > march on mountain bikes, the crowd blocked off one of Calgary's busiest
> > arteries for hours and held a comical street party.
> >
> > Stereo speakers blasted music, people danced or sang, and a trampoline
> > appeared out of nowhere in the centre of the street, which earlier that
> > morning had been clogged with commuters. Others wrote political messages
> > or drew outlines of themselves in chalk on the pavement. The event 
>reached
> > its surreal height, as egged on by the crowd, a figure in a George Bush
> > mask performed on the trampoline and posed for photos with protesters.
> >
> > Not satisfied with a street party, part of the demonstration later broke
> > away from the party and continued marching, towards the Stampede Roundup
> > Centre, ostensible location of the corporate function. As the motley 
>crowd
> > moved towards a possible confrontation with the police, many people 
>began
> > to join in chanting, "This is what democracy looks like!" I looked 
>around
> > me at the disorganized mob, without leaders, without direction, and 
>agreed
> > whole-heartedly. "This is what democracy looks like!" Smiling at the 
>irony
> > of the situation, National Alliance members added their voice to the
> > crowd, as several of the more militant demonstrators began to work their
> > way towards the metal fence, which separated the crowd from the police.
> > "This is what democracy looks like!" As the fence began to sway, 
>however,
> > the chanting was quickly replaced by shrill calls for the militants to
> > back away from the fence, lest a night of trampolining and dancing be
> > tainted by direct action. "We need to vote," screamed one protester. 
>"Yes,
> > a show of hands," another desperately agreed. Others, upset at the 
>crowd's
> > timidity, tried to shout down those wanting to hide behind a last-minute
> > vote. In the end, the impression given to the media, and to the police,
> > was one of weakness and disorganization. This is precisely what 
>democracy
> > looks like.
> >
> > I was not the only one who found the lack of order bewildering. I was
> > encouraged to see other people in the crowd casting frustrated glances,
> > first in one direction and then in the other, as if looking for someone 
>to
> > explain to them what was going on and why no one was in control. I 
>engaged
> > one clearly dismayed protester in a conversation, which immediately 
>turned
> > to the chaos around us. "Unless something radical changes, then this 
>will
> > be the last demonstration I'll attend," he confided. "When are these
> > people going to realize," he continued, "that leadership and discipline
> > aren't things to fight against, but things to embrace?"
> >
> > Keeping the door open
> >
> > Many anti-globalists may never support the National Alliance, and a
> > minority within the anti-globalist movement would not be welcomed into 
>our
> > ranks even if they were so inclined. These 'un-salvageables' include the
> > radical homosexuals, drunks, native-fetishists, and mental deficients,
> > that helped to alienate mainstream society from the demonstrations. In
> > reality, the demonstrations included countless real people, with real
> > concerns about globalism, the environment, and corporate greed. These
> > people have been abandoned, both by the political mainstream, and by the
> > radical left, which has failed to provide them with a realistic 
>worldview
> > or long-term direction.
> >
> > The National Alliance must be prepared to fill this political void, by
> > providing dissatisfied anti-globalists with a real revolutionary
> > alternative. Not only must the National Alliance continue to speak out
> > against globalism, and attempt to make further inroads into the
> > anti-globalist movement, but we must do a better job of marketing
> > ourselves to those within the anti-globalist camp who may be receptive 
>to
> > our message.
> >
> > There are particular challenges to recruiting from the traditional left,
> > which must first be understood and then overcome. Unlike conservatives,
> > who often accept the importance of race, yet not of revolution, much of
> > the left has abandoned any hope of reforming the system, yet does not
> > understand the importance of race. The challenge is to convince people
> > from the traditional left that race, rather than class or gender, is the
> > key component of the struggle.
> >
> > The National Alliance in Canada accepts the challenge of recruiting from
> > both ends of the political spectrum, and looks forward to the next
> > opportunity to do so.
> >
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