Counter protesters outnumber and block Democratic Football Lads Alliance march in Central London
On Saturday 13th October around 2,000 anti-fascist and anti-racist counter protesters blocked off a march by the DFLA, which was originally intended to go from Park Lane to Trafalgar Square.
Counter protesters, made up of trade unions and other working class groups, met the DFLA – who turned out about 1,500 people – at Pall Mall. DFLA marchers turned violent, attempting to break through police lines and reportedly making making threats to kill.
See reports and video footage on the following links;
Film screening of Exodus 1937
NorSCARF members and supporters may be interested in the screening of Exodus 1937, a documentary film focusing on Jewish communities leaving Germany during the rise of fascism. The film is being shown at the Potbank cafe within the former Spode Works factory site in Stoke.
See below for details. (Click on the picture if it is difficult to read!).
EDL cancels march but still plans to rally in Manchester
The EDL have cancelled a march in Didsbury, Manchester, on 20th October, but still plans to hold a rally. Here is a statement from Stand Up To Racism Manchester;
The EDL have called off their march on Didsbury mosque.
After growing and widespread opposition across the city the EDL have abandon their planned national march to ‘shut down’ Didsbury mosque. Council leader Ricard Leese, Manchester Cllrs Rabnawaz Akbar, and Ben Clay, were amongst the hundreds who signed a statement opposing the Nazi EDL march. Unions – including the PCS, NEU, and the GMB – opposed the march on the mosque.
The racists have been forced to abandoned their march.
Now they say they will meet in the city centre Manchester for a rally.
There can be no place for Nazis in our city.
#WeStandTogether against the race hate of the EDL.
Assemble: 12.30 Saturday 20 October
Piccadilly Gds. Manchester
Oppose the Nazi EDL
Unite against hate and division.
Called by Greater Manchester Unite Against Fascism, and Stand Up To Racism Manchester
To keep up to date on the details, have a look at Stand Up To Racism Manchester’s Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/ManchesterStandUp/
Read The Sentinel article via the following link;
No to the (D)FLA
NorsCARF members made their way to Manchester on Saturday 19th May and again on Saturday 2nd June to oppose the FLA and the DFLA who claim to be against all extremism but have had far right speakers and been promoted by far right organisations and activists in recent months. They openly promote Islamophobic events. Stephen Christopher Yaxley (better known as ex. EDL leader Tommy Robinson) has attended DFLA demonstrations and was recently given a platform to voice his racist and often Islamophobic views. On Saturday 19th May the number of FLA demonstrators was not above 100 whilst antiracists accounted for approximately 350 counter demonstrators. The FLA were static whilst SUTR, UAF, NorsCARF and many local activists marched along a designated route, waving banners with a clear message NO TO RACISM, NO TO ISLAMOPHOBIA and NO TO THE (D)FLA. On Saturday 2nd June (probably fuelled by the recent arrest of Tommy Robinson) numbers were considerably more for the DFLA, approximately 1,500 to 400 antiracist activists. However, the message was clear and repeated regularly by the various Trade Union speakers, Labour MPs, SUTR organisers and other ‘invited’ antiracist speakers. NO PASARAN. Against a backdrop of far right growing ambitions the message from both events is that we must ORGANISE and remain steadfast in our belief that we are right. It is crucial that we mobilise and counter the growing threat of this racist movement. The DFLA will be demonstrating in London Saturday 9th June to protest the incarceration of Stephen Yaxley (who is fast becoming their ‘political martyr’) Watch this space!
No to the FLA
Don’t let the racists divide us. Join the demonstration in Manchester on Saturday 19th May. Meet at 11 am in Piccadilly Gardens.
Fascist BNP rear their ugly head in Stoke
We at NorSCARF thought our days countering the Nazi British National Party (BNP) in Stoke were long gone following our successful campaigning which led to their demise locally.
At their height the BNP had nine councillors on the city council and described Stoke as their “jewel in the crown” but persistent campaigning against their fascist ideology by NorSCARF, with help from amongst others Unite Against Fascism, led to them losing their final five seats in the 2011 elections. See more here.
The demise was compounded the following year when local leader Micheal Coleman was found guilty of racially aggravated alarm, harassment and distress for posts made on his personal website.
The defeat of BNP leader Nick Griffin in the 2014 European Parliament elections led to the almost complete collapse of the party. Griffin was kicked out, and their presence in Stoke completely vanished.
For the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election they have shipped in racist David Furness as their candidate. Fascist Furness, who is from London, is the BNP national press office and stood last year as their candidate to be the London Mayor.
The racism and islamophobia of Furness and current BNP leader Adam Walker is clear for all to see. To launch their current campaign Walker posted, alongside praise for fascist parties around Europe, this on their website – “Thanks to the BNP, Mass Immigration is now being recognised by the people for what it is; an orchestrated policy of national destruction by stealth, a genocidal attack on all white people both in the nations of Europe and across the globe, and a facilitator for mass murder, terror and rape.”
As part of Furness’ London mayoral campaign he stated “I’ve been asked about ‘Islamophobia’ and explained that a ‘phobia’ is an irrational fear. Rational people are genuinely fearful of the hostility, violence and intolerance of Islamic extremists who have no intention of integrating, and are hell-bent on destroying our British way of life.”
We’ve shown it before and we’ll show it again – The fascist BNP are not welcome in Stoke.
