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East End Mobilises against Monica Ali 'film'

notomonicaalibookfilm | 15.07.2006 22:46 | Anti-racism | Indymedia | Social Struggles | London | World

A community meeting in the East End held over two days to stop the filming of the Monica Ali 'book' 'Brick Lane'
has told film makers to not go ahead

©The Author/CBRUK 2006

"Fifty years of work against discrimination, intolerance is being negatived by the trend towards reinforcing the prejudices against the multi-ethnic, multi-racial, multi-religious community in the East End of London', says the first campaign statement released tonight.

Campaigners against Monica Ali book have called on

"All right-thinking people to join us in preventing this attack on good social ethic, standard and ideal".

Speaking to the film-makers, the campaign spokesperson said on Saturday 15 July 2006, "The Monica Ali book is not a pure book. It is a tool of political and social attack on a community that does not need being attacked. We need the East End of London to be accurately and ethically portrayed, not being subjected to distortion, misrepresentation and stereotyping. We have spent an awful long time in creating as semblance of a tolerant society here. Why break

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  1. e-mail address — No to Monica Ali Film
  2. It is only a novel, not Mein Kampf — Eyes Higher
  3. So, only Adolf Hitler should be objecetd to, no one else? — © CBRUK 2006
  4. Have any of you actually read the book? — Bangla Bookworm
  5. The campaign is correct. Monica Ali 'book' is a tool for racists — CBRUK member
  6. East End campaign underway against Monica Ali film — notomonica
  7. LONDONISTAN IS A RACIST CONSTRUCT — WWW.PAKI.TV
  8. whats the fuss? — balochi bhai
  9. When the Guardian promotes Monica Ali, there must be a cause for concern — ICEPR
  10. Why not ceremonially burn it in a pile? — Humpty Dumpty
  11. BURN LIBERAL RACISM — paki.tv
  12. Monica Ali 'book' must be withdrawn and Grant told to publish full rebuttal — Campaign Against the Defamation of the Community in the East End of London
  13. Guardian newspaper 'letters' about Brick Lane, Sylhettis and racism 20 July 2006 — Campaign against the Defamation of the Community in teh East End of London
  14. The e-mail address for campaign against the defamation of the community — The campaign against the defamation of the community in the East End of London
  15. Burning books is proof of stereotype — Pat
  16. Reply to 'Pat' [listed at 15 on this page] — CDCEEL - Camapagan Aghainst the Defamation of the Community
  17. Religion deserves a bad press — nick
  18. Register for Seminar on the topical cultural political issues — East London Seminar on 'Monica Ali book' agenda
  19. Register for Seminar on the topical cultural political issues — East London Seminar on 'Monica Ali book' agenda
  20. CDCEEL campaign exposing politically motivated media fiction — Shaheen CDCEEL