EDL "National" demo in Westminster / Walthamstow
Auto | 27.10.2012 17:56 | Anti-racism | Policing
After their disastrous demo in Walthamstow on Sept 1st, and amid much bluster and threats of violence, the EDL threatened to return to Walthamstow today, Oct 27, to get their revenge on the locals, on anti-fascists, on the left-wing, on anarchists and on the police. As it panned-out the We Are Walthamstow coalition mobilised hundreds of people to oppose the EDL, while recent web-chatter suggests that at best just one EDL supporter bothered to travel down to East London.
Around the same time the official EDL protest was moved to a police pen outside parliament, where, massively outnumbered by police and journalists, a miserable 80 right-wing cannon-fodder responded to their leader's national call-out, barely one-quarter filling an already small police pen.
Towards the end of the Westminster demo, the EDL had a brief scrap with alleged "anarchists", resulting in one Fascist muppet arrested, handcuffed and abandoned by his mates, who promptly fucked-off to the nearby boozer, filling approximately one half of the smoking area in the alleyway down the side of the pub. After treating anti-fascist photographers to a fine selection of close-up mug-shots, the EDL were escorted to Westminster tube, to a chorus of almost total disinterest from a handful of slightly bemused tourists. What did the EDL achieve today? That they can just about organise ordering a few drinks...
Around the same time the official EDL protest was moved to a police pen outside parliament, where, massively outnumbered by police and journalists, a miserable 80 right-wing cannon-fodder responded to their leader's national call-out, barely one-quarter filling an already small police pen.
Towards the end of the Westminster demo, the EDL had a brief scrap with alleged "anarchists", resulting in one Fascist muppet arrested, handcuffed and abandoned by his mates, who promptly fucked-off to the nearby boozer, filling approximately one half of the smoking area in the alleyway down the side of the pub. After treating anti-fascist photographers to a fine selection of close-up mug-shots, the EDL were escorted to Westminster tube, to a chorus of almost total disinterest from a handful of slightly bemused tourists. What did the EDL achieve today? That they can just about organise ordering a few drinks...
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EDL Analysis
27.10.2012 19:08
becoming Zionist cocksuckers.
They also realised that the police would kettle them and stifle everything like they always do.
The EDL need to deal with the issue and elect a real leader, same as the BNP.
Oswald Nosey
EDLosers
27.10.2012 19:54
IHTF
Fascist Flop...
27.10.2012 20:18
Fat fucking chance!
Bunch of nonces, grasses and cowards every last one of them.
South Coast Sab
E-D-Who?
27.10.2012 22:10
Curious
Local paper now think TWO of the EDL showed in Walthamstow :)
27.10.2012 22:23
Ben Palin
excellent logic
27.10.2012 23:14
I've seen smashedo protests that are a 1/10 of that number. So i assume that means i need to laugh x10 as much?
im right
There wasn't enough strawberries
27.10.2012 23:59
right though innit jeff? .. where were you?
Game Over!
28.10.2012 09:20
no pasaran!
Malatesta
EDL photo round-up
28.10.2012 14:15
Walthamstow - Sikhs against the EDL
Westminster - Cockneys vs Zombies
Westminster - not very many Fascists
EDL Result? "Embarrassing" (quote)
SUV
Anarchist Failure
28.10.2012 18:41
Meanwhile barely three miles up the road 3,000 people dressed up as anarchists sold each other zines about vegan bike maintenance or whatever, probably while moaning about how the UAF are a bunch of placard waving sell-outs.
Truly pathetic.
Fed up
@Truly pathetic.
28.10.2012 21:17
80 EDL + 30 Anti-fasc = 110 people who spend their spare time (precious lifespan) standing around telling everyone what they think about 'the other side'
Who cares!? Its better just to not turn up (whatever side your are a supporter of) and do something useful with you time for yourself that you enjoy.
No one likes sitting around 'show solidarity' and no one cares.
You want evidence? 110 people thats the evidence.
not pathetic
Anarchists and Anti-Fascism
28.10.2012 21:55
As for self-styled "militants" who condemn everyone else in anti-fascism and, more often than not, lazily equate liberal anti-fascism with the UAF (as if the SWP/UAF's Trotskyism was somehow a form of liberalism), the fact is the credit for both Walthamstow victories definitely goes to UAF, not because UAF are in any way perfect, not because UAF don't make alot of mistakes, but because UAF actually bothered.
I think I'm right in saying that either the Kate Sharpley Library's booklet about AFA or the No Retreat book about AFA (I forget which) says THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT ANTI-FASCISM IS TO TURN UP
October
Near MILLION people who voted BNP
28.10.2012 22:12
In that situation the EDL were the far-right's plan-B, the EDL were for a while commanding significant street support (regularly pulling around 3,000 to 5,000 on demos). The EDL have since also been beaten down by years of dedicated opposition, so don't get all smug about how you've got better things to do because some people can be bothered to actually finish the job
oh my days
Euro 2009
28.10.2012 22:23
oh
@oh my days
28.10.2012 22:27
So i don't see the point of turning up given that the EDL are 'finished'
A lot of other commenters are saying the same. That the EDL are are just to be laughed at and that they are nothing. Read the comments.
So whats the point of spending a whole day (and expense) standing around on something pointless?
You're saying that the EDL are serious and that there are over 1,000,000 bnp but Malatesta says haha to that and that it is nothing?
Im not turning up if so many people say that the EDL are nothing and are finished. Whats the point?
anon
@anon
28.10.2012 22:36
Here's some clues ;)
Max
So what happened?
29.10.2012 09:03
A
ANARCHIST FAIL < THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED
29.10.2012 13:35
An Anarchist
saturday
29.10.2012 14:43
Malatesta
@Malatesta
29.10.2012 15:10
As for Liverpool etc, there isn't going to be an Anarchist Bookfair in Liverpool. As for UAF, maybe the victory they were celebrating wasn't just their victory over the EDL. Believe me mate, if Walthastow had been an Anarchist demo you would have been trumpeting it from the rooftops for months
Ology
Evening Standard
29.10.2012 15:12
KJ
EDL Nazi Salute in Westminster
29.10.2012 15:14
EDL Nazi makes Hitler salute in Westminster
Just to re-prove the obvious
Malatesta
29.10.2012 15:28
Malteaser