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I was at the "Love Lives Here" rally in Whitefish a few weeks ago, which was, in effect, the cutting edge of the organizing the interviewee above refers to. It was a tame affair with families and children from around Montana and speakers mostly representing Whitefish's small businesses, which are heavily dependent on tourism and wealthy part-time residents (the rally's slogan: "shop for solidarity!"). Two-thirds of the way through the rally, I turned and was surprised to see a man standing casually behind me with a "Militia of Montana Ghost Warrior" vest and a holstered (but not secured) Colt .45 on his belt. He observed the whole thing quietly and left just before it ended. The white nationalists are not cowed. > Thirdly, Montana is an open-carry state. Consequently, when antifascist > forces started talking about armed direct action, it created a real > sense of panic. As I repeatedly explained to them in long-distance > midnight calls, these antifascists had not laid any groundwork in > introducing, much less explaining themselves or their tactics. I could > easily envision a confrontation between armed Nazis on one side and > armed non-local anarchists on the other. Obviously, that would have been > an unbelievable disaster in every respect. > > I thought any three of these scenarios would have been profoundly > demoralizing and would have represented a significant setback for both > the Whitefish community and for all of us trying to build a strong > resistance to all that Trump enables and represents. > > full: > https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/alt-right-whitefish-monta > na-antifascist-richard-spencer-protest/ > > > > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
