(Leeds area) For an Antifascist coalition
Leeds Afed | 21.06.2010 12:54 | Anti-racism | Sheffield
a call-out for an anti-fascis aciton coalition to oppose the EDL and other racist/fascist groups in the region
Dear Comrades,
This is a call for antifascist action coalition. On August, 28th the English Defense League is planning to take the streets of Bradford. To date the revolutionary left failed to show a unified response that militantly challenges the politics of the EDL. The bigoted nationalist ideology of the EDL as well as the oppressive and reactionary influence of Islamism in our communities, both divide the working class. Therefore the Anarchist Federation Leeds calls for all independent proletarian antifascists in the region to work together. Work together for an antifascist coalition that can win the fight on the streets for the anti-capitalist offensive of the working class. In this respect the tactics applied in a recent confrontation with the EDL in Newcastle can be seen as successful. As AF Leeds we would like to build on this experience and propose a united political response of the revolutionary left, that will show our strength as well as allow a diversity of people to attend the protest before the EDL dares to march. Let's create an antifascist coalition that can militantly fight fascist activities in West-Yorkshire. Bash the EDL! Let's get organised!
First meeting :
July, 3rd at 1 pm
Swarthmore Education Centre
2 - 7 Woodhouse Square
Leeds
or get in contact:
leeds@af-north.org
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for the class war!
Anarchist Federation Leeds
This is a call for antifascist action coalition. On August, 28th the English Defense League is planning to take the streets of Bradford. To date the revolutionary left failed to show a unified response that militantly challenges the politics of the EDL. The bigoted nationalist ideology of the EDL as well as the oppressive and reactionary influence of Islamism in our communities, both divide the working class. Therefore the Anarchist Federation Leeds calls for all independent proletarian antifascists in the region to work together. Work together for an antifascist coalition that can win the fight on the streets for the anti-capitalist offensive of the working class. In this respect the tactics applied in a recent confrontation with the EDL in Newcastle can be seen as successful. As AF Leeds we would like to build on this experience and propose a united political response of the revolutionary left, that will show our strength as well as allow a diversity of people to attend the protest before the EDL dares to march. Let's create an antifascist coalition that can militantly fight fascist activities in West-Yorkshire. Bash the EDL! Let's get organised!
First meeting :
July, 3rd at 1 pm
Swarthmore Education Centre
2 - 7 Woodhouse Square
Leeds
or get in contact:
leeds@af-north.org
Your browser may not support display of this image.
for the class war!
Anarchist Federation Leeds
Leeds Afed
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State support for the EDL and ISLAM4UK
21.06.2010 14:15
Nick Lowles of Searchlight has written about the state support for the EDL protests stemming from the Public Order Unit at the Home Office:
He goes on to say that is is for "ideological and short-sighted" reasons that they are doing this, whatever these may be...
Bob Pitt picked up on the above over at Islamophobia Watch where he quoted from Leanne Wood, the Plaid Cymru AM for South Wales Central, who said:
Back in March Barry Kade posted EDL blows its cover and reveal its anti-trades union & anti-working class agenda to this site:
Divide and rule, the latest encarnation of the Strategy of Tension to boost support the "Clash of Civilizations" and the "War on Terror" — consider that the "arch enemy" of the EDL, ISLAM4UK's backing organisation al-Muhajiroun were sponsored by MI6:
And Nafeez Ahmed again
Chris
true but
21.06.2010 15:57
ob
Re: State-Funded and Islam 4 UK
21.06.2010 17:30
Islam 4 UK are, in my opinion just as much the enemy and we have no interest in defending them. When they start running riot through our streets, we'll organise against them too. I don't feel like the UAF leadership has been effective in highlighting this and they have been too much in bed with reactionary dickheads. The EDL's presence, however doesn't serve to combat radical Islam, but instead divides communities, giving credibility to the voice of a minority of nutters (see report on whitechapel earlier today from someone in London for an example).
