Tag Archives: unite against fascism

EDL driven out of Bradford

Saturday’s English Defence League demonstration in Bradford was different from most of the previous ones, as this time it was not countered directly by Unite Against Fascism. Instead the EDL was driven out of town by leftwing and community activists from organisations that refused to be part of UAF and Hope ...

Police ran riot in Bolton

The mobilisation against the English Defence League was attacked and kettled by a well planned police operation. Sinead Rylance and Chris Strafford report After postponing its demonstration from the original date of March 6 due to Hindu celebrations in the town centre, the English Defence League marched in Bolton on March 20. In the run-up, the ...

The left’s mobilisation in Manchester against the English Defence League

EDL

Rhetoric, stunts, and divisions Chris Brandler assesses the left’s mobilisation in Manchester against the English Defence League The English Defence League managed to pull in around 700 supporters from across the country for its October 10 demonstration in Manchester. They appear to be an odd mix of politically disorientated, white, male workers, football firm hooligans, the sincerely ...

English Defence League stunts and the real lessons of the 1930s

Calls for state, local government and BBC censorship and bans will inevitably backfire against the workers’ movement, argues Ben Lewis Doubtless bolstered by the British National Party’s recent electoral success, there has been a rise in far-right street mobilisations, leading to tussles with the police, Muslim youth and left activists, including those from Unite Against Fascism. ...

How not to stop the BNP

Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons using their platform

The continued rise of the British National Party raises key questions about the left’s strategy. Ben Lewis takes a look at the Socialist Workers Party’s analysis and argues for a root-and-branch rethink The election of BNP leader Nick Griffin and acolyte Andrew Brons to the European parliament has been endlessly reported in both the bourgeois media ...

British People’s Party no-platformed in Leeds

BPP: losers

by Robbie Folkard On October 18, over 200 people, mainly students, took to the streets to protest against a demonstration in Leeds by the self-proclaimed Nazi British People’s Party; a group whose local organiser had just been imprisoned for having nail bombs ready to attack mosques, and a computer containing over 40,000 images of children being ...