Skip Navigation | HOME | UK Indymedia | Editorial Guidelines | Mission Statement | About Us | Contact | Help | Support Us

manchester Indymedia

EDL Stoke

Filkaler | 24.01.2010 00:16 | Birmingham

The English Defence League (EDL) clashed with police as anti-Muslim protest turned violent.






Over 1000 members of the right-wing group started drinking from 11am ahead of Saturday's march in Stoke. There were scuffles with police when members of the EDL tried to break a cordon preventing them from clashing with members of anti-fascist groups. They sang the National Anthem and Rule Britannia, while others waved St George and Union flags while shouting abusive chants against Muslims. After the main demonstration a group of around 500 EDL marched thought a predominantly Asian area damaging shops and cars. Stoke on Trent - 23.01.10.

For more photos from the day:

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/filkaler/

Filkaler
- Homepage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/filkaler/

Download this article in pdf format >>

Email this article to someone >>

Submit an addition or make a quick comment on this article >>

Comments

Hide the following 4 comments

Stoke UAF strategy on the road to failure

24.01.2010 10:40

It would seem that the UAF strategy of sticking their heads up the arse of the racist Labour Party in order to oppose th eracism of the EDL/BNP was a complete failure in Stoke as it was in Birmingham and Manchester.

These racists were able to march through the streets of Stoke attacking Asian people and property with tacit police consent, of course.

It is time for another strategy - to oppose all forms of racism especially state racism, i.e the racism of the ruling party, Labour and the racism of the organs of the British state such as the police rather than focussing on justthe BNP/EDL which is doomed to failure.

Peter Malo


The EDL unravels...

24.01.2010 10:49

From the horses mouth:

"Stoke today was a disaster. We rioted. We throw bottles. We attacked police. Some people were racist.

A total f**king disaster and what were the Leaders doing when are members were causing such unproductive trouble? They were streaming live feeds of speechs which were heckled and ignored in some cases."

"In-EDL fighting
Football firms fighting
Attacking the police
Police equipment stolen.
Police vans turned over.
Lamppost incidents.
Racial chants.
Speeches not being respected.
People not shutting up during a 1 minute silence."

"thats me just arrived back to glasgow, right lads were the f**k do i start, im not gonna sit here and put blame on anyone, but i hope the edl dont end as quick as we have started, to the 2 teams of boys that kicked off in the pub, that was 8 SDL LADS SMACK BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUS, we tried to break it up right away, but the c**ts on the bottom floor throwing s**t did not help, now i dont give a f**k what yous get up to, but when you represent the edl try and put your f**king diffrances aside, cause the next time a c**t throws a chair in my direction, hes getting it right up his arse, for the big majority thanks for giving us a good day out."



Anarchist Antifa


Grant Mitchell is watching u

24.01.2010 11:24

That's a great pic of the EDL mob paying homage to its gods Sky TV and Ross Kemp!

N


Most of the East end& football supporters think edl are a bunch of prats

25.01.2010 16:09

Be great if Ross Kemp or someone did a documentary on EDL showing their nazi links, like he did of MS19,S.african gangs,russian nazi gangs etc. Would probably have to be someone from abroad as EDL would probably be wary of Kemp, who does seem to try & get to the truth in his programmes.Check bit torrents or u tub 4 details.
Thankfully most doormen&footy fans dont like to get involved with groups like EDL & think more cooperatively-mutually.
EDL have proven generally what a nasty bunch of boys they are& people know they are trying to cause trouble, only a matter of time before the more get fed up & shun them.
Its well known al queada are shunned by most of the muslim community, some parts of the taleban in Afganistan now contain elements of left formerly in Northern alliance who have joined the right wing who set it up & united to expel the invasion, this does not mean people there or here support terrorism thankfully. If we used more afghani style consensus politics rather than more western style 2-3 party win or loose then things in Afghanistan would be alot better, everyone would benefit with more consensus style politics & direct democracy, even the corporations laying the pipeline would benefit& maybe one day they could become mutuals

Footy Fan


Publish

Publish your news

Do you need help with publishing?

