In most multicultural countries, it’s assumed that all skinheads are racists. Even punks fear us. The Korean scene is lucky that racial violence isn’t an issue or a constant fear; here, skinheads are judged by the individual, not by their haircuts.

This is in danger of changing, thanks especially to these pricks in Russia. Several incidents of racial violence have been reported there, many of them involving Koreans. Last March a gang of racists beat a Korean man to death in Moscow, and the Korean embassy has fielded many complaints. The international media have gone out of their way to blame skinheads, and in a very short time Russia has been conquered by racist gangs.

Often you see phrases like “suspected skinhead?or “skinhead murder,?with the word skinhead in quotations. Be very suspicious when you see that. Does ‘skinhead violence?mean attacks perpetrated only by skinheads? Not necessarily. Does a ‘suspected skinhead?wear Fred Perrys and go to punk shows? I’ve never seen one. Is being a skinhead really a crime? Not yet. So think clearly and ask yourself, who created this monster?

The media and racist ‘skinhead?groups have always had a symbiotic relationship. Mainstream entertainment and news support the assumption that skinheads are racial supremacists, which white power groups rely on for their own credibility. It also takes credibility from other skinhead groups. In many places online white supremacists have posted propaganda which claims that the roots of skinheads, SHARPs, and role of reggae, are all fabrications of the Jews. People will go along with it, too, because the rest of us normal skinheads are low on credibility. Who ever made a movie about us?

I’ve always said that anti-skinhead propaganda movies like American History X, Romper Stomper, or The Believer, serve the interests of white supremacist groups. The more the media fights racist skinheads, the stronger they become. You may say that those movies make people think about racial issues and smarten up, but how many gutterpunks watched “SLC Punk?or Roger Corman’s “Suburbia?and turned away from punk? The answer is: less than fuck all. White supremacists watch supposedly anti-skinhead, anti-racist movies too, and it doesn’t shake their core beliefs.

Here’s another fun film trivia fact. Charles Robert Jenkins, an American soldier living in North Korea, has acted in several propaganda films. “In one,?claims AP reporter Eric Talmadge, “he wore a skinhead wig to portray an evil American.?

First of all, “skinhead wig?makes a good oxymoron, but secondly, what the hell do North Korea, an American deserter, news editors, and a bunch of idiots who got a rush off watching Romper Stomper, know about skinhead culture?

According to the Moscow Human Rights Bureau, there are 50 000 skinheads in Russia, which is believed to be roughly half the world’s skinhead population. This doesn’t count non- and anti-racists, because apparently the authors of the report don’t know what real skinheads are.

The traditions and history of skinheads can only be told by skinheads. You’ll be happy to know that there are trad skins and SHARPs in Moscow, and they aren’t happy. They’re vastly outnumbered, but all they need for victory is to show that not every skinhead is a racist bonehead. If we can do that, we will disarm the racial supremacists?most powerful tool.

Some of the anti- and non-racist skinhead sites from Russia:
http://oioioi.ru
http://www.interskins.antifa.net/
http://nstop.h1.ru/