Clowns KKKick KKK ass!
Clowns KKKick KKK ass!
Saturday May 26th the VNN Vanguard Nazi/KKK group attempted to host a hate rally to try to take advantage of the brutal murder of a white couple for media and recruitment purposes. http://www.volunteertv.com/special
Unfortunately for them the 100th ARA (Anti Racist Action) clown block came and handed them their asses by making them appear like the asses they were.
Alex Linder the founder of VNN and the lead organizer of the rally kicked off events by rushing the clowns in a fit of rage, and was promptly arrested by 4 Knoxville police officers who dropped him to the ground when he resisted and dragged him off past the red shiny shoes of the clowns. http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/7704982.html
"White Power!" the Nazi's shouted, "White Flour?" the clowns yelled back running in circles throwing flour in the air and raising separate letters which spelt "White Flour".
"White Power!" the Nazi's angrily shouted once more, "White flowers?" the clowns cheers and threw white flowers in the air and danced about merrily.
"White Power!" the Nazi's tried once again in a doomed and somewhat funny attempt to clarify their message, "ohhhhhh!" the clowns yelled "Tight Shower!" and held a solar shower in the air and all tried to crowd under to get clean as per the Klan's directions.
At this point several of the Nazi's and Klan members began clutching their hearts as if they were about to have a heart attack. Their beady eyes bulged, and the veins in their tiny narrow foreheads beat in rage. One last time they screamed "White Power!"
The clown women thought they finally understood what the Klan was trying to say. "Ohhhhh…" the women clowns said. "Now we understand…", "WIFE POWER!" they lifted the letters up in the air, grabbed the nearest male clowns and lifted them in their arms and ran about merrily chanting "WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER! WIFE POWER!"
It was at this point that several observers reported seeing several Klan members heads exploding in rage and they stopped trying to explain to the clowns what they wanted.
Apparently the clowns fundamentally misunderstood the nature of the rally, they believed it was a clown rally and came in force to support their pointy hated brethren. To their dismay, despite their best jokes and stunts and pratfalls the Nazis and Klan refused to laugh, and indeed became enraged at the clowns misunderstanding and constant attempts to interpret the clowns instruction.
The clowns on the other hand had a great time and thought the Nazis were the funniest thing they had ever seen and the loud laughter of over 100 counter protesters greeted every attempt of the Nazis and Klan to get their message out, whatever that was.
Many of the local Knoxvillians that came to counter demonstrate had no illusions about why these out of state bad clowns with swastikas were doing in their town.
"KKK YOU CAN'T HIDE, WE CHARGE YOU WITH GENOCIDE!"
"GAY, STRAIGHT, BLACK, WHITE ONE STRUGGLE ONE FIGHT!"
"U.G.L.Y. KLAN YOU AIN'T GOT NO ALIBI, YOU UGLY, YOU UGLY"
Were just a few of the chants that the non clown counter protesters rained down upon the Nazis. The clowns interacted with the non clown protesters with glee and even participated in a chant or two, though apparently with no idea that the Nazis were indeed not clowns thinking it was just part of the show.
In the end the 20 or so sad VNNers left with their tails between their legs. At this point over 150 counter demonstraters were present. The clowns seeing how dejected and sad the Nazi's looked began singing to cheer them up.
"hey hey hey hey, ho ho ho ho—good bye, good bye" everyone sang waving their arms in the air in unison.
After the VNNers left in their shiny SUVs to go back to Alabama and all the other states that they were from the clowns and counter demonstrators began to march out of the area chanting 'WHOSE STREETS? OUR STREETS!"
But the cops stopped the clowns and counter protestors. "Hey, do you want an escort" an African-American police officer on a motorcycle asked. "Yes" a clown replied. "We are walking to Market Square in the center of town to celebrate."
The police officers got in front of the now anti racist parade and blocked the entire road for the march through the heart of Knoxville. An event called imagination station was taking place and over 15,000 thousand students and their parents were in town that weekend. Many of them cheered as the clowns, Knoxvillians and counter protestors marched through the heart of Knoxville singing and laughing at the end of the Nazi's first attempt at having a rally in Knoxville.
