Newsgroups: alt.revisionism,bc.general,can.general,alt.discrimination,soc.culture.jewish,soc.culture.canada Subject: An Appeal for Aid: Racism in Salmon Arm, B.C. Summary: Reply-To: kmcvay@oneb.almanac.bc.ca Followup-To: alt.revisionism Organization: The Old Frog's Almanac, Vancouver Island, CANADA Keywords: Christie,Lethbridge,Salmon Arm,Irving,Zundel Lines: 200 Archive/File: fascism/canada/bc salmon_arm.001 Last-Modified: 1994/05/21 [The following material reached me via the original recipient of David Lethbridge's letter, who wishes, for the moment, to remain anonymous. knm.] 5 May 1994 3521 20 Avenue NE Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4M4 Tel: 604 / 832-6678 xx. xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx, xxx. xxx xxx Dear Xx. Xxxxxx: Thank you so much for your letter of 25 April. Yes, it is true that I am being sued by, as you put it, a Holocaust-denier. I am being sued for malicious defamation by Eileen and Claus Pressler. Their lawyer is Doug Christie. Eileen Pressler is the leader of the Council on Public Affairs (CPA), an organization devoted to anti-Semitism, Holocaust-denial, Identity theology, and white supremacy. She edits the Council on Public Affairs Digest, which has a circulation of 12,000, and reprints articles from a variety of white racist and anti-Semitic sources. She is assisted in this by Leonard Saunders who has written that WW2 was the fault of the Jews who intended to put the various "Aryan" nations against each other; and by Eustace Mullins, author of a number of books stating that Jews are subhuman beasts, that Auschwitz was virtually a resort for Jews to sit out the war in comfort, that rabbis on a regular basis kidnap perfectly formed prepubescent white boys, chain them naked to alters, murder them with ritual knives, and drink their blood as they die. Pressler and her Council bring a variety of speakers into our region, and have held two "Leaders" conferences, the second of which was the largest gathering of fascist, racist, and Identity speakers ever held in Canada at any time. Speakers included David Irving, Fred Leuchter, Doug Christie, Eustace Mullins, Jim Keegstra, Malcolm Ross, Everett Sileven, Jud Cyllorn, Murray Gauvreau, Paul Cameron, etc. The real reason they are suing me, I suspect, is because I released a 120-page report on their activities in 1992 (and in two weeks I will be releasing an even longer report); formed SACAR - the Salmon Arm Coalition Against Racism; written magazine articles on their activities; showed films at the local cinema on racism; hosted an anti-hate conference; attended anti-hate conferences; exposed them in the newspapers; gave any number of public speeches in the Okanagan and in Vancouver; gave any number of media interviews; etc., etc. The lawsuit against me (as director of SACAR) stems from a television segment about the Pressler's building project. They are erecting several buildings on 20 acres and, needless to say, many people are worried about it. During the broadcast I said that rumors of paramilitary training were unwarranted, but that I suspected that meetings might take place in these buildings since the CPA frequently sponsored and held meetings. I also said the CPA was racist and anti-Semitic. The initial legal papers referred only to the broadcast; subsequent legal papers suggest that the Presslers intend to accuse me of a two year campaign of malice. SACAR fights on, as do I. I would be most grateful if you could put this information out through your various Internet groups. I have included our 3-page defence letter, and any material from that letter or from this can certainly be made public. Thank you for your help, and I would like to stay in touch. I have no e-mail or fax, but my phone number and address appear above. Sincerely, David Lethbridge ====================[ new page ]==================== SACAR The Salmon Arm Coalition Against Racism Needs your Help Eileen Pressler, head of the Council on Public Affairs, through her lawyer, Doug Christie, is suing David Lethbridge, director of SACAR, for libel. Doug Christie has been the lawyer for the KKK in Manitoba, for the racist telephone message service Canadian Liberty Net, for Rudy Stanko of the violent pro-genocide Church of the Creator, for Nazi propagandist Ernst Zundel, for anti-Semitic teachers Jim Keegstra and Malcolm Ross, etc. It