AFN in co-ordination with Berkshire Anti-Fascists are calling for a mass mobilisation to Slough to oppose the EDL’s first national demo of 2014 on Saturday 1st February. The EDL hope to regain some momentum after another spectacular decline after losing Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carol. We stress that the EDL may have suffered over the last few months but they are still an active threat to diverse working class communities.
London Anti-Fascists, South London Anti-Fascists, Berkshire Anti-Fascists and the Anti-Fascist Network invite you to join us in Slough on 1st Feb to counter the first EDL demo of 2014.
Yesterday evening’s demonstration against the EDL in Bristol seems to have gone well despite short notice.
A dozen EDL supporters outnumbered by police & anti-fascists
outside City Hall (photo: @Bristol_Culture)
The local Bristol EDL had called a demonstration outside a meeting that was to be discussing an application to convert the empty Jesters comedy club in Stokes Croft into an Islamic religious and cultural centre. The event was to be for members of the Assahaba Centre group proposing the development to “discuss the objectors’ concerns and provide a better insight into the Islamic faith”. Funnily enough no one objecting to the development was interested in this and the meeting was cancelled due to lack of interest from objectors. The EDL not interested in actually hearing about the Muslim faith from some actual Muslims? Who’d have thought?
This Tuesday sees a couple of late additions to your diary and a couple of opportunities to start the year as we mean to go on – supporting anti-fascists and opposing the racists.
Stop the racist EDL in Bristol!
On Tuesday the local Bristol EDL have called a demonstration outside a council meeting that is discussing an application to convert the empty Jesters comedy club in Stokes Croft into an Islamic cultural centre. The EDL protest is set for 6pm at College Green outside the Council House. Bristol UAF have called a counter demonstration for 5.30pm.
Anti-Fascist Action Ireland held a solidarity demonstration for imprisoned Swedish anti-fascist Joel Almgren in Dublin this evening (Saturday 4th January).
The EDL have changed the date of their Slough national demo from the 8th February to the 1st. So the national anti-fascist callout made by Berkshire Anti-Fascists has of course also changed.
Anti-fascists are getting organised to oppose the far-right on the streets in 2014.
Last time the East Anglian ‘Patriots’ had a demo in Lincoln, back in June, they were opposed by a resolute crowd of locals, showing they were not welcome.
On Saturday January 18th the East Anglian ‘Patriots’ are holding a demonstration in Lincoln. The East Anglian Patriots are yet another faction to the right of the EDL. Yes that’s right – to the right. Apparently the EDL which its founder left because it was infested with Nazis isn’t right-wing enough for them.
This isn’t Wakefield – it’s Bradford.
But it’s a better picture than any of the ones of Wakefield.
Report taken from Leeds Anti-Fascist Network
This was written by a local Wakey person about the EDL’s visit the other week. A wonderful read and probably better than anything any of us could have written!
Dear 36 year old man from Wakefield who got arrested. This is a rant what was written on the day – hope it makes you smile. It wasn’t published cos it is mean and grumpy and says bad things and because the label on the Yogi tea-bag said ‘be nice’. It’s really hard to be nice – lets drink coffee instead.
On Saturday in Wakefield the EDL held one of their booze fuelled ‘demos’ against some or other mythical problem, and Unite Against Fascism set up a group to counter this called ‘We are Wakefield’. As we live here and therefore are Wakefield we thought it best we show our faces.
Demo report from North East Anti-Fascists
Anti Fascists 1 -0 North East Infidels
A shouty far-right group, North East Infidels (NEI), aka Warren Faulkner, wanted to “ban the burkha” claiming their demo would be spectacular “Tomorrow sees the start of a new era …the NEI will lead the way ..we’ve just upped the game ….” – but it was a spectacular FAIL.
Around 130 SDL, EVF oddballs, fascists and Nazis (there were several Nazi salutes) met at The Clarendon pub in Tower Street, on Saturday for a protest march through the town centre against the use of the Muslim burkha in Britain.
Three days to go until the demonstration against the EDL and Infidels in Hartlepool and details are starting to be released about logistics and what to expect.
North East Anti-Fascists latest statement
‘Ban the Burks!’ anti-fascist protest in response to the fascist Ban the Burka event in Hartlepool on Nov 30th – location, time and transport details:
Saturday 30 November 2013
11.30am
Church Square
Hartlepool
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Anti-Fascist Network 