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• L.A. Anarchist Bookfair: Actions + Conversations + Intersections 2010. Guy Debord, Los Angeles Anarchist (2010-01-16). L.A. Anarchist Bookfair: Actions + Conversations + Intersections 2010 Sunday January 24th : : Barnsdall Art Park 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 http://www.anarchistbookfair.com/ (Linked Monday 2010-01-18.)
• Invictus (Clint Eastwood, 2009) Guest Contributor, Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture (2010-01-11). by Guest Contributor Geo, originally published at Prometheus Brown Morgan Freeman: the kind of black dude even an old white racist can’t hate. Which is why he was cast to drive Miss Daisy, free a man from prison, become president (twice), help Batman, and become the literal, physical embodiment of... (Linked Monday 2010-01-18.)
• Blame the Libertarians! Radley Balko, The Agitator (2010-01-11). Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Peyton Thomas has emerged as Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s book-learnin’ alter-ego, working with Arpaio to criminally investigate, indict, and otherwise legally intimidate anyone who dares to question the fearless lawman (as well as, now, anyone who dares to question Thomas). Thomas has gone after members of the... (Linked Monday 2010-01-18.)
• BOSTON COPS ABUSE THOSE TAKING PIX OF THEM. UNDERNEWS (2010-01-18). The War on Photography (Cont'd.) (Linked Monday 2010-01-18.)
• Creatures from the Conservative Id. Pro Libertate (2010-01-18). Dick Cheney and the triumph of enthusiastic sado-statism. [Trigger warning: the second half of this story includes graphic descriptions of torture and a photograph of its aftereffects.] (Linked Monday 2010-01-18.)
• Another Brick in the Wall. Mises Institute Daily Articles (Full-text version) (2010-01-14). [Originally published as "Song that's driving teachers up the wall" in Libertarian Review, Vol. 9, No. 9 (September 1980), pp. 42–43.] The British Band, Pink Floyd's song, "Another Brick in the Wall" has been banned in South Africa, ignored by some radio stations in the United States, and attacked by... (Linked Monday 2010-01-18.)
• Eminent Domain Abuse: What Would Homer Simpson Do? Division of Labour (2010-01-18). Resistance to Ratner in NYC (Linked Monday 2010-01-18.)
• A Matter of Degree: The New York Subway. Mises Institute Daily Articles (Full-text version) (2010-01-11). [From chapter 14 of The Rise and Fall of Society by Frank Chodorov.] The small State can do to Society everything the large State can do, but not so much of it. The tyranny and terrorism of modern communistic overlords is of a kind with the practices of ancient Sparta,... (Linked Monday 2010-01-18.)
• Warwick Township Cop Assaults, Kidnaps and Imprisons Me Over My Request for Business Card. Arm your Mind for Liberty (2010-01-18). Gansters in Blue arrest George Donnelly for speaking when not spoken to. (Linked Monday 2010-01-18.)
• Mises.org joins the fight for liberty online. David Veksler, Mises Economics Blog (2010-01-16). You may have heard that Google's decided to stop censoring results from its Chinese search engine. After China attempted to access the email accounts of human rights activists, Google also decided to encrypt all Gmail traffic by default. The team behind Mises.org is also contributing to the effort to keep... (Linked Monday 2010-01-18.)

The video antifa in Germany produced — Uno Di Noi: Ein Antifaschistisches Graffiti In Bochum — has now been added to YouTube (home to tens if not hundreds of thousands neo-Nazi videos). It documents the construction of a mural in Bochum, made in order to commemorate the murder by neo-Nazis of seven anti-fascist yoof:

Jan Kučera (18, Prague, Czech Republic, January 18, 2008)
Fedor Filatov (27, Moscow, Russia, October 10, 2008)
Carlos Javier Palomino (16, Madrid, Spain, November 11, 2007)
Davide Cesare “Dax” (26, Milan, Italy, March 16, 2003)
Renato Biagetti (26, Rome, Italy, August 28, 2006)
Timur Kacharava (20, St. Petersburg, Russia, November 13, 2005)
Thomas Schulz (31, Dortmund, Germany, March 28, 2005)

It kicks arse.

