@BYLINE = BY CHRISTOPHER DAY @DROP CAP = T<%-1>HE FOLLOWING GROUPS AND resources represent a broad spectrum of political perspectives within the anti-racist and anti-fascist movement. Some groups are centrist, some are liberal, some are communists, and some are coalitions of different tendencies. I believe that anti-fascist work can only succeed if it is carried out in a non-sectarian fasion. That doesn't mean that anarchists should abandon our commitment to militancy, but rather that we should try to develop good relations with groups we may have differences with because there will be times when we can work together, and we can't afford to go it alone against this rising menace. Every serious anti-racist should at least make initial contact with all of these groups. Let them know what you are doing (keeping in mind security questions, particularly with groups that deal with the cops) and find out what they are doing.<%0> @DROP CAP = @INFO = Center for Democratic Renewal @INFO = PO Box 50469 @INFO = Atlanta GA 30302-0469 @INFO = tel (404) 221 0025 <%-3>CDR is probably the best source of up to date information on the racist right in the US. They provide educational speakers, publish a number of valuable pamphlets, and have produced a very good organizing kit When Hate Groups Come to Town. CDR's strength is their information on the more established racist right (the Klan, Aryan Nations, and older Nazis). They are not as in touch with the racist skinhead scene, but want to be. For this reason, they are relatively friendly to more militant anti-racist groups that have good information or do solid work around skinheads. While they encourage groups to develop contacts with local police forces for strategic reasons, they are not naive about the cops. Their intelligence on the racist right is the best available. They publish The Monitor. <%0> @INFO = DCSCAR @INFO = PO Box 18291 @INFO = Washington DC 20036 @INFO = tel (202) 529 5037 <%-1>The DC Student Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism came together during the upsurge of student anti-apartheid activism in 1985. They have continued to do anti-racist work and remain one of the more vibrant student and youth based anti-racist groups. They publish SCAR NEWS.<%0> @INFO = Coalition for Human Dignity @INFO = PO Box 40344 @INFO = Portland, OR 97240 <%2>CHD came together around the rising tide of racist activity in Oregon, which includes both a significant racist skinhead scene and the more rural Christian Identity churches associated with the Aryan Nations. They mobilized around the civil suit against Tom Metzger and the White Aryan Resistance waged by Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center. They are affiliated with CDR and most recently focused their work on opposing the Anti-Queer ballot Measure 9 in Oregon.<%0> @INFO = Lousiana Coalition @INFO = Against Racism and Nazism @INFO = 234 Loyola Ave. Suite 915 @INFO = New Orleans, LA 70112 @INFO = tel (504) 523 2811 <%-2>LCARN came together when David Duke first ran for the Louisiana State Legislature in 1989. They were the main group to organize against his failed bid for the Governor's office in 1991. They did excellent work in exposing Duke's efforts to present himself as a reformed Klansman and are the best source of information on Duke and his wing of the racist right.<%0> @INFO = People Against Racist Terror @INFO = PO Box 1990 @INFO = Burbank, CA 91507 PART is a small collective that publishes a very good anti-racist newsletter, that is itself an excellent place to find resources. Their letters page is a lively forum for younger anti-racist's grappling with the difficult questions that confront anti-racist organizing. They have organized confrontations with racist groups in Southern California as well cultural events (Hardcore and Hip Hop shows). @INFO = John Brown Anti-Klan Committee @INFO = 220 9th St., Suite 443 @INFO = San Francisco CA 94103 @INFO = tel (415)330 5360 <%2>JBAKC is a militant white anti-racist group that is closely tied to the Prairie Fire Organizing Committee, a Marxist anti-imperialist group. They have been very supportive of anti-racist skinhead organizing efforts and more militant approaches to confronting the racist right. They publish a newsletter, No KKK No Fascist USA, irregularly.