June 26 – DC Area Theaters Showing “The Stoning of Soraya M.”

WASHINGTON DC
Washington, DC
E Street Cinema
6/26/09
555 11th St NW
Washington, DC 20004
202-452-7672
Get Directions
— this is the site a block away from FBI HQ, and a few blocks from Metro Center metro stop

MARYLAND
Bethesda, MD
Bethesda Row Cinema

6/26/09
7235 Woodmont Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-652-7273
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— this is close to a large parking lot and about 6 blocks from the Bethesda metro stop

Parking:
In the immediate vicinity of the Bethesda Row Cinema there are three major parking lots. There are two outdoor ones across the street from the theatre and one large parking garage between Woodmont and Arlington on Bethesda Avenue. The small lots have very few 9-hour to 15-hour meters, and they fill up very quickly. These meters are silver, as opposed to the blue, dark gray and copper ones which range from 30 minutes to 2 hours. In the large parking garage between Woodmont and Arlington the first two levels (G-1 and 1) have 2-hour meters, while levels 2 through 5 have 15-hour meters. Parking is free in the lots on Saturday and Sunday, while street parking is free Sunday only. Parking Information

Metro & Trolley:
The theatre is minutes by foot from the Bethesda Metro station (on the Woodmont side), off the Red line. The Bethesda 8 trolley can be boarded at the Metro station; it takes riders on a scenic tour of downtown Bethesda before dropping them off directly across the street from the theatre. The trolley is free of charge.

VIRGINIA
Shirlington 7
2772 South Randolph St.
Arlington, VA 22206
Showtimes: 1-888-AMC-4FUN (1-888-262-4386)
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June 20, 2009: R.E.A.L. Protests McLean, Virginia Conference with VDARE Speaker Peter Brimelow

On June 19 and 20 in McLean, Virginia, supporters of Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) protested Ritz-Carlton’s hosting of a speaker from the  “white nationalist” web site VDARE, Peter Brimelow.  VDARE is listed as a “white nationalist” hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an identity that VDARE states that it is “proud” to hold.

R.E.A.L.'s Jeffrey Imm urges passing motorists to let VDARE know how they feel about racism
R.E.A.L.'s Jeffrey Imm urges passing motorists to let VDARE know how they feel about racism

VDARE’s Peter Brimelow was speaking at the Ritz-Carlton as part of a conference by an organization called “The American Cause.” R.E.A.L. contacted the Ritz-Carlton McLean, VA management in advance by telephone, email, and fax – to alert them to Mr. Brimelow’s planned speaking, his background, and his views that accused Holocaust Memorial Museum shooter Von Brunn was “an intelligent man.” The Ritz-Carlton management chose to ignore this advance warning.   In addition, R.E.A.L. contacted the Ritz-Carlton management the day of our Saturday June 20 protest and asked the Ritz if it would demonstrate its concern about racism by allowing us to protest in front of the Ritz-Carlton regarding VDARE’s racism; once again the Ritz-Carlton managment declined.

R.E.A.L. challenges VDARE's support for white separatism and "white nationalism" as racist
R.E.A.L. challenges VDARE's support for white separatism and "white nationalism" as racist

The conference’s speakers also included Hazleton, Pennsylvania Mayor Louis Barletta, whose office R.E.A.L. contacted in advance to warn him of “The American Cause” hosting of VDARE’s Peter Brimelow as a co-speaker.  The Hazleton mayor’s office declined to respond, and those that R.E.A.L. contacted in Hazleton city government did not reply.

Peter Brimelow’s VDARE website currently publishes articles defending “white nationalism,” as well as praising a “white separatist” leader as someone who once would have been “called an American patriot.” Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) previously wrote about this meeting on June 17 where we summarized the background of VDARE.   In addition, we pointed out how VDARE’s Peter Brimelow wrote on June 11, 2009 that accused Holocaust Memorial Museum shooter Von Brunn was “an intelligent man” – the day after his alleged shooting and murder on June 10 of black security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns.

