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Mini, r ive aays iaier, sne receivea me Din me sanu, wnicn was not loiany covereu man anu iranspuns mm iu me nay countyfor “Dorothy and Toto/ by a tarp, caused some minor damage to jail on a charge of disorderly intoxication.to combatFRED BAYLESAssociated PressMINNEAPOLISDozens ofMidwestern skinheads converged here Saturday for a weekend of meetings, marches and partying, all with the goal of fighting the racism and violence espoused byrival skinhead groups.We want to unite all the anti-i iracist skinheads,” said Brandon Sanford of the Minneapolis Baldies, an intense 18-year-old who has “SKINHEAD” tattooed across the back of his shorn head.“We’re here to talk about whatreal skinheads are all about,” he said. “We don’t want the racist people to use the skinhead image as a recruiting tool.Youths from Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas, Nebraska and Ohio, most in the skinhead uniform of shaved heads, tattoos, boots and flight jackets, traveled to Minneapolis over the weekend, meeting on street corners and fast food restaurants in the city’s Uptown section.The talk was of music, old friendships and their fight against the racist skinheads in their areas.“We re trying to organize sopeople know that being askinhead is not about hating people,” said Brian Lauer, a member of Brew City Skins, a Milwaukee group that formed to counter a group of racist skinheads in that city.Lauer was among some 100 skinheads attending a strategyBystanders mock the skinhead Nazi salute as they marchagainst the celebration of Martin Luther King’s birthday.session at a local library Saturday. There were plans for a march today with other groups and a concert featuring local skinhead bands tonight.work to trade information and tooffer assistance to individualgroups in various locations whoare fighting racist skinheads, the Ku Klux Klan and Nazis.At Saturday’s meeting, skinheads from eight cities told of their “crews,” or groups, and their fight against white power skinheads in their area.“We have to work together to make them (the racistskinheads) disappear,” said Corky, a black skinhead fromChicago.“There’s only one kind ofskinhead, and there’s bald Nazis,” said Dave, a skinhead from Des Moines, Iowa.The group agreed to form a net-The past year has been filled with headlines of the violent, racist and anti-Semitic actions of some skinhead groups around the country.An Ethiopian immigrant was killed in November by skinheads wielding baseball bats in Portland, Ore. Synagogues have been desecrated in Dallas, Chicago and San Diego. Skinheads were involved in a televised melee with blacks on the Geraldo Rivera show.These skinheads spout a philosophy of white separatism and fascism. They talk of creating a white nation, wearNazi swastikas and complain of a government controlledby“Zionists.But in many cities they are opposed, often in street brawls, by other skinheads who say their racist activities are a perversion of the original philosophies of the skinhead movement, started byEnglish working class youth wholistened to Ska, a racially mixed music, and whose ranks included blacks.“Being a skinhead means being hard working, being for yourself, having a pride in your country and pride in yourself. It doesn’t matter what your color is,” said Eli Simbura, an 18-year-old member of the Baldies whosecramped apartment served as a rallying place for the skinheads attending the weekend activities.The Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith claims there may be as many as 2,000 racist skinheads in 21 states, and a check in several cities shows at least asmany anti-racist skinheads.r
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Panama City, Florida, US
Sun, Jan 15, 1989
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