“In reality, it appears to be an excuse for members of the Southern Ontario Skinheads from London and Kitchener, like-minded individuals, and a contingent from the biker culture to get together,” said a spokesperson from Anti-Racist Canada.
This is a growing issue in Europe, where there are full blown racist gangs transforming into 'friendly bikers'. Not only to have 'back up' in case an argument or action is coming up, but it is also a way to gain control about certain things and with it a lot of money, that 'helps the cause'.
Is this a common problem in Northern America as well? Or is it in the beginning stages, since this seems to be one of those introduction meetings to set up further joint ventures?
11 May 2014 at 13:01
Anonymous said...
Sounds like Jessie Lajoie needs some stitches. Talks too much. No matter what side you are on, right or left; skinheads do not talk to cops ACAB. These are not representative traits of REAL skinheads. Do not lump us in with them. In the WP movement the S.O.S. do not exist they are a bunch of junkies and wiggers they have absolutely nothing to do with any respectable Nationalist organisation in Canada.
11 May 2014 at 18:07
Anonymous said...
Good reportage. Stoop to conquer.
11 May 2014 at 21:47
First, and in deference to our friends who actually ARE skinheads, it needs to be made clear that no one in the SOS is actually a skinhead. They've co-opted the look and, to a degree, very selected elements of the skinhead culture, but it's only window dressing. They are, and always will be, boneheads.
And now the boneheads in the SOS are known to more than the relatively small circle who are part of the Canadian racist movement or who make a point of monitoring the movement in Canada. And that is not a good thing if you are an SOS bonehead: London skinhead party on police radar
By Jennifer O'Brien, Randy Richmond, The London Free Press
Friday, May 9, 2014
10:23:54 EDT PM Anti-racism activists are warning about the rise of a new neo-Nazi
group in Southern Ontario and a celebration planned for the Victoria Day
long weekend near London showcasing their strength.
But the man hosting what’s billed online as a White Pride World Wide
celebration, and who’s connected to the group, says there’s nothing to
fear from either the gathering or white pride views.
“It’s just a birthday party for me and my daughter, too,” said Jared
Gilkes of Dorchester, east of London.
“It’s not white power, it’s white
pride. All I am about is being proud of our own race. It’s not hatred.
It’s about pride in your heritage, not hate.”
Some members of the group, Southern Ontario Skinheads, have been
invited because they’re friends and he has joined them on rallies.
“But I’m part of no group. I put up on my (Facebook) wall: anybody
that comes leave your attitudes at home,” Gilkes said, shortly before
inviting a Free Press reporter and photographer to drop by May 17.
There’s more to the new group than white pride and the long weekend
gathering than a simple birthday party, warn anti-racism activists.
“In reality, it appears to be an excuse for members of the Southern
Ontario Skinheads from London and Kitchener, like-minded individuals,
and a contingent from the biker culture to get together,” said a
spokesperson from Anti-Racist Canada.
Anti-Racist Canada, which describes itself as a non-violent
collective of people battling hatred, has been monitoring the Southern
Ontario Skinheads (SOS) for just over a year.
The group has at least 12 members, the spokesperson said. “Things
have picked up during the last few months and there seems to be more
growth.”
SOS recently handed out flyers in Kingston in April, and members
posted photographs on their Facebook pages of a small run-in with police
and some members of the group giving the Nazi salute.
Several members have criminal records and some were connected to
Western Canada’s violent Blood and Honour, a white supremacist group
involved in physical attacks on non-whites, Anti-Racist Canada says.
Provincial police said they’ve been monitoring the group for some time and know about the party.
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We had access to the Facebook group announcing the gathering as well so we were able to speak to some of the questions posed by the "Free Press":
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The following claim made by Mr. Gilkes in the article bare some investigation:
“It’s not white power, it’s white
pride. All I am about is being proud of our own race. It’s not hatred.
It’s about pride in your heritage, not hate.”
Some members of the group, Southern Ontario Skinheads, have been
invited because they’re friends and he has joined them on rallies.
“But I’m part of no group. I put up on my (Facebook) wall: anybody
that comes leave your attitudes at home,” Gilkes said, shortly before
inviting a Free Press reporter and photographer to drop by May 17.
Well, that's all well and good, except for the stuff Gilkes posts on his Facebook profile:
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"Donny's" post has obviously been removed.
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And then there was the videos that he took of himself and the SOS marching through Kingston shouting, "White Power!", "Seig Heil!", and a liberal use of profanity:
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Yes. That evening walk through the streets of Kingston was all about being proud, eh?
It's funny how proud "White Nationalists" are when they don't think people are watching. Having a spotlight turned on you isn't all that comfortable:
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And once the spotlight is on you, it's harder to find a dark place to scurry under again.
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Close this window Jump to comment form“In reality, it appears to be an excuse for members of the Southern Ontario Skinheads from London and Kitchener, like-minded individuals, and a contingent from the biker culture to get together,” said a spokesperson from Anti-Racist Canada.
This is a growing issue in Europe, where there are full blown racist gangs transforming into 'friendly bikers'. Not only to have 'back up' in case an argument or action is coming up, but it is also a way to gain control about certain things and with it a lot of money, that 'helps the cause'.
Is this a common problem in Northern America as well? Or is it in the beginning stages, since this seems to be one of those introduction meetings to set up further joint ventures?
11 May 2014 at 13:01
Sounds like Jessie Lajoie needs some stitches. Talks too much.
No matter what side you are on, right or left; skinheads do not talk to cops ACAB.
These are not representative traits of REAL skinheads. Do not lump us in with them.
In the WP movement the S.O.S. do not exist they are a bunch of junkies and wiggers they have absolutely nothing to do with any respectable Nationalist organisation in Canada.
11 May 2014 at 18:07
Good reportage. Stoop to conquer.
11 May 2014 at 21:47