R.E.A.L. challenges VDARE's Peter Brimelow that accused Holocaust Memorial shooter Von Brunn is an "intelligent man"
R.E.A.L. challenges VDARE's Peter Brimelow that accused Holocaust Memorial shooter Von Brunn is an "intelligent man"

— Peter Brimelow’s June 11 comments after Holocaust Memorial Museum guard Stephen Tyrone Johns was shot:
June 11, 2009: VDARE’s Peter Brimelow describes accused Holocaust Memorial Museum shooter Von Brunn as “an intelligent man”

— History of Peter Brimelow’s “white nationalist” background
VDARE’s Brimelow states that he is proud of racial articles on “white nationalism” published on VDARE
According to VDARE, “white separatist” Jared Taylor once would have been “called an American patriot”

— Sampling of VDARE articles on race
—- Search on “white”
—- Search on “black”
—- Search on “race”
—- Search on “racial”
—- VDARE’s Sailer articles
—- VDARE’s Taylor articles
—- VDARE’s recent Brimelow article on “half-blood” individuals
—- Other VDARE Brimelow writings
—- SPLC: “Keeping America White” regarding Brimelow and VDARE
—- SPLC: VDARE as “white nationalist” group

See more on Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)’s news reports and activism challenging racial supremacism at:
https://www.realcourage.org/category/racial-supremacism/

Washington DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive

DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive

“FBI Supervisory Special Agent Katherine Schweit said in a written statement Saturday that government lawyers told court officials that James von Brunn (vahn BRUHN’) ‘was in critical, but stable, condition with an expectation of survival.’ They made the statement Thursday when von Brunn’s case was called for an initial appearance hearing.”

Remembering A Hero: Stephen Tyrone Johns

June 11: Make a Donation to the Johns Family

USHMM Donation Link

USHMM Tribute to Stephen Tyrone Johns

June 11: National Association of Security Companies Mourns Security Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns for Heroic Actions at the Holocaust Museum

June 17: Michigan Rep. Conyers Helps Slain Holocaust Museum Guard’s Relatives Attend Funeral

DC – US Holocaust Memorial Museum Attack: Additional Reports

Redacted FBI affidavit (PDF – 95KB)
Document: Criminal Complaint Against James W. von Brunn (PDF – 1.5MB)
Washington Post: Holocaust Museum Shooter Could Face Death Penalty
Washington Times: Man, 88, charged with murder in museum shooting

Daily Telegraph: White supremacist Holocaust Museum gunman charged with murder of guard who helped him
— “The black security guard shot to death at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington by an 88-year-old white supremacist had held open the door for his killer, investigators said on Thursday”
NY Post report
— AP photos – to those who don’t understand why we must challenge all hate with love – a graphic reminder (photo 1, photo 2):
AP: White supremacist charged with Holocaust Museum murder
— “Critically injured in a hospital bed Thursday, the 88-year-old white supremacist was charged with murdering Steven T. Johns, the black guard.”
“Witnesses say he was wearing a confederate soldier’s cap and a long coat
Other Locations Believed To Have Been Targets for Holocaust Memorial Shooter

Stephen T. Johns “Hailed A Hero”
Holocaust museum closed for day to mark shooting, Additional WUSA report
Holocaust Museum No Stranger To Anti-Semitism
Jewish groups say attack is a ‘wake-up call’
At a Solemn Memorial, a Moment of Deadly Violence
Friends, Co-workers Remember Security Guard Killed in Museum Shooting
Gunman kills guard at museum
Alleged Holocaust Museum Shooter Had Given Up Hate Site, Planned Other Attacks
Holocaust Museum shooter suspect served time in prison
Suspect spewed hatred, convicted in ’80s plot
Shooting suspect’s history of seething anger
Holocaust Museum Shooting Suspect Had Been Growing More Hateful and Desperate
A Suspect’s Long History of Hate, and Signs of Strain
— Von Brunn: “It’s time to kill all the Jews.”
— “Von Brunn apparently supported himself through much of the 1980s and ’90s by distributing copies of the Spotlight, the Liberty Lobby’s racist newspaper”
Von Brunn: “It’s better to be strong than right… Crowds hate good guys.”

