Mobilise against the EDL in Luton, 5 February
As the racists turn their fire on anti-cuts struggles
MOBILISE AGAINST THE EDL IN LUTON, 5 FEBRUARY
The EDL is a racist, anti-migrant, anti-Muslim organisation – but not just that. For all its ludicrous claims to represent the “white working class”, it never misses an opportunity to attack those fighting back against cuts and ruling-class attacks.
During the course of 2010 the EDL has denounced the British Airways strikers, disrupted socialist meetings and attacked Swansea Trades Council’s May Day march. Now it is attacking student protesters against cuts and fees.
In a speech to EDL supporter in Peterborough on 11 December, EDL leader “Tommy Robinson” – a former BNP member whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon – said:
“The next time the students want to protest in our capital, the English Defence League will be there.”
Almost all school and most university students are working class; many of the rest are poor. Yet in classic fascist terms, Lennon attacked them as “students living off their dads’ fucking bank cards who have never lived a normal way in their life. They do not understand what it is to be a working class member of this community.”
Migrants, Muslim people, trade unionists and strikers, student activists… Who will be next on the EDL’s hitlist?
The EDL is organising a demonstration in Luton on 5 February. A number of anti-racist and fascist groups, in Luton and across the country, will be mobilising to stop them. The Stop Racism and Fascism will be there, mobilising working-class and student activists around the slogans:
- Drive the racists off our streets
- Black and white, British-born and migrant, workers and students unite and fight
- We won’t pay for the bosses’ crisis – jobs, homes and services for all
Please join our mobilisation! Get in touch! And watch this website for developments
