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English Defence League - Tower Hamlets

Discussion in 'General political debates' started by JoeBastard, Jul 26, 2011.

  1. JoeBastard

    JoeBastard New Member New Member


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    (New guy! Hellos I guess)

    This might only be relevant to people in the UK, but here's a few links to get anyone who doesn't know going:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_hamlets
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cable_Street
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Defence_League
    http://edlexposed.wordpress.com/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_Against_Fascism
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsnIm4c6cRg

    EDL are planning on marching through Tower Hamlets, a mostly immigrant borough of London. I've been following this with intent, and it looks like the EDL are looking to make this a big deal. There's a lot of words like "paki" and "muzzie" being thrown around, and they're calling this their venture into the "lions den". The EDL have been named as an inspiration for the tragic events in Norway last Friday, and there's a lot of neo-nazis associating themselves with this group (despite their claims to the opposite).

    Groups like Unite Against Fascism are planning a counter demo, and I'm sure the locals are going to have a say in this too. I'm wondering what other punks reckon to violent direct action against groups like the EDL? It seems that the membership of the EDL aren't as hardcore nazi as groups like National Front and British National Party, because there are people who claim EDL membership and seem to believe the spiel about them not being racist and just opposing islamic extremism. People disillusioned by the clusterfuck that is our government are turning to the EDL, which can turn very dangerous.
     

  2. punkmar77

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    Give them hell Joe, no quarter in the opposition to fascism.....NO PASARAN.
     
  3. vAsSiLy77

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    Roight and good luck to who ever takes the street against the scum, no matter which pretty face they pretend to show!
     
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    :ecouteurs: ^
     
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