![]() We demand all Twin Cities venues refuse to book Blood & Sun or Luke Tromiczak.We call on Luke Tromiczak to publicly renounce fascism and break all ties with fascists, including all fascist acts or groups.Blood & Sun is hereby banned from the Twin Cities, as are all bands or cultural acts with fascist, racist, or white nationalist sympathies. ![]() We won’t permit Luke or his band Blood & Sun to play in the Twin Cities. If people who want to oppress and murder any one of us shows up in our town, you can be certain they’ll be met by us. We do this in many different ways, from anti-fascist actions to support of survivors of sexual assault, know your rights trainings, copwatch, and harm reduction programs, as just a few examples. Community Self Defense means that we defend, prepare, and serve the community. Solidarity breaks chains.Īnti-fascism is a necessary part of Community Self Defense. We stand together against all attacks and support others who do so as well. These things are ‘Marcos.’ Similarly, we in the General Defense Committee (GDC) are all these things. Everything that makes power and the good consciences of those in power uncomfortable - this is Marcos.” ![]() He is every untolerated group searching for a way to speak. He is every minority who is now beginning to speak and every majority that must shut up and listen. Marcos is all the exploited, marginalised, oppressed minorities resisting and saying `Enough’. Marcos is gay in San Francisco, black in South Africa, an Asian in Europe, a Chicano in San Ysidro, an anarchist in Spain, a Palestinian in Israel, a Mayan Indian in the streets of San Cristobal, a Jew in Germany, a Gypsy in Poland, a Mohawk in Quebec, a pacifist in Bosnia, a single woman on the Metro at 10pm, a peasant without land, a gang member in the slums, an unemployed worker, an unhappy student and, of course, a Zapatista in the mountains. Our complete and non-negotiable hostility and eternal opposition to fascist and racist hatred requires our action.Ī famous quote from Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatistas expresses this solidarity: Our solidarity with each other is our weapon. Our diversity and our common opposition to all forms of oppression is our strength. We are powerful far stronger than a bunch of spineless children that think playing Nazi dress-up and spouting racist garbage is tough. We do not have the luxury of “ignoring fascists in the hope that they will ‘go away.’” We’ve seen how that ends up, historically. We are workers, women, people of color, LGBTQIA, disabled, immigrants, Muslims, Jews, and more. We are the community that Luke despises, and against which he preaches and promotes genocidal violence. In addition to recruitment and legitimization efforts, fascists use popular culture venues to fund their other, more directly threatening actions and organizations. White Nationalists become members of a subcultural music scene, and then recruit fellow members into their ideologies. Shows are a prime recruiting ground for young people who have been exposed to far right politics. We have no intention of relaxing our refusal to allow racists and fascists a platform to spread their poisonous ideas ( To learn about the anti-fascist policy of “No Platform,” start here.)įascists like Luke use shows to organize and spread their message of hate. Our cities have kicked organized fascists like the National Socialist Movement (NSM) and the bonehead crew White Knights out of town, and have kept them out for decades now. ![]() We will not allow fascists or their associates to gain a foothold in the city. Luke was scheduled to perform at the venue that night under the name Blood and Sun (A description of Tromiczak’s fascist affiliations and past appears at the bottom of this post.) As Antifa removed Luke from the venue, he was given a clear message: On December 15th, Anti-Fascist community members confronted known neo-fascist Luke Tromiczak at the Triple Rock Social Club.
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