Tiny North Dakota Town Braces Against Neo-Nazi Plans for All-White Community...
Source: the guardian
The tiny town of Leith in North Dakota is bracing itself for a potentially turbulent weekend. Its 24-strong population is set to be overrun by opposing busloads of neo-Nazis attempting to create a white supremacist community there and their anti-racist detractors.
Jeff Schoep, commander of the American National Socialist Movement (NSM), is preparing to travel from Detroit to Leith to hold a town-hall meeting and press conference on Sunday afternoon. On the NSM website, he describes the trip as a "gesture of goodwill", but goes on to say ominously that the aim is to "plant the seeds of National Socialism in North Dakota".
Anti-racist activists are also expected to descend on Leith from other parts of North Dakota and neighbouring Minnesota. "We cannot accept this racist hatred they are bringing here Leith is in crisis and is crying out for help," one of the organisers, Jeremy Kelly, told the Bismarck Tribune.
For the residents of Leith, the prospect of a weekend filled with white supremacist grandstanding is highly unwelcome. The town mayor, Ryan Schock, told the Guardian "people are very concerned. They do not want people to come to this town who have hate in them."...
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/21/north-dakota-neo-nazi-community-leith
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,027 posts)Small towns like that can't be left to the mercy of racist thugs who are so cowardly they swarm over a small town.
The anti-fascist protestors are a lot less likely to create trouble, but the probability of trouble is close to 1.0.
Have to say, it takes some courage to face down neo-Nazis en masse.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Poor people. I am just sick for them.
dotymed
(5,610 posts)whose choice of a name hurts the Socialist cause immeasurably. IMO..
pffshht
(79 posts)Rather, they're embodying the one ancient trait unique to our subspecies which sadly explains why there aren't any Neanderthals (or any other hominids, for that matter) still alive on Earth.
tonekat
(1,817 posts)All in one place, easier to watch.
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paleotn
(17,938 posts)....nor anywhere in Idaho and Alaska. That's gross misrepresentation. Turns out, they're everywhere. Seems California has more than it's share, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center....
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map
Now are you going to tell me they can be found almost anywhere in CA? I think not. Oh, and by the way, SPLC is in the south too.
longship
(40,416 posts)And we have them here in MI, too.
I will retract my post, by self-deleting. I don't want to start a thread battle.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,567 posts)History
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In the 1980s the town grew again when followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, who had started the city of Rajneeshpuram on the nearby "Big Muddy Ranch", began to move in. Rajneeshpuram was an intentional community (or commune) of Rajneeshees. On September 18, 1984, Antelope's charter was amended by a vote of 57 to 22 to change the name of the city to Rajneesh. In November, Rajneesh, who had originally pleaded innocent to charges of immigration fraud, changed his plea to guilty and was allowed to leave the United States under the terms of a plea bargain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagwan_Shree_Rajneesh
classof56
(5,376 posts)Interesting times in Oregon. For years I didn't wear red, to make sure I wasn't mistaken for one of the Bhagwan's followers, even though I was on the other side of the Cascades. Those Rajneeshis, they seemed to be everywhere! Felt sorry for the residents of Antelope, who stood helpless in the face of the takeover.
Hope the folks in Leith fare better!
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)The good folks from Bloom County had to come and rescue his furry feline butt
http://www.thecomicstrips.com/store/add.php?iid=82590
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Boo NSM. Boooooo!
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)greiner3
(5,214 posts)'Catholics Only' town he formed in Ave Maria, Florida.
ONLY Catholics can live there, although if one moves in and converts, say, to atheism, can Tommy legally kick them out?
mike dub
(541 posts)I'd be considering calling up the ND National Guard to standby as a lil 'welcoming committee' for these bus loads of racists -- just to be sure law and order is maintained and all. Was it Eisenhower who said Always Meet Force (perceived threat by bussed-in bigots) with Overwhelming Force?
hughee99
(16,113 posts)not by any specific design.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)delta17
(283 posts)There is one black resident. His wife said they are very worried, that they had lived there for years with no problems and now this happens. I bet the locals will support him. Small town folks don't like out of towners coming in and causing problems.