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police move finsbury anti racist festival

red letter | 02.06.2004 09:24 | London

Police in london are making it impossible to have carnival in finsbury park and forced it indoors.

While a licence was about to be granted, police insisted that organisers erect they a double ringed steel fence-cost £70,000.

Weyman Bennett, joint sec for UNITE Agaist Facism, told NME.com "We believe if you can have opera in Trafalgar Sq unsheilded, then you can have a rock music in a park and people can come and listen to it"



the carnival is going to be held at the 6,000 capicity hammersmith apoolo 6.30pm-.

The line up will be The Libertines, The Stands, Bigga Fish. plus many more There will be 2 other surprise guest which cannot name for contractual reasons.

The festival at finsbury park would have be free entry but thanks to the police the cost of the in door Apolla means that tickets will cost £5-

and can be obtained from the UNITE office 0207 833 4916

go to website love music hate racism www.lmhr.org.uk

www.uaf.org.uk www.anl.org.uk

red letter

Comments

Display the following 5 comments

  1. I wonder — Captain Wardrobe
  2. "Institutionalised racism" — Goliath
  3. WHERE DO YOU FIND THE MOST RACISTS? The Local Cop Shop — Jason
  4. Defy the cops — Not the SWP
  5. to be fair — type

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