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Breaking News: EDL demo in Brum is kicking off big time

Anarchist | 05.09.2009 13:55 | Birmingham

The English Defence League demo is kicking off

Just heard that a sizeable large mob of EDL are kicking off in Brum against a much smaller antifascist counter demo. More news soon.

Anarchist

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edl

05.09.2009 17:49

lets get these edl fuckers up to newcastle, we'll sort them out!!

ANTIFA

geordie

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8239818.stm

I'm not a fan of this group. They seem like a bunch of football hooligan yobs. However, I don't see how being against Islam makes you a fascist.

Rod

On their forum

05.09.2009 19:35

Haha! There's an ad for a Muslim dating site

http://s1.zetaboards.com/EDL_The_Forum/index/

Rod

Rod

05.09.2009 20:26

"However, I don't see how being against Islam makes you a fascist."

But you see how being anti-semitic makes you a fascist?

By all means oppose religious extremism, or even religion, but to single one religion out and claim it's worse than others is pathetic. They are all as dangerous as each other.

veg@n

EDL advertising Muslim marriage!

05.09.2009 21:33

EDL should think a bit more about their advertising...

http://infantile-and-disorderly.com/2009/09/05/english-defense-league-in-muslim-marriage-blunder/

Infantile and Disorderly

pictures

05.09.2009 23:39

erm, didn't think I'd ever be posting a link to them, but the best selection of photos I've found of today's are here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211414/Anti-fascists-clash-right-wing-protesters-Birmingham.html

surfer

Timing?

06.09.2009 01:10

The timing of this one on a day when none of the West Midlands' Premier & Championship football teams are playing would appear to indicate that the edl are indeed football related hooligans up for a Saturday ruck.
It's very likely that they don't have the nous to understand that they are being manipulated by extreme right-wing organisations attempting to incite racial tension and encourage Islamophobia.

John Tompson

Bunch of wannabes

06.09.2009 09:03

The English Defence League and 'Casuals United', what a laugh.

Basically a bunch of wannabes who havn't got the bottle to take on a real firm, so instead march around city centres, mobbed up, shouting abuse at people.

EDL - bunch of fucking time wasters.

Bristol Rovers Casual

Pro-Zionist?

06.09.2009 10:07

The most interesting picture from the Daily Mail report was the one showing the EDL bunch holding aloft the flag of Israel. What's that all about, then?

anti-fascist

Daily Mail are scum but they usually have the best pictures

06.09.2009 13:15

It's a strange fact the the Daily Mail are scum, but they usually have the best pictures on their website. They are especially good at getting pictures of people entering court, which isn't good if it's our side, but can be useful if they are scumbags.

And the Israel flag was weird. I assume it was just to wind up Muslims, not because they are pro-Israel in any way. I imagine most of them are anti-semitic.

anon

EDL2

06.09.2009 18:36

I first thought the EDL were right wing as well, then i saw their bnp tshirts, their nazi salutes, their hysterical stereotyping of muslims, their propencity to aggression, their crappy little skinhead followers, their lack of brain power, their inability to have a coherent argument....

and then i thought they were just a massive bunch of slighty-fascist dickwads.

won't stop me knocking seven shades of shit out of you when you come to Manchester...

although, I might get my shopping first....

Joe

Problem with EDL

06.09.2009 19:58

It doesn't matter how many times EDL say they are not right-wing, fascists, nazis or whatever the problem remains that they ARE playing the same role thats why people are getting upset. EDL is opening up a can of worms where blind nationalism, xenophobia and racism can emerge from. What is the view of the average EDL "non-political supporter" ? Basically they think that "our boys" are just doing their job in Afghanistan and Iraq. Well the truth is that "our boys" are killing in the name of big business and the ruling capitalist elites. They are murderers and they can either choose to stay as or leave the army. If someone chooses to go to afganistan and gets killed then its their business. They shouldn't expect every citizen in the UK to pay homage to them. Maybe the large contractors from the US and UK should be thankful, as its them NOT the Afghan people that are benefitting.

The EDL won't recognise this, they just drunkingly sing "God save the queen" and "Inger-land" and wonder why people in this country - black, asian and white - start throwing bottles at them. If the EDL honestly wants to confront Militant/Political Islam, then they should re-address how they are fighting it. You cannot fight a reactionary religion with equally reactionary politics.

Anarchist

Well said anarchist

07.09.2009 04:29

If you sign up for war, you get way. No sympathy from over here I'm afraid!

As for confronting militant islam, then simply confront militant religion. The christian anti-abortionists are as bad as islamic suicide bombers anyday for example.

veg@n

man beaten close to death for being muslim

07.09.2009 14:37

this is what the EDL and their ilk are wanting:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211556/Muslim-pensioner-brink-death-race-hate-attack.html

@ntifascist

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