[PEN-L:9678] The Internet Anti-Fascist: Fri, 23 July 99 -- 3:47 (#298)

[Paul Kneisel <tallpaul@xxxxxxxx>]

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             The Internet Anti-Fascist: Friday, 23 July 99
                       Vol. 3, Numbers 57 (#298)
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     SURVEY OF HOLOCAUST PROGRAMS AND COURSES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
              Kymberly Sargent <univ_programs@xxxxxxxxx>

"The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum is developing a preliminary directory of
Holocaust programs and courses being offered at institutions of higher
education within the United States. This project serves as part of the
Center's mission to promote the growth of the field of Holocaust
Studies, especially the dissemination of scholarly output in the field,
and to ensure the ongoing training of future generations of young
scholars specializing in the Holocaust. For more information about the
Museum and the Center, please visit our web site at
<http://www.ushmm.org>. The Center requests your assistance in
collecting the relevant data for this project. To obtain a copy of the
survey to fill out, please contact:"

Kymberly Sargent
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024
Phone:  (202) 314-7835
Fax:  (202) 479-9726
univ_programs@xxxxxxxxx

Thank you for your time and assistance with this project.

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                      UPCOMING WHITE-RIGHT EVENTS

[Anti-fascists may wish to explore special counter-actions -- whether
community education or something more direct -- for the following
events scheduled by the American Nationalist Union. --  tallpaul]

August 14 - Eastern Pennsylvania. Myers Restaurant, located on Rt. 309
between Allentown, PA and Quakertown, PA, from noon to 6:00 p.m.
Speakers: Jared Taylor, Tom Chittum, John L. Kucek, Kenneth J. Schmidt,
Michael W. Masters, Don Wassall. Admission: $20 at the door, $15 in
advance by sending to: ANU, P.O. Box 426, Allison Park, PA 15101.

September 25 - Cleveland, Ohio. The Radisson Hotel Cleveland Southwest.
Located at the junction of I-71 and Bagley Road, Exit 235. From 11:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Speakers include: Kirk Lyons, Eustace Mullins, Don
Wassall. Admission: $20 at the door, $15 in advance by sending to ANU,
P.O. Box 426, Allison Park, PA 15101

October 30 - Southern California. The Irvine (Orange County) Marriott,
located next to John Wayne Airport, 18000 Von Karman Ave., Irvine, CA
92612. From 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Keynote speaker: Sam Francis;
other speakers include: Barbara Coe, Glenn Spencer, Jim Townsend, Barry
Hatch. Admission: $25 at the door, $20 in advance by sending to: ANU,
P.O. Box 426, Allison Park, PA 15101

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                   WOMAN FEELS HATE GROUP HARASSMENT
                     Associated Press (no author)
                               18 Jul 99

SEATTLE -- A year ago, Bonnie Jouhari was busily involved in her
community in Pennsylvania - working for fair housing and battling hate
groups.

Now the 42-year-old, single mother and her 17-year-old daughter, Dani,
are hiding in the Seattle area, trying to escape harassment by people
who consider her "a race traitor" to fellow whites.

She accuses the federal government of foot-dragging that she says has
left her without protection or assistance.

After getting TV and newspaper coverage last year in Pennsylvania,
Jouhari said she wanted to stay out of the public spotlight in
Washington for her daughter's sake. But she contacted the Seattle Post-
Intelligencer out of frustration after her harassers found their
temporary home in Silverdale, across Puget Sound from Seattle.

The problems started when Jouhari was a fair housing specialist for the
Reading-Berks County Human Relations Council in eastern Pennsylvania.

After she organized a workshop on how hate groups used the Internet to
recruit members and intimidate enemies, and appeared on a local TV
program about hate groups, her photograph appeared on the Web site of a
Philadelphia-based white supremacist group called Alpha HQ, according
to court documents.

Alpha HQ described itself as "the racial, political/paramilitary arm of
the Aryan people."

A caption next to Jouhari's picture on the Web site called her a race
traitor and warned that such traitors "will be hung from the neck from
the nearest tree or lamppost."

"Over the next eight months, we endured hell," Jouhari said. Fliers
branding her a race traitor were left at her door. Anonymous callers
told her to write a will. The head of the local Ku Klux Klan hung
around her office, taking her picture.

"It annoyed me but didn't scare me," she said.

But when members of the group learned that Jouhari's daughter is
biracial, "they had a field day," Jouhari said.

She said she decided to move when her daughter received a call warning
that "they could get to both of us whenever they wanted to."

Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher filed a lawsuit accusing
Alpha HQ of publishing terroristic threats, ethnic intimidation and
harassing messages.

The state won by default in December when the defendants failed to show
up in court, but by then Jouhari and her daughter were living in
Silverdale.

Jouhari and Dani could have been eligible for Pennsylvania's victim and
witness protection program, but now the state cannot help -- beyond
granting her unemployment benefits -- because federal authorities have
taken over the case, the newspaper said.

Federal officials say they can't do anything to shield her until the
investigation is complete and charges are filed.

"I don't know if the government is really serious about civil
rights," said Jouhari. "If they were, they would file the case they
took over in Pennsylvania last year that we were involved in. Since
they haven't, we can't qualify for protection to help us get our lives
together."

Federal officials declined to comment on the case, other than to say
the investigation is still active, the Post-Intelligencer said.

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                         WHAT'S WORTH CHECKING
  stories via <ftp://ftp.nyct.net/pub/users/tallpaul/publish/story4/>

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, "Homeless Man Set on Fire in Palmer
Park Shows Impact of Emergency Shelter Closings ....," 15 Jul 99
<1031.txt>

Reuters (no author), "Calif. legislature votes to allow Holocaust
suits," 16 Jul 99, "California's legislature has approved a bill that
would allow Holocaust survivors to sue companies that profited from
slave labor during World War II and are currently doing business in the
state." <1032.txt>

Sara Bashi (Associated Press), "Vatican Official Miffed at Israel," 20
Jul 99, "A papal representative shocked listeners at a conference on
anti-Semitism by saying that Israel is to blame for tensions between
Jews and the Catholic Church. The Rev. David Yager said at the
conference Monday that Roman Catholic institutions are no longer anti-
Semitic and that Israel's anti-Catholic attitude is preventing
relations from warming as Israel prepares to greet millions of
Christian pilgrims at the start of the new millennium." <1033.txt>

David Haskel (Reuters), "Argentine congress to tackle Internet racism,"
21 Jul 99, "Two Argentine legislators presented a bill aimed at
cracking down on discrimination and racism on Internet sites, their
offices said on Wednesday." <1034.txt>

Associated Press (no author), "Suspected Neo-Nazis Held in Spain," 18
Jul 99, "Police have detained 13 suspected neo-Nazi skinheads on
charges of inciting racially motivated violence during a riot against a
Moroccan community in northeastern Spain." <1035.txt>

Associated Press (no author), "Canadian Sikh Killed For Op-Ed," 14 Jul
99, "The editor of North America's largest Sikh newspaper was shot dead
in his garage in an act of 'personal revenge' sparked by an editorial
in his newspaper, police said Wednesday." <1036.txt>

Charles Brown via Harry Cleaver, "Book Review: 'Monday Book: The
Intelligentsia and the CIA'," 14 Jul 99, "...Fearful of the Soviet
Union's cultural influence, the agency operated a sophisticated
cultural front to win over leftist artists and their audiences. This
was the cold warriors' "battle for men's minds", stockpiled with a vast
arsenal of journals, books, conferences, seminars, exhibitions,
concerts and awards. Among the agency's most powerful operators was
Michael Josselson, a former agent in the intelligence section of the
Psychological Warfare Division. He went on to head the influential
Congress for Cultural Freedom." <1037.txt>

Amnesty International (press release), "International Criminal Court:
Governments should mark Rome Statutes anniversary by prompt signature
and ratification," 16 Jul 99, "On the eve of the first anniversary of
the historic adoption of the Rome Statute for an International Criminal
Court, Amnesty International today is calling on those governments
which have not yet signed and ratified the statute to do so as rapidly
as possible." <1038.txt>

Moscow Times (editorial)Moscow Times (editorial), "Court Is No Way to
Curb Neo-Nazis," 21 Apr 99, "The decision by a Moscow city court to de-
register the neo-Nazi Russian National Unity group, RNE, is no victory
for democracy. This is not to defend RNE, a movement that is a
grotesque fusion of all the half-baked fascist, anti-semitic and
militaristic views from the darkest fringes of political life. But why
take them to court and harass them?" <1039.txt>

Jakarta Post (no author), "Labor activist Dita released from prison ,"
6 Jul 99, "TANGERANG -- Jailed labor activist Dita Indah Sari of the
Democratic People's Party (PRD) left the women's penitentiary here on
Monday after spending two years in prison. The release of Dita, 25, who
was sentenced in July 1997 to five years imprisonment under the
controversial 1963 Subversion Law...." <1040.txt>

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