Skip to content or view screen version

Sussex Police Facilitate Fascist March!!

Brighton Anti-fascists | 24.04.2011 20:57

Organisers of March for England (MFE) in Brighton revealed their true colours today. Despite claims made by Matt Silva (MFE spokesman) in a press release last week, that members of the English Defence League (EDL) and English Nationalist Alliance (ENA) would not be made welcome at their event, the number of recognised EDL and ENA members made up the majority of the attendees. Exposing the MFE organisers as outright liars and proving that what they say cannot be trusted.


St. Georges day celebrations were yet again high jacked by the far right today. The MFE march was far from the family event it claimed it would be. Participants of the march hurled racist and homophobic abuse at passers by and anti-fascist protesters whilst being escorted through town by the police. Sussex police did all they could to make the day as carefree as possible for the far right by using kettling tactics against anti-fascist demonstrators and making ‘preventative’ arrests, while the organisers of the march made absolutely no attempt to discourage the abusive behaviour.

Not fooled by their attempts to paint a liberal image of themselves ( ie making false statements and waving a rainbow flag whilst shouting “You lot take it up the arse!”) the march was interrupted by anti-fascist demonstrations throughout the day and the MFE didn’t quite get the stroll in the sunshine they may have been expecting.

We will continue to oppose any attempts by the far-right to spread their vile and divisive ideology.

Brighton Anti-fascists 24.04.2011

Brighton Anti-fascists
- e-mail: brightonantifascists@riseup.net
- Homepage: http://brightonantifascists.wordpress.com/

Comments

Hide the following 4 comments

Dont be a

25.04.2011 08:07

Anti-fascists have to oppose things like this but it doesn't help if we moan at the police for allowing their march. If you think part of the solution is trying to pressure the police into banning fascist marches then youre going down the wrong route. Look what happened in Luton, where the pressure to ban the EDL demo in August 2009, where the government banned all demonstrations for a 3 month period.

Dont rely on the state to fight fascism for you

Hypocrite

Yeah - what a bitch those human rights are!

25.04.2011 08:46

Yeah - lets all pressure the old bill to ban marches we disagree with!

What could possibly go wrong?

'rights'

acab

25.04.2011 11:19

i dont think in that release anybody is calling for cops to ban fascists, not sure where did you get that from? I think that obviously cozy relationship sussex filth seems to be having with fash should be pointed though so in my opinion this statement is ok.

anarchist

police didn't just allow the march, they helped it

25.04.2011 13:43

I've never argued that the state should ban these marches or been surprised when the police are on the side of the fash. However, yesterday the group of antifascists attempting to block the route were either arrested or kettled and marched away, while the EDL were protected by the police.

None of this is surprising, but when you have to fight the police before you can fight the fascists it can get a bit tiring. Especially as our numbers were too low. We had at least as many as they did, but if you add their 200 to the 350 police it's still not enough, particularly in Brighton.

biff