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Counter-protest against the NF, Swansea, 9 March 2013

Tonypandy | 26.02.2013 03:10 | Anti-racism | Wales

South Wales NF are planning a "White Pride World Wide" demo, to take place in Swansea on 9 March 2013. Although the publicity pretends the demo is against racial discrimination directed at whites, it's organised by Hitler-worshipping Nazis Bryan & David Powell, and as such insults all Welsh people who fought during WW2 and the Spanish Civil War, and the 230 people who were murdered and 400 people who were injured by Hitler's Luftwaffe during the Swansea Blitz.

9 March demo publicity, on the SWNF website
9 March demo publicity, on the SWNF website

9 March demo publicity, enlarged
9 March demo publicity, enlarged

WDL demo, Swansea, 17 Oct 2009 - note flag & banners
WDL demo, Swansea, 17 Oct 2009 - note flag & banners

The same WDL flag & banners + Nazi salutes
The same WDL flag & banners + Nazi salutes

Powell brothers (right, with moustaches), Swansea demo, 17 Oct 2009
Powell brothers (right, with moustaches), Swansea demo, 17 Oct 2009

Bryan Powell Nazi Salute
Bryan Powell Nazi Salute

Bryan Powell (baseball cap) stewarding EDL demo, London, 5 March 2010 (2 photos)
Bryan Powell (baseball cap) stewarding EDL demo, London, 5 March 2010 (2 photos)

Powell brothers (Swastika shirts) with Wayne Baldwin (Swastika tattoo)
Powell brothers (Swastika shirts) with Wayne Baldwin (Swastika tattoo)

David Powell's collection of SS knives
David Powell's collection of SS knives


South Wales National Front are planning a "White Pride World Wide" demo, to take place in Swansea on 9 March 2013. Although their publicity pretends the demo is against racial discrimination directed at whites, it's organised by Hitler-worshipping (and nearly identical) Nazi brothers Bryan & David Powell (of Morriston, Swansea), and as such the demo insults all the families of Welsh people who fought and died during WW2 and the Spanish Civil War, and the families of the 230 people who were murdered and the 400 people who were injured by Hitler's Luftwaffe during the Swansea Blitz.

The Powell brothers became notorious after being photographed among the Sieg Heiling Nazis of (Casuals United founder) Jeff Marsh's EDL branch the Welsh Defence League, during the WDL demo in Swansea, 17 Oct 2009; but, after the Powells had been exposed as Nazis, the EDL still chose Bryan Powell to steward an EDL march in London, 5 March 2010.

Since the WDL collapsed after being exposed as Nazis, the Powell brothers founded the South Wales NF group, with Bryan also playing in a godawful folk band Waredigaeth ("Deliverance"), alongside banjo teacher and ex-WDL goon Chris Lewis (aka Criss Lewis, aka Banjo Lewis, last known address Pontarddulais, Swansea), at the SWNF Xmas Party and at the Nazi organisation Blood & Honour's last social in (literally) an old shed on the outskirts of London.

Although in practice SWNF consists of little more than the Powell family and at best a couple of dozen friends (Chris Lewis, Luke Pippen, Steven White, Ken Davies, Wayne Baldwin and former BNP candidate Sion Owens etc) the Swansea demo is likely to draw supporters from the North West Infidels, England's Golden Dawn, Casuals United and other Fascists who've advertised the demo on their Facebook pages etc. Although the NF demo isn't likely to be well attended, if we can't beat Fascists when they're weak, we definitely won't beat them when they're strong, and making a strong show of opposition to these Nazis sends an important message to Fascists across the UK and overseas and to figures in the right-wing establishment who might be considering whether they can work with these thugs (Fascists have often been used for strike-breaking in industrial disputes, for instance).

Exact details of the "White Pride World Wide" demo have yet to be announced, so the National Campaign Against Fees & Cuts say the "counter-demo will take place starting in Castle Square, Swansea at 11am, but details will be updated as new facts emerge"...

 http://anticuts.com/2013/02/23/we-will-fight-the-neo-nazis-in-swansea-on-march-9th-ccafc/

 https://www.facebook.com/events/113020642216513/

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swansea_Blitz

All photos hacked from social media websites

Tonypandy

Comments

Display the following 21 comments

  1. More proof the Welsh Defence League were Nazis — Tony
  2. Bryan Powell with Nick Griffin — Tony
  3. Luke Pippen — T3
  4. Beth!!! — Longbow.
  5. troll bugle above — Malatesta
  6. @pretend Malatesta. — anonymous
  7. @ Longbow — Luigi
  8. LONGBOW — ON THE FUCKING STRONGBOW, CASUALS TROLL!
  9. Nice you're trolling again, Jeff / Joe — Antimarshist Action
  10. Fuck The NF — Fuck All The Nutzi Scum Throughout The World!
  11. Antisemitism — HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
  12. Creating fascism...and other useful defences. — Longbow
  13. CHECK OUT THE BIG SALE - SORRY, SELL-OUT, IN MANCHESTER THIS SATURDAY — BRITISH FASCISTS SELL OUT IN MANCHESTER!
  14. Qualified To Be In The EDL — SLATEDL
  15. Manchester Nazi Sell-Out — BRING IT ON!
  16. EDL Leadership Excited About Attending Manchester — UNITE THE SHITE - BRING IT ON!
  17. Longbow... Strongbow more like — Broadsword
  18. @Broadsword — Made in Wales
  19. @Made in Wales — Broadcast
  20. WDL at todays demo — Bagger
  21. powell brothers — truthseeker28
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