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Boycott EDL / fash pub in Bethnal Green London. Salmon and Ball E2 OEA

anon | 23.06.2010 17:13 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements | South Coast | World

Boycott the Salmon and Ball in Bethnal Green unless or until they bar all organised racist groups including the EDL from meeting in the pub in East London. Ask the Salmon and Ball to bar the EDL, people who are openly BNP etc from the pub. Recently the EDL caused fear and terror on the streets of nearby Whitechapel. The presence of these fascists causes fear to passing children.



All pubs have a duty to prevent harm from being done to children as a result of their premises. Children are scared to walk home past the pub, they are scared to use the underground tube station at Bethnal Green outside the pub and are scared to use the bus stops near to the Salmon and Ball pub. This is causing harm to children, some of whom have said that they have been racially abused outside the pub and have had Hijabs pulled [a favourite pastime for the EDL] and have been caused fear alarm and distress by EDL drinkers using the pub.
On the 20th June the community of Tower Hamlets, especially women and children were caused fear by English Defence League racist terrorists who said that they planned to march on East London Mosque and London Muslim Center. A massive UAF counter demo was called in response to the EDL terror threat. The EDL plan to "close" the East London Mosque. The reason for the attack on the Mosque was because the Muslim Council of Britain wanted to hold their AGM there. The Islamophobic terrorists and thugs of the EDL have rioted in Luton, Stoke, Dudley and Bolton etc. They plan to invade Romford on the 26th June.
One of the places that is used for planning these terror attacks is the Salmon and Ball pub, 502 Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green London E2.
Boycott the Salmon and Ball until they bar the EDL!

anon

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Salmon and Ball telephone number 02076135866

23.06.2010 18:22

Phone the pub and demand that the management bar the EDL.

0207 613 5866

anon


Stop this hysterical bullshit!

23.06.2010 19:17

So a couple of EDL have been drinking at the pub - so fucking what! EDL is not the NF and to be honest I see this level of hysterical bullshit as part of the problem. It discredits the Left and anarchists and can only build more support for the EDL.

Sort it out!

anarchist antifascists


anon is a spook

23.06.2010 20:31

anon is some sort of troll. his or her posts constantly call for state bans and the like. anon piss off from Indymedia. Indymedia is not for EDL/UAF/MI5 trolls like you

anonymous2


there are many anons

24.06.2010 09:24

We aren't all the same anon, you know! Anyone on Indymedia can use any name they like.

anon


Bollocks.

24.06.2010 10:11

This isn't 'no platform', this is pure and simple censorship and oppression. If you want the EDL out of the pub, make them unwelcome by getting down there and making it a friendly, anti-fascist place for people to be. Nothing has ever been solved by banning it. If you're worried about the bad atmosphere, go down there and change it. What do you expect the pub to do, quiz people on their political beliefs before allowing them entry?

Comatus
mail e-mail: comatus1649@riseup.net


"anonymous2" is an EDL supporter

24.06.2010 16:21

Aren't you?

anon


Re : Get down there and make it a pleasant antifash place to be

24.06.2010 16:32

How naive are you? The EDL are ultra violent racist thugs whose leaders have been arrested at gunpoint by armed police. The fact that armed police are needed gives you an indication of what the EDL are really like.
The "anarchist" who claims that the EDL should have freedom of speech should be reminded of that when they are trying to get Islamic conferences banned. The Salmon and Ball pub is causing problems with it's high level of fascist drinkers weho pose a threat to the neighbouring community. The Salmon and Ball is a well known fascist pub, it's much more than a case of a "couple of EDL drink in there". Any anti fascists who do venture in there are likely to be met with violence from racist thugs. The EDL are going along with Islamophobic politicians and their whole outfit is frightening. It's very easy for non Muslims to dismiss it because they are not on the recieving end of the EDL / state hate campaign. The EDL are growing at an alarming rate and are a racist street army working for Islamophobic wealthy individuals. The EDL need stopping before it's too late.

anon


pisspoor

24.06.2010 17:00

The OP about children being scared to walk past a pub and use a tube station should be given the credibility it deserves, that is: none.

If people know about the EDL drinking in the Salmon and Ball and therefore avoid drinking there, fair enough. But launching a campaign against it is a bit over the top and more likely to entrench any EDL sentiment in the pub than eradicate it.