It may also be usefully contrasted with the attitudes of some locals.

And remember Kids…

Hold Fast Body Art : “It’s (neo-Nazi) shit!”
The Worst thing about being a fag is…
Fire & Flames

Former neo-Nazi leader Angers Hoegstrom ‘ordered Auschwitz sign theft’
Roger Boyes
The Times
January 8, 2010

A former leading European neo-Nazi has claimed that he was the middleman in the theft of the Auschwitz sign bearing the three most powerful words from the Holocaust: “Arbeit Macht Frei”.

According to Polish and Swedish investigators, the theft was organised by Anders Hoegstrom — who set up the virulently anti-immigrant National Socialist Front in Sweden in the 1990s. “My role was to get the sign in Poland,” he told the Swedish tabloid Expressen. “I was the middleman and was supposed to take care of the sale.”

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See also : Auschwitz ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ sign stolen; ALP offers ‘Fair Work Sets You Free’ replacement (December 19, 2009).

Computer says:

Högström, accommodation in Karlskrona, was the leader of the organization National Socialist Front before he was in December 1999 jumped to record and subsequently distanced themselves from Nazism. Högström was about to convert NSF to a party. Supporters greeted him with “Hail Högström.” After the defection Högström began to engage young people with problems through project Exit in Motala. He has also become well acquainted with TV personality Alice Bah. He was also able to reconcile with the alderman Fries that NSF had a far-reaching conflict. They played golf together, among other things. After the defection went Högström with the Social Democrats but then left the party and joined the Conservatives. Högström was later criticized for being together with the Board of Exit in Motala, acquired a gym with a value of 25 000 crowns and a rowboat with a value of 39 000 kronor. Rowing boat was taken over later by Högström yourself when Exit went bankrupt. Högström was charged 2007 for receiving stolen goods after he tried to sell stolen goods. Stolen antiquities found also in Högström’s home. Högström later acquitted of all charges of theft and receiving stolen goods. In August 2007 was sentenced Högström for doping offenses.

Ten years later: Remember Björn Söderberg!
October 14, 2009

On the 12th October it has been ten years since the Syndicalist Björn Söderberg was attacked in his home and killed by Nazis in a suburb of Stockholm. The context in which the murder took place, was that Björn acted openly and consequently against racism and Nazism at his workplace.

One of the Nazis who participated in the killing of Björn Söderberg was Hampus Hellekant, notorious in surveying leftist activists, journalists and others that he perceived as his opponents. Since his release from prison he has changed his name and, according to himself also his politics. But, as the Research Group reveals in this weeks’ issue of Arbetaren, he has never stopped his activities, he has never stopped his monitoring.

The results of which, as we’ve seen, can be severe.

Last December a Syndicalist couple and their two year old daughter were the victims of a Nazi arson in a suburb of Stockholm. The family escaped the flames by climbing down the balcony to the floor underneath. Some months earlier Hampus Hellekant had published pictures and addresses of the couple on a Nazi web page, displaying them as antifascists.

We are experiencing an increasing level of Nazi violence very similar to the situation of the nineties. The social setting of today, with a financial crisis, increased marginalization and bigger divides between classes and a growing sense of insecurity among people is also very similar to then.

But the challenge we as antifascist activists face, lies in finding effective means of resistance.

Read on and please spread and repost the article.

- We are always many more than the fascists are ever going to be!
- We are stronger than they will ever be!
- We will never forget Björn Söderberg!

In Solidarity,
the Embryo collective

See also : Arson against Swedish social centre Cyklopen (December 1, 2008) | OMG!Violence is real!LOL! Swedish nazis attempt to murder Syndicalist family (December 4, 2008) | OMG!Violence is real!LOL! Neo-Nazi beliefs blamed for murders! And attempted murders!ROFLMAO! (December 5, 2008) | “Victory” for neo-Nazis and police in Salem (December 9, 2008).

