On Saturday, May 14, Masao Suzuki, chair of the Joint Nationalities Commission of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) expressed outrage at another white supremacist mass murder. “Three years ago, white supremacist Patrick Crusius drove hundreds of miles to kill Chicanos and Mexicanos in El Paso, Texas,” said Suzuki. “Then today another young white supremacist, Payton Gendron, also drove into Buffalo, New York to attack the African American community.” Eleven of the 13 people Gendron shot were African American, and ten died.

Both Crusius and Gendron had posted manifestos repeating the lies of “replacement theory,” a neo-Nazi idea that white Americans and Europeans were being displaced. This theory is a call for ethnic cleansing and mass murder of people of African, Asian, and Latino descent. Gendron livestreamed his killing spree to further spread hate and violence.

“These events are just the modern-day versions of mass lynchings historically aimed at African Americans, Asian Americans, Chicanos and Latinos, and indigenous people,” said Suzuki. “This country was founded on the genocide and seizure of land from Native Americans, and enriched by the chattel slavery of millions of Africans kidnapped from their homelands.” Suzuki added, “These white supremacists are trying to start a race war, and our communities need to prepare to defend themselves.”

“Today the white supremacist movement is funded by parts of the monopoly capitalists, and their poison spread by Fox News and anchor Tucker Carlson. These same capitalists are the ones jacking up prices,” referring to the record profits being reported by big businesses such as Shell Oil and Tyson Foods. “Wages can’t keep up, more and more people are turning up at food banks, and the numbers of homeless keep rising,” said Suzuki, “Our organization sees the need to replace this racist and exploitative system with socialism.”

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Milwaukee, WI – On August 5, a variety of non-profit and local religious organizations hosted a Vigil Against Hate, in remembrance of those killed in Oak Creek, Wisconsin; Gilroy, California; El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett made an appearance, along with a few other local politicians. Around 100 people showed up to the vigil to express solidarity with victims of white supremacist violence, which is impressive given the fact that the event was organized in 24 hours.

Most notably, there was a large Sikh presence; many of them being previous victims of white supremacist violence in 2012. The solidarity of oppressed nationality groups who are often subject to white supremacist violence spoke far louder than the empty promises and slogans promoted by the non-profit organizations and aspiring politicians.

As election season is beginning to ramp up, it is no surprise that there was a large presence of newer non-profit organizations such as Forward Latino and Everytown running the show. While there was mention of the fight against white supremacy, most speakers glossed over this and chose to focus on gun control.

The shooting in El Paso is incredibly relevant to Milwaukee, as there is a Nazi student on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s campus who has threatened to shoot up the school.

“Per usual, UW-Milwaukee refuses to take action, even when the student paraded a poster with a swastika on it, advocating for gassing Jewish people,” said Ramone Santana, a student at UWM who attended the vigil.

“Instead, Grae Hosmanek, a student who decided to take the Nazi’s sign and rip it in half, is being charged with vandalism and threatened with suspension,” he continued.

Young People’s Resistance Committee, a student and community organization focusing primarily on issues involving immigrant rights, is hosting an event to support Grae and demand that the charges she’s facing be dropped. Young People’s Resistance Committee will be meeting outside of the Milwaukee County Courthouse by the fountain at 1:30 p.m. on September 27.

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El 3 de agosto, un hombre armado que apoya a Trump llevó a cabo una masacre de al menos 20 personas en El Paso, Texas, que justificó en una declaración racista y antiinmigrante.

Suzuki agregó: “La violencia racista, desde las masacres de nativos americanos hasta los linchamientos de afroamericanos y los tiroteos masivos de chicanos, mexicanos y centroamericanos hoy en día son parte integrante de la opresión nacional sobre la que se fundó Estados Unidos”. Ahora es el momento de decir que ya es suficiente. Tenemos que intensificar la lucha contra el régimen de Trump. Tenemos que organizarnos para defender a nuestras comunidades de futuros ataques de supremacistas blancos “.

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