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Comments
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Focus
15.08.2009 22:02
Edward Gerry Thomas
@ Edward Gerry Thomas
15.08.2009 23:34
ARA
toilets were provided
16.08.2009 09:21
I think some of these comments are just from ignorant fash trying to wind people up.
Doug
Who is that?
16.08.2009 11:30
Antifa-scist
@ antifa-cist
16.08.2009 12:25
Get it right
@ Antifa-scist
16.08.2009 12:35
anonymous
@ Antifa-scist
16.08.2009 16:27
The demo was good, our group blocked off a road for quite a while and fash were waiting in there cars getting annoyed. The fash got out of their cars but didn't feel like taking the demo on. Sure it didn't close down the RWB but neither did Antifa.
ARA
Thought it out
16.08.2009 16:32
Maybe the thought about what it would actually achieve and decided that it wasn't worth the protest, or just maybe there are other ways to try and reduce support for the BNP. oh i forgot the swp/uaf dont know anything apart from screaming down a megaphone.
plus standing with the swp/uaf can be risky business, a lot of co-operation with police and a lot more of people that would never support their fellow comrades when required.
I wouldnt want associated with uaf or swp actions, i mean what have you achieved against hte BNP over the last few decades?
Del
its not even an anarchist flag, and certainly not an Antifa England one
16.08.2009 17:52
bill stickers
@ bill stickers
16.08.2009 18:32
ARA
A few points
16.08.2009 20:33
Antifa is an idea, not an organisation.
Antifa England is an example of an organisation.
veg@n
Antifa-schism
16.08.2009 21:31
Antifa-schism
That was me
17.08.2009 11:48
Essentially, to explain, yes the flag is from the Antifa network. Before the protest I was in Germany with their antifa, and i got the flag from them (oddly, its the only english antifa flag ive ever seen) (to ARA)
I may have got it from Germany, but it is an English antifa flag (though obviously not one from the England Antifa organisation). Yes, you're right that in most other countries antifa isn't exclusively anarchist, however I am an anarchist. As far as i understood it, the black and red represent a coalition of the socialists/communists (the red flag obviously) and anarchists (the black flag obviously) (to Bill Stickers +ARA)
About the discussion about UAF tatics; yeah i was flying the antifa flag pretty much due to my dislike of the UAF, however, don't be fooled into thinking that that day was a mere a to b march. We managed screw up their first day by blocking alot of their speakers/participators, but yeah i agree that more could have been done; I was pretty annoyed that more antifa weren't there, there were like four people (including me) who could identify with antifa politics.
FlagGuy
question
17.08.2009 16:42
what does antifa mean?
paul thomson
@ paul thomson
17.08.2009 16:59
ARA
hmmm
18.08.2009 12:00
FlagGuy