Stop the BNP 'day of action' on March 14th in Liverpool

The BNP have called a march in Liverpool on 14th March. They have never had a March in a major British city before. Last time they brought up around 60 members, including Nick Griffin, it is anticipated that they will number around 600 that day.

Merseyside Coalition against Racism and Fascism has called a counter demo alongside the TUC. We hope to bring as many anti-Fascists to the city on that day. We hope to raise awareness of the issue and send a message out that they are not welcome in our community.

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Keep Merseyside Fascist Free!

COUNTER PROTEST

SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER,

10AM, CHURCH ST (BOLD ST END), LIVERPOOL

BRING BANNERS, PLACARDS AND PEOPLE!

called by Liverpool UAF and Liverpool LMHR groups, supported by North West UAF

On Saturday 22nd Nov 2008, 12 members of the BNP were arrested in Liverpool city centre while handing out leaflets spreading their message of racism and hate ( racism cuts both ways leaflets) . The fascist BNP are planning to hold a demo in Liverpool this Saturday 29 November and are asking their activists to bring more leaflets !

We are organising a protest to stop the BNP spreading their racist lies in Liverpool. We are calling on everyone to unite against them and come to Liverpool and oppose the BNP !

Man attacked after anti-fascism demo

A man was attacked as he left an anti-fascist demonstration in Blackpool, Lancashire police said.
The protester had been attending the Unite Against Fascism demonstration when he was attacked on the promenade on Saturday afternoon.

A Lancashire police spokeswoman said: "The aggrieved, who had been at the BNP rally, was coming away from the demonstration along the promenade when he was approached by an unknown male and was attacked, causing cuts to his face and a possible broken nose."

Detectives are appealing for witnesses to the assault, which was carried out by a man in his mid-20s wearing a black baseball cap, black scarf and black top. Police could not confirm reports of a second assault.

Naomi Byron, spokeswoman for the Socialist Party, said: "We condemn this unprovoked assault. We thank members of the public and other demonstrators for coming to the support of these two peaceful young men.

""This will not deter us from continuing to oppose the far right."

Fleetwood Gazette
Published: 18 November 2008
Source: http://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk/latest-north-west-news/Man-attacked-after-antifascism-demo.4702644.jp

Demonstration against the BNP Conference in Blackpool

JOIN THE PROTEST AGAINST THE FASCIST BNP CONFERENCE IN BLACKPOOL
Saturday 15 November 2008
Assemble at 12.00noon

Assemble in the square at the top of Victoria Street, Blackpool

(near side entrance to Winter Gardens).

and then march to protest outside New Kimberley Hotel 585-589 New South Promenade, Blackpool, FY4 1NQ.


The British National Party (BNP) has announced it is to hold a national conference on 14th, 15th and 16th November in Blackpool at the New Kimberley Hotel. Last year over 200 people attended the protest called by North West UAF against the presence of these fascists in Blackpool. Local people including members of the council, hotels, trade unions, students , residents and anti-fascist condemned the BNP for holding it's conference in Blackpool .

In the run up to the European elections the BNP will try to spread its message of hatred and division and will target the NW Region in the hope of gaining a seat in these European Elections. We must unite to stop them.

We must show our opposition to the fascist BNP and it's politics of race hate and division. We must show that there is united opposition to the BNP and ensure that Blackpool is a fascist-free zone.

Unite Against Fascism calls on all those that oppose fascism to mobilise and attend this protest of unity.

If you are able to attend and also help with mass leafleting please email unite@ucu.org.uk or telephone 020 7833 4916.

Transport and coach details available from the National Unite office on 020 833 4916

Called by -North West Region UAF . Supported by: Unite Against Fascism.

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Demonstration scuppers BNP 'conference'

The Nazi British National Party’s plans to hold a meeting in Blackpool were ruined by an anti-fascist protest

Some 250 protesters gathered in Blackpool last Saturday for a lively and successful demonstration against an “annual conference” held in the town by the fascist British National Party (BNP).

The protest against the BNP drew in anti-racist activists, students and trade unionists from across the north west of England. It was called by Unite Against Fascism and Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre TUC.

Demonstrators met up outside Blackpool’s Winter Gardens before marching through the town centre, distributing leaflets on the way, to a rally some two miles out of town outside the New Kimberley Hotel, the venue for the Nazi gathering.

“The BNP is trying to give itself an air of respectability, but we believe that is a very thin veneer,” said Brian Gregory, secretary of Blackpool TUC.

“We’ve got the message across that we don’t want them in Blackpool.”

Stephen Mullen, president of Blackpool and the Fylde College student union, said, “We’re concerned for the safety of our students, many of whom are international students, or black or ethnic minority students.”

Other speakers included Weyman Bennett, joint national secretary of Unite, Alec McFadden from North West TUC, Pete Marsden of Blackpool Unison and Ruqayyah Collector, black students’ officer for the National Union of Students.

The size of the anti-­fascist demonstration outside the hotel easily outnumbered those inside.

The BNP had been boasting about bringing 600 fascists to the event, but journalists covering it put the real numbers at around 50.

Nick Griffin, leader of the BNP, later admitted in a radio interview that the Unite Against Fascism protest had deterred his supporters from attending the conference.

Local trade unionists are now calling for a boycott of the New Kimberley Hotel, whose management declined requests not to host the fascist gathering.

Despite threats from local football hooligan gangs and scare stories in the press, the Unite demonstration passed off peacefully with no arrests.

The protest was popular with local people, with one local restaurant owner making an impromptu offer of free refreshments for all those demonstrating against the fascists.

Source: Socialist Worker Online
2 December 2006

BNP conference comes to Blackpool

The British National Party is holding a two-day conference at a hotel in the Lancashire resort of Blackpool.

About 600 BNP members are expected to attend the event, at the New Kimberley Hotel on the New South Promenade.

Blackpool Council leader Roy Fisher has said the group are not welcome in the town, which is used to hosting party conferences.

BNP organiser Roy Goodwin said the party was just as entitled to hold a conference there as anyone else.

He denied the party chose Blackpool as a destination because of the strong support for the group in the region.

"It wasn't to do with the support, it was to do with the location," he said.

"People are able to come here from the North, and the South.

"Blackpool Council's not very happy about that, but we're entitled to hold a conference wherever we like, it's as simple as that."

Unite Against Fascism, a party set up to challenge the BNP, has organised a rally in Blackpool on Saturday.

Ketlan Ossowski, from the party, said: "We'll go on a mass leaflet of Blackpool town centre, and we will hold a demonstration outside."

The BNP has more than 40 council seats and is the second-biggest group on Barking and Dagenham Council in east London.

BBC News
Sunday, 26 November 2006