<%0> @INFO = Race Traitor @INFO = PO Box 603 @INFO = Cambridge, MA 02140 Race Traitor is a new journal subtitled Treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity. They are seeking to become the voice of a community of people of European descent who want to abolish the white race as a historically constructed social formation. This is vital intellectual ammunition for those of us trying to make sense of doing anti-racist work among white people. The first issue was 128 pages and costs $5.<%0> @INFO = <%2>Klanwatch/Southern Poverty Law Center<%0> @INFO = 400 Washington Ave. @INFO = Montgomery, AL 36104 <%-2>The Southern Poverty Law Center is best known for their legal battles against white supremacist groups. Their most recent victory was against Tom Metzger's White Aryan Resistance. The Law Center brings civil suits against groups that incite racist crimes and thereby seeks to financially damage those groups. They also produce some excellent literature on the Klan that should be of use to everybody.<%0> @INFO = Searchlight @INFO = 37B New Cavendish Street @INFO = London WIM 8JR UK Searchlight, a monthly magazine, is probably the best source of information <%-3>in English on fascism as an international <%-4>movement. They have coverage of groups<%-3> <%-2>in North America, but are best known for their European coverage. Politically they are close to the Center for Democratic Renewal. One blemish on their record has been some unfounded attacks on Class War and other anarchists.<%0> @INFO = Anti-Fascist Action/Fighting Words @INFO = BM Box 1734 @INFO = London WC1N 3XX UK <%-2>AFA is a militant anti-fascist organization in England that includes many revolutionary anti-authoritarians. Their publication, Fighting Words, is useful as a window on what a serious fighting anti-fascist movement might look like. It doesn't have much intelligence info that is of use to North Americans, but it is an inspiration to read the lively and intelligent discussions of people who are really in the street taking on the racist right.<%0> @INFO = Blood in the Face by James Ridgeway @INFO = Thunder's Mouth Press <%-2>For $18.95 this book is probably the most comprehensive overview of the racist right in the US that is generally available. Ridgeway is a reporter for the Village Voice, and he did his homework for this one. This book is absolutely crucial to understanding the ins and outs of the racist right. Buy it immediately. If you can't find it in a bookstore you can get it from CDR.<%0> @INFO = Canadian Center on Racism and Prejudice @INFO = Box 505 Station Desjardins @INFO = Montreal PQ H5B 1B6 Canada @INFO = tel (514) 727 2936 The CCRP is basically the Canadian version of the Center for Democratic Renewal. The organization was founded in the late 1980s by French-speaking Qué becois in response to the growth of the Klan (yes, the Klan), and right-wing strains of Quebecois nationalism in Quebec. They have since broadened their work to include all of Canada. @INFO = Anti-Defamation League @INFO = 823 UN Plaza @INFO = New York, NY 10017 @INFO = tel (212) 490 2525 <%-2>It is with great reluctance that I even include this outfit on a list of anti-fascist resources. The ADL routinely classifies solidarity actions with the Palestinian liberation struggle as anti-Semitic and lumps them in with Nazi attacks on synagogues. They have published scurrilous attacks on anti-fascist groups that oppose their Zionism. They work very closely with the police and should not be trusted with any information you don't want the cops to see. What they are good for is information on actual fascist groups, particularly neo-nazi and specifically anti-Semitic groups. They publish regular reports and it is worth getting on their mailing list.<%0> @INFO = Political Research Associates @INFO = 678 Massachusetts Ave. Suite 205 @INFO = Cambridge MA 02139 @INFO = tel (617) 661 9313 <%-2>PRA produces reports on the activities of the far-right. One piece by Russ Bellant analyzing the role of fascists in the Reagan administration and the Republican Party is particularly useful. More recently Chip Berlet has sought to expose the cult-like New Alliance Party and the inroads of the racist right among conspiracy-minded progressives, like the Christic Institute. PRA is basically liberal in its outlook, but their research work is very good.<%0> @END MARKER = @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ _Love & Rage_ is a Revolutionary Anarchist newspaper produced @ by the Love and Rage Network. The Love and Rage Network is a @ continental network of groups and individuals in Canada, Mexico, @ and the United States. 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