Leeds AF member (personal capacity)
Anti-Fascism, Al-Muhajiroun and extremist Islam
21.06.2010 18:10
Don't get me wrong, dozens of times more Muslims fought for Britain against Hitler during WW2 than fought for the Nazis, but still Anti-Fascists MUST remember that fringe elements like Al-Muhajioroun, Hizb-ut Tahrir, and their Islam4UK and Muslims Against Crusaders fronts are the latest incarnation of a hard-core and very violent Fascist movement which collaborated with the Nazis in WW2. If the EDL and HT / Al-Maj succeed in beating 7 shades of Shaitan out of each other then to be honest I for one won't be shedding any tears.
To put all this perspective there's an interesting You Tube called "Awami Bakshali attack on London BNP meeting" (which does exactly what it says on the tin), and according to Wikipedia "The Bangladesh Awami League... is the mainstream center-left, SECULAR political party in Bangladesh". Bangladesh's national poet is an anti-extremist Muslim called Kazi Nazrul Islam (pronounced Kobi Nazrul) who was a avowed Anti-Fascist, sometimes referred to as "the Anarchist poet", whose work is celebrated in the ADF track "Rebel Warrior" (as used in the You Tube video "Antifa Smash Nazis in Prague") and by the Kazi Nazrul Centre off Brick Lane, near the scene of the recent EDL trouble.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3giHaAJco_I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Awami_League
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m24hjw-DXNg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yinhIK9FyfQ
UK Bobsleigh
Good intiative.
21.06.2010 18:11
Well done people, much better to see people building alternatives than complaining that there are none. Will try to make it up on the day with full support.
London non AF
unfortunately
21.06.2010 19:56
couldn't agree more. Unfortunately we can't put them all into a giant cage away from the rest of us and screen it on-line - therefore we get arseholes walking down our streets attacking random asian people as if they're islamists and creating exactly the kind of division that they complain about.
Leeds AF member (personal capacity)
talk to WAG asap ;)
21.06.2010 20:55
Organise to defend bradford against outside interefernce. There are issues across the board in Bradford communities as in all, and EDL should be told ( in NO uncertain tems) not to interfere ( to fuck off )
. Physical defence should be organised to stop confrontation and attacks by EDL on Muslim areas but imho EDL should not be attacked as like everything THEY do, this would be counterproductive. We must be against the Islamists and the EDL loyalists but friends to the kids/people who are attracted to either/both sides. Above all if these EDL events are provocations ( which seems likely regardless of their protestations) then we must do all we can to stop race riots.
d02
Dudley and Wembley?
22.06.2010 08:33
In contrast, we only seem to want to build a militant response when it's in our own back yard.
If we are serious about building a strong anti-fascist opposition, we need to have a strong travelling force too.
Let's see a good militant force out against the EDL in Wembley on the 26th June, and in Dudley on the 17th July.
af
@af
23.06.2010 20:36
D02
Re : WAG's mobilisation
28.06.2010 19:33
WAG are very sweet people and probably mean well and think that they are doing the right thing but I think they should stick to campaigns about allotments.
anon
A Anon
04.07.2010 23:03
The 4 people (not Wag but mates) attacked by an a group of asian lads were randomly targeted in the week before the march as tensions were hightened in the area with the appearence of the EDL at whitechapel tube. One of the attacked was wearing a fuck fascism T-shirt and had a green mohican...hardly EDL attire.There was absolutely no sense in which Wag was being targeted. You attempt to equate two completely seperate events, this attack and the WAg activities on day of the anti-edl action in whitechapel, to create a narrative that fits how you would like events to have turned out. IN OTHER WORDS YOU ARE LYING!
When we were chatting with youths ON THE DAY outside and around the Mosque we experienced no ill feeling and word soon got passed around that it wasnt the EDL attacked the week before. It seems you have lost the political argument surrounding the last few weeks and can only resort to name calling.
Is it relevant that I've worked in heavy industry since leaving school whilst some of Wag have indeed been to university with some mature students amongst them? Or is it more relevant that I have a decent analysis on events in my local area. In fact are you saying that working class kids don't go to uni these days? I think you will find a lot have and are pissed off and ven politicised by the experience. We should embrace them as we do other members of the working class.
If you are the same anon who has been posting crap all over the internet, please stop trolling.
Limehouse W.A.G Lad
A anon
04.07.2010 23:36
Limehouse W.A.G Lad
Shower of shite
05.07.2010 17:22
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