HATE GROUP TO MEET IN BABYLON, NEW YORK!

Phone Jam to Shut Down the Minutemen Recruiting Drive!

Now the Minutemen are trying to recruit on the East Coast. Help us get them out!

***PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY***

Call American Legion Hall Post #94 and demand that this meeting be

canceled: 631-669-0094

The Minutemen Project, a Conservative anti-immigration group with

strong links to, and overlapping membership with, violent

white supremacist and neo-Nazi organizations has announced plans to

hold a recruitment meeting in Babylon, NY on Saturday, September 10,

2005.

The meeting, scheduled to take place at the Babylon American

Legion Hall (22 Grove Place, Babylon, NY 11702), is set to feature

Chris Simcox, founder of the Minutemen Project, as the main

speaker. Simcox is the gun-toting founder of the group, which since

April has been arming itself, wandering the U.S.-Mexican border in

search of "illegal immigrants", and detaining individuals at gunpoint.

Minutemen have openly discussed setting up sniper posts near the

border, with the goal of shooting anyone attempting to cross.

Contrary to its claims, the Minutemen Project does not promote a

policy of immigration reform. Instead, they promote a program of hate

and intolerance; an extremist policy of stopping all non-white

immigration into this country. They are a xenophobic group that blames

immigration for everything that they are unhappy with. Most recently,

Minutemen have been claiming that illegal immigrants are responsible

for the sudden rise in gas prices in the United States. Talk about

stupid!

The Minutemen have well-established ties to known white supremacist

groups. Minutemen co-founder Jim Gilchrist has been involved with the

neo-Nazi affiliated Council of Conservative Citizens for a number of

years. In addition, members of the infamous National Alliance have

claimed membership in the Minutemen Project and were identified

participating in border "patrols" last spring and summer with the

group. Over the years, the National Alliance has been tied to numerous

violent crimes, such as the assassination of a Jewish radio host in

Denver, and several high-profile robberies. The National Alliance has

the dubious distinction of claiming Timothy McVeigh – the man

responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing – as a supporter.

On July 30th, the Minutemen-allied group, Save Our State, held an

anti-immigrant rally in California. Numerous members of

white supremacist groups attended this rally, and were caught on film

carrying flags emblazoned with Nazi swastikas and Confederate

insignia. They were also seen repeatedly giving Nazi salutes. One of

the neo-Nazis who had been holding a swastika flag was also

photographed holding a "Save Our State" banner. So much for plausible

deniability!

We call upon everyone who is concerned about this meeting to telephone

the American Legion Hall and demand that it be canceled. We will not

stand idly by while neo-Nazis are allowed to organize in our

community. We are calling for an emergency phone jam of the hall, and

are letting it be known that if the meeting is not canceled, the

community will be out in force to protest these fascist scum!

Call the American Legion Hall at 631-669-0094 and let them know how

you feel about them laying out the welcome mat for fascists. Please

forward this message widely – together we can shut them down!!

By ARA http://antiracistaction.us