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Anti-Racist Action Network (ARA) is a decentralized network of anti-fascist and anti-racist activists. ARA activists organize actions to disrupt neo-nazi and white supremacist groups and help to organize resistance mainly to fascist and racist ideologies. ARA groups also oppose sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, anti-Semitism and discrimination against the disabled, the old, the young and others seen to be oppressed. They are staunchly Left-Wing, and are sometimes seen to be "Red" or Communist, particularly by detractors, however, their politics are more consistent with anarchism. They are sometimes associated with the Skinhead subculture and work with organizations such as Skinheads Against Racial PrejudiceSHARP re-directs here; for alternate uses see Sharp (disambiguation SHARP (Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice) are extreme anti-racist skinheads who often violently confront neo-nazis, racists and others of differing beliefs. They are one of the three mai (SHARP). In Canada, they were involved in a number of violent incidents in the 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apos which included a 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. brawl on Parliament HillParliament Hill is a scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Canada. Its Gothic Revival suite of buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada. The best known building is the Centre Block, with its prominent Peace T in OttawaThis article is about the capital city of Canada. For other meanings see Ottawa (disambiguation). City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Area: 2,778. Population Total (2001) Cdn. CD Rank: Cdn. Rank: with members of the neo-nazi Heritage FrontThe Heritage Front is a neo-Nazi group located in Canada. It was founded in 1989 by former Ku Klux Klan member Wolfgang Droege, Gerry Lincoln and other former members of the Nationalist Party of Canada who were disgruntled with the leadership of Don Andre in which several Heritage Front members, including RaHoWaRaHoWa (sometimes RAHOWA) are a defunct Canadian White supremacist band. The band name is an abbreviation of Ra cial Ho ly Wa r. Their lyrics are explicitly racist and violent. This example is from their song "Third Reich". Kill all the niggers and you ga lead singer George BurdiGeorge Burdi (George Eric Hawthorne) was one of of the most well known neo-nazis in America until he changed his ways after leaving prison. Took up white-power at 17 years old. Burdi formed the skinhead band RaHoWA, which came from the phrase "Racial Holy, were arrested.
The ARA staged a subsequent protest in Toronto outside the rented house of Heritage Front spokesman Gary Schipper. During the protest, several individuals entered Schipper's house and proceeded to vandalise the home, doing causing approximately $20,000 in property damage. Following this event members of the Heritage Front, including its leader, Wolfgang Droege, attacked members of ARA outside of a Toronto pub resulting in the arrest and conviction of Droege and several of his associates for aggravated assault.
