Reports of the EDL attempts to riot in Leicester October 9 – 1
As with Bradford and other anti-EDL actions we will be putting up reports about the EDL and counter-EDL actions from various individuals and groups involved in the Stop Racism and Fascism network. This first one is taken from the Alliance for Workers Liberty website. Obviously all such reports do not necessarily represent the views of … Read more
Fascist BNP run out of town by the people of Liverpool
On Saturday 2nd October, members of the British National Party who tried to hold a stall to promote their fascist agenda in Liverpool City Centre were met with angry protests by local people and quite literally ran out of town. Two weeks before, when the BNP tried to hold a stall in the City Centre, … Read more
Spontaneous antifascist protest sends BNP packing in Liverpool
Today, members of the British National Party – including Nick Griffin – held a stall in Liverpool City Centre. They were, perhaps, hoping to show that they stood tall after their trouncing at the General and local elections. Instead, what it showed was the strength of antifascist sentiment in Liverpool. Within minutes of the BNP … Read more
Scottish Socialist Youth report on Bradford
From Scottish Socialist Youth website http://ssy.org.uk/2010/08/anti-fascist-strategies-tested-in-bradford/ We’ve previously covered the run-up to last weekend’s English Defence League march in Bradford. Despite a successful campaign to have the government ban the march, it was always clear that the EDL would come anyway. The “official” anti-fascist movement made no plans to take direct action to try and … Read more
Socialist Party report on Bradford
From Socialist Party website http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/latest/10146/01-09-2010/fighting-the-far-right-in-bradford ON SATURDAY 28 August, the racist and hooligan English Defence League (EDL) could only muster 700 supporters to their Bradford demonstration for what was meant to be their ‘Big One’. The EDL’s protest consisted of racist chants, fighting with the police, and amongst themselves. Several hundred, mainly local youth and … Read more
Bradford – Liverpool anti-fascist view
This view from one of our Liverpool comrades of the Liverpool Anti-Fascist campaign. Taken from LiverAF website http://liveraf.wordpress.com/ I went to Bradford with a few others from Liverpool Antifascists. It is important to consider what happened there. Lesson one is that organisation is crucial to defeating the EDL and strange and mixed though it was, … Read more
Bradford Report – from AWL
We hope to continue to post observations from other supporters of the SRF network over the next few days Hundreds of anti-fascist protesters blocked the English Defence League from having a free run of Bradford today, taking on and battering the most militant racists – despite no support from Hope Not Hate, Unite Against Fascism … Read more
After Bradford – The skids are probably under the EDL
The first of a number of individual observations of those at Bradford on Aug 28 By Dave Matthews, Notts Stop the BNP The EDL static demonstration in Bradford cannot be considered by any, even the most stupid and mathematically-challenged, EDL supporter as being anything other than a flop. Well under a thousand, probably closer to … Read more
Reports on Tower Hamlets protest against the EDL
We are putting below 2 reports of the events that took place in response to the EDL threats to march in Tower Hamlets on June 20th from 2 papers of some of the activists who support this network. The SRF network has not had the opportunity to discuss what happened so these are posted to … Read more
EDL sent packing from Cardiff
From Cardiff Communities Against Racism Activists The English Defence League “Double Demo” turned out to be a double failure today. Their boasts about having enough support in Wales to hold two demonstrations, in both Cardiff and Swansea, dissolved into two small protests of just a handful in Swansea and around 200 in Cardiff – only … Read more
