2003-03-00 Montana: Over 4000 Creator Books Destroyed & Desecrated

[PatTracy]

There are other resources for books in addition to this one. We should all pursue all leads to our Holy Books. Two resources even larger than this are former Rev. Kroenke of the Wyoming Church of Creativity and perennial "pontifex maximus" Rudy STANKO of Montana, Wyoming, and Nebraska. These books belong to us and until we print our 40th anniversary edition, the first and second editions are all we have to teach and expand our Religion. We are people of the Book. Our books are the truth. Nature doesn't lie.

[Chuck]

Hopefully they'll get nailed down for the theft.

Simply because someone sells someone else's stolen property doesn't make it legal.

[Rev.Cambeul]

http://www.mhrn.org/publications/specialresearchreports/speakingvolumes.pdf

SPEAKING VOLUMES:
TRANSFORMING HATE

The Books, the Hate Group,
and the
Anti-Semitism that Underlies It All

How the Montana Human Rights Network Got "The Books"

1) The name of the defector has been replaced by these initials for his safety. (We know him as "Karl" John Haase ~ Cailen.)

2) The term "Church of the Creator" is a registered trademark that belongs to the TE-TA-MA Truth Foundation, which is a non-profit religious organization that encourages universal love and respect for all peoples. It is not associated and should not be confused with the white supremacist group founded by Ben Klassen. In November 2002, the organization founded by Klassen was ordered to stop using "Church of the Creator" and renamed itself the "Creativity Movement." (If it really was "the organization founded by Klassen" then because of prior use (a tactic PME Hale did not use) the courts would have no option but to find against the TEA-POT-GANG in the trademark case. That the MHRN and SPLC are claiming prior use to justify their theft of books from PME Hale's World Church of the Creator which legally had no connection to PME Klassen's Church of the Creator is blatant hypocrisy brought upon by the hubris of Church members themselves who liked and still like to falsely portray themselves as the cotinuation of PME Klassen's COTC rather than admitting they were (WCOTC) and are (TCM) separate groups with no relation to one another other than the Creed/religion itself ~ Cailen.

J.R.1 grew up poor on a grain farm in eastern Washington. He served in the military, got involved in criminal activity, and did some time in prison. He held various bluecollar jobs and eventually joined a biker gang that included many racist members. While working as a mechanic for an Idaho mining operation, he was introduced to a virulent racist and anti-Semitic group called the Church of the Creator2.

Founded in 1973 by Florida's Ben Klassen, the Church of the Creator (now called the Creativity Movement) was one of the largest and most active white supremacist groups in the country during the 1990s. While the hate group experienced much infighting and leadership crises, its steadfast activists continued following "Creativity," the group's racist religion.

Creativity weathered these times of unrest primarily due to the numerous racist and anti-Semitic books written by Klassen that outlined the group's ideology. Large numbers of the books had been printed, which featured titles like The White Man's Bible and On the Brink of a Bloody Racial War, and they continued to circulate. They provided not only a philosophical rudder for Creators (followers of the Creativity Movement), but also a steady stream of income through sales in white supremacist publications.

J.R.'s journey in the Creativity Movement peaked when he was named "Hasta Primus" (second in command) of the Church of the Creator Northwest.

Based in the small town of Superior, Montana, this small splinter group formed after internal squabbling between Montana Creators and national leadership.

Creators had been in Montana for years, and they had made it through multiple national leadership struggles. Their constant presence resulted from two primary sources—long-time activists and a stockpile of Klassen's books. The books provided financial support for the Montana faction, J.R. said, bringing in about $100 month.

The Human Rights Network was well-acquainted with the Creators in Montana. Formed in 1990, the Network monitors and researches radical right-wing groups. It uses this information to help communities organize against white supremacist groups. On multiple occasions during the 1990s, Network staff worked with citizens in Superior and Missoula to organize rallies and other public events to show that the Church of the Creator Northwest did not represent the communities' values. It was this on-the-ground presence confronting Creators that led J.R. to call the Network in December 2003.

J.R. told Network Co-Director Christine Kaufmann that he was done with the Church of the Creator Northwest. He said he wanted to meet to discuss the hate group's activities. J.R. told Kaufmann that he had the combination to a storage locker in Superior, which contained boxes of the group's books and some internal correspondence. For a small amount of gas money, he offered to sell the contents of the storage unit to the Network.