is no surprise that he now represents Eileen Pressler. Pressler has hosted a pair of Leadership Conferences whose guests included Ernst Zundel, Bo Gritz, Jim Keegstra, Malcolm Ross, Doug Christie, Fred Leuchter, Eustace Mullins, and David Irving. Many of these high-profile individuals have a long history of racist and anti-Semitic activity. Pressler's journal, the Council on Public Affairs Digest, has reproduced pro-fascist, holocaust-denial, anti-Semitic and racist material. This journal, with an international readership of 12,000 has advertised the Canadian Liberty Net and a wide variety of holocaust-denial and anti-Semitic literature. SACAR, the Salmon Arm Coalition Against Racism, is in its second year of exposing the combating organized racial hatred. SACAR has hosted and attended anti-racist conferences, produced a 120 page Report on racism in the BC interior, written numerous smaller reports and magazine articles, serves as the B.C. liaison for the US based Klanwatch, works closely with anti-racist organizations across Canada, delivers public lectures and speeches, sponsors public events, pickets and protests racist gatherings both locally and regionally, and works with the media to publicize racist issues. The Pressler lawsuit is clearly an attempt to prevent SACAR from continuing its work. We need your help to raise money to pay our lawyer. Please lend us a hand. Together we can fight racism and we can win. Please send a donation to: SACAR DEFENCE, 3521 20 Avenue NE, Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 4M4 Who is Eileen Pressler? The Hansard of the Province of British Columbia - the official report of debates in the Legislative Assembly - refers to Ms. Pressler as: planning a hate conference; distributing Jewish Conspiracy literature; publishing a telephone number which had racist messages against Jews, blacks, and other minorities; and trivializing the magnitude of the Holocaust. (May 1, 1992). Ms. Pressler has been called "Canada's Woman of the Year" by the Canadian League of Rights (CLR), an organization hosted annually in the BC interior by Pressler's group. The CLR has intimate ties to Liberty Lobby, the US based anti-Semitic organization, and to the WACL, characterized as a "Fascist International." What is the Council on Public Affairs (CPA)? Pressler's organization, the Council on Public Affairs, sells anti-Semitic literature, Holocaust-Denial materials, publishes a periodical, advertises racist materials, hosts public meetings by well known racists from the United States, Canada, and England. Why Am I Being Sued? The libel action taken by the Presslers stems from a CBC AT broadcast concerning a building project undertaken by the Presslers. During this broadcast I referred to the organization run by Ms. Pressler as anti-Semitic and racist. I further gave my opinion that the buildings being erected by the Presslers might be used to hold meetings of extreme right-wingers. Leaders in other anti-racist and anti-fascist organizations are concerned that should the Presslers win their libel suit, a precedent will be set which will allow organized racist groups across the country to sue their opposition and to effectively muzzle any voices that speak up against the neo-Nazi, holocaust denial, agenda. We must not allow this to happen. What we Need 1. More public awareness of the danger of organized racism. 2. More men and women across the country to join us in the struggle against organized racism. 3. $100,000 to defeat the Pressler lawsuit. Please help us. Send a donation today to: SACAR Defence, 3521 20 Avenue NE, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4M4 Dear Friend: If you have read our defence fund letters, you know that we need $100,000 to fight organized racism. It seems like a lot of money, but consider this: If only 4000 people gave $25 each, the money would be raised in no time. We believe that there must be 4000 people in this country who are willing to lend a hand in this fight. We hope you are one of those 4000 people. This struggle is not just Dr. Lethbridge's struggle; it is the struggle of all those who are opposed to racism, neo-nazism, and holocaust denial. We do not ask you to help, as if we were beggars. We ask you to join us. SACAR Defense Committee [followups directed to alt.revisionism]
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