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There are many more of us than them - BPP's massive mobilisation

Yorkshire anti-fascist | 19.10.2008 12:12 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles

The BPP's massive national mobilisation turned out to be a rather damp squib. 11 fascists (including a kid) huddled together outside HMV protected by lines and lines of cops. around 400 anti-facsists were joined by scores of locals who, on being told what was happening, stayed to say that the BPPs filth won't be accepted in Yorkshire.

For the first few hours the anti-fascists spent their time chanting, jostling for space, pushing the police lines back towards HMV and pondering where the fash were. A few people were arrested (according to the info I heard) and several people were attacked by the cops. A Section 60 was in place and cops were violently ripping of scarves and hoods and face coverings.

Eventually people began to decide that the BPP weren't going to show and those outside of the police lines started to slowly disperse. Rather luckily (in a bizarre way) the bulk of the people present were either penned in or unwilling to leave the people in the pen so the majority of the crowd were still around when the lads and lass of the vanguard of Britain's Race War trickled in.

Their 'handful of guys with a megaphone' chanting was completely drowned out by the chorus of booing and chanting from the assembled anti-fascists. After less than an hour they realised that they were completely wasting their time and asked to escorted away by the cops. A few people dashed round the buildings in time to see them being driven away in taxis (ironically by asian taxi drivers). The fash were booed and spat at but the numbers around the side weren't enough to get at the fash past cops with batons out. So far as I know, everyone made it home safe without any trouble from wondering facists.

Yorkshire anti-fascist

Comments

Display the following 19 comments

  1. lol — Watcher
  2. Asian Taxi drivers — ARC
  3. Good thought Arc — Antifascist
  4. Ouch — Split sides
  5. in answer to lol — saw it happen
  6. In answer to saw it happen — Watcher
  7. Failed again eh jeb ends? — LOL
  8. Lol you really are a wanker aren't you — I Hate The Fash
  9. to LOL — bruisedshins
  10. In reply to bruisedshins — Watcher
  11. Scraping the barrel — davos
  12. Well said Davos, also .... — Red Star
  13. Jackanory — Chinny Chin
  14. LMFAO — FFS
  15. Showing their true colors. — Tell the truth
  16. This lot tell the truth? — LOL
  17. LOL you utter fool — I Hate The Fash
  18. Wipe your chin 'Ihate the fash', there's still a bit of bullshit — LOL
  19. Lol you tosser, wake up and fuck off. — I Hate The Fash
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