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Local residents oppose EDL march in South Shields

Local residents oppose EDL march in South Shields today 31/08/2013.

Size of EDL demo - about 100 +

Counter demonstration size

Local residents oppose the EDL

NF supporter in EDL demo

NF supporters in EDL demo

Local residents oppose the EDL

Local residents oppose EDL march in South Shields today 31/08/2013.

'SEVEN people were arrested during a protest by the English Defence League (EDL) in South Shields today.

About 350 members of the right wing groups the EDL and North East Infidels gathered from 10am at The Scotia pub in the town centre ahead of a planned march.
Both groups claim they were there to “protect the inalienable rights of all people to protest against radical Islam’s encroachment into the lives of non-Muslims.”

Scores of local people public were in the town centre and there were boos and jeers as about 200 police escorted the march from Mile End Road through Fowler Street to Beach Road and down Sea Road.

When the march reached Pier Parade it was met by a rally of about 100 anti-fascist protesters who had gathered at the junction of Ocean Road and Lawe Road.' -

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/crime/seven-arrested-at-south-shields-edl-march-1-6003068

Video footage of one counter demonstrators arrest:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UjcpFVACZY

Anon

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31.08.2013 20:01

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31.08.2013 21:43

EDL member arrested, notice the police person to the left also on the floor

Counter demonstrator arrested

Local residents oppose the EDL

EDL starting to gather

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31.08.2013 22:26

everyone who joined the counter-protest

Proof EDL and (blatantly Nazi) NWI are the same

31.08.2013 22:51

EDL-NWI flag calls for release of "Diddyman" (Shane Calvert)

Luke Pippen (Welsh Defence League, South Wales NF, C18) + Shane Calvert

Proof the EDL and (blatantly Nazi) North West Infidels are part of the same thing (it was obvious anyway, but more proof still helps) - see flag

The full text on the NWI-EDL flag reads "Free Kingpin N.W.I. Diddyman" - "Diddyman" being well-known as Shane Calvert, the guy in the blue jacket, photographed in Swansea with Combat 18 thug and former EDL Wales organiser Luke Pippen, both in front of an NF flag. See link for more details -

https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2013/03/507472.html

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01.09.2013 09:02

excellent photos on here, wlel done to whomever took em. yet again the EDL outnumber antifascists. let's hope the same thing doesn't happen at tower hamlets. see you there!

Malatesta
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edl not wanted

01.09.2013 11:13

One of the best things I took from the day (apart from seeing a couple of fash get kicked in) was the way the vast majority of locals were totally against them. Obviously local muslims were vocal in their opposition but so were all the other south shields people. Young, old everyone was saying the same stuff - nobody wanted them here and everyone wanted them to piss off and never come back. There was even booing as they passed through the town centre! The EDL clearly recognised this by claiming to have 'conquered' south shields. Although this is clearly fantasy it does show their mentality. They understood they were the unwanted outsiders. Well done to all the good people in South Shields, you should be proud of yourselves.

sid

Tommy Doing a line in Pink Polo Shirts for the Angels? Kerching!

02.09.2013 15:10

When cuts are hitting working-class people deep and the NHS is being attacked by tories laughing at you mugs, with fascists in your ranks, then the enemy is clear for all to see. South Shields workers. defending their jobs and services know what you lot are about. Expect more hostility from working class people, who see you for what you are the tories friends. Now fuck off and die.

Alfie Noakes

UK Indymedia

Local residents oppose EDL march in South Shields

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