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Demo report from North East Anti-Fascists

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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.

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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
TS24 7EX.

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Following their wash-out in Wakefield on Saturday, the EDL are trying again to muster more than double figures in Hartlepool this Saturday by the cunning strategy of inviting any old Nazi on their demo. So Hartlepool will unfortunately be an unwilling host to not only the EDL but also the North East Infidels and various other hangers-on – folks who quit the EDL because it wasn’t right-wing enough for them.

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Latest info on EDL meet up point and demo route.

More info from local newspaper on demo routes.

Leeds Anti-Fascist Network call out for Wakefield:

On Saturday 23rd November, the English Defence League (EDL) are coming to Wakefield to spread their racist hate and lies. We believe they must be stopped.

The EDL claim they are a peaceful protest movement against “radical Islam”, but direct their racist propaganda at all Muslims. Their members have been responsible for arson attacks on mosques and Muslim-run businesses,  violent attacks on members of the public and their protests are known for the violent and racist nature.

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Report from Brighton Anti-Fascists

Around forty comrades made the trip from around the country to Exeter to check out the last EDL national demo of the year (don’t worry folks, there’s still a few regionals to counter).

Perhaps ignorantly we’d considered Exeter to be a bit of a void politically speaking so we were pleasantly surprised by the size of the turn-out of the Exeter Together effort. Around a thousand locals marched into town from Belmont Park (accompanied by a slow funereal soundtrack of the kind more usually associated with a witch-burning).

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This information is from a long term anti-fascist in Exeter:

Details are now clear about Exeter on Saturday.

March Routes

Firstly, the local rag managed to get the details about the route of the EDL march totally wrong. They are NOT marching down Sidwell Street or the High Street. The EDL are assembling at The Locomotive on New North Road at 12.00 and it is our understanding that at 1.30 they will be marching north up New North Road, round to the clocktower and then up Queen Street for Rougemont Gardens.

The above map has both routes: ours in red and theirs in blue.  The Exeter Together route is straight through the middle of town. The EDL route looks like it is very near by and it is as the crow flies. However, New North Road is a main artery road that consists mostly of parked cars and heavy traffic and the combination of the railway and Rougemont Gardens makes an impassable obstacle between them and the High Street.

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This is a draft write up from North East Anti-Fascists:

The North East Anti-Fascists took their battle bus into Shotton to oppose the EDL. The very well policed events ensured that the opposing forces were kept apart.

The EDL had very very few people from Shotton on their event our clued up local said.

The Blackhall colliery socialism banner was superb, as was the anti-fascist banner and the anarchist banner.

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Re-blogged from London Anti-Fascists

On Saturday 9th November, notorious fascists and neo-nazi has-beens called a demonstration in support of the jailed leadership of the murderous neo-nazi Golden Dawn party at the Greek Embassy in London.

Over 40 militants from the AFN responded in a co-ordinated action to send a strong message to those attending or thinking about attending neo-nazi and racist demonstrations – that they are not welcomed and they will be opposed. The message was spelt out to them with a “frank discussion” before the demonstration. For all their talk of “smashing the reds” not one of the 12 fascists said a word, instead the sense of sheer fear on their faces would hopefully make an impression and knock some sense in the younger attendees that were present. Around 5 of the younger fascists were escorted out of the pub onto trains by AFN militants and told to fuck off home.

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