The fascist English Defence League (EDL) has announced plans to demonstrate in East London on Saturday 7 September. They have attempted to march in Tower Hamlets three times before. On each occasion trade unions, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, other faith, LGBT communities, local elected politicians and many more stood together and prevented them from entering the borough. […]
Posts under ‘Far Right’
Owen Jones is as bad as Hitler?
Jul 10th, 2013 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.Listen to ‘Far left as bad as the BNP, says Labour MP’ on Audioboo That there Owen Jones, he’s worse than Hitler. Well, maybe not worse but equally as bad. At least according to Simon Danczuk, the Rochdale MP who recently caused a row by openly backing the planned change to extend the aigning on waiting time […]
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Why French anti-fascists took to the streets last weekend
Jun 25th, 2013 by Tom Gill.Thousands marched in Paris and other cities in France last weekend to protest against violence by far right groups which claimed the life of Clément Méric, a student union and anti-fascist activist. Below is a joint statement by the organisers and supporters of the demonstrations: Fascism kills. Together, we can fight it! On 5 June, right-wing militants […]
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A challenge for the trades union movement
May 29th, 2013 by John Millington.Nazi saluting tanked up extremists who have sworn to rid the country of a religious minority in Britain, run amok through the heart of the capital passing within 200 metres of the House of Commons with a grand total of two police officers in pursuit. Going through all the possible opening paragraphs for a classic […]
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The Spirit of ’43
May 14th, 2013 by Mark Perryman.Mark Perryman from Philosophy Football explores a year when the tide turned against Fascism Ken Loach’s recent film Spirit of ’45 brilliantly celebrates the triumphant mood that delivered a Labour Landslide election victory at the end of World War Two and the establishment of both the Welfare State and nationalised public utilities. What is made […]
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Nigel Farage: the low rent Enoch Powell
May 8th, 2013 by David Osler.It’s something of a love that dare not speak its name. But Powellism has remained a major subtext on the British right for something like half a century, with the rise of UKIP marking only the latest incarnation of this ongoing infatuation. It may seem a bit of a stretch to compare a reactionary intellectual […]
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The ironies of UKIP are delicious, and a boon for Labour
May 5th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.The ironies around UKIP are endless. First, it is the Tory tabloids that fanned the public fury about immigration, welfare and Europe, and thus the UKIP surge which has so successfully split the Tory party between the modernising, hug a hoodie, Arctic sleigh, wind turbine on your house, gay marriage detoxifiers of Teresa May’s Nasty […]
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UKIP faces BNP entrism
May 5th, 2013 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.It will no doubt be a cack-handed operation, but entrism within UKIP is – apparently – what the BNP are planning to do. This from Nick Griffin’s “analysis” of Thursday’s election results on the BNP’s website. Join us – or do this! If, for whatever reason, anyone who thinks of themselves as a nationalist isn’t […]
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Di Canio in Swindon, the Dog that Didn’t Bark
Apr 5th, 2013 by Andy Newman.Mark Haddon’s book The Curious Incident Of the Dog In the Night-time was set in Swindon, referencing the famous dictum by Sherlock Holmes, in the story The Silver Blaze. Gregory (Scotland Yard detective): “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” Holmes: “To the curious incident of the dog […]
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Paulo Di Canio: We Must Prevent Fascism Becoming Acceptible
Apr 2nd, 2013 by Andy Newman.I was delighted at the response of David Miliband in resigning as vice chair of Sunderland after the appointment of open fascist Paulo di Canio as manager. Since then, Durham NUM have asked for their banner to be returned, up until now proudly displayed at the Stadium of Light: Davey Hopper, General Secretary of the […]