On June 16th the Stormfront Nazis are trying to have a second rally in Knoxville. Clowns, anarchist, activist and others are all invited to come and creatively and nonviolently help us confront these Nazis and give them an even bigger counter rally than the first. If you can come, or can help email.
knoxvilleantiracistaction@yahoo.com
or join our myspace at:
http://www.myspace.com/knoxvilleantiracistaction
Thanks to Three Rivers Earth First!, Mountain Justice Summer, Katuah Earth First!, Knoxville Anti Racist Action, Katuah Anti Racist Action and the clown block for utterly wrecking the failed attempt of the Nazis to get a foothold in Knoxville. In one day Three Rivers Earth First!ers posted over 1000 anti racist fliers all over Knoxville recruiting people to come, this is just one example of all the work and effort that went in to creatively and nonviolently rejecting the VNNers out of Knoxville.
My sphincter tightened so much reading that that i might not be able to crap for a week
My sphincter tightened so much reading that that i might not be able to crap for a week
From laughing too hard?
I thought that was brilliant, myself.
The stormfront aholes were all kinds of pissed off about that action and they don't even like the vnn crowd
No, from embarrassment
It made me laugh.
Good deal. This action sorta reminds me of a conversation I had with a comrade where he stated that "The moment the Fascists and the police understand our movement we are doomed for. We must strive for absurdity amongst our serious struggle." Needles to say he had been reading too much Camus. That said it’s interesting to see ARA being this creative with a nonviolent action. They've always come up with ingenious ways to bash the fash, but ridiculing them hasn't been too prominent (in my experience at least, which is limited).
It brings up the greater question of the tactics of ridicule vs. physical confrontation. I think most radicals (myself included) tend to view groups like say CIRCA and other clown lots with disdain, but is their tactic effective and worthwhile? Seems like it worked here, but if the situation escalated would the call for "creative" but "nonviolent" resistance be so fruitful? Without Police protection things could have ended rather differently.
Obviously without a heavy police presence they would have gotten their silly asses kicked. but, the southern business and political classes have long since decided that the klan and other openly white supremist groups are bad for their image and bad for business, so courthouse rallies are heavily, over, policed. Nobody wants their town to be the next Greensboro massacre or Forsyth County, '87.
I should maybe point out i spent most of a decade tracking, photographing and counter-organizing the klan in north Georgia. I've been to more of their rallies than the average rank and file white supremist, and paid close attention to the community and cop reactions so I know a little about what I'm talking about.
I'd wager the radicals in CIRCA and puppetry troups don't view themselves with distain. I'm a street theater artist myself, more as a prop builder than performer, see puppetista.org. Street performance, done right, amuses and/or inspires other folks in the mobilization and infuriates the oppositon, be it the fash, police or military authorites.
Indeed. I want to reiterate that I'm not arguing that one is better than the other. I'm a strong supporter of diversity of tactics and will not begrudge anyone about their chosen form of protest. I just find the tactical differences interesting. I've always been less than enthusiastic about clowning and the ilk cause I've felt so ridiculous at so “serious” protests because of weak liberal posturing that I've come to associate all effective protest with strong militant stances.
One of DC SDS's first actions was a counter rally to a national "mobilization" against immigration. Mind you their mobilization only netted a few hundred people but our timeline was so short and our group so new that we couldn’t muster more than a quarter of that. When we got to the park we had no idea on how exactly to approach the issue, so somebody with a bullhorn instantly started shouting the most confrontation slogans possible. Suffice it to say things got interesting even with the coppers about. In the future it may be more productive to apply street theater to these kinds of demonstrations. Especially as our instinctive reaction seems to be "smash the racists back to Arizona," which might be mildly counterproductive
No, from embarrassment
Yeah it sounds stupid but it would've completely ruined their "action" and any intention to look like a serious political force. Of course this may work the other way as well...
