In February, activists managed to stop the racist American Renaissance Conference from taking place. Four hotels, one after another, cancelled the reservations these racist thugs had made. About 40 of the were able to stage a “rump” meeting during CPAC-a far cry from their normal 270 participant hatefest.
Now, they are whining and moaning about it in their newsletter:
Here are some excerpts.
” In 2010, after the
first hotel canceled, the Self Described
Anarchist Collective (SDAC) wrote:
“Yo, so it’s happening: American
Renaissance is trying to have their racist,
white supremacist conference right here
in our own backyard (VA, what up) . . .
. [SDAC] launched an oral sneak attack
on the mothafuckas . . . . Proving that
there’s power in the phone lines, the
hotel reversed their decision on hosting
them and gave them the boot! Power to
the People. Next stop: the next skeezy
hotel that tries to host these bastards.
Try it if you dare.”
When we contracted with the second
hotel, this call went out from SDAC and
allied websites:
“SHUT DOWN THE RACISTS! The
white supremacist newsletter American
Renaissance (AmRen) is holding their
9th annual [sic] conference . . . . [The
hotel] has not made a decision yet on
whether or not they are going to allow
the conference to continue. There will be
a massive phone-in all day on Tuesday,
January, 19th, 2010.”
Here is one of the things these groups
suggested callers say to the hotel: “I un-
derstand that several of the conference
speakers have gone to prison for inciting
racial violence, and in the interest of the
safety of the DC community, and of all
people worldwide, I ask that you do not
endorse these views.” These sites then
urged readers to circulate this message
far and wide, and concluded again with
“SHUT DOWN THE RACISTS!”
When the hotel at first held firm, the
message changed:
“SHUT DOWN THE RACISTS! . .
. IF THEY DON’T CANCEL THEN
WE CONVERGE! THEY WILL NOT
PASS!”
As the sites explained, “They are ap-
parently alright with Nazis meeting in
their hotels. Well . . . if they are going
to let that scum stay in their hotels, we
aren’t. We tried playing nice, we tried
asking, but there is no room for compro-
mise when it comes to fascists trying to
organize. The time to ask is over, now
we take action. . . . If they don’t cancel
we will converge . . . to confront these
white supremacists when they crawl out
from under their rocks and try to gather!
Save the Date, February 20 . . . . We will
not let them pass!”
Several hundred more phone calls,
combined with threats and leafleting,
and the hotel buckled. As its managers
explained, they feared for the safety of
their employees.
SDAC and is allies used the same
tactics on the next hotel:
“Shut Down AmRen: Antifa Hooli-
gans Converge February 20th.”
“If they don’t cancel we converge!”
“SDAC Eats Racists.”
“[T]ell the hotel how disgusted you
are with their decision to host a racist
organization.”
(Here WE GET THE CREDIT!)
“When the conference was moved
to its final hotel, in Washington, DC,
something called DC Direct Action
News spread this message:
“NOW THEY ARE MEETING IN
DC ITSELF INSTEAD! . . . You can
see what hatemongering assholes they
are by visiting www.amren.com but be
sure to have someplace to puke, because
this shit is nasty.”
(more)
” One People’s Project was itching
for a fight:
“[A]ntifa is steppin’ out to play! We
are waiting for the official call from
other organizations, and when we get
them we will post it here, but in the
meantime if you were planning to come
out, keep those plans. This is going to
be damned interesting!”
…and so it did! with YOUR help, a dangerous, “suit-and-tie Nazi” convention of racists capable of influencing and passing legislation was SHUT DOWN!
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