Organised by Yorkshire and Humberside TUC and UAF.
Join the protest outside the court for the opening of the trial of Fascist BNP leaders Nick Griffin and Mark Collett. Assemble Monday 16th January - 9am outside Leeds Crown Court, Oxford Row. Rally at noon outside Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds
In November, Yorkshire and Humberside TUC and Unite against Fascism organised a highly successful protest and rally outside the preliminary hearing of BNP leader Nick Griffin and Mark Collett’s trial for incitement to racial hatred. During the day 1000 people showed their opposition to the BNP.
On 16 January 2006 the trial of these leading BNP members begins. We want to show more than ever, in the lead up to the council election period, that people across the North totally reject racism and fascism. Join us at 9am outside the Crown Court in Leeds and at noon outside the Art Gallery.
Bring banners from your area, union or group to show the breadth of opposition to the Nazi BNP.
Click www.leedsunite.org.uk for the leaflet for protest.
Comments
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Talk about not seeing the wood for the trees!
11.01.2006 17:17
Whatever you do though, don't bother about the real danger facing this country - the genuine extremists, not the bunch of no-hope numbskulls in the BNP. The kind of extremist that blows themselves up on tube trains. The kind of extremist that advocates Sharia law in this country.
I bet this comment won't appear.
Anti-BNP but even more Anti-Islamofascist
Methinks thou dost protest too much!
12.01.2006 11:05
Are you getting worried Mr Griffin?
Mr Spoon
Well...
12.01.2006 15:05
Although fascists of every colour, race or religion must be argued down and hindered in their efforts to organise, we must prioritise fighting those that pose a genuine threat of success in the immediate to medium future first.
Read some history books.
Rudeboy
tomorrows assembley point
16.01.2006 16:32
We won't let the fashist scum sow hatred in our communities.
bash the fash
Cheerleading for the State
16.01.2006 22:30
The call for a united anti-BNP response simply masks real divisions in values and vision. Islam is certainly not a monolith but many of its adherents express deeply reactionary views. The latest condemnation of civil partnerships fits a pattern. If opposition to the BNP is the only thing on which we can unite then there is a lot of work to do.
We should accept the right of others to criticise our religious views (even in a way which could be regarded as offensive). What is the alternative? Are we all to tiptoe round one another or pretend that we agree on everything? What a boring, sanatised society we would be! If the price for a pluralist, inclusive and democratic society is having to put up with countering arguments from the BNP then so be it.
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