ANL: protest against the BNP
internationalist | 03.05.2002 13:04
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
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
internationalist
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http://www.anl.org.uk
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further protests
03.05.2002 16:15
BURNLEY: Bandstand, 5 p.m.
OLDHAM: Albion St, outside Tommyfield Market, 5 p.m.
MANCHESTER: Piccadilly Gardens, 5 p.m.
SHEFFIELD: Town Hall, 5 p.m.
LIVERPOOL: St Lukes Cathedral, Bury St - top of Bold St, 5 p.m.
COVENTRY: Council House, 5 p.m.
BRISTOL: Hippodrome, 5 p.m.
CENTRAL LONDON: Old Compton St, Soho, 4.30 p.m.
FINSBURY PARK: Finsbury Park tube station, 5 p.m., Turnpike Lane station 5 p.m.
MARGATE: Clock Tower, 5 p.m.
BRIGHTON: outside Brighton rail station. 5 p.m.
TOMORROW Saturday 4 May:
BURNLEY: Assemble 1 p.m. Bandstand to march to the Peace Gardens
BIRMINGHAM: Assemble 12.30 p.m. Chamberlain Square, contingent on May Day march
LONDON: Assemble 1 p.m. Walthamstow Market; 1p.m. East Ham High Street
CARDIFF Assemble 12 noon, Capitol Centre, Queen St
Other protests across Britain: phone 020 7924 0333
internationalist
Homepage:
http://www.anl.org.uk
anti-fascism.. part of the problem
03.05.2002 20:52
p.s. the Socialist Alliance was humiliated in elections ...but interestingly and unmentionned in the media the IWCA got far higher votes than the S.A. and has it's first councillor elected in a working-class ward in Oxford.they have identified that fascism in the 21st century will be defeated by working with the very people the BNP prioritise..the disenfranchised working-class...check them out
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