Network staff agreed to meet with J.R. in Missoula. He told them that his fellow Creators were a "bunch of losers." As is often the case with white supremacists, all of J.R.'s friends were part of the group. If he left the group, he felt he needed to get out of Montana for his own personal safety. J.R. also agreed to speak with law enforcement about the Creativity Movement. Network staff had J.R. sign a bill of sale for the books and other materials, and the Network gave him $300.

After making arrangements with the police to meet at the storage unit to assure their safety, Network Co-Directors Christine Kaufmann and Ken Toole headed to Superior with two pickups and a U-Haul to take possession of the materials. After two hours, the storage unit was empty, and the Network had approximately 4,100 books. Given that they sold for $10 each, it had removed approximately $41,000 in possible revenue for the hate group. Along with essentially bankrupting the Church of the Creator Northwest, the Network's interest in the books was removing them from circulation, thereby removing some of the ideological glue that held the Creativity Movement together.

Almost immediately, Creators claimed the Network had received stolen property. Along with having a signed bill of sale, the Network pointed out that the Church of the Creator probably had no legal claim to the books in the first place. In 1994, the Southern Poverty Law Center won $1 million of the Church of the Creator's assets in a lawsuit. The Law Center never tried to pick up the books as part of the judgment, believing it wouldn't be worth the effort. It applauded the Network's acquisition of the books,which removed them from circulation.

Once the books were back at the Network's office, staff was left wondering what to do with them. Burning or shredding the books seemed inconsistent for the Network, which promotes democratic values. Instead, the Network sent boxed sets (13 different titles in all) to allied organizations, academic institutions, Holocaust museums and law enforcement. The internal Creator correspondence was sorted and copies were sent to the U.S. Justice Department for use in the trial of the national leader, Matt Hale (see below for more). However, this still left the Network with thousands of the white supremacist books.

The Network decided to use the books as part of an art exhibit to stimulate public discussion about bigotry, anti-Semitism, and intolerance. Helena-area artist Tim Holmes was brought in to help design the project and created some initial pieces. Holmes saw the potential for a larger exhibit and suggested the Network pitch the idea to Helena's Holter Museum of Art. Opening in January 2008, Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate features over 60 pieces contributed by artists from around the country.



So there we have it, evidence of who, what and where, including police compliance in the theft of the Holy Books of Creativity. The PDF goes on to say a lot more, but it's mainly just a biased and incorrect history of Creativity, Montana's North West COTC, PME Hale, anti-Semitism, Adolf Hitler, ad nauseum .... You can read it all in its original glory at the link above or the attachment at the bottom of this post.

As we know, a law suit can be brought against the MHRN as well as individual members and artists named in the MHRN admission of guilt. However, now that we have proof of police compliance in the criminal theft of the Holy Books, the Montana State Government can also be sued for every penny they have in their treasury.

Keep in mind that this is a WCOTC era problem and legally has nothing to do with the Creativity Alliance. All we can do is cite the vilification directed at our religion through the destruction of those books which are essentially the inherent property of PME Hale and possibly the heirs of Reverend Slim Deardorff - but nobody else. We just need to supply whomever chooses to go forward with this, with the information they require and await the outcome.

It's not ours as a group ... although ANY Creator can tackle this on their own and they will have our support.

@Cailen.

[Albert]

What these people are doing is like burning the Koran to muslims. These people by rights should be beheaded. Unfortunately we cannot afford our people to be incarcerated or break the law. Likewise we are commanded by our Religion to obey the law. I must admit though that i'd be tempted to liberate our Holy Books if i lived nearby.

[Sinn]

What these people are doing is like burning the Koran to muslims. These people by rights should be beheaded. Unfortunately we cannot afford our people to be incarcerated or break the law. Likewise we are commanded by our Religion to obey the law. I must admit though that i'd be tempted to liberate our Holy Books if i lived nearby.

Rev. Albert, I agree with you in spirit. If we defend our religion like the muslims do, nobody, not even the JOG government would f*ck with us. They would know the consequences would be dire for them.

I too agree that these books do need to be liberated. Group action is required.

[Jimbo]

those two slags pictured doin' the "desecration" have gotta be kikez, right?.....only kikez could be "hooked up" with a no-brainer like "Transforming Hate"....and...Montana is "supposed" to be one of the "whitest" states in the US, eh?....but....jews always seem to get there first, eh?....they're always between white people and their ultimate destiny....they're the "virus" in the organism!

well....@ least youse 'Kwans have still got yr guns...that's some-thing, eh?.....where you go from there.....up to youse, i guess, eh?!?  

cheers!

(Jimbo)