Kollektives

Birmingham
Cambridge
Liverpool
London
Oxford
Sheffield
South Coast
Wales
World

Other UK IMCs
Bristol/South West
London
Northern Indymedia
Scotland

Manchester Topics

Analysis
Animal Liberation
Anti-militarism
Anti-racism
Bio-technology
Climate Chaos
Culture
Ecology
Education
Energy Crisis
Free Spaces
Gender
Globalisation
Health
History
Indymedia
Iraq
Migration
Ocean Defence
Other Press
Palestine
Public sector cuts
Repression
Social Struggles
Technology
Terror War
Workers' Movements
Zapatista

Manchester Actions 2010

Flotilla to Gaza
Mayday 2010
Tar Sands

Manchester Actions 2009

COP15 Climate Summit 2009
G20 London Summit
Guantánamo
Indymedia Server Seizure
University Occupations for Gaza

Manchester Actions 2008

2008 Days Of Action For Autonomous Spaces
Campaign against Carmel-Agrexco
Climate Camp 2008
G8 Japan 2008
SHAC
Smash EDO
Stop Sequani Animal Testing
Stop the BNP's Red White and Blue festival

Manchester Actions 2007

Climate Camp 2007
DSEi 2007
G8 Germany 2007
Mayday 2007
No Border Camp 2007

Manchester Actions 2006

April 2006 No Borders Days of Action
Art and Activism Caravan 2006
Climate Camp 2006
Faslane
French CPE uprising 2006
G8 Russia 2006
Lebanon War 2006
March 18 Anti War Protest
Mayday 2006
Oaxaca Uprising
Refugee Week 2006
Rossport Solidarity
SOCPA
Transnational Day of Action Against Migration Controls
WSF 2006

Manchester Actions 2005

DSEi 2005
G8 2005
WTO Hong Kong 2005

Manchester Actions 2004

European Social Forum
FBI Server Seizure
May Day 2004
Venezuela

Manchester Actions 2003

Bush 2003
DSEi 2003
Evian G8
May Day 2003
No War F15
Saloniki Prisoner Support
Thessaloniki EU
WSIS 2003

Languages

english

IMCs


www.indymedia.org

Projects
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Africa

Europe
antwerpen
armenia
athens
austria
barcelona
belarus
belgium
belgrade
brussels
bulgaria
calabria
croatia
cyprus
emilia-romagna
estrecho / madiaq
galiza
germany
grenoble
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
la plana
liege
liguria
lille
linksunten
lombardia
madrid
malta
marseille
nantes
napoli
netherlands
northern england
nottingham imc
paris/île-de-france
patras
piemonte
poland
portugal
roma
romania
russia
sardegna
scotland
sverige
switzerland
torun
toscana
ukraine
united kingdom
valencia

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
chiapas
chile
chile sur
cmi brasil
cmi sucre
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
puerto rico
qollasuyu
rosario
santiago
tijuana
uruguay
valparaiso
venezuela

Oceania
aotearoa
brisbane
burma
darwin
jakarta
manila
melbourne
perth
qc
sydney

South Asia
india


United States
arizona
arkansas
asheville
atlanta
Austin
binghamton
boston
buffalo
chicago
cleveland
colorado
columbus
dc
hawaii
houston
hudson mohawk
kansas city
la
madison
maine
miami
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new hampshire
new jersey
new mexico
new orleans
north carolina
north texas
nyc
oklahoma
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rogue valley
saint louis
san diego
san francisco
san francisco bay area
santa barbara
santa cruz, ca
sarasota
seattle
tampa bay
united states
urbana-champaign
vermont
western mass
worcester

West Asia
Armenia
Beirut
Israel
Palestine

Topics
biotech

Process
fbi/legal updates
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech