Fwd: American Ultra-Right Wingers in Toronto Friday (fwd)

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yesterday, about one hundred extremist anti-choice demonstrators staged an
event in Kingston, Ontario. Lining the busiest street during the morining
rush hour, they displayed six foot high posters of white fetuses. Most
of the group were from the US, (see below). A group of about thirty
Kingston social activists showed up to counter protest.

Many of the people in the anti-choice group wore army fatigues and other
army paraphenila. To intimidate and harass pro-choice activists, many of
Americans were kitted out with walkie-talkies and video
cameras. They repeatedly video taped us, even when requested not
to do so. Most of the Americans appeared to be from Wisconsin,
(according to their license plates) and wore T-shirts that said "US
Taxpayers Party" and had bumper stickers on their cars that read
"Principles over politics". This is a group that has advocated arming
children and justifies killing doctors who perform abortions. According to
this week's NOW magazine they are on an Ontario tour designed to promote
their cause and their group.

The extremists did their best to try and provoke a violent
reaction from the pro-choice protesters by reciting right-wing dogma and
anti-Canadian slurs, such as: "You are showing your Canadian ignorance"
and "Even God can make to Canada." Clearly, in an effort to intimidate
the pro-choice activts, one extremist said he had ammuntion
with him. Trying to justify their position when queried by
pro-choice activists, they reverted to memorized slogans and right wing
jargon, such as: "You don't know the Truth" and "You haven't learned
the Truth yet." When asked about their positions on other issues like,
homelessness, racism and homosexuality, they became defensive and =
justified white
supremacy and homophobia through biblical evangelical and
interpretations. One extremist called us perverted and said we were going
to go to hell.

One anti-choice radical dressed in fatigues harassed a visble minority
pro-choice activist by becoming extremely aggressive with his video
camera. In an effort to protect her, a friend tried to deflect the camera,
only to be pushed and shoved by the American. This agressiveness and
violent reaction obviously displeased the few Canadian anti-choicers who
tried to advocate restraint.

This American group is more than your run-of-the-mill pro-lifers. Their
beliefs are based on ultra-right wing poltical and fundamentalist
religious ideology, with an insidious undercurrent of justifed violence.
This was evident by a dispute that broke out between the Canadian
religious anti-choice demonstrators and the Americans about capital
punishment. One American even said that Catholics were going to hell as =
well, which upset
their Canadian Catholic hosts.

It is essential that all efforts be made to expose the hypocrisy, violence
and right wing nature of this anti-choice group. For more
information about this group, pick-up this week's NOW Magazine or
visit their web site at: www.now.com. Please show up and/or
stage a counter protest if they show up in your town. Below, is some
information about a counter protest in Toronto on Friday.

Veronica Wylie
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Toronto Action vs. anti-choice

As reported in NOW magazine, this week Campaign Life Coalition is planning
a tour inspired by Matthew Trewhella, a notorious and long-time anti-choice=

activist from the US.

Trewhella has politically supported murdering abortion providers. He is
involved with the militia movement and the United States Taxpayers Party,
an extreme right party. His group, "Missionaries to the Preborn",
co-ordinated a campaign in Milwaukee in the early 1990s which shut down 4
of the city's 9 women's clinics.

The CLC tour comes on the heels of an anti-choice strategizing conference
held last weekend in Ancaster, the very city where an abortion doctor was
shot and wounded by a sniper in 1995.

Joining CLC will be members of the Missionaries to the Preborn, and maybe
Trewhella himself!   They will be parading around town with appearances in
Ajax, Scarbrough etc. etc.

In downtown Toronto, CLC will be rallying on the north side of Queen's =
Park
(on Wellesley) this coming Friday.


TO is a pro-choice town - for now and forever!!!!

FRIDAY JULY 10

Assemble at 11.15 AM     SHARP

NORTHWEST CORNER, COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY


Bring noise makers, placards and banners!!!

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