Beyond the BNP?
At the start of this month, Nick Lowles of Hope not Hate / Searchlight wrote an essay titled Beyond the BNP, The future of HOPE not hate1. In it, he talks about how the group’s “targets and vision have expanded” in the wake of “some fantastic successes” against the far-right. It reads as a stark revision … Read more
Militant anti-fascism and the Occupy movement
A brief overview of the ideas behind militant anti-fascism, and why physically confronting the far-right is necessary. Aimed at people who’ve been taken in by the idea of pacifism as an absolute, but specifically the Occupy movement and those camping at Occupy Liverpool. On the very first night that Occupy Liverpool set up camp, at … Read more
Tommy Robinson takes a beating
English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson was attacked in Luton. Photos have emerged of his face after the beating, showing his face covered in cuts, lumps and bruises. However, there is some doubt over who the perpetrators of the attack were. The Gates of Vienna blog carries a report that blames “Pakistani youths;” He was out … Read more
Booze Hound addresses Italian Fascists
Nick Griffin’s European gravy train took him from his Nazi shindig in Stockholm yesterday afternoon on to Rome last night, where he addressed a meeting of the fascist Italian group Forza Nuova (New Force). Griffin would’ve been most relieved to leave Stockholm as it appears that thousands of people turned out to protest against it. … Read more
The racist attack on Rhea Page
Nearly everyone in Britain, by now, will be aware of the actions of Emma West – her racist rant having earned My Tram Experience over 12 million hits on YouTube. Less people will be aware of Rhea Page, beaten unconscious by drunken Somali women who were screaming “kill the white slag.” The reason that the two have received different … Read more
Emma West racist tram rant accused attracts sympathy from BNP
FAR-RIGHT groups have hijacked the case of a woman accused of hurling racist abuse at tram passengers. Members of the British National Party (BNP) and the English Defence League (EDL) turned out in court this week to support Emma West. A video of the mother-of-two apparently abusing black, Asian and Polish passengers while holding her … Read more
Mosque arson accused’s links to far right parties
ONE of the men accused of setting fire to a Stoke-on-Trent mosque was a member of the British National Party (BNP) and English Defence League (EDL). Simon Beech was a serving soldier with the 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, based at Weeton Barracks near Preston, Lancashire, when he is alleged to have set fire to … Read more
The state and the “extremists”
On Friday, the police arrested twenty two people who were protesting outside the US Embassy. The group were protesting under the banner “United Ummah,” but were arrested on suspicion of being part of the banned Muslims Against Crusades. The demonstration was against the use of US drones in Pakistan. However it is clear that United Ummah … Read more
Asylum seekers and winter fuel allowance
Fuel poverty in Britain is a growing problem, with more and more people facing a struggle to keep their homes heated. This particularly affects the elderly, with cuts to Winter Fuel Allowance being part of the government’s austerity agenda. However, even as people die from this clear attack on the working class, the far-right are … Read more
