On November 22nd, the EDL will be holding a national demonstration in Luton. The Antifascist Network, alongside many other antifascist groups, is mobilising to oppose them.
A previous EDL demonstration in Luton.
Luton is Antifascist! 22nd Nov
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Britain First Fascists Embarrassed in Rochester
2 11 2014Yesterday (01/11/14) was Britain First’s “National Day of Action” in Rochester, the town in which their deputy leader, Jayda Fransen, is standing for election. Despite talk on the internet of “hundreds of patriots”, barely 80 fascists actually made it, virtually none of whom were actually from Rochester or Strood. They were opposed and outnumbered by around 100 to 150 local residents and militant anti-fascists.
Britain First and anti-fascists in a stand off at the station.
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Stop the march of the far-right in Rochester this Saturday!
29 10 2014
Meet at the train station, Rochester, Kent, Sat Nov 1st. 12.30pm
As you may have gathered from the national media, a small political party called the United Kingdom Independence Party got its first MP recently by winning a by-election in Clacton. You may also have gathered that they are hoping to win another by-election on November 20th in Rochester and Strood.
Muddying the waters significantly are the widely-despised ex-BNP mosque-‘invading’ flat-cap wearing racists of Britain First, who are also running their deputy leader Jayda Fransen as a candidate on November 20th.
Britain First have become notorious for wearing uniforms like Poundland Moselyites, running ‘patrols’ of largely Muslim areas and ‘invading’ mosques as well as the shameless hawking of patriotic tat and exploiting the gullible to boost their social media profile through prolific use of ‘click-bait’ images. Their own founder admitted they were “overrun with racists and extremists.”
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Victory in Cardiff!
28 10 2014
It was a busy weekend for anti-fascists with people opposing the EDL in Leeds, Leeds AFN holding their own demo in Rotherham and anti-fascists joining a pro-Kobane demo in London opposing a Turkish business ball at the Savoy. However top news of the weekend was a victory in Cardiff over the ‘Welsh Alliance’.
The Welsh Alliance appear to be a new incarnation of or split from the Welsh Defence League. Their claims not to be racist are slightly undermined by the Welsh Defence League having been famously stuffed full of out-and-out fascists such as notorious Swansea Nazi Luke Pippin.
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Anti-fascist action in Cardiff this Saturday 25th
22 10 2014
Also this Saturday 25th, across the country from Rotherham in Cardiff, the ‘Welsh Alliance’ are holding a demo against all the usual things fascists don’t like – all Muslims, all mosques, all immigrants etc. The Welsh Alliance demo seems to be mostly being promoted by the English Volunteer Force who are apparently also speaking at the event. Having your protest against ‘Islamist terrorism’ addressed by people who think it’s smart to name themselves after a Loyalist terror group might not be the most obvious choice but that’s fascists for you!
Anti-fascists including South Wales Anti-Fascist Action will be there to oppose them.
Full details to be released nearer the time.
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Leeds Antifascists response to the Rotherham Abuse
22 10 2014This coming Saturday, AFN affiliates Leeds Antifascists have organised a public protest in response to the far-right presence in Rotherham and the abuse scandal that led to it. Meet up at Rotherham Town Hall at Midday on the Saturday 25th Oct. Follow the Facebook Event page here for more info.
The leaflet produced by Leeds AFN advertising the event.
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An anti-fascist weekend in London
20 10 2014
London Anti-Fascists on the Kobane march
This weekend was a busy one in the London area for anti-fascists with many attending the giant TUC march on Saturday and also an anti-IS pro-Kobane solidarity march on Sunday. As well as this AFN staffed stalls and held meetings at both the Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday and the Anarcha-Feminist conference on Sunday.
London Anti-Fascists, South London Anti-Fascists, the AFN and Dywizjon 161/Pozor Distro all had stalls at the Anarchist Bookfair, spreading the word and selling some excellent merchandise. If you missed your chance at the Bookfair, check out the stuff for sale online at Pozor and 161Crew.
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Fascists Have No Place in Portsmouth
14 10 2014While most of the morons of the EDL were in Birmingham, the Portsmouth group abandoned their comrades to have a demo about a Muslim faith school. It didn’t exactly create good PR…
Portsmouth Anti Fascists reported:
“Anti-Fascists easily outnumbered the 20 or so EDL in Portsmouth today. Even if they did have the mighty Waterlooville Defence League with them.”
It sounds like a lot of people just going about their business joined in telling the EDL where to go, as well as all the people who came out specially.
You can read more from the local paper.
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Well done to all anti fascists out in Birmingham today!
11 10 2014
AFN groups hooked up with Birmingham UAF, Birmingham Strong Justice4ALL, unions, community groups and many others under the ‘We Are Birmingham’ banner this Saturday 11th. People came out despite the rain to demonstrate in Victoria Square together, making clear we reject the EDL’s vile and divisive message. Everyone seemed to enjoy the live music and a chance meet new people. One topic that came up a lot was the Nobel Peace Prize awarded yesterday to Malala, a Pakistani schoolgirl and activist now living in Birmingham. Read the rest of this entry »
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Nazis in Newcastle
8 10 2014
Last Saturday 4th October, anti fascists in Newcastle opposed the National Front (NF) demonstration at Grey’s Monument in the city centre. The NF are white nationalists, openly old-school fascists, into Enoch Powell and swastikas. Presumably worried about anti fascists ‘jumping the pitch’ the NF organisers turned up over half an hour early. By midday they were joined by English Defence League, Scottish Defence League and North East Infidels supporters, showing the truth behind their online claims to hate Nazis. There were about 40 of them hanging around in all. Read the rest of this entry »
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