July anti-fascist roundup
anon@indymedia.org (East Midlands Anti-fascists) | 31.07.2012 10:55
July saw an anti-immigration march called off in Boston, the EDL rushing to "defend" Derby Pride from the "Islamics", the BNP and English Democrats standing in elections in Corby and Kettering, the conviction of a Leicester EDL member for assault, and a deafening silence from the far right on the subject of white paedophiles in Derby.
We reported how racist Forest fans, who'd previously mocked Leicester fans with chants of "you're just a town full of Pakis", were grumbling into their lager about the takeover of their club by Arabs.
We exposed the reality of the EDL's multicultural poster boy, Glen Warren, an immigrant and Muslim hating member from Leicester.
A report by Notts police revealed that black people are 9 times more likely to be stopped and searched than whites in the county.
An anti-immigration group, the Boston Protest Group, narrowly voted not to hold an anti-immigration march in the Lincolnshire town, although leader, Dean Everitt, says it has been "postponed not cancelled".
The EDL got all hot and bothered about a small group of Muslim homophobes who said they were going to protest at Derbyshire Pride and rushed in to defend the thousands of LGBT marchers, but the rain meant that no one got to play out.
The Church of England voted to ban the clergy from joining racist and discriminatory organisations and the BNP's racist vicar, Robert West, had a mard about it.
We had a good laugh at Nottingham BNP's deranged fascist tweeting.
The BNP came third in the Corby East council by election and won 9.4% of the vote.
Leicester EDL's James Elliot was convicted of drunkenly assaulting a member of UAF, using threatening and abusive language and resisting arrest.
We noticed that the EDL were driven to a demo in Bristol by Leicester coach firm, G.H. Watts, a firm the East Midlands divisions have used on at least 5 previous occasions.
The English Democrats stood a former National Front member in a Kettering borough election and won 14% of the vote, beating the BNP who won 6%.
We exposed the neo-Nazi accounts followed by Northants EDL.
We also noted the silence of the far right on a grooming case in Derby where 7 of the 8 men involved were white.
Keep checking the site for new updates and sending in credible information on fascist activity in the region.
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