Boris cancels Rise Festival
really pissed off | 08.04.2009 22:53 | Anti-racism | Culture | Free Spaces
http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/johnson-under-fire-after-rise-festival-is-cancelled/20097324.
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Boris Out
09.04.2009 09:02
milli3000
Cutting public funding for party-political events
09.04.2009 22:40
It generally isn't regarded as a proper thing to do for local government to use public money to campaign against their opponents.
Ed
it isnt just about the bnp
10.04.2009 00:06
Last year Boris chose to brand it as celebrating diversity, and explicitly removed the anti-racist message and eveyone including the unions that sponsered the event were pissed off about that. He says they havent been able to get sponsership for the festival this year, the unions say they havent been approached.
Regardless, London has lost an amazing free event, that hundreds of thousands of people enjoy every year. I have always had a great time at Rise festival (used to be respect festival) and seen some amazing bands etc there, De La Soul, Public Enemy, Geregory Isaacs, Jimmy Cliff and many more.
It really is an example of music, fun and politics, reaching a massive audience, and is an example of all thats good in London.
Stokefest has been cancelled this year because of council bureacracy making it unworkable, and now Rise Festival too!
free festivals for all