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Jack 9 | 03.09.2011 09:08 | Anti-racism | Social Struggles | Workers' Movements
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Protesting against Islamic extremism and Islamic terrorism is not racism!
03.09.2011 10:15
Protester
11.30 - Small numbers at Euston and KX
03.09.2011 10:51
Author
Hope not Hate say 500 EDL in Covent Garden
03.09.2011 10:53
Anon
@Protester
03.09.2011 11:32
Toilet Duck
All antifascists in Tower Hamlets be sure to distinguish yourself from the EDL!
03.09.2011 13:08
Stay safe and if any of the locals approach, be sure to explain who you are to them, we don't want things like this happening.
No pasarán!
Tower Hamlets ALARM
Tower Hamlets ALARM
Bullshit detector
03.09.2011 13:15
They've lost the streets, now they're probably gonna start making shit up instead.
"Its gone off bad"
"Muzzies kicked off and it just went off bad"
I hope the local 'muzzies' do kick off against these scum.
antifash
edl going to rbs aldgate east
03.09.2011 13:20
Look after eachother everyone
NO PASARAN
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My take on events
03.09.2011 17:56
Also heard about coaches either half-empty or cancelled in Stoke, Liverpool, Middlesborough and a lot of other places up north. Apparently Liverpool EDL only managed to bring 8 people down despite booking a 80 person coach! haha!
So, police said there were 1,200 EDL in total, although eyewitnesses and photos suggest that there were no groups any larger than 300-400 in any one place at one time. Because of the RMT, and because of anti-fascists helping sabotage the EDL’s planned meeting points, the actual organization of the day was a farce. No-one knew where to go when they got there, or where to meet, and basically wandering around aimlessly until the police could find them a nice quiet car park in Aldgate to have their shitty demo in. At the demo site itself, I’d say there between 500 and 700 of them, so this shows that they are a fading force and perhaps on the verge of splitting up into about 5 or 6 smaller groupsicles.
According to private EDL facebook messages, they had expected 2,500 people, after 2,500 had paid and confirmed they were going. So at least half of them bottled out at the last minute and made their excuses. Along with Tommy Robinsons arrest today, for breaching bail conditions, this has been a very bad day for the EDL.
At this point in time it is worth re-focussing on the groups Casuals United and the North West Infidels. These are likely to be the major splinter groups from the EDL. the North West Infidels are based in Lancashire and Yorkshire (geography isnt their strongpoint) and perhaps one of the reaons for such a low turnout in the north of england is that much of the previous EDL support in places such as Oldham, Halifax, Bolton and Dewsbury has gone over to the NWI. The NWI are openly racist and anti-semitic and are making links with the National Front and other neo-nazi organizations in the area, with a planned demonstration on the 8th of Octobert location TBA.
The Casuals United ones are a bit harder to find information about, but apparently they are unhappy with the direction that the EDL are taking and growing as an independent organization. They recruit exclusively from footie firms, dont plan anything on facebook, and are rumoured to be able to bring up 500 people onto the streets at a weeks notice. More organized and more violent than the EDL, but far less politically aware and definitely not a group that will attempt to stand for election any time soon. Finding out where their meetings are held and infiltrating directly is the best bet because they dont talk about it on Facebook and so we’ll need to collect information the old-fashioned way, by getting people to join it.
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I Hate "Hope not Hate"
03.09.2011 18:45
(A)
Geography and theology both up the spout
03.09.2011 19:40
As for "Protestor", could you explain the difference between Barelwi, Deobandi and Salafi? As you almost certainly can't, how do you know who is what you call "extremist" and who isn't, who is strongly influnced by Sufism and who rejects it? The truth is you know fuck all and just use the meaningless label "extremist" to attack and vilify ALL Muslims. You are an arse and a half and people like you are a much greater threat than even the maddest fringes clinging onto Islam.
Stroppyoldgit
Not posted by ALARM
03.09.2011 22:57
London Antifa
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