Monday, 12 October 2009
EDL VERSUS MANCHESTER
This is just a brief report, largely cribbed from the Morning Star so I would be grateful for people to add comments below so everyone gets a more accurate view of the days proceedings.
Nazis planning an anti-Islamic demonstration in Manchester were forced back on Saturday following a mass counter-protest by anti-fascists. The English Defence League (EDL) was outnumbered by more than three to one by people of all races determined to defend Britain's diverse cultural mix.
Unite Against Fascism (UAF) said that the 4-500 EDL activists had been "run out of town" by 2,500 counter-protesters who occupied most of Piccadilly Gardens, destroying the organisers' plan to hold a rally and sing the national anthem on the spot.
Greater Manchester UAF spokesman Mike Gilligan hailed it as a "very successful day for the anti-racist movement" against a far-right march on a scale unseen in the city for decades.
"The number of counter-protesters was inspiring, representing a multicultural Manchester," said Mr Gilligan. "Our protesters reflected the energy, particularly of young people, who showed their disgust at the racists trying to group together in Manchester city centre," he added.
Members of EDL made nazi salutes and traded insults over a line of riot police which separated the two groups of protesters.Five hundred police officers attended the scene and police made 48 arrests, around 32 from the EDL ranks. Grounds for arrest included suspicion of public order offences, affray, possession of an offensive weapon and racially aggravated public order offences.
UAF described the police as "heavy-handed," with at least three anti-fascists bitten by police dogs. Fellow activists charged the police with "protecting fascists."
Links between the EDL and groups such as Casuals United and militant white supremacists Racial Force have sparked calls from some anti-fascist activists for increased activity in the struggle to suppress these groups. Thousands of anti-fascists are currently organising to neutralise planned far-right rallies in coming weeks by the English, Welsh and Scottish Defence leagues in Swansea, Newport, Leeds and Glasgow. Anti-fascists are also planning to hold a national demonstration to allow the British public to express its opposition to the far right.
The EDL had intended to march through Manchester.
The EDL intended to demonstrate outside a mosque and to insult worshippers of Islam.
The EDL had intended to control the main square and make it an Anti Islam and white power focus.
They were not permitted to do so by the mobilisation of large forces by UAF.
However,there were still far too many.
There seems to be some question whether it was 200 or 500.
Whatever the accurate figure it was clearly too many.
They are planning another demo on October 31st.In Leeds.
This must be rigorously opposed.
Sunday, 11 October 2009
MANCHESTER VIGIL AFTER NAZI ATTACKS ON MUSLIM GRAVEYARD.
This is one of those occasions where people just come together.
It's in two parts and speaks for itself.
It's in two parts and speaks for itself.
Monday, 5 October 2009
WHO ARE THE ENGLISH DEFENCE LEAGUE ?
The english defence league first came to prominence after the Islamist group Al Mahajiroun held a demonstration in Luton against The parade of Royal Anglican Regiment troops returning from Afghanistan.
It was pointed out that after weeks of campaigning they only managed to muster about 15 supporters.
Most people thought that apart from being fairly unrepresentative of the muslim community its focus was wrong.
Anti-War campaigners said that their anger would be better directed at the government rather than young men and women who were not consulted where they were deployed and were effectively just workers in uniforms.
There were already activists within the British Fascist community who were forming groups around the focus of anti-muslim feeling.This precipitated the forming of a faction by fascists growing restless at Griffins respectable route to power and who were longing for a bit of street action.
WHY NOT JUST LET THEM MARCH?
The first two marches revealed to everybody what they were about.
On 24th August they held a march in luton under the pretext of "defending our troops."
It was used as as excuse to attack Asian people and Asian owned businesses.
A similar event was organised on the 4th of july in Birmingham city centre,when they abused black and asian people.
Clearly there was insufficient opposition being mobilised against them.
Letting them march unopposed means allowing our streets to be taken over by nazis ,and permitting our black and asian citizens to be abused and attacked.
It means letting the Nazis control our streets.
All the subsequent marches have been rigorously opposed.
BUT THEY SAY THEY DON'T HATE ALL MUSLIMS JUST EXTREMISTS
This is a clip of some of their members "siegheiling "during their recent rout in Birmingham.
