Anything and everything must be done to stop this. The bnp must not be allowed a platform of any kind. Their message must not reach the people.

Murder victims

It is fitting and appropriate that Greater Manchester Council have agreed to our choice of venue because two of the white victims of racist murder come from the city. Gavin Hopley was just 19 at the time of his murder in February 2002. The Oldham teenager was struck on the back of the head in the Glodwick area of Oldham after being chased by a gang of young Pakistani men. No one has ever been brought to account for Gavin’s murder. In 2003 eight Pakistani Muslim men were sentenced to between six and 9 months for violent disorder as a result of the attack. Then in December 2003, the last suspect to stand trial was acquitted, after a ‘witness’ came forward at the last minute after having remembered that the “suspect” was working in his Indian restaurant that night. Now Greater Manchester Police have announced that the investigation into the murder of Gavin Hopley “is now closed.”

Second victim, Lee Martin, a young soldier from the 1st King’s Regiment was savagely beaten outside a take-away in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in a violent racist attack. The 21 year-old had just graduated with honours at his army training camp in Catterick, North Yorkshire, and had received a Best Endeavour award for a solo mission into ‘enemy’ territory while fighting in Iraq.

His bravery earned him an extra week’s leave from commanding officers but within days of returning home to Chorlton he was beaten savagely by two men outside a take-away on Wilbraham Road. One witness described how the two thugs repeatedly kicked Lee’s head like a football, “as if they were running up to take a spot-kick”. Lee never regained consciousness and after eight days in a coma, he died of a brain haemorrhage at Salford’s Hope Hospital on Tuesday, April 13th. His killers still haven’t been found.

Nearly 90 white murder victims

We have mentioned here just two victims of racist murder but there have been nearly 90 white victims of racist murder since the publication of the MacPherson Report in 1999. The misleadingly titled Institute for Race Relations has published its own list of victims of racist murder and only one white victim is listed – that of Kriss Donald, the 15 year old schoolboy abducted from the streets of Glasgow in a random attack by a gang of Pakistani Muslims, simply because he was white.

The BNP sponsored conference will examine the bias of the establishment media in reporting cases of racist murder and aim to answer the key question, what can we do to bring about change in the media’s coverage of racist violence?

Date: 8 September 2005
Source: BBC News

Concert venue axes BNP conference

The British National Party (BNP) is considering legal action against a Manchester venue which cancelled a conference organised by the party.

The Bridgewater Hall said it had axed the event, scheduled for October, after learning it was organised by the BNP.

It said it had received an "oblique" inquiry but had not cashed any cheques.

The BNP event was to highlight racism against whites. A spokesman said it had been discriminated against and believed its contract had been breached.

'Oblique inquiry'

"They accepted the booking and we had given them a cheque with British National Party written on it," BNP spokesman Dr Phil Edwards said.

"Then we received a fax to say the booking had been cancelled."

The Bridgewater Hall, which is the home of Manchester's Halle Orchestra, said it had only learnt the event was being organised by the BNP last week and had consequently decided to cancel it.

In a statement, the venue said: "An oblique inquiry was made to The Bridgewater Hall. Once the nature of the event transpired the hall exercised its right not to proceed."

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And just to hack off our Nazi visitors here's some links:
Unite Against Fascism:  http://www.uaf.org.uk
Stop the BNP (Searchlight):  http://www.stopthebnp.com

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4227246.stm

this is a very old BNP story, the venue pulled the plug as soon as they realised who was behind it.

I don't reckon you got a cat in hells chance of having this meeting and this is a wind-up to platform the BNP agenda on Indymedia. What happened to no platform then moderators?

But why don't you ask about Nick Griffin about his old mate Col. Gadaffi! How many white people did Gadaffi allegedly blow up over Lockerbie? However, Nick was ever so keen to kiss Arab arse when he was leader of the National Front back in the eighties; why has he suddenly got hot about murderers with suntans? Then there are the over 50 people blown up in Bologna railway station, that Italian bloke Fiore use to hangout with Nick and he is wanted in Italy in connection with the bombing. So lots of murderous Johnnie foreigner’s with unsolved crimes among Nick Griffin's mates.

What happened to no platform then moderators?

Quite. Get on with it. We're not on some free for all website that's independent of any political slant here, our mission here is to advance socialism and destroy corporationism, which means keeping the BNP out.

I knew Lee who died outside the Revise bar. He was a great lad, full of fun but gentle with those weaker than himself, he was liked by everyone who knew him and loved by his family and friends.

You have no right to use his murder to back up your racist comments, Mark Wright.

I hear he cacks his pants too.

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Anything and everything must be done to stop this. The bnp must not be allowed a platform of any kind. Their message must not reach the people.
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"Their message must not reach the people"...

More evidence that militant socialists have as much respect for free speech and human rights as the fascists. Socialism/Fascism - two sides of the same coin.