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Fascist EDL Football Hooligans To Invade Stoke on the 23rd of January

Communities United | 11.12.2009 20:41 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Birmingham | World

The neo-Nazi EDL have announced on their website they are to hold a violent racist gathering in Stoke on Saturday the 23rd of January 2010.



With a sizeable number of far right representatives on the council from the BNP, despite all claims to the contrary, by bringing their violent football hooligan bandwagon to Stoke, their idea is to forment rioting and conflict which the fascists are hoping will be blamed on minorities, increasing support for the BNP future elections, a tactic used by the national front nine years ago when they helped ignite racial tension in the Midlands and the North, paving the way for the BNP to progress in the ballot box.

The neo-Nazi EDL have announced on their website they are to hold a racist gathering in Stoke on Saturday the 23rd of January 2010. With a sizeable number of far right representatives on the council from the BNP, despite all claims to the contrary, by bringing their violent football hooligan bandwagon to Stoke, their idea is to forment rioting and conflict which the fascists are hoping will be blamed on minorities, increasing support for the BNP future elections, a tactic used by the national front nine years ago when they helped ignite racial tension in the Midlands and the North, paving the way for the BNP to progress in the ballot box.

Everywhere they meet, the EDL (WDL & SDL) always claim they are simply "protesting against Islamic extremism", and their army of trolls led by Trevor Kelway have conducted a major propaganda assault on online newspaper forums, posting reams of lies, contortions and misinformation centred around the rights of free speech, while playing down the obvious unpleasant facts about the organisation - the 90% plus of racist football hooligans in the EDL, it's strong but denied links to the BNP, and the many captured photos and filmreels of Hitler salutes, violence and hardcore racism.

Most damning of all, in a recent visit to Wales, EDL came out in their true colours, forty EDL Bolton Wanderers hooligans making massed Hitler salutes, capped with the theft and burning of an ANTI-nazi flag, behaving just like old-fashioned Combat18. Despite numerous photographic evidence, the neo-Nazi denied everything, just as they always do, giving hollow promises to stop their members saluting Adolf at future events.

With big-money millionaire European islamophobic backers supporting the EDL, there is plenty at stake for the racist orgnisation and its secretive aims, (whatever they may be), therefore the EDL acts like a corporation rather than a ragtag far right fighting gang in terms of PR and media spin, learning from the political subterfuge of New Labour in spinning a web of deceit and lies across the length and breadth of the internet.

However much Alan Lake and Trevor Kelway fret about the public perceiving the EDL as a neo-Nazi organisation, once their football hooligan footsoldiers are on the streets, after a dozen or so pints in fascist-friendly a JD Wetherspoons pub, the law of the jungle takes over, and their hardcore neo-nazis and dangerous soccer thugs very much please themselves, spitting at passers-by, making Hitler salutes, chanting racist slogans, throwing missiles at police and anti-racist demonstrators.

Whereas a bonafide commercial organisation can be held to account over its corporate responsibilities, like the BNP and the NF before it, the EDL time after time washes its hands of the criminal behaviour of its followers, via slick television interviews, incessant trolling, claiming time after time that the racism and extreme violence is the result of "infiltration" not just by other fascist grups but by leftwingers and anarchists, even though any anti-racist protestors of substance would much rather be run over by a ten-tonne lorry than pay homage to Adolf Hitler.

The BNP say the EDL are a state-controlled operation, and reciprocate the tokenistic "proscription" of their rival group, whilst key BNP members continue to be involved behind the scenes of the EDL. The EDL website was designed by a BNP man Chris Renton, and their website links to fake BNP charty for war veterans, Nick Griffin fundraiser "Soldiers Off The Street"  http://www.soldiersoffthestreet.com/ and plenty of experienced BNP personnel are giving them advice behind the scenes, but in public, the cherade of not linking each other continues for PR purposes.

Before the EDL visit, the BNP councillors on Stoke Council will be vying for point-scoring by speaking out against the EDL, showing just how hypocritical the BNP are, painting themselves as the good guys, and likewise the EDL will keep on reminding you via newspaper trolls that they are nothing like the BNP, as the war of propaganda reaches epic proportions.

One of the greatest lies of the EDL is that they are multiracial and antiracist, giving the impression not only that they might not be nazi, but they are an all-inclusive discussion group working with communities to tackle Islamic extremism. Alas! When the EDL's finest racist soccer hooligans leave Wetherspoons, the footsoldiers idea of speaking out against Islamic extremism is to scream and shout vile obsenity and insult against Allah and calls for all Muslims to leave the UK. As for being multi-ethnic, a handful of uncle toms reported to be five or six non-white heritage EDL members fails to lend any crediblity to this ridiculous lie. No matter how many times Trevor Kelway posts under a flurry of non-de-plumes, the sickening truth about the actual neo-Nazi nature of the EDL is plain for all to see.