The EDL had agreed with police that they would not march near the city centre.But in the end tried to march there chanting "Muslims out"and carrying placards with "No more Mosques".
One of the leading figures on the EDL march was Chris Renton,a BNP organiser from Weston Super Mare.One was wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words Zyklon B, the cyanide gas used by the Nazis to kill millions of jews and hundreds of thousands of gyspies during the Holocaust.
They attempted to march down the high street and were throwing beer bottles at Asians.
By 3.00p.m.around 500 anti nazi protesters were opposing them.
After a series of skirmishes during the afternoon they were penned in behind police lines.
Eventually the police rounded up the racists and put them on two “special buses”.
They allowed one bus to drive to Lancaster Circus, over a mile from the city centre, where the EDL held a rally in an underground subway.
One EDL supporter bitterly complained on a website noticeboard: “We were kept on that bus for over five hours. We were then released at half one
in the morning – no buses, no trains – and we had to wait five hours in the freezing cold for the first train out of Coventry.”
It's all too too tragic and it simply wrings the heart.
And over 70 of them were charged and fined £80 each for smashing up the bus.
Since the protest the EDL has said that its supporters will not march in Birmingham again because the “police will not protect them”.
Result!
There have been similar debacles for them in Harrow.
This is The English Defence League chanting "Mohammed is a paedo."
Proof that they are not opposed to Militant Islam ,they hate and want to insult all Muslims.
One of the heartening things about the events of the last few weeks has been the emergence of radicalised Muslim youth who are clearly prepared to take the nazis on, and are more than willing to defend their home turf.
They have served notice on the Nazis that they are here to stay and here to fight.
The EDLs next outing is due on 10th October in Manchester.
The depressing news that a Muslim Cemetery in the town has been vandalised and desecrated is sadly unsurprising.
This is pretty much par for the course from the Nazis.This was frequently a tactic used in the 70s and 80s.Then it was against Jewish graveyards
now it is against Muslim ones.
Same cowardly behaviour, different scapegoat.
It is imperative that they are not given a free ride on the 10th.
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It was pointed out that after weeks of campaigning they only managed to muster about 15 supporters.
Most people thought that apart from being fairly unrepresentative of the muslim community its focus was wrong.
Anti-War campaigners said that their anger would be better directed at the government rather than young men and women who were not consulted where they were deployed and were effectively just workers in uniforms.
There were already activists within the British Fascist community who were forming groups around the focus of anti-muslim feeling.This precipitated the forming of a faction by fascists growing restless at Griffins respectable route to power and who were longing for a bit of street action.
WHY NOT JUST LET THEM MARCH?
The first two marches revealed to everybody what they were about.
On 24th August they held a march in luton under the pretext of "defending our troops."
It was used as as excuse to attack Asian people and Asian owned businesses.
A similar event was organised on the 4th of july in Birmingham city centre,when they abused black and asian people.
Clearly there was insufficient opposition being mobilised against them.
Letting them march unopposed means allowing our streets to be taken over by nazis ,and permitting our black and asian citizens to be abused and attacked.
It means letting the Nazis control our streets.
All the subsequent marches have been rigorously opposed.
BUT THEY SAY THEY DON'T HATE ALL MUSLIMS JUST EXTREMISTS
This is a clip of some of their members "siegheiling "during their recent rout in Birmingham.
The EDL had agreed with police that they would not march near the city centre.But in the end tried to march there chanting "Muslims out"and carrying placards with "No more Mosques".
One of the leading figures on the EDL march was Chris Renton,a BNP organiser from Weston Super Mare.One was wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words Zyklon B, the cyanide gas used by the Nazis to kill millions of jews and hundreds of thousands of gyspies during the Holocaust.
They attempted to march down the high street and were throwing beer bottles at Asians.
By 3.00p.m.around 500 anti nazi protesters were opposing them.
After a series of skirmishes during the afternoon they were penned in behind police lines.
Eventually the police rounded up the racists and put them on two “special buses”.
They allowed one bus to drive to Lancaster Circus, over a mile from the city centre, where the EDL held a rally in an underground subway.
