Category Archives: Anti Fascism

EDL Supporters – Friends of Racists and Extremists

By Guest | Published: August 29, 2010
Video Update: We often hear that the EDL protest the growth of political Islamism and extremism exclusively and non-violently. This man from the EDL might have reason to differ:
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Exclusive: Tower Hamlets communities unanimously reject IFE!

By Ziryab | Published: August 13, 2010
Having become sick of the IFE and their Islamist entryist tactics, community groups in Tower Hamlets have got together and issued the following press release: PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TOWER HAMELTS COMMUNITY STANDS UP TO FIGHT FASCISM IN ALL ITS COLOURS: The entry of the English Defence League (EDL) into Tower Hamlets to protest against a meeting at the Troxy in [...]
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Is this the “counter-Enlightenment”?

By bananabrain | Published: August 6, 2010
i’ve not posted for a while, mostly because of pressure of work, but there are a number of things which are currently causing me to more or less lose sleep. recently, i gave up posting on pickled politics, partly because of the level of personal animosity i was facing, but mostly just in frustration at my [...]
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Tatchell sticks it to Griffin

By Faisal | Published: July 22, 2010
Above is Peter Tatchell - the most principled, brave and tireless left-wing activist against hate crimes, homophobia, racism and anti-muslim bigotry, not to mention a one-man anti-Nazi movement – confronting Nick Griffin. Terry Glavin says: “Since the 1970s, the journalist and human-rights activist Peter Tatchell has been a singularly brave and principled voice for justice and human decency. [...]
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When Hate speech Trumps Free speech

By Faisal | Published: June 21, 2010
This is a very interesting article by Sadanand Dhume in the WSJ. Dhume commends Britain’s decision to ban Zakir Naik and criticises India for failing to do the same in regard to his record of hate speech. Dhume identifies two reasons why the Indian Left has failed to apply its own rules on the boundaries between [...]
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IFE’s bathetic response to the Unity Platform

By Faisal | Published: June 19, 2010
The Islamic Forum Europe and the East London Mosque have issued a riposte to the ant-fascist statement by the Unity Platform Against Racism and Fascism group. [UPARF] – “In defending the people of Tower Hamlets and especially the ordinary Muslims we do not have to defend IFE. EDL is attacking the Muslims of this borough and we [...]
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Tower Hamlets Community Stands up to Fight Fascism in all its Colours

By Guest | Published: June 19, 2010
An amazing show of grassroots unity in Tower Hamlets against the forces of fascism that seek to dominate it – be it the EDL, UAF or the IFE. The entry of the English Defence League (EDL) into Tower Hamlets to protest against a meeting organized under the auspices of the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) [...]
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BNP = British Nutters Party

By Guest | Published: April 15, 2010
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Has the BNP had a Damascene conversion?

By Guest | Published: April 3, 2010
This is a cross-post of an article by Edmund Standing **** BNP Leader Nick Griffin has issued a ‘Special Easter Message from the Chairman‘ in which he is now presenting himself as something like the Christian equivalent of an Islamist. Misrepresenting the BNP’s true beliefs as usual, Griffin has now attempted to create a ‘Christian’ smokescreen in [...]
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New Anti-BNP Blog

By Faisal | Published: April 1, 2010
The BNP is going through a rebranding process just as its predecessor, the National Front, put itself through in the 1980s. The white supremacism and the race politics  of the National Front, the BNP and whatever it is currently morphing into remains fundamentally equivalent. To highlight the mendacity of the real BNP, here is a new [...]
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