Resurgent White Supremacy?

As the Tea Party movement gains legitimacy and racist legislation
spreads from Arizona across the U.S, right-wing groups are already
maneuvering to gain influence and membership amid a populist
groundswell. Are we entering a period of racist violence unseen since
that of Reconstruction, or are there forces still capable of
overcoming the right and creating a world of equality and freedom?

Join two electrifying organizers for a discussion of recent right wing
activity and grassroots opposition in Arizona and around the country,
as part of the July 31st national Call to Action against Racism and
Fascism.

Joel Olson will discuss the grassroots struggle against Arizona's anti-immigrant law SB 1070, and in particular the work of the Repeal Coalition, of which he is a member. Rather than nativism vs. reform, the Repeal Coalition seeks to create a third pole in the immigration debate, one that argues that all persons in a global economy deserve the right to live, love, and work wherever they please. Olson will discuss Repeal's strategy to achieve this, as well as argue how this law reflects current struggles over the nature of white identity in the 21st century. Daryl Lamont Jenkins, an organizer with the One People's Project, will discuss the work of the One People's project. Founded in 2000, One People's Project's mission is to track down and expose right wing groups and individuals in an effort to diminish their ability to function. On June 5, the organization traveled to Phoenix, AZ to monitor a pro-SB 1070 rally. That particular rally was crippled by OPP after they exposed the white supremacist ties of the organizers, prompting a major anti-immigrant organization and sponsor to publicly distance themselves from not only the rally, but former Congressman Tom Tancredo who remained on as a speaker.