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Found out about this "White Nationalist" (own description) website today from the Guardian and just had to have a look. I do this kind of thing now and again but what made me want to mention this particular site here is the fact that it is laden with photographs--I like looking at people's photos--and, in particular, pictures of socialists, anarchists and other assorted pieces of work taking part in various protests and demonstrations in London.

Now, I wholeheartedly support a number of their initiatives (e.g. their loathing of Bush and his neoconservative dogma, their opposition to the war in Iraq, their uncompromising approach to racism, etc. However, as is visible from the photographs, such organizations invariably co-opt other "causes," too, for instance "Freedom for Palestine." (One notes that no freedom is called for the people of Western Sahara, Kurdistan, Chechnya, Tibet, ... - oh, you know the spiel.)

Then there are a few pictures denouncing the apparent kidnapping of "illegal" immigrants in Britain by the News of the World ("Kidnapping is a crime!" yells one). Ironically, these pictures are flanked by shots of protesters screaming against last summer's war in Lebanon. (Does one need reminding what/who, exactly, started that war?) It's such a pity that organizations founded for a noble purpose (such as the United Against Racism outfit) should have been adulterated by hypocrisy, anti-Semitism and espousal of discredited socioeconomic systems...

Anyway, the photos are endlessly funny, replete as they are with all manner of weirdoes, mutants and other freaks of nature. Apart from a few cute Middle Eastern chicks, the characterized are deformed, slovenly and repulsive. The presence of a "Women Against Waxing" activist does little to dispel the nausea. It made me feel as though I was in the audience at a Jerry Springer show!

See the lot here. (The site may be down so keep trying.)

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