The BNP have won council seats in Burnley.

They have only ever had one council seat before, which they won in 1993 in East London. Although their gains were restricted to Burnley they received alarming high votes across the country.

However the majority of people in Burnley did not vote for the Nazis. The BNP also failed to gain seats in their target areas of Oldham, Bradford, Tipton and Bexley.

The Nazis will be particularly devastated by the result in Oldham where they stood in five seats and hoped to build on their success in the General Election last year when they gained 16.4% of the vote.

In 1993 the election of Derek Beackon served as a wake up call. His victory mobilised a mass Anti-Nazi movement that threw him out of office in 1994.

We must build that movement again to kick the Nazis out!

PROTEST: Friday 3 May 2002
BURNLEY: Bandstand, Burnley 5 p.m.
CENTRAL LONDON: Old Compton St, Soho 4.30 p.m.

DEMONSTRATE: Saturday 4 May 2002
Assemble 1 p.m. Bandstand, Burnley to march to the Peace Gardens

Other protests across Britain: phone 020 7924 0333