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Stop the EDL in Sheffield tomorrow!

Stop the EDL in Sheffield | 20.09.2013 14:14 | Anti-racism

The English Defence League are planning on marching through Sheffield on 21st September. We want to make sure that the EDL don't get to intimidate people and parade their hatred through the streets unopposed. Anti-fascists will be meeting by the First Start Building at the north end of Firth Park at 1pm.

Recent months have seen a sharp rise in racist activity. The EDL have organised violent demonstrations around the country, mosques have been attacked and there has been an increase in racist street harassment. In Sheffield, the EDL have sought to control the streets by vandalising a Muslim group's information stall and assaulting anti-fascist protesters.

The EDL are organising a demonstration against plans to turn the Pheasant Pub on Barnsley Road into a mosque, despite no such plans existing. The EDL claim they are only against Islamic extremism but are yet again showing that they see all Muslims as the enemy.

The EDL claim to represent the working class, but they have attacked trade unionists, anti-cuts activists and many other working class people of colour. They offer no solutions to everyday problems but just seek to divide us.

We are calling for a mass opposition. Follow us on Twitter or email us to keep up to date with our plans.

Stop the EDL in Sheffield
- e-mail: sheffantifascist@gmail.com
- Homepage: https://twitter.com/Stop_EDL_Sheff

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  1. At least Indymedia's a moderately anonymous platform — IP address
  2. Leave the EDL alone! — Protest against Islamic extremism not against those who protest against it!
  3. @Protest against Islamic extremism not against those who protest against it! — delboy!
  4. Dear EDL grizzler — IHTF
  5. Tally ho. — Cptn Cliff Dover-White.