Anti-Fascist Info Responds to Letter Bombs

Note: In recent months the Vancouver based Anti-Fascist Militia
has been sending letter bombs to various right-wing organizations
in Canada. Desperate for a sensational scoop, reporters have
descended on Anti-Fascist Info, hoping to discover the unknown
identity of the Militia. The following is a statement issued by
AFI in response. Please forward and post.

Press release - July 20, 1995

Anti-Fascist Info Statement Regarding Mail Bombs Sent To Fascists

     While we are extremely honoured to have the media hounds
sniffing around for sensationalist comments from our crew, we
have decided to issue a statement in regards to the recent letter
bombs sent by the Anti-Fascist Militia. As one of the few
anti-fascist groups actively organizing around the B.C. lower
mainland, we feel the need to make our position on the use of
letter bombs clear. Yes, it's bad to send letter bombs. It
doesn't take a rocket scientist, as the police (always on the
ball) have pointed out, to realize that anyone in the vicinity of
a letter bomb is in danger, from postal workers to secretaries
who open mail. There is always the chance, hypothetically
speaking of course, that Canada Post (always on the ball) could
send the package to a wrong address. Concerning violence in and
of itself, Anti-Fascist Info understands that the fight against
fascism cannot be won with just petitions or the formation of
"Hate Crime Units" (which Vancouver still doesn't have).
Something that has been lost in this year, marking the 50th
anniversary of the destruction of the Third Reich, is the fact
that violence is precisely what it took to topple Hitler's
regime. From where we're standing, things are being blown out of
proportion (no pun intended). The level of violence coming from
the left is incomparable to that of the right wing.
     Considering that in light of the Holocaust carried out by
the Nazis in the 1940s; in light of the rise of right wing
extremism throughout the Western world and a frightening shift to
the right in mainstream politics; in light of racist immigration
policies; in light of the Oklahoma City bombing and, closer to
home, the attempted assassination of Dr. Garson Romalis, we
cannot at this point simply condemn the use of violence. Or, more
to the point, the use of self-defence by those communities
targeted by racism and injustice, including the Zapatistas in
Chiapas or the Mohawk Nation in Oka.
     To quote from one of our leaflets, "Anti-Fascist Info is a
group with the aim of gathering and distributing information on
the extreme right in Canada. Our goal is to raise consciousness
about the extreme right and fascist organizations, their
activities, perspectives and ideologies. Through this, we want to
enable anti-fascists - from youth to elders, trade unionists to
Canucks fans - to better organize against the extreme right,
particularly in times of growth and action by fascist groups."
     Tony McAleer, Vancouver's wannabe fuhrer and "professional"
cock roach exterminator (how he can kill his own kind we still
don't know) was quoted in the Province newspaper as saying, "I
have a list of people who would want to do bad things to me." We
at AFI would like to see that list grow, and suggest a petition
to be signed by all those who would like to do something "bad" to
Tony be made up immediately.

Sincerely, 
     Anti-Fascist Info
          . . . always on the ball 

To contact AFI, leave a message on the Anti-Fascist Network
phoneline: 604 290 0409

or write:

Anti-Fascist Info
Box 35, 1744 Kingsway
Vancouver B.C.
V5N 2S3 Canada