Grow up, ffs.

upthera


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24.06.2010 17:47

This post is embarrassing, disgraceful bullshit. Yes the salmon and ball has played host to the BNP and EDL cos both have met their for a drink. The BNP were quite conclusively chased out of the area by local antifascists and the EDL have had to leave due to even bigger cross-community resistance.

The S&A had no role in either of the groups presence in the area - its a fucking joke to put them forward for action.

Antifascists everywhere condemn this idiot posting to the point of suspecting it to be a far right wind up to make us look silly. Its one step away of boycotting Wetherspoons as they play host to every half cut EDL demo there ever was.

WELL SAID TO THE POSTER WHO POINTED OUT THE EDL ARE NOT THE NF!

the EDL deserve to be opposed but they are not anything like the political threat of an organised fascist group, and treating them that way just embarrasses the left by making us look nuts.

Bill Stickers
- Homepage: http://www.libertyandsolidarity.org


Short sighted

24.06.2010 18:54

I agree with 'Bill Stickers'. But there's another point - we all know that on occasion the BNP & EDL have drunk in the Salmon and Ball. Why not leave it that way? Better to know where they drink than to have them find a new place we don't know.

upthera


To anon re: "I've never heard of..."

25.06.2010 01:31

No, you probably haven't. L&S is a tiny left group, I put it there so you have a name to a face: obviously I'm not going to put my actual name, but if you wanted to find out who I was or where I was coming from, then my organisation would be a good start. Furnish me with the same details for yourself 'anon'? I assume you are an unaligned supporter of the UAF from the tone of your post, and frankly, from your massive lack of knowledge and nuance regarding the area.

When you say 'well i'm an antifascist' you mean it in the sense that you are 'anti' 'fascism', you do not mean you are part of an antifascist group, such as antifa or WAG. They would not support your post, and I can assure you they find it deeply suspect.

The BNP were indeed chased out of Bethnal Green after meeting in the S&A a couple of years ago, the event was well documented in the local press and was a minor victory. It was the inaugral meeting of the local BNP branch which it can be assumed has not emerged since. Some members of all the groups mentioned were involved, along with others. And they would be totally opposed to the idea of hysterically confronting the pub. That you do not know about this suggests you are quite new to the area, which is fine, but maybe you should 'lurk more' before suggesting political campaigns for the area no...?

The rest of your three, consecutive, posts are pretty unhinged - way off the mark at the very least. Your assumption that I am an EDL supporter is nuts; on what grounds? That I commended someone for saying they were not the NF? They aren't the NF, or the BNP. The EDL is a right wing movement that far, far outnumbers both the NF and BNP in terms of street numbers, and it is entirely street-based. It is not really a political movement, its a broadly racist phenomena based on identity and young lads up for a ruck/aggy day out. That BNP and other far right groups can go on their demo's is like pointing out the SWP or or anarchists can go on anti war demo's. Its facile in the extreme, and meaningless.

The statements you make about anti racist groups with white membership, to me personally, border on a racist logic; at the last consensus, the UK was 92% white. To say that anti-racism should be dominated by minorities is exclusionist, and inversely racist. It is the very opposite of a left wing, pro unity and pro equality answer to racism. It suggests that racism only happens to non white people and only white people can be racist.

I'm going to leave it there. This is more than enough of my time.

Bill Stickers
- Homepage: http://www.libertyandsolidarity.org


Caution required

25.06.2010 07:35

We should be cautious about the claims made by the oP.
The Salmon and Ball is an old footy pub and over its time has paid host to all manner of hooligans and dodgy characters. However history aside I've seen the EDL in there once and I cycle past most days and have a look to check. We shouldn't be complacent about monitoring pubs where groups like the BNP and EDl have been known to meet even if these are isolated incidences and unconnected with the management. That however is a world away from the hysterical bullshit posted by the OP which seems designed to end up with the pub being smashed up ...and who does that benefit?
Unlike you anon I both grew up and live in Bethnal Green and have a good idea of what goes on locally.
Oh and for your information The Bnp tried to hold a relaunch meeting a year or so ago booking into a local church hall under an assumed name . After being asked to leave by the church vicar (who knows his antifascist history) they were confronted on the streets by local antifascists including a stewarding team who, after a frank exchange of views had the BNP "security" crew reduced to quivering lumps of jelly desperate to get out of the area under police protection. Not a uaf member in sight "anon" but genuine local based antifascists

eastender born and bred


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