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NUJ member | 16.02.2004 14:52 | Anti-racism | London

BNP embarasses themselves at NUJ demo.

The BNP demonstration outside NUJ headquarters in London turned out to be a complete embarassment as they were faced by a taunting counter-demo over twice the size. Less than fifty BNP activists were ringed in police across the road from the NUJ HQ and failed to make themselves heard over chants of "Nazi scum - off our streets", "Hitler - never again" and a rousing sing-a-long "There's many, many more of us than you".

The counter-summit, organised by the NUJ (www.nuj.org.uk) and supported by Unite Against Facism (www.uaf.org.uk), numbered over 100 people. Jeremy Dear, the NUJ's General Secretary, said that the BNP were attempting to intimidate journalists in the run-up to the local and European elections.

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anyone reports from the CRE?

16.02.2004 15:22

I believe the BNP also tried to picket the Commission for Racial Equality (which doesn't square with their denials of racism, one might think). Anyone know what happened there?

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kurious

didn't you mean "BNP embarasses themselves at NUJ demo"?

16.02.2004 16:08

surley a typo?

????

arse

16.02.2004 22:30

Yup, that there be a typo.

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There's many, many more of us than you!

20.02.2004 17:10

My count was about 30 fascists and, at its height, 250 anti-fascists. Excellent chanting and singing and a fun day had be all (except for the BNP).
What amazed me was how easy it was to shut the BNP organisers up - after all, they are supposed to be a race war vanguard...
As an NUJ member, I'd like to thank the magnificent solidarity shown by colleagues from ISTC, PCS, AMICUS, UNISON and doubtless others.

Starry Plough