Check YouTube, press photographs, blogs and EDL facebook accounts to get the true picture. Notice the extreme racism of official EDL members and organisers, and open support for Combat18, the NF and the BNP on Facebook walls, and hate remarks so sickening and extreme against Muslims, black and Asian people. Only a fool after reading all this could continue to believe that the EDL are not a violent racist,fascist organisation.

And yet the keyboard warriors from the EDL's misinformation department continue to plague not only local newspaper comments pages, the Telegraph and the Daily Mail, but Indymedia itself. Recent articles about the EDL's assault on Nottingham have been bombarded by comment after comment distorting facts and distracting threads from being critical of the EDL, inacting lies and distortions that Goebels' would have been proud of. Indymedia adminsitrators need to be aware of the tactics used by troll-in chief Trevor Kelway and chums, and to act accordingly, neutralising any infiltration of both straightforward EDl support and cryptic undermining of anti-fascist moral authority. Pitting anarchists against socialists is a regular ploy, pretending to be one or the other to destroy Indymedia through in-fighting.

Antifascists and antiracists, anarchists and liberals of must remain united against the EDL, and refuse to allow Stoke to become the national home of ignorance and race hate in a dignified and steadfast manner, informing people what the EDL are really about. Black, white, young, old, Easterm European, traveller, gay and lesbian, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish and Athiest, student, employed, unemployed, we are everybody and all, and despite the government's stubborn refusal to inact anti-race hatred laws to curtail this bandwagon of drunken soccer hooligans from wrecking communities under the premise of "protesting against Islamic extremism", we will send the EDL peacefully packing from our diverse and thriving city.

(p.s., please Indymedia keep this thread Troll Free, thanks!)

Communities United

Comments

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No EDL/BNP Trolls Please

11.12.2009 20:56


Please administrators keep this thread fascist troll free so it doesn't go the way of other infiltrated threads.

Trevor Kelway and co. can troll elsewhere!!!

THANKS!

Just To Add


oh dear

11.12.2009 21:34

Looks like the Troll Nazi has come out to smother any comments once again with a blanket of leftist rhetoric.

Kasier


Racism Sucks!

11.12.2009 21:45

So-called leftist rhetoric has to be better than racist rightist rhetorick anyday.

The nazi trolls do suck somewhat. Seems to be far more on Indy than five years ago which is a tad sad.

Trevor Kelway's a turd to say the least! He must have no life spending all day and night giving a bunch of fascist twats a good press!

What angers me is how the government refuse to ban the EDL. No wander some people believe they are a state conspiracy.

Mary Mary


fight on

11.12.2009 22:06

arguments, demo's,street fights and counter-propaganda...that will beat the EDL. dont worry. they're days are numbered.

forget the trolls,at least we know they are around.

frank


go away...

11.12.2009 22:18

with your troll signs. you sound like you are about sixteen years old. i would rather have everyones opinion represented. the only person I have a problem with is you.

please


Let's make our message clear.

11.12.2009 22:32

Let's make our message clear to the people of Stoke.
We need plenty of banners saying Stoke welcomes asylum seekers and immigrants.
Leaflets should be handed out in the thousands to local people, explaining how immigration has enriched Stoke's community, and how on going immigration will make Stoke a more vibrant place to live.

We need to get the message across to the local people our disgust at the recent vote in Switzerland to ban certain types of mosque buildings.
And how mosques are welcome in the multi cultural, religious community of Stoke.

James.

James


Some Censorship Is Necessary

11.12.2009 22:37

Problem with the trolls is when they pretend to be anarchists attacking the SWP as being useless, or vice versa. That's about being as grown up as a toddler. Yes, anarchists and leftwingers have different ways of operating, and it's debatable if UAF or Antifa have the most effective strategy, but trolls who try to divide and conquer are so unhelpful to rational debate, they ought to be deleted for the sake of sanity.

Indymedia was not set up as a playground for neo-nazis and racist nationalists. It's meant to be ALTERNATIVE. If you want reactionary attitudes, you have the likes of the Daily Mail. Allowing freedom of speech to freaks who abuse it is counterproductive and can lead to topic-blurring and countless distraction.

Thus some censorship is needed!

BB


if james above...

11.12.2009 22:41

....isn't a troll then he must be an absolute moron. nobody thinks it's a good idea to dictate to communities like that, surely?

not james below.


