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UAF Protest vs EDL March – Pix-&-Vidz – 05 Mar 10

Tim Dalinian Jones | 08.03.2010 08:51 | Anti-racism | Migration | Repression

Dateline: Tate Britain to the Palace of Westminster, Millbank to Abingdon Street, London, UK, 12:45-17:00 Fri 05 Mar 10 – The far-right English Defence League rallies a white male extremist mob outside Tate Britain on Millbank, to march to the Palace of Westminster on Abingdon Street, in support of Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders showing his anti-Islam film Fitna in the House of Lords, at the invitation of Baroness Cox and UK Independence Party leader Lord Pearson. So Unite Against Facism called a counter-demonstration which attracted a mix of women and men from varied ethnicities to oppose the rightist ravings of the racist boot boys – only to face harassment, restriction and arrests by the rozzers.

A1. Militant Anti-Racism
A1. Militant Anti-Racism

B1. SOAS Anti-Fash
B1. SOAS Anti-Fash

B2. Black & White Unite & Fight
B2. Black & White Unite & Fight

B3. Union of Goldsmiths' College Studs
B3. Union of Goldsmiths' College Studs

B4. Red NUTistas from Newham
B4. Red NUTistas from Newham

B5. Beautifully Backlit & Green
B5. Beautifully Backlit & Green

B6. Unionists, Student & Trade
B6. Unionists, Student & Trade

B7. That UAF Banner in Full
B7. That UAF Banner in Full

B8. Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers' Union – Red & Green
B8. Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers' Union – Red & Green

C1. Sit Down in Abingdon Street
C1. Sit Down in Abingdon Street

C2. ¡No Pasarán!
C2. ¡No Pasarán!

C3. "RACISTS NOT WELCOME" as Westminster Abbey Looks On
C3. "RACISTS NOT WELCOME" as Westminster Abbey Looks On

C4. Capturing the Moment
C4. Capturing the Moment

C4A. Steve Hedley, RMT London Transport Regional Organiser
C4A. Steve Hedley, RMT London Transport Regional Organiser

C5. The Filth "Facilitating the Right to Peaceful Protest"
C5. The Filth "Facilitating the Right to Peaceful Protest"

C6. Stand-off
C6. Stand-off

C7. Tell It Like It Is, My Sisters
C7. Tell It Like It Is, My Sisters

C8. "Like Packs of Dogs assaulting the glass fronts of Love-Me Avenue"
C8. "Like Packs of Dogs assaulting the glass fronts of Love-Me Avenue"

D1. EDL Jeering Mob Ignores Tate Britain's Chris Ofili [inset] Offering – Too Bl
D1. EDL Jeering Mob Ignores Tate Britain's Chris Ofili [inset] Offering – Too Bl

D2. Plexiglas Cavalry Escort
D2. Plexiglas Cavalry Escort


Vidz at YouTube
• UAF Protest vs EDL March – 1, 2, 3, etc.
» LINKs to follow shortly in a comment below, once editing and uploading is complete


Fast Track Publishing
Rather than prolong the publishing delay by writing an Action Report, I'm going to let the pix-&-vidz speak for themselves. I shall try to add the additional 15 pix as an 'addition' – if that doesn't work, you can see the whole 35 pix set at my local IMC:
• 'UAF Protest vs EDL March – Pix-&-Vidz – 05 Mar 10', by Tim Dalinian Jones, Indymedia London
»  http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/4440


Links
» English Defence League –  http://www.englishdefenceleague.org
» Unite Against Facism –  http://www.uaf.org.uk


Left Media Coverage
• 'EDL march, Antifascists stage a counterdemo', Collecting Reports, Indymedia London
» reports –  http://london.indymedia.org.uk/articles/4414
• 'EDL are going nowhere. London 2pm', Antifash, Indymedia UK
» thread –  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/03/447013.html
• 'Anti-racists confront fascist's supporters', John Millington, Morning Star online, Fri 05 Mar 10
» article –  http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/87619