One EDL supporter bitterly complained on a website noticeboard: “We were kept on that bus for over five hours. We were then released at half one
in the morning – no buses, no trains – and we had to wait five hours in the freezing cold for the first train out of Coventry.”
It's all too too tragic and it simply wrings the heart.
And over 70 of them were charged and fined £80 each for smashing up the bus.
Since the protest the EDL has said that its supporters will not march in Birmingham again because the “police will not protect them”.
Result!
There have been similar debacles for them in Harrow.
This is The English Defence League chanting "Mohammed is a paedo."
Proof that they are not opposed to Militant Islam ,they hate and want to insult all Muslims.
One of the heartening things about the events of the last few weeks has been the emergence of radicalised Muslim youth who are clearly prepared to take the nazis on, and are more than willing to defend their home turf.
They have served notice on the Nazis that they are here to stay and here to fight.
The EDLs next outing is due on 10th October in Manchester.
The depressing news that a Muslim Cemetery in the town has been vandalised and desecrated is sadly unsurprising.
This is pretty much par for the course from the Nazis.This was frequently a tactic used in the 70s and 80s.Then it was against Jewish graveyards
now it is against Muslim ones.
Same cowardly behaviour, different scapegoat.
It is imperative that they are not given a free ride on the 10th.
`
Sunday, 4 October 2009
No Nazis on question time!
Nick griffin on"Jewish control of finance."
Nick Griffin on "Jewish control of the media."
This is the man the BBC want on Question Time.
They claim they have to give him a platform because he is the leader of a democratic party.
There is nothing democratic about the BNP. It is a racist and Fascist
organisation dedicated to kicking every single black and Asian
person out of this country.
Griffin himself wrote: “When the crunch comes power is the
product of force and will, not of rational debate.” He isn’t interested in
impressing people with his arguments – he wants to back up the
BNP’s slogans with “well-directed boots and fists”.
The BBC does not have to give Griffin a platform to spout his
doctrine of race hate. It has chosen to roll out the red carpet to racists
and fascists. And by doing so, it has chosen to treat black and Asian
people with contempt. More airtime for the BNP will lead to more racist
attacks on the streets.
If you’re disgusted by Nick Griffin and appalled by the BBC’s
decision to host him, come join our demonstration outside Question
Time on Thursday 22 October.
Shame on the BBC for inviting the Nazi BNP onto Question Time
No platform for Nazis • Stop racistattacks • Unite to stop the BNP.
Demonstrate.
Unite Against Fascism will be protesting at the
BBC headquarters.
Picket from 9am. Main demonstration from
5pm, Thursday22 October
There will be a local demonstration outside BBC TV headquarters in Southampton provisionally called for 2.00.PM saturday 17th.
More details when available.
Nick Griffin on "Jewish control of the media."
This is the man the BBC want on Question Time.
They claim they have to give him a platform because he is the leader of a democratic party.
There is nothing democratic about the BNP. It is a racist and Fascist
organisation dedicated to kicking every single black and Asian
person out of this country.
Griffin himself wrote: “When the crunch comes power is the
product of force and will, not of rational debate.” He isn’t interested in
impressing people with his arguments – he wants to back up the
BNP’s slogans with “well-directed boots and fists”.
The BBC does not have to give Griffin a platform to spout his
doctrine of race hate. It has chosen to roll out the red carpet to racists
and fascists. And by doing so, it has chosen to treat black and Asian
people with contempt. More airtime for the BNP will lead to more racist
attacks on the streets.
If you’re disgusted by Nick Griffin and appalled by the BBC’s
decision to host him, come join our demonstration outside Question
Time on Thursday 22 October.
Shame on the BBC for inviting the Nazi BNP onto Question Time
No platform for Nazis • Stop racistattacks • Unite to stop the BNP.
Demonstrate.
Unite Against Fascism will be protesting at the
BBC headquarters.
Picket from 9am. Main demonstration from
5pm, Thursday22 October
There will be a local demonstration outside BBC TV headquarters in Southampton provisionally called for 2.00.PM saturday 17th.
More details when available.
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