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Why did MI5 attack Somali community but let UDA nazi porno pub remain untouched?

Camden Antifash | 30.01.2010 08:40 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression | South Coast | World

The Gloucester Arms in Camden was evicted, eventually by the brewery and council following a harrowing experience by residents living near to the pub who had to put up with UDA, nazis, underage drinkers etc. MI5 didn't ask for the pub to be ASBO'd unlike their attack upon the Camden Somali community who have been harrassed by MI5 constantly.

We are asking why MI5 are behaving in this racist way and getting away with it?
Why have they attacked the Somali community in Camden, using appalling methods, gangstalking, threats, harrassment by telephone and in person leading to residents contacting the police, MP Frank Dobson and race realtions groups for help. Neighbours were followed and MI5 used threats to force people to spy upon and inform on each other.
Even Crimestoppers have crticised MI5 and have asked that concerned residents in Camden report MI5 for acting illegally.

Compare this with the saga of the Camden racist pub. This pub, despite openly espousing support for terror and racism was left untouched and free from harrassment by MI5.
Why were the pub not evicted or ASBO'd sooner by the council, police or brewery? Why did we have to resort to a campaign?
Why do we not hear of "MI5 tried to get us to inform on racist / UDA pub" stories?
Why did residents have to put up with loud music until morning for over a year, children being let into the pub where the landlord watched porn and abuse from coyne towards the local community?
Why did MI5 "not know" or care that a UDA nazi nutjob had deliberately bought a former IRA pub which was bound to cause trouble?
Why did they not block the pub getting a license in the first place?

Compare the pub fiasco too with the police in Camden closing a reggae venue, the Oh! Bar and then going into Bar Uno and telling them that if they played reggae they would be shut down. While it is true that a small number of men [who have since been ASBO'd from Camden and didn't live here] fought and caused trouble in Camden they are not representative of an entire community and the banning of reggae in Camden because of them is outrageous. An entie genre of music has been banned and an entire community punished. This is racist policing and needs to be overtuned.

We need to stop this racism from MI5 and the police in Camden and the serious questions around what MI5 are doing, should be doing and are not doing need to be addressed. Is MI5 a racist organisation? It seems so from where we are standing.

Lets keep Camden as the unique People's place it has always been and not an extension of the West End. Bring back the reggae and lets make sure that organised racist groups are kept out....whatever it takes and whoever they are.

Camden Antifash
- e-mail: camdenantifash@yahoo.co.uk

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