Report of EDL London demonstration on Saturday 11th September.
Reporter | 14.09.2010 12:00
On Saturday the 11th of September about 800 EDL supporters attended a vigil outside the American embassy for the 9/11 victims. Then went onto to protest outside the Saudi Arabian embassy. There was a small muslim demo when they arrived at the embassy at about 12:30pm, but police managed to keep the two sides apart.
The EDL supporters held their vigil for about an hour before marching off through the back streets of Mayfair under heavy police escort. They were marched around the streets for about an hour before finally coming to the Saudi embassy. There they stood and shouted slogans from across the street, such as "muslim bombers off our streets" and "close down the Saudi Embassy". There were a few speaches, then after about half an hour most started to disperse most heading down to pubs in Victoria.
The strange thing was at this event there were no counter demonstrators from UAF, AFA etc. Despite this being one of the biggest EDL mobilisations at around 800. A few UAF and AFA under cover camera men did turn up to video the protests but there was no counter demonstration at all. Is this a new tactic from UAF and AFA, don't call out counter demonstrators just pretend to be from the press and film the EDL demos?
The strange thing was at this event there were no counter demonstrators from UAF, AFA etc. Despite this being one of the biggest EDL mobilisations at around 800. A few UAF and AFA under cover camera men did turn up to video the protests but there was no counter demonstration at all. Is this a new tactic from UAF and AFA, don't call out counter demonstrators just pretend to be from the press and film the EDL demos?
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saturday
14.09.2010 12:35
anon
Hi EDL
14.09.2010 12:58
Thank you for bigging yourself up again.
If nobody turns up to your demos, I think you'll find it's because no one gives a fuck about you.
Please do keep providing us with these reports about your own actions, however, it's very kind of you. x
terrence
Perhaps you're a tabloid 'reporter'?
14.09.2010 13:47
You EDL trolls will really have to do better than this, I'm afraid.
Crazy Barry
800?
14.09.2010 15:58
Go slither back under your rock.
Sonic
Trying to trick Anti-Fascists into walking into a trap
14.09.2010 16:06
The EDL tried a similar ploy with the EDL / Casuals United demo about the alleged pedo murder in Blackpool - the EDL was DESPERATE for Anti-Fascists to show up so they could misrepresent them as opposing justice for the victims of pedos, but very sensibly Anti-Fascists stayed away. This is the same reason why Anti-Fascists never attacked NF Remembrance Day rallies in central London, as Fascists taking the piss out of British war veterans make themselves look bad anyway, while the last thing Anti-Fascists needed was to be sucked into a confrontation in which they could be misrepresented as disrespecting the memory of veterans who defeated Hitler. Anti-Fascists used (and still use) the NF Remembrance Day rallies as an opportunity to get good photographs of currently active NF members, and quite rightly did not get sucked into potentially counterproductive confrontations.
In situations like this the EDL are best left to their own devices, as, on their own, the EDL are so stupid they usually fuck things up for themselves - on Al-Quds day the EDL turned up and 2 of their number made Nazi salutes, scoring a massive own goal, and in Bradford EDL were separated from Anti-Fascists but spontaneously took it upon themselves to attack the police anyway, which they also did the other day in Oldham.
Bobsleigh
Anti-fascists should protest against Loyalist parades
14.09.2010 16:54
uk fightback
Anti-Fascists should protest against the racist...
14.09.2010 17:20
She's pretty much the black Nick Griffin with her Anti-white bias.
Racism cuts two ways but, we won't see anyone on the cowardly left protest against her because they're scared of looking racist.
A Man
Anti-Fascists should protest against the racist...
14.09.2010 17:20
She's pretty much the black Nick Griffin with her Anti-white bias.
Racism cuts two ways but, we won't see anyone on the cowardly left protest against her because they're scared of looking racist.
A Man
ALL the "Anti-fascists should protest against...." comments are EDL
14.09.2010 18:48
Photo - Ken Davies (aka Ken "Jacks") and David Powell of the Welsh Defence League
UK Fightback
Jeffrey
14.09.2010 19:29
Amherst Crescent
Woooo, Mensi supports the IRA!
15.09.2010 10:11
Mensi is an inarticulate thicko who has embarrassed himself many times with his idiotic pronouncements over the years. That's to say nothing of his consistently shit records. Why should anyone care what he says?
Crazy Barry