DC: Witnesses Say Holocaust Memorial Museum Attacker Wore Confederate Soldier’s Cap

DC – US Holocaust Memorial Museum Attacker Wore Confederate Soldiers Cap, Witnesses Say
— “Witnesses say he was wearing a confederate soldier’s cap and a long coat”

— DC area FOX 5 News reports:
— “Witnesses say he was wearing a confederate soldier’s cap and a long coat, which he may have worn to conceal what police describe as an early-1900s rifle. Seconds later, there was gunfire.”

Washington DC: Two Shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum by Alleged White Supremacist Nazi

(U.S.) Washington DC: Two shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington DC
— James Wenneker von Brunn
— Gunman “engaged by security guards immediately after entering the door” with a rifle
— “One law enforcement official said James Von Brunn, a white supremacist, was under investigation in the shooting”

— DC Local News Reports
WJLA report
FOX DC report
WUSA9 report
WTOP report

WTOP:  “A Web site apparently linked to Von Brunn contains Anti-Semitic and racist writings and promotes a book written by Von Brunn.”

Washington Post: 2 People Shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum
Details on White Supremacist Suspect
Suspect Didn’t Believe Holocaust ‘Existed,’ According to Neighbor
FBI Issues Statement on Shooting
Washington Times: Holocaust Museum shooter served time in prison

SPLC: Holocaust Museum Shooter Had Close Ties to Prominent neo-Nazis

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DC Israel Embassy – R.E.A.L. Challenges HAMAS, ANSWER, and MAS

On June 6, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (REAL) held a rally in support of universal human rights and challenging HAMAS, ANSWER, and MAS nearby the Israel embassy in Washington DC.  REAL was holding this rally as a counterprotest to a rally primarily led by ANSWER, which included MAS and other groups, that sought public sympathy for the actions by HAMAS group resulting in bloodshed in Gaza, claiming Israel’s actions were only on “the pretext of combating terrorism.”   Jeffrey Imm led the REAL rally, and Brian Becker led the ANSWER rally.

Access to International Drive and International Place streets (where the embassies are located) was blocked by the police and the U.S. Secret Service, which resulted in all of the protesting groups being located on nearby Van Ness Drive NW.  The rally led by ANSWER and MAS drew 50 to 100 participants, lining Van Ness Drive.  The REAL rally counterprotest addressed these organizations and their ideological support.

With their greater number of attendees, ANSWER members initially tried to bully and intimidate the REAL rally.   REAL supporters were violently attacked, which required the intervention of police for protection. Prior to both rallies beginning, ANSWER members tried to grab REAL’s sign in support of Universal Human Rights and push them off a public street corner; this included an ANSWER leader pushing one of the REAL rally attendees.   After our rally was started, at the request of the U.S. Secret Service, REAL moved about 20 feet away from the ANSWER rally to prevent violent activity by that rally’s attendees.

REAL Challenges HAMAS’ War on Humanity

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (REAL)’s Jeffrey Imm spoke out against the extremist HAMAS terrorist organization as the root source of continuing violence in Gaza.  Imm challenged those who would glorify HAMAS to recognize that HAMAS’ refusal to respect the human rights and dignity of others is a key source of the violence in Gaza today.   Imm pointed to the long history of HAMAS’ suicide bombings, HAMAS’ use of human shields in Gaza, and of HAMAS as a terrorist organization.

R.E.A.L.'s Jeffrey Imm challenges HAMAS' oppression and terrorist activities leading to bloodshed in Gaza
R.E.A.L.’s Jeffrey Imm challenges HAMAS’ oppression and terrorist activities leading to bloodshed in Gaza

In addition to HAMAS’ history of oppression of Muslims through its terrorism and its use of human shields, Imm also pointed out HAMAS’ history of denying other Muslims’ human rights, including HAMAS’ efforts to ban public prayer in Gaza, and HAMAS’ history of violence against other Muslims, including HAMAS’ killing of Palestinian Authority police. According to Imm, the ideology of extremism promoted by HAMAS not only endangers non-Muslims,  it also continues to endanger and take the lives of other Muslims.  Imm stated that such a policy of extremism also treats women as second-class human beings, as was seen in the recent killings of Muslim women by extremists in Gaza in what they call “honor killings.”