Mainstream Media Coverage
• 'Geert Wilders anti-Islam film gets House of Lords screening', by Sam Jones, guardian.co.uk, Fri 05 Mar 10
» article –  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/05/geert-wilders-house-of-lords
» 15 photos –  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2010/mar/05/protest-islam
» streaming video, 08:29 –  http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2010/mar/05/english-defence-league-london
• '50 arrested in clashes outside Parliament', epolitix.com, Fri 05 Mar 10
» article –  http://www.epolitix.com/latestnews/article-detail/newsarticle/50-arrested-in-clashes-outside-parliament


Whatever Next?
The Great COP-15 Cop-Out in December 2009 showed how the Powers That Be cannot even be prevailed upon to meet their own woefully low expectations in co-operating to halt the Catastrophic Climate Chaos Crisis into which they are plunging humanity and our ecosphere. So it's time to begin making ourselves ungovernable by their Parliamentary representative democracy, by developing our own Participatory direct democracy – through the People's Assemblies called for by the emergent Climate Justice International. And in doing so, we can help ensure Blair, Brown and their ilk won't be able to prosecute future overseas wars, and successfully marginalise racists and fascists.

Over three Election Meltdown Mobilisation gatherings, our numbers, reach and plans have grown from strength to strength. From co-creating a May Day Carnival in Parliament Square, fed by four convergent Carnival Parades, to taking up the call from the Climate Justice International to convene People's Assemblies in the Square and elsewhere, these are exciting times for those who would actively create a popular, truly democratic, and ecologically harmonious future for human civilisation and our biosphere. We're an Open Network collective, open to individuals and groups who'd like to collaborate face-to-face and online, to build a better world for all life on Earth – so YOU are invited, to help broaden out these initiatives, add in your own to the mix, and spread the word before the UK general election: there IS a 'System Change not Climate Change' alternative to the mainstream party's planet-wrecking austerity measures – because We Weave Our Destiny With Our Own Hands!

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Up the Revolution,

Tim Dalinian Jones


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15 Additional Pix

08.03.2010 09:08

D3. "Horny-handed sons of toil"
D3. "Horny-handed sons of toil"

D4. Lost in Their Own Little England World
D4. Lost in Their Own Little England World

D5. Free Speech – To Curtail Freedom of Faith
D5. Free Speech – To Curtail Freedom of Faith

D6. "BAN THE BURKHA" sez Masked Men
D6. "BAN THE BURKHA" sez Masked Men

D7. A Certain WASPish Homogeneity
D7. A Certain WASPish Homogeneity

D8. "YOU wuz sposed t'bring der bannah polls", "Nah, YOU WUZ!"
D8. "YOU wuz sposed t'bring der bannah polls", "Nah, YOU WUZ!"

D9. "Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets"
D9. "Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets"

E1. Racists March – Multi-Ethnic Cops Lead The Way (upside MI5 HQ)
E1. Racists March – Multi-Ethnic Cops Lead The Way (upside MI5 HQ)

E2. Anti-Racists Fenced in by Cops
E2. Anti-Racists Fenced in by Cops

E3. Rozzers Shepherd Racists into Enclosure
E3. Rozzers Shepherd Racists into Enclosure

F1. The Black, the Red & the Pink – United
F1. The Black, the Red & the Pink – United

F2. Horses, Judy-Cop, and a Preponderance of Paddywagons
F2. Horses, Judy-Cop, and a Preponderance of Paddywagons

F3. British Bulldog Backwardness – Swimming in the Shallow End of the Gene Pool
F3. British Bulldog Backwardness – Swimming in the Shallow End of the Gene Pool

F4. Why Folk Mask Up: FIT Lensman – 25m @ x18 optical zoom
F4. Why Folk Mask Up: FIT Lensman – 25m @ x18 optical zoom

F5. Historically Bankrupt: God-Botherers' Building + Three Lions, Rampant Guarda
F5. Historically Bankrupt: God-Botherers' Building + Three Lions, Rampant Guarda

Here's the rest of this photo set.

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DIY Insulation Tape Banner

08.03.2010 09:33

F6. A Promising Future – Election Meltdown
F6. A Promising Future – Election Meltdown

This event marked the first street presence of Election Meltdown.

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Oh so fucking tiresome..

