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Stop the EDL in Stoke - 23rd January

Matthew Vicary | 17.01.2010 22:14 | Anti-racism | Birmingham

Basic background to EDL and the counter protests, details of 23rd January unity rally in Stoke on trent including travel arrangements

Anti Fascist protests mach in opposition to the EDL last year
Anti Fascist protests mach in opposition to the EDL last year


“Stop the Islamisation of Europe” and the “English Defence League” (EDL) a group of racist football hooligans with links to the fascist BNP are threatening to invade Stoke on Saturday 23rd January. Previous marches by the EDL in Birmingham, Luton, Manchester, Nottingham & Leeds have seen racist violence on the streets and Asian shops being smashed. We cannot stand by and let these racists attack any section of our community. An injury to one is an injury to all.

Islamophobia - bigotry against Muslims - is as unacceptable as any other form of racism. Its aim is to divide us by making scapegoats of one community as the Nazis did with the Jews in the 1930s. Today they threaten the mosque, tomorrow it could be a synagogue, temple or church. Today they threaten Muslims, tomorrow it could be Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, blacks, gays, travellers or any other minority.

Fascists have been beaten before by people standing united against them: at Cable Street in the 1930s, Lewisham in the 1970s and in Derbyshire last summer where black and white, young and old, Hindu, Christian, Muslim and Jew, gay and straight all came together to oppose the BNP’s fascist rally. Now we must keep Stoke a No-Go Zone for Nazis.

Stoke on Trent has been portrayed in some media as being a stronghold of the Nazis - with 9 BNP councillors - yet this is not the case. The BNP leader in Stoke recently resigned due to an internal dispute and Nick Griffin has announced he will not be standing for MP in Stoke, most likely due to strong opposition - as shown by the Love Music Hate Racism carnival held last year in Stoke in Britannia stadium attracting over 20 000 people to show opposition to racism.

On 23rd January Stoke will remain a fascist free zone! The unity rally will, as was the case in all other cities, stop the EDL from getting into the city centre. To join the rally from Nottingham, you can join us on the coach organised by Unite Against Fascism and Love Music Hate Racism - it will be setting off 10:30 in the morning from Maid Marrion Way and will cost £8/£5 concession. To make sure you have a seat you can book by calling Matt on 07849 392 842

The following week Love Music Hate Racism is hosting a gig at the Maze, Mansfield Road, Nottingham - Wholesome Fish will be headlining, with Sticky Morales and Aistaguca bringing different folk/gypsy/reggae/balkan sounds - 8:30 onwards £4 on the door.

Matthew Vicary
- e-mail: notts.lovemusic.hateracism@googlemail.com
- Homepage: http://www.lovemusichateracism.com

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18.01.2010 14:33

Anon


Unity demos will not stop the EDL

18.01.2010 16:00

I am glad that people are going to Stoke to oppose the EDL but you are kidding yourselves if you think a unity demo, miles from the EDL demo, penned in by the cops and forced to listen to SWP nonsense is going to stop the EDL.

The Unity demo in Nottingham city centre did not stop the EDL from coming into the city centre in small groups.

Keep mobile, keep out of kettles and use your brains.

Against EDL but not with UAF


EDL meeting here

19.01.2010 15:36

According to their website.  http://www.englishdefenceleague.org/100123-English-Defence-League-EDL-Demonstration-in-Stoke-Hanley-23rd-january-2010.html

Why do the police seem to be making them go to Weatherspoons? Shouldn't they be banning a known drunken yob group from having their meeting point in a cheap boozer?

Rod


@ matthew vacary

19.01.2010 21:47

why not cover peoples faces up with a blurring tool in a photo imaging programme, most computers have them? fair enough, people should cover their own faces, but anti-fascism has real enemies..........lets not help them by publishing our comrades faces in such a blatant way, maybe??

fuck the EDL.....they'll crumble soon enough.

see you in stoke, but not in a kettle! we'll be roaming wild, looking for small groups of EDL to target with eggs and bottles of piss.

anti-fash