For the second time in a week, anti fascists protested at a fascist incursion into the town of Rochdale, last Saturday, Unite Against Fascism writes. Following a far from successful Britain First gathering, last Saturday, the English Defence League (EDL) held a march and rally, over this weekend. The fascists tried to exploit the issue […]
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Fascist EDL – not wanted in Rochdale, this Saturday, 29 July
Just seven days, after the fascist group Britain First held a hate gathering in Rochdale, another group of fascists, the EDL, will be making an incursion into the town. The EDL are, like Britain First, trying to create division by racialising the issue of crimes of sexual exploitation. Our thoughts must be with all those […]
A second warning for antifascists: thousands on the streets of London as far right reorganises
This article is reproduced with permission of the authors, Martin Smith and Tash Shifrin and first appeared on the Dream Deferred website on 24 June 2017 here. It includes their eyewitness report from the FLA march. Up to 5,000 assorted Islamophobes, racists and fascists marched through central London today, mobilised by a rightwing coalition of […]
On the streets again: ‘Tommy Robinson’ and the EDL reloaded
This article is reproduced with permission of the authors, Martin Smith and Tash Shifrin and first appeared on the Dream Deferred website on 19 June 2017 here. This post was written shortly after the fascist march in Manchester, but we decided to hold back its publication in the wake of the tragic fire at Grenfell […]
Update on anti-EDL protest in London, Saturday 24 June
The fascist Islamophobes of the English Defence League have called a march in central London this Saturday, 24 June. The EDL is seeking to scapegoat Muslims following the appalling terror attacks in the UK. We must ensure the EDL’s poison is countered. Last Sunday 18 June several thousand racists, fascists and Islamophobes demonstrated in Manchester. […]
No to the fascist EDL in London – 24 June
The remaining rump of the fascist English Defence League (EDL) are returning to London, on 24 June, Unite Against Fascism writes. This is just a few weeks after their humiliation at the hands of over 1,000 anti fascists in Liverpool. The supposed reason for their demonstration is concern over the recent terror attacks in the […]