08.03.2010 10:04

You lot place people like myself at RISK the rise of the right look at yourselfs yes it is there looking back at you this from a long time ANACRCHIST The Left/Right and yes Anarachism are the part of the problem here..

underclassrising.net


underclassrising.net could you please repeat...

08.03.2010 12:35

cos I don't have a fucking clue what point you are trying to make. Must be some strong smoke you is puffing on....

confused


is that an emo fascist in pic F3?!

08.03.2010 13:03

Holding the bulldog banner it looks like an emo has infiltrated the ranks of the EDL! I'm surprised they tolerated such long-haired hippyness.

anon


Blur out faces

08.03.2010 13:27

All these pics will be put onto the redwatch website. When posting pics of anti-fash demos perhaps blur out people's faces.

anon


one of the EDL's mythical non-white members

08.03.2010 14:51

"Welcome Geert Wilders" with non-white EDL supporter
"Welcome Geert Wilders" with non-white EDL supporter

(this is taken from a rightwing anti-Islam website, though not fascist as far as I can make out)

it shows one of the EDL's much-touted non-white members on the recent Geert Wilders demo.

The same article also claims there were gay anti-Islam protesters there with pink triangles.

I still think the EDL are largely fascist/loyalist, but it is an interesting thing to note.

anon


UAF wrong again

08.03.2010 17:15

why oh why are the UAF still calling the EDL Nazis ? we're all aware that some hardcore blood and honour goons [wigan mike] have attached themselves to them ,but to brand the EDL as nazi is pretty bloody stupid and looks like a piss poor attempt at the uaf to get a load of students out on a demo.To defeat an enemy you need to understand at least what the enemy is about..,The EDL I think are best described as Loyalist ,and however repugnant that might seem to people Loyalism doesn't automatically equate to Nazism.....UAF once agin get it very wrong .must try harder UAF

Concerned of gipton [ the real one]


Coudl the UAF make any more of a mess?

08.03.2010 20:37

I'm no fan of either the UAF or the EDL but seriously, could the UAF make any more of a mess when they hold the demos?

The EDL seem to be loud-mouthed drunken thugs but when they have a demo they don't leave a tonne of disgarded banners, broken placcards and screwed up newspapers behind after them. Whenever I see a picture of a UAF demo there's a mess all over the place.

A man


No mention of one of the specific protester

08.03.2010 20:56

I couldn't see any mention of one of the protesters broken arm during the removal by police. He was one of the few left to resist until end and his arm has been broken by the police,

John Woodgate
mail e-mail: johnwoodgate@live.co.uk


Is the EDL headed towards a pro-Israel focus?

08.03.2010 22:10

The EDL seems to be increasingly promoting its "right-on" credentials: anti-racism, gay rights, antisemitism, women's rights, etc. There are many legitimate reasons to oppose religions such as Islam and many people will be attracted by this and unaware of the neo-Nazi hangers-on at such events. Also, it is likely to alienate the old-school fascists who are likely to leave the EDL if it diverges from their views too much.

I am wondering if the EDL are moving towards a more pro-Israel and pro-Zionist focus. A lot of the right-wing anti-Islamic groups especially in the US seem to be mainly motivated by support for Israel. I think they would be best described as neocon rather than fascist. We have seen the Israeli flags on EDL demos, though I'm not sure if this is more to wind up Muslims than genuine support. Obviously a move like this will go down like a cup of cold sick to many on the traditional far right, where antisemitism is strong.

anon


what's really happening re EDL

08.03.2010 23:37

Hello,

Good clear pictures, I enjoyed them. There is some reasonable discussion re the EDL following London and that is welcome. I was one of the marchers in support of Geert Wilders and have been engaged in the EDL forum for several months now.

It is undeniable that there is a large presence from Casuals Utd within the EDL membership, but there is also a large presence and ever growing of wiser heads of many ages, races, sexual creeds, religions and nationalities that contribute regularly online and march.

Put simply I think the presence of a bunch of guys prepared to turn up and march has galvanised a lot of thinking citizens into becoming engaged and by that the organisation is evolving into a very broad church.
I had to laugh at the "mythical" comment, it is true the EDL is proud of its ethnic members and it is also true that its arms are open to as many as want to join in.
As for gays er yeah....and ? This is 2012 not 1962, you'll all be happy to know that I have asked one of our gay members to give some style tips to some of the football guys, well all of them actually.
Incidentally, there has been a chat on the forum about inviting the Womens Institute to march with us, only the anticipated peaceful ones though (I'm not joking).

