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"Liverpool 1, Fascists F****g Nil!"

pinkolady | 22.07.2012 04:13 | Anti-racism | History | Workers' Movements | Liverpool

This was the phrase with which Alex McFadden, long time trade union and anti-racist organiser, summed up the result of this year's James Larkin march in Liverpool.

The march is an annual event and has been part of the Liverpool scene for some years. It celebrates the life and legacy of James Larkin, a trade union organiser and socialist, who was born into an impoverished Irish family in Liverpool in the 1880s. He went on to organise trade unions, and successful strikes, among dockers and labourers in England, Ireland and the United States. However, since the march which is named after him has recently attracted hostile attention from the far right , it has become as much about promoting the values of anti-racism and anti-fascism as celebrating the achievments of trade unions.

Last year, the march was attacked by neo-nazis, and they threatened to do the same again this year, putting messages online for people to 'mobilise' to attack the march. From what I saw, the 'mobilisation' produced about 50 assorted nazis and Orange Lodge members, of whom only five were female. The marchers far outnumbered them.

Clearly, Merseyside Police were worried about the possibility of trouble kicking off. For a 300-strong march, they mustered more officers than they do for an Everton-Liverpool derby match. But they still allowed a contingent of right-wing yobs to walk along the pavement within a few feet of the march and shout racist and anti-Irish abuse. There was a very thin line of police officers between them. When one of the marchers was provoked enough to shout back, two police officers pounced on him. He was very quickly de-arrested by a group of people who dragged him back into the crowd and blocked the police's way.

To be sure, the police did arrest some of the nazis, including one Peter Tierney. He is known locally for being the former owner of Quiggins, an alternative shopping venue. Once a member of the BNP, he has since joined the National Front and was their local candidate for the mayoral elections. I have encountered Mr Tierney on a previous demo. Let's just say he's a man who doesn't mince words; and that's what gets him arrested.

The march reached its destination outside the Catholic Cathedral without being disrupted or any of the marchers being attacked, which prompted Alex McFadden's succinct summing up of the event: a victory for the supporters of anti-racism. Except that, when the speeches were over, the anti-racists had to get on a specially hired bus to get away from the area safely. The real vicrtory will be when the racists don't bother to show up at all.

(Photos to follow)

pinkolady
- Homepage: www.carol-laidlaw.blogspot.com

Comments

Display the following 11 comments

  1. Actually — pinkolady
  2. How is this supposed to have been a success? — Jack Sparrow
  3. What a load of Shit — qwertyuiop
  4. Message to Alec McFadden and Phil Dickens etc — CB-radio
  5. A big success — Show
  6. too many assumptions — too many assumptions
  7. Sean Phelan, the IRA, the Upton train ambush and Phil Dickens — Shaun
  8. Destroying the Myth of Sectarianism.... — Dez
  9. Cairde na hÉireann Liverpool show their commitment to the peace process — Dez
  10. LIP-RFB show how much they "don't" support the IRA (Nov 2012) - — No Gods, No Masters
  11. Liverpool Anti-Fascists — As if by magic

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