Please stop the muppets

12.12.2009 00:18

no muppets
no muppets

Nuff said

Muppet Destroya


UAF/SWP ARE useless

12.12.2009 00:20

UAF/SWP ARE useless, militant antifascist wrote quite few articles about it, its actually beneficial for us that people will realize that UAF leadership are bunch of wankers and they will think for themselves and start actually CONFRONTING fascist EDL, BNP and whatever other scum in our communities succesfully. Trolls here usually try to pretend that EDL is anti-racist group.

antifa


Trolls are terribly sad creatures

12.12.2009 00:22

Agreed! Some censorship is needed to stop far right tossers from posting pro-fash rubbish. Lovers of Hitler have Stormfront, and you don't get leftwingers trolling on there as it's a hardcore white supremacist site, so they should all piss off there, leaving sites like Indymedia for rational minds who pose sensible comments not designed to offend, anger or distract. It's not just treads about racism, fashion and racist government policy and the Middle East that bonehead trolls like to try to wreck. Animal rights topics too, and anti-militarism may suggest civil service trolls, but I'm not sure.

Im not saying we need to delete every bullshit trolling as we come across it on Indymedia, but there is far too much crap that needs to be removed from this site before it loses all of its credibility. Trolls have no lives, that is a certainty, as it seems to be fruitess pasttime comparible to milk bottle top collecting or trainspotting.



Bella


The EDL are Pissing In The Wind!!!

12.12.2009 00:38


The EDL are indeed muppets. Steroid-pumping, small brains and big-muscled racist bigots who would piss on their own grannies for a laugh.

After all, which army fights on it's bladder and claims to support British heritage and yet pisses on the walls of Nottingham Castle with GAY ABANDON, after the customary visit to Wetherspoons!!!

Wot a lot of nutzi nobs!

wottalottanutzinobbz


mosques

12.12.2009 00:57

speaking on the switzerland mosques.....

theire architecture isn't really inkeeping with the surrounding area. I doubt they would have got planning permission anyway (and they shouldn't of - why should a mosque be allowed to be built, yet other buildings can't?)

Max


Dear Max

12.12.2009 11:04

Local Mosque
Local Mosque



How exactly is this mosque not in keeping with the local architecture.

Unless you mean the bricked up window due to violent racist attacks. But thats because of racist thugs - who do not fit in with the character of the community - being allowed into the area by thick liberals.

Minarets might look out of place - but then so do the EDL.

Luther Blisset


UAF vs Antifa = BORING

12.12.2009 13:50

I agree that there are lots of good things about Antifa and that the UAF leadership are a bunch of boring, authoritarian, SWP twerps - boring enough in fact that they've got the single-mindedness and dedication to keep on organising the demos that Antifa then spend so much time moaning about. Until Antifa start calling and publicising demos, and getting large numbers of Anti-Fascists out on the street, I suggest they focus their hot-air on the common enemy rather than bitching about groups that fill the gaps in their own organisational short-comings.

Also, leafletting Stoke residents to tell them immigrants are welcome etc is basically doing the BNP's work for them - congratulations on the worst strategy ever!

What we need to do is go on the offensive and tell people in Stoke the EDL and BNP are riddled with Nazi traitors and that BNP policies attack the working class (BNP policy on abolishing income tax would end redistribution of wealth in the UK, and be massively popular with the super-rich) - not remind a community who have already been wound-up by BNP activism about their fears about immigration

Danno


Couldnt Resist

13.12.2009 00:43


Tis unfortunately true.

Sold Estroya


Dear Danno

14.12.2009 09:27

All the really sensible Antifa needs to do is to advertise the entire thing as a BNP gathering. Let the BNP prove that it is not - that is not Antifa's problem. Let One Eye run around denying that the EDL (three letters - part of the BNP's secret Education Damage Limitation campaign. It is only known to the inner circle....) are a BNP campaign to limit the collapse of support in the EDL target locations.


It might be funny to produce a nice little street map of Stoke with the EDL logos. Places to Piss in Stoke. With the BNP address (of One Eye'd Bottom) for further information.

Luther Blisset


EDL aren't Nazis - bless ;)

14.12.2009 13:28

EDL Nazi salutes in Birmingham...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9cOZ238-hk

EDL Nazi salutes in Swansea...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZCDm-Ex7tE

EDL Nazi salutes in Glasgow...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBWoHdaoXpM

EDL Nazi salutes in Manchester...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktjgruyxrhk

EDL Nazi salutes in Leeds...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG4nBWRb3Ec

EDL Nazi salutes in Nottingham...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1prQy5Ouhg

EDL Nazi salutes in Harrow...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mdwkJhGBBM

Proof the EDL was founded by BNP activists...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eeE9tJkdgg

Simon


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