And talking of peace, all we want to do is what it says on the tin, "peacefully protesting about militant Islam". I am not interested in a vocal bunfight with a bunch of redbrick uni students, I know how they feel, but I'm not in that space anymore, I am older and just wish to express my view in manner that the law allows. Of course the football guys love it, bread and butter to them. There is no need for so much grief, we aren't monsters.
Re Israel, mmm I'd never thought about it, we have quite a lot of Jews on the forum, again as I say its a broad church.

Hope this helps !!

Brinkman Stats


Beware The Trolls

09.03.2010 00:32


Can somebody please ban the fascist trolls such as Trevor Kellway from using this website under assumed names.

If the EDL are not racists and nazis, why for the life of fuck do they chant racist abuse, calls for no mosques, and make Hitlter salutes.

Also the role of the British Freedom Fighters (not Blood And Dishonour) Wigan Mike and Liam Pinkham cannot be swept under the carpet. The EDL don't just tolerate hardcore neo-Nazis in the EDL. They have accepted them into the EDL hierarchy, because according to Paul Ray (remember him, EDL neo-Nazi Trolls), Nick Griffin his EDL are now running things (Gold BNP member Chris Renton).

Also, answer this Trevor Kellway, how come the whole of the Linconshire EDL Unit (the LTE) openly support C18, the BNP and Combat18, and are not persuaded not to attend EDL events?

The Pope's a Catholic, bears shit in the woods, and the EDL are a mixture of racist football hooligans and hardcore nazis.

The anti-racist movement must not be sidelined by the "EDL are not nazis" bullshit to allow them to grow, unhindered.

Look what happens when the EDL are not opposed as in Stoke???

They roam free through predominantly Muslim areas causing race riots.

Murtle


Can the left stop being racist about EDL's black members?

09.03.2010 09:34

Why do the left have to describe this guy like that? A "mythical non white member".

It's the left who are being racist this time around.

How many times too will the left insult the intelligence of Britsh Asian and British Black EDL members and supporters?

EDL are not racist. Get used to that. The racists near to EDL and "racists in EDL" are most likely infiltrators.

I did see the guy pictured on the demo being racially abused and insulted by UAF people....think on that one.

anon


Who is Trevor Kellway ?

09.03.2010 10:41


Hello,

I have seen the post about some guy called Trevor Kellway, I do hope the implication isn't that I am this guy...because I am not.
I have never even heard of the guy.

I found the flag interesting and actually had a good look at it. WoW pretty loaded eh ? However I can't imagine for the life of me anyone actually tolerating that psycho dishrag on an EDL march. In fact I can guarantee it.

There is a photo of a guy doing a Nazi salute at London doing the rounds, and this was the source of much discussion on the EDL forum last night. Everyone should be aware that there is also a photo of him being bundled off the demo and over a fence too. There is no truck with that nonsense and the belief is that he was an infiltrator and the whole thing was staged. Probably not far from the truth and he certainly wouldn't be the first.

Brinkman Stats


Who's the bloke in the burka? Why have they spelt Geert "Gert"? Is the EDL UAF?

11.03.2010 13:14

More than a few people are asking, just who are these guys really?

Have you read their blurbs on their website?

Things like :

"Don't stick your fingers up at journalists on the demo please".
"Don't sing the 'Who is Allah, who is Allah who the f**k is Allah' song or the 'Allah is a pedo' song on the demo".
and "As there will be no toilets on the route of the march please 'go' before you go". "This is a serious issue and not a day out for a beano".

Who the fuck is that guy with the blondie hair? The one that looks like a chav version of Geert?

On the demo in Harrow they all [15 of them] simply turned round and faced the other way. What's that about?

Yep, we take you seriously EDL people....are you SURE you're not from the UAF really?

Or maybe NPOIU?

Not Trevor Kelway


All the crap on the floor

13.03.2010 15:13

Yes...as a man said on the day. "Look at all that on the floor...the remains of Trotskyism".

anon