topic : resisting the nazis
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July 2007
by Pat Tassoni
As we pass the anniversary of when a dozen Nazis came to demonstrate at the state Capitol building on July 3, 2006 and because the Washington State Patrol by their own insistence provided 'security' for the event with 275 troopers, we have an opportunity to look at the myth of police effectiveness. I'm not going to address the estimated $50,000 wasted in staff time and fencing the grounds to keep hundreds of peaceful protesters from interacting with the nazis, but rather the change in collision statistics as the troopers abandoned their normal patrol activities for that day. . . .
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August 2006
by Peter Bohmer
On Monday, July 3rd 2006 in Olympia, more than 600 concerned community members from Olympia and the surrounding Puget Sound region rallied to oppose the presence of a neo-Nazi group called the National Socialist Movement (NSM).
Our rally began at 1:30 p.m. at the Washington State Capitol campus, near the steps of the Legislative Building and concluded a little before 4:00 p.m., when the NSM left. The NSM had only thirteen members for their rally although they invited their members and other white supremacists from California and the Northwest to join them. Their main speaker was . . .
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August 2006
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Demonstrators chanted, "This is what stupidity looks like!" and "Nobody's watching!"
(Photo by Lee Gilchrist)
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August 2006
Nazis, standing on the steps, were prevented from joining the clown party.
(Photo by Zoltan Grossman)
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August 2006
Due to the absence of violence, 150 state police loitered on the Capitol campus grounds after being assigned to protect neo-Nazis from clowns and friends of clowns on July 3.
(photo by Scott Yoos)
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May 2006
by Peter Bohmer
On Sunday, April 2, a counter-demonstration, led by the Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace (omjp), ran the neo-Nazi, National Socialist Movement (nsm) out of our town. The nsm has targeted Olympia as a major location for demonstrating their white-supremacist and anti-Jewish message and as a place where they hope to recruit disaffected white youth.
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May 2006
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Eight neo-Nazis are removed from the Capitol steps by the Washington State Patrol Civil Disturbance Response Team ("riot cops") for demonstrating without a permit and creating a disturbance, as counter-protesters rallied in response to their presence, April 2. (photo by Sandy Mayes)
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May 2006
Demonstrators chant anti-Nazi slogans as they march from Sylvester Park to join a Pro-Unity rally at Heritage Park, April 2. (photo by Ben Guss)
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March 2006
Reprinted from “When Hate Groups Come to Town: A Handbook of Effective Community Responses”, published by the Center for Democratic Renewal, Atlanta, 1992.
Avoid a divisive First Amendment debate on the rights of hate groups.
When community groups consider the problems posed by hate group demonstrations and parades, they often become embroiled in a debate over the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment. A Coalition may find itself increasingly divided, with some of its members arguing that restrictions aimed at limiting the public activities of the hate groups should be adopted while . . .
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February 2006
by Peter Bohmer
On Sunday, January 21st, 150 to 200 people rallied at Noon by the Texaco gas station on the Eastside of Olympia, near where the National Socialist Movement - an openly Nazi organization - was supposed to rally. When they didn't appear, we left at 12:45 to head to Sylvester Park where an anti-racist, anti-Nazi rally had been planned.
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