A-Infos (en) US, Phoenix, announces the Inglourious Basterds Bloc against the National Socialist Movemen - anti-immigrant rally November 7th.

The Phoenix Class War Council is pleased to announce the formation of the Inglourious 
Basterds Bloc, a temporary anti-racist, anti-authoritarian convergence for the purpose of 
confronting the National Socialist Movement at the November 7th anti-immigration rally. 
Some have said that ignoring the Nazis is the best tactic to take. They point out that the 
NSM only wants publicity and if we confront them, it will give them exactly what they 
want. We at PCWC, however, take the exact opposite position. We think that, for once, the 
NSM ought to get some publicity. Why is this? ---- For a variety of reasons -- not least 
of all the weak position taken by the established pro-migrant organizations in town -- the 
so-called "nativist" camp has succeeded in normalizing an extremely reactionary argument 
on immigration.

In Arizona, the debate and policies have lurched so far to the right that outright racist 
arguments don't stand out as starkly as they otherwise would. This has had tangible and 
unmistakable effects, from the massive numbers deported (or, "self-deported" out of fear) 
to the incarceration, profiling and round ups of hundreds of thousands.

It is this climate that has attracted the NSM here and it has not gone unnoticed that 
various clownish, though frequently armed, Nazis have begun showing up at pro-migrant 
marches, sieg heiling their little hearts out. Because of the congruence between the 
mainstream nativist camp (it pains us to acknowledge such a thing exists) and the 
positions of the NSM, we think it is useful to point out the cozy nature of their 
arguments. Ever faithful to their reputation as stooges and government dupes (how many 
Feds are in the group, we wonder), the NSM is doing the work for us.

If Americans can be counted on for anything, it's for hating Nazis, and images of 
brownshirted fascists in full historical reenactment regalia (or, alternately, dressing 
like SWAT team wannabes) spouting their anti-immigrant nonsense will highlight the extreme 
nature of what passes for the mainstream discussion in Arizona, and to show that there is 
strong resistance to it. The NSM's traveling circus affords us the opportunity to twist 
their spectacle to our ends.

We at PCWC also want to extend a particular invitation to our friends in the Libertarian 
movement. Because of your vigorous protests at Obama's recent speech, you have been 
painted as racist. We know that you feel this is unfair. You see yourselves as protesting 
this country's turn towards fascism. We sympathize with this argument and are ourselves no 
fans of the Obama administration. However, we want to point out that unlike some of your 
past protests, the NSM rally offers you the perfect opportunity to make known your 
opposition to fascism in an unambiguous way. We hope you come to the event.

We are not here to preach tactics nor to lecture anyone on the law. People can think for 
themselves. Similarly, we are an autonomous working class force, and we are beholden to no 
politician or self-appointed movement leader. We speak for ourselves and no one else and 
we claim no monopoly on good ideas for confronting these Nazi thugs. We hope a variety of 
creative and interesting tactics are employed by as broad a collection of people as 
possible. Remember, the NSM wants a show, so we encourage all participants, regardless of 
their level of militancy, to treat the event as a stage. Further, it should be pointed out 
that militancy does not necessarily have to manifest itself in the obvious ways. Think 
imaginatively and we're sure that many opportunities to show up these Nazi buffoons will 
present themselves.

Likewise, to those in the anarchist and anti-authoritarian milieu who think that taking on 
Nazis misses the overall context of the broader system of white supremacy, we encourage 
you to investigate the political situation in Arizona. As we have already pointed out, the 
dialog here has swung so far to the extreme right that, sadly, fertile ground exists for 
these boneheads. Saying we shouldn't focus on Nazis is like saying that folks shouldn't 
have gone after the Klan in the 50's and 60's. Our politics focus on the revolutionary 
importance of attacking the system of white supremacy, and that does not preclude going 
after the militant manifestation of white working class reaction. We recognize your 
criticisms and we invite you to join us on November 7th regardless.

We are working class and we reject the backwards anti-liberatory positions of the National 
Socialist Movement. True liberation for the working class can only come about by 
destroying capitalism and the state, and in the United States this means attacking white 
supremacy, the cross-class alliance that holds the Empire together and keeps the 
capitalists sitting pretty in their mansions and private jets. It's the pathetic, 
reactionary alliance of white supremacy that undermines our class war against the rich and 
transforms it into an inter-class civil war, benefiting only the ruling class. The 
retrograde racism of the NSM is a step backwards for working class people. PCWC rejects it 
unequivocally and instead we demand free movement for free people.

Against all borders! See you in the streets!

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