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underclassrising.net | 31.10.2009 13:31 | Sheffield

The election of two British National Party (BNP) candidates in the June elections to the European Parliament was the first national election success for fascists in British history. We have already seen some of the consequences of the BNP’s election. There has been increased BNP media coverage including the BBC announcing it would invite Nick Griffin, the leader of the BNP to appear on Question Time.













Even more concerning, is a dramatic rise in overtly anti-Muslim demonstrations of The EDL using slogans like 'No more Mosques', and racist and Islamophobic attacks including murders of Muslim people. As Ken Livingstone and John Denham MP said, such demonstrations are reminiscent of fascist demonstrations against Jewish communities in the 1930s.

The Speakers was:
Chair: John Campbell, Sheffield Unite Against Fascism
Paul Scriven, Leader of Sheffield City Council
Bishop John Rawsthorne, Bishop of Hallam
Aisha "Special K", Manager of Sheffield Race Equality Council
Paul Blomfield, Labour Party candidate for Sheffield Central
Hafsah Qureshi, Sheffield University Islamic Circle
Leroy, Young Persons' LGBT Action Group - Global in association with Chilypep

See  http://projectsheffield.wordpress.com for further thoughts
also  http://www.antifa.org.uk/nucleus3.32/nucleus332/index.php?itemid=208

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Clueless

31.10.2009 13:52

there is so much wrong with this post it is embarrassing.

- New Labour speaker
- unite against fascism
- edl as fascists
- posh lad pretending to be working class, underclass indeed

Scum Like You

Edl muppets

31.10.2009 14:45

I take your point Edl are not organised enough yet to represent
a serious "fascist" threat, but they are proto-fascists and even if they couldn't
get it together themselves provide a point of entry for their followers into more
serious forms of fascist organisation.

as to the myth that EDL aren't racist: I call singling out anyone who looks
like they might be muslim due to skin colour, appearance, clothing etc. and
then screaming abuse at them or starting fights with them racist (I saw this
in Manchester). If EDL had a wider program other than demonising muslims
and the racial groups in England most associated with Islam they would
realise some of the people they are winding up with their racist taunts could
be potential allies.

You like Scum

EDL march opposed in Leeds today

31.10.2009 15:42

Readers might be interested in coverage of the EDL march in Leeds today.

 http://northern-indymedia.org/action_timelines/3

1in12

Might also be interested in Antifa

31.10.2009 16:35

Good to see people opposing fascism but be careful making deals with Liberals; the pamphlet (linked) lays out some of the issues...

Critical Solidarity
- Homepage: http://libcom.org/library/get-racist-jack-straw-bbc

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nice one

01.11.2009 10:12

October 31, 2009 13:15 - Reports coming in of a fight outside library - someone within the antifascist pen was identified as a fascist infiltrator and "sorted out".

Yes some idiots did head but, kick and punch 23 year old Jason Short who is a Runner for BBC north, he was only going for a spare battery and that is why he was running.
Thanks Lads !
the only hospitalised casualty of the whole day and he gets walloped by the people he supports ?
Take it you didn't fancy fighting the Nazis, so you decided to "invent some"

Sam

Sam Brown

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To Sam Brown

01.11.2009 16:31

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Sam Brown is almost certainly a troll

02.11.2009 12:54

I am sure that the BBC would have reported an attack on one of their staff.

No news report for Jason Short at all.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/8335419.stm

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