Barrett had organized an "Independence from Affirmative Action" rally in this suburban New Jersey town. The previous evening, 1,000 people attended a meeting and candlelight vigil at a local church, organized by the Morris County Area Clergy, to show opposition to Barrett.

Speaking behind a banner that read "America Arise: Destroy Minority Tyrrany," Barrett gave a talk that was drowned out by chanting and music from the protesters. The racist and his eight supporters chose Morristown in part because it is the home of former state police superintendent Carl Williams.

Williams resigned from his post last year in the face of rising outrage against "racial profiling" carried out by the state cops. "Racial profiling" is a euphemism for the racist police policy of targeting Blacks and Latinos on the roads for traffic violations.

During the ultrarightist rally, Barrett stated, "No one takes issue with Carl Williams when he said, candidly, that minorities carry on the illicit drug trafficking. He told the truth. In doing so, he was in the company of George Washington, who never told a lie."

The mobilization against Barrett's group was joined by a group of demonstrators from Newark, New Jersey, organized by the People's Organization for Progress (POP). A caravan of 50 cars, with slogans like "Stop Racism Now" taped to their doors, had driven from Newark to the Morristown home of the family of Stanton Crew, a young Black man killed by New Jersey cops who chased him on Interstate 80 in June 1999.

The caravanners then marched, chanting, to the protest against Barrett's group, where they held a spirited rally. Chants included "How many bullets? Twenty-one!" referring to the number of police shots fired at Stanton Crew. Speakers at the rally included Max Antoine, a Haitian-born worker attacked by police in his own home in 1996. Antoine, who suffered blindness in one eye and paralysis as a result of the attack, joined the march in a wheelchair. Other speakers included Ingrid Crew, sister of Stanton Crew, Larry Hamm, organizer of POP, and Margaret Trowe, Socialist Workers candidate for vice president of the United States.

Another contingent that grouped nearby and then marched to the protest was organized by the National Organization for Women in New Jersey. The contingent of 25 was led by Maretta Short, a leader of New Jersey NOW's Affirmative Action Task Force, and others.

Police contingents, many in riot gear and some on horseback, gathered in force at the site. A heavy police escort accompanied the handful of fascists on a short march. Morristown police chief Carol Williams told the press that 267 police officers from 20 cop agencies were present. Police arrested 10 people, all demonstrators against Barrett.

Nancy Rosenstock is a member of UNITE and the Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. Senate from New Jersey.