mockery can be an appropriate tactic i guess - i hope the clowns are also kickboxers though, can't rely on the cops for protection. now aryan warriors literally getting their asses kicked by clowns, that would fuck up their image somewhat
I'm a street theater artist myself
holy living fuck
mockery can be an appropriate tactic i guess - i hope the clowns are also kickboxers though, can't rely on the cops for protection. now aryan warriors literally getting their asses kicked by clowns, that would fuck up their image somewhat
yeah - like watching pacifist hippies with long hair and flappy clothes slapping scrawny black blockers on footage from seattle
Kickboxing would be a bit tricky in huge shoes, I guess.
hmmm, good point. someone needs to devise clown style kung fu to get round the giant feet problem
Kickboxing would be a bit tricky in huge shoes, I guess.
no it would be more awesome.
David in Atlanta wrote:
I'm a street theater artist myselfholy living fuck
I've never had that response before!
Fascism is not to be mocked, it is to be smashed. While the far right organise the stuntist left dress as the clowns we always knew they are, well done.
fruitloop wrote:
Kickboxing would be a bit tricky in huge shoes, I guess.no it would be more awesome.
kickboxing rightwing head, yes.
i've known a few lefties the size of football players. not soccer players, football players. i have a fantasy of one themm doing, er, things to rush limbaugh. i don't really know why there aren't more of them.
Tacks wrote:
David in Atlanta wrote:
I'm a street theater artist myselfholy living fuck
I've never had that response outside of the sack before!
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Fascism is not to be mocked, it is to be smashed. While the far right organise the stuntist left dress as the clowns we always knew they are, well done.![]()
Most of the folks involved in that "stunt" work in the mountain top removal campaign in working class rural Appalachia, which is not unlike the Rossport campaign WSM supports.
As to the fash needed to be smashed, no shit! But the best anti-fa action I've ever seen was a town full of folks turning out to mock and laugh. The klan left before their permit expired after proclaiming the townspeople "the dumbest white folks we've ever seen" and never went back. Which, btw, wasn't an action organized by any outside lefty agitators.
Tacks wrote:
fruitloop wrote:
Kickboxing would be a bit tricky in huge shoes, I guess.no it would be more awesome.
kickboxing rightwing head, yes.
i've known a few lefties the size of football players. not soccer players, football players. i have a fantasy of one themm doing, er, things to rush limbaugh. i don't really know why there aren't more of them.
The majority of lefties I've met are skinny bookish geeks. A few of them start martial arts (including me), but skinny bookish geeks they remain. Apart from JDMF, obviously.
once i was 6'3" and 270 (using a strict diet i'm now about 5'7"). we need a JDMF brigade (tho' he could probably turn me into a pretzel).
also guy, these tiny fash demo's are meant to provoke loads of lefties to get pinched attacking them. Its 20 fucking gimps in uniforms with police escort all the way in and out of town. It would be better to get them doing just about anything else: promoting the event at concerts in in communities (posters etc), them meeting to organise, maybe their after demo pub, their house etc.
Most of the anarchists I know are pretty tough. Its more the activist crowd thats all skinny.
David in Atlanta wrote:
Tacks wrote:
David in Atlanta wrote:
I'm a street theater artist myselfholy living fuck
I've never had that response outside of the sack before!
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Fixed.
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thugarchist wrote:
David in Atlanta wrote:
Tacks wrote:
David in Atlanta wrote:
I'm a street theater artist myselfholy living fuck
I've never had that response outside of the sack before!
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Fixed.
TELL ALL NOW!
I demand moar us anarcho-gossip. The last lot was a delicious combo of union bureaucrats, cocaine, wives running off with priests and comrades arguing over who got more action out of a shared ex. Awesome.
Sorry. That was just a joke with no insidious backstory. Now I feel like I've let you down.
Fair play on the clown action David, I thought it were great. Well done.
fruitloop wrote:
Kickboxing would be a bit tricky in huge shoes, I guess.no it would be more awesome.
A friend of mine has been thinking about how to incorporate capoeria into street theater, maybe on stilts
Fair play on the clown action David, I thought it were great. Well done.
Thansks Terry, but I wasn't there. I found out about it after the fact and thought it was great.







hmmmm!