Imm also spoke out on the irony on this 65th anniversary of D-Day (June 6, 1944), when American troops went to fight Adolf Hitler, that groups should be trying to gain public sympathy for violence that is the result of a HAMAS organization whose charter (Article 32) embraces the same anti-semitic screed “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” that Adolf Hitler promoted, and the same HAMAS organization whose leaders have stated that Holocaust was either “false” or “exaggerated.” Imm stated that as we remember those who fought and died to fight for liberty,  we also must have the courage to defend the liberty and human rights that they fought for – a liberty that would be denied by extremism.


REAL Challenges ANSWER’s Support for Communist Totalitarianism

REAL’s Imm stated that it was also ironic that the ANSWER organization was leading the protest to garner sympathy for the efforts of HAMAS in Gaza, given that ANSWER’s leaders have a history of supporting Communist totalitarianism.  Imm pointed out that ANSWER currently lists the Marxist organization “Party for Socialism and Liberation” as part of its Steering Committee on its home page web site.   Moreover, Imm pointed out that ANSWER leaders have a history of supporting Communist totalitarian China and North Korea.  While ANSWER leaders spoke, Imm pointed out ANSWER leaders’ long history of supporting Communism, Imm offered ANSWER protesters a copy of ANSWER leaders’ writings from the Communist Worker’s World.

R.E.A.L.'s Jeffrey Imm challenges A.N.S.W.E.R. leaders and Steering Committee members support of Communism
R.E.A.L.’s Jeffrey Imm challenges A.N.S.W.E.R. leaders and Steering Committee members support of Communism

Given ANSWER’s tolerance of Communist organizations and leaders directing ANSWER, Imm stated that ANSWER really wasn’t against “war.”   Imm pointed out that ANSWER was perfectly willing to ignore the Communist Chinese government’s war on Chinese people with 1,000 concentration camps holding 6.8 million Chinese, and that ANSWER was perfectly willing to ignore the Communist North Korea war on Korean people with an estimated 2-3 million starved to death and many in North Korea’s own concentration camps. Given ANSWER’s acceptance of this Communist war on human rights, Imm challenged ANSWER’s legitimacy as any type of “anti-war” organization.

REAL Challenges MAS’ Worldview Based on the Muslim Brotherhood’s Extremism

REAL’s Imm also discussed the Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation’s letter to the Washington Post stating their “worldview” was based on the views of the Muslim Brotherhood. Imm pointed out that Muslim Brotherhood had an extremist worldview that called for an Islamic caliphate (“Khilafa”) — the same type of repressive caliphate that Barack Obama stated in August 2007 was the goal of America’s enemies.  Imm stated that this goal of the Muslim Brotherhood was embodied in their motto “Jihad is our way.”  Imm stated that the Muslim American Society’s support for such Muslim Brotherhood extremism was against universal human rights.  Imm pointed out that as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once recognized the challenge of “white supremacism,” so today we must recognize the challenge of other rationales of extremism as part of our commitment to universal human rights.

Moreover, Imm stated that while MAS supports extremist Sharia, those of us who support universal human rights support human freedom, equality, and liberty for all human beings.

R.E.A.L. Rally attendees publicize MAS’ documented statements that their worldview is based on the extremist Muslim Brotherhood

REAL Challenges Extremism’s Rejection of Universal Human Rights

Imm stated that the United States was a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and he pointed out how all Americans accept such universal, inalienable human rights for all people as part of our Declaration of Independence – as truths that we hold self-evident.  Imm stated that while most of humanity supported universal human rights, those in support of totalitarianism and supremacism do not.

