UPDATE (from omjp, written by Larry Mosqueda) I want to encourage everyone to come to this event on Sunday. It will not go away if we ignore it and it will only get worse. Ignoring them is not an option nor is it fresh thinking. The main rally to establish ourselves at Sylvester Park will be at 12 noon or a little earlier where we will work for peace and justice. I talked to one of the Seattle anti-Nazi organizers and it appears that the Nazi's have cancelled their planned rally in Seattle and have relocated to Olympia. Perhaps they will see that they are not welcome in Olympia either. The other location for a beginning counter-protest should be ONE BLOCK WEST (near Ralph's) of the meeting point for the Nazi's. They will meet at 4th, State, Martin Way and Pacific and that is near an African American Church, so we need to not let any confrontation happen there. This is out of respect for the Church. However we can't let the Nazi's own the 24 blocks of streets that it will take to get to Sylvester Park. As they progress down the street to the Park, we will be non-violent, of course, but we don't need to act like Parisians in WW II who are just there to watch a parade, as these people occupy our streets. Please decide which place you want to be at. If they decide to leave before they reach Sylvester park, so much the better. This rally by the Nazi's is clearly a provocation by this group and a test to see if they can hold a larger rally in the summer as indicated by their press release. Please be intelligent and measured in your response.

Some ideas on this in tolerance.org's 10 Ways to Fight Hate

I agree with Rob Whitlock on this one. The Nazi (or even white supremacist) movement doesn't have political clout. Are they dangerous? Yes, they are.

But not in this context. When they hold these rallies it's for this reason: To get the community to come out, counter-protest, and given them media coverage.

When they're done they'll simply head back to rural Idaho/Montana and resume militia training.