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EDL ¡No Pasarán! Sheffield

2%Human | 01.06.2013 16:28 | Anti-racism | Culture | Sheffield

There was a party atmosphere to celebrate Sheffield's diversity outside the City Hall today. At around 12.30 a small group of EDL appeared at the end of Division Street they were opposed by a crowd of around a thousand.

One Shedfield Many Cultures
One Shedfield Many Cultures

City Hall Steps
City Hall Steps

No place for Fascism anywhere
No place for Fascism anywhere

EDL are on their way (apparently)
EDL are on their way (apparently)

Stand Firm!
Stand Firm!

Whose streets?
Whose streets?


The police made a token effort to move us away from the cenotaph to let the EDL end their march, but we linked arms and resisted for a few minutes and the four police on horses soon saw that it would be easier to deal with the EDL than the opposition and the horses turned around to face the EDL to much applause from the throng. After about 90 minutes stand-off the EDL went home! There are more of us than you!

2%Human

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Hate Mongers set to return 8th June

02.06.2013 22:29

Message of Hate
Message of Hate

Hate tweet
Hate tweet

From Casuals united and the "hate not hope" blog Image top. Note the hash tags.
" edl ukip bnp evf sea" Dividers and hate mongers all.

Quote:
"Due to the fact that people were prevented from paying their respects yesterday in Sheffield we will be going back next Saturday 8th June. If we are stopped then we will come back the week after"

Image Below that EDL's top hate monger TRobinson's tweet

hate watcher

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Very well done

01.06.2013 19:30

Congratulations!

Dean

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ooops

02.06.2013 01:28

Pics r from gay parade.

rainbow

sheffield is the new brighton for these muppets?

03.06.2013 18:31

cos in brighton they got the shit kicked out of them and in sheff they were massively humiliated

They never learn lol

Sheffield protest

11.06.2013 12:01

children against hate in Sheffield
children against hate in Sheffield

children for a multicultural, peaceful city
children for a multicultural, peaceful city

Myself, 2 friends and our children took part in both the festival & the protest... We are proud that our children believe in respect for others, accept & respect differences, & want peace & unity in a multicultural city &Britain! A photo of them holding a banner has gone viral on twitter... EDL are not respectful to soldiers whoare respected by our war memorial... They claim not to be fascist yet they inappropriately used a bastardised Hitler straight arm salute with Churchill's V for Victory on the end! But they weren't exploiting the horrific murder of a young father for their own agenda?? I beg to differ! If they were truly marching in memory & respect of Lee Rigby, a British soldier, then surely a military salute would of been appropriate and not a bastardised nazi one... That salute, in my opinion, is anti-british!! Disgraceful! Overall, it was the people of Sheffield, who united together, to show the EDL that we defend or multicultural city, who had the loudest voices when it comes to peace & unity, against hate.

Tina L Gordon
mail e-mail: 13tinalg@gmail.com

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Sheffield protest

11.06.2013 12:09

Myself, 2 friends and our children took part in both the festival & the protest... We are proud that our children believe in respect for others, accept & respect differences, & want peace & unity in a multicultural city &Britain! A photo of them holding a banner has gone viral on twitter... EDL are not respectful to soldiers whoare respected by our war memorial... They claim not to be fascist yet they inappropriately used a bastardised Hitler straight arm salute with Churchill's V for Victory on the end! But they weren't exploiting the horrific murder of a young father for their own agenda?? I beg to differ! If they were truly marching in memory & respect of Lee Rigby, a British soldier, then surely a military salute would of been appropriate and not a bastardised nazi one... That salute, in my opinion, is anti-british!! Disgraceful! Overall, it was the people of Sheffield, who united together, to show the EDL that we defend or multicultural city, who had the loudest voices when it comes to peace & unity, against hate.

Tina L Gordon

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