What happened to antifa?
Redmick | 07.02.2011 10:29
Big EDL demo at the Weekend, and surprise, surprise, antifa decide not to show up again, as they do for all EDL demos.
Given that antifa does not seem to be active(maybe they don't exist outside of cyber space).
Is it best they stop attacking the UAF on the Internet, calling them 'fluffy' etc?
Antifa don't seem that keen on backing their mouths up with actions.
UAF, at a lot of risk to themselves, were massively outnumbered by the EDL in Luton.
I was there, I would put UAF numbers at around 150, the EDL 3 to 4 thousand.
The point is, the UAF were there!
Antifa were absent again.
So, stop slagging of the UAF, at least they have the bottle to physically confront the EDL, something antifa won't do.
Given that antifa does not seem to be active(maybe they don't exist outside of cyber space).
Is it best they stop attacking the UAF on the Internet, calling them 'fluffy' etc?
Antifa don't seem that keen on backing their mouths up with actions.
UAF, at a lot of risk to themselves, were massively outnumbered by the EDL in Luton.
I was there, I would put UAF numbers at around 150, the EDL 3 to 4 thousand.
The point is, the UAF were there!
Antifa were absent again.
So, stop slagging of the UAF, at least they have the bottle to physically confront the EDL, something antifa won't do.
Redmick
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numbers / dis-information?
07.02.2011 12:46
Since the EDL are known to post to indymedia occasionally, I'd say take all claims with a BIG pinch of salt unless you can be sure they are from a trusted source, or include evidence eg photos/video.
There's a decent aerial shot of the EDL demo here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2011/feb/05/english-defence-league-protest?picture=371461384
...at a rough count it seems to show 1500 or so people, but have a look and make your own mind up. It's possible that this photo doesn't show the whole demo, of course.
The same set of pictures includes one of the UAF rally:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2011/feb/05/english-defence-league-protest?picture=371461386
...which seems to show 130-150 people. This photo definitely doesn't seem to cover the whole crowd though.
Of course, a few pictures can be misleading and don't necessarily tell the whole story, so a report from a known and trusted organisation, verified as being written by them (eg hosted on their website) would be useful IMHO.
There's a decent aerial shot of the EDL demo here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2011/feb/05/english-defence-league-protest?picture=371461384 ...at a rough count it seems to show 1500 or so people, but have a look and make your own mind up. It's possible that this photo doesn't show the whole demo, of course.
The same set of pictures includes one of the UAF rally:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2011/feb/05/english-defence-league-protest?picture=371461386 ...which seems to show 130-150 people. This photo definitely doesn't seem to cover the whole crowd though.
Of course, a few pictures can be misleading and don't necessarily tell the whole story, so a report from a known and trusted organisation, verified as being written by them (eg hosted on their website) would be useful IMHO.
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