What, me worry? (April 7, 2009) | Melbourne Anarchist Resource Centre (MARC) attacked by neo-Nazis (October 6, 2009) | MAC statement on neo-Nazi attack on MARC (October 14, 2009) | Anarchists claim Northcote Neo-Nazi attack (October 16, 2009) | A knife at the Ritz; a can of mace in Northcote… (October 31, 2009) | Blood & Honour… in the ‘Sunday Herald Sun’! (November 1, 2009) | Neo-Nazis, tattoos, stabbings and muzak… same old story. (November 23, 2009) | Goons. Hired goons. (December 10, 2009).

And remember Kids…

Hold Fast Body Art : “It’s (neo-Nazi) shit!”

The political decline of Anarchism in the ‘thirties was considered by many of its followers as a mere temporary setback in the long march towards the form of society that they dreamed of accomplishing. During those dark years of Fascist triumphs they believed stubbornly in the defiant words which end Malatesta’s pamphlet Anarchy and which, in the final analysis, prove to be historically relevant when applied to the anti-Fascist activities of Italian anarchists in Australia:

Whatever happens, we shall have some influence on events, by our numbers, our energy, our intelligence and our steadfastness. Also, even if now we are conquered, our work will not have been in vain; … If today we fall without lowering our colours, our cause is certain of victory tomorrow.

A surge of popular interest in anarchism occurred during the 1970s in the UK following the birth of punk rock. However, while the early punk scene appropriated anarchist imagery mainly for its shock value, the band Crass expounded serious anarchist and pacifist ideas, and went on to become a notable influence in the burgeoning Anarcho-Punk movement. Many anarcho-punks are supporters of issues such as animal rights, feminism, the anti-war movement, the antiglobalization movement, and many other social movements. The story of the movement is told by some of the most influential performers, including; Penny Rimbaud (Crass), Colin Jerwood (Conflict), Colin & Kevin (Flux of Pink Indians) Dick Lucas (Subhumans), Zillah Minx (Rubella Ballet), Gary Buckley (Dirt), Steve Lake (Zounds), Mark Wallis (Liberty), Gee Vaucher (Crass), Dave Hyndman (Hit Parade), Rob Millar (Amebix), Rodney Relax (Alternative), Stringy & Snout (Erratics) and Gerard Evans (Flowers in the Dustbin). The interview footage is laced with both audio and visual music performance, some extremely rare, from the main performers on the scene including - Crass / Conflict / Subhumans / Liberty / Toxic Waste / Chumbawamba / Sacrilege / Inner Terrestrials & many more. (90 Min)

See also : The Continuing Appeal of Crasstafarianism (October 4, 2006).

“I Want Out”, Helloween, 1988

From our lives’ beginning on We are pushed in little forms No one asks us how we like to be In school they teach you what to think But everyone says different things But they’re all convinced that They’re the ones to see So they keep talking and they never stop And [...]

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It’s goodbye 2009 and a goodbye to Connex. Your performance results were appalling and your staff — thugs. Though, with MTR Metro, I know some things won’t change, but I certainly hope some things do.

Some artists are: Sofles, Reign, Sat, Naser, Revok, Rime, Shots, Bailer, Lench, Dvate, Linz, Dirty Sanchez, Prism, Nekm, Hazkem, Armed, Aeon, Histo, Phat One, Quest, Wers, Reach, Inpac & Phibs.

Sauce : LilithFilth

Modern Art Obsession has a post *see below) from April 2009 about Steve Cohen exhibiting a collection of his art at Sotheby’s (where he  is the third largest owner) exactly at the same time as its Spring Modern and Contemporary Auction. The art was not for sale. “So.. we guess there are other ways to dump an [...]

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speaking again of art, i heard that james franco hosted snl last night. past my bedtime. but he rocks on on general hospital. like ed ruscha, he's a twisted, vicious serial killer but on the plus side a gifted young artist (except that ed ruscha isn't a serial killer [probably], isn't gifted, isn't young, and isn't an artist). i wonder whether, when franco did maxie on the floor of his studio/torture facility, he understood that he was doing zenon, space girl, i.e. kirsten storms? yes!: that's a tiny raven-symone standing behind her. (i have raised daughters, now 21 and 9). well zenon: girl of the 21st century wasn't real good, but it was better than zenon: the zequel, which in turn was better than ed ruscha's "visual interpretation of winter."