Imm pointed out how extremist nations have rejected the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, seeking instead to create their own extremist version of “human rights” in accordance with Sharia.

Imm explained how the extremist rejection of such universal human rights has led to oppression and violence, not only in Gaza, but around the world.

Imm stated that extremist Sharia was being used to justify an extremist “war on women” involving degrading punishments, mutilations, treating women as less than human beings, and extremist “honor killings” of women around the world .   Moreover, Imm pointed out the use of extremist violence against Gay human beings as well, with recent and horrific reports of torture, physical mutilation, and murder of gay men in Iraq by extremist gangs.

Imm stated that REAL’s support for universal human rights rejects such extremist atrocities and demands universal human rights for all human beings.  Imm concluded that such universal human rights must include freedom from such extremist killings, mutilation, and oppression.

Imm stated that peace in Gaza and around the world begins with a support for humanity’s universal human rights, which extremists and their supporters consistently reject.

Virginia: Muslim Brotherhood-Founded Former MAS President Esam Omeish Running for VA Delegate Office

Esam Omeish is running for Virginia’s 35th District House of Delegate office — Virginia Primary election scheduled June 9. See Omeish’s web site for upcoming campaign activities.  Esam Omeish is the former president of the Muslim American Society that the Investigative Project on Terrorism has revealed to be founded by the Extremist Muslim Brotherhood.  The Muslim Brotherhood has as its goals that “Violent Extemism is our way,” and seeks to create a global extremist caliphate and “mastering the world with Islam.”  Barack Obama has defined as our enemies organizations that who seek to create a “caliphate.”

On April 11, 2009 at his Oakton, Virginia campaign “meet the voters” rally, Esam Omeish told us that Sharia is “wonderful” for the rest of the world.  Sharia is a supremacist institution that denies humanity’s universally shared human rights of equality and liberty for all people.   Sharia promotes inequality and segregation among people of different genders and religions, and seeks to deny human freedoms of speech, press, and conscience. Sharia has been used as the basis for repressing and killing girls, women, homosexuals, and religious minorities.

Esam Omeish also told us on April 11, 2009 that he stands by his position on his 2004 statement that “[t]he influence of Muslim Brotherhood ideas has been instrumental in defining” his worldviews on “tolerance… and human rights.”    This is the same Muslim Brotherhood that also calls for “Violent Extemism is our way,” and who seeks to create the extremist caliphate; Barack Obama has stated that our enemies seek to create a caliphate.

In 2007, it was revealed that Esam Omeish had called for “the Violent Extemism way” at a previous rally.   The online video of this led to his resignation from an appointment in a Virginia immigration commission.

We believe that an effective Democratic candidate for the 35th district would have values based on the inalienable human rights of equality and liberty for all, not a supremacist worldview.  For more on Esam Omeish, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Omeish’s statements on the Muslim Brotherhood as MAS president – see “Why Virginia must understand who Esam Omeish is.”

Other 35th District Democratic candidates for the June 9 Democratic primary election are: Roy J Baldwin, Mark Keam, and John Francis Carroll.  The general election is in November.

About the 35th District


Link to Detailed Map of 35th District (768KB)

“The Virginia House of Delegates is made up of 100 Districts, each representing approximately 71,000 residents.  The 35th District is located in the heart of Fairfax County, and includes Vienna, Oakton, Dunn Loring and portions of Fairfax.”

“The District consists of 18 polling precincts, crossing four Fairfax County magisterial districts, and two Congressional Districts (8th and 11th).  If you vote in any of these precincts, you are in the 35th District:”

“Hunter Mill Magisterial District: Flint Hill, Vienna #1, Vienna #2, Vienna #4, Vienna #6, Westbriar, Wolftrap”

“Providence Magisterial District: Blake, Freedom Hill, Kilmer, Nottoway, Oakton, Oak Marr, Penderbrook”

“Springfield Magisterial District: Eagle View, Fair Oaks, Monument”

“Sully Magisterial District: Vale”


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