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I - wk Winter 2010 December 5th saw the EDI. circus roll into town: a As usual, their organisers had already struggled to shabby coalition of cryptofascist populists, stifle the frequent outbreaks of racist chanting in fuckwitted Ingerlund lads and beergut nasis. They front of the onlooking media. But the high tension hoped they would have the run of the city, riding of day increased the strain on the already shaky the wave of jingoism surrounding a march of union between the pub patriots and their returning troops, and stamping their brand of 'respectable' organisers, with their aspirations of white-male-Britishness on the city centre. But movement--building and their quest for the approval there were plenty of local autonomous antifascists of 'England: love it or leave it’ types, stirred by who had different ideas, and the EDL were greeted the sight of the St George cross but repelled by the with insults, scuffles, abusive graffiti, banner sight of a crowd brawling with the ‘brave bobbies" drops and hostile leaflets. Before and after their rally the EDI, spent their Chaos reigned in the city centre as police poured time in the pub, making occasional trips into the resources into keeping the EDI. apart from our streets for bouts of unimaginative chanting. Here ‘welcoming committee’. Nervous coppers had already again, it was vital that they were made to feel spent the previous week despatching squad cars to uncomfortable. Ho thanks are due to the BAP who - take down anti-EDI» posters and pressurising local having early in the day contrived to march 200 ‘community leaders’ with s mixture of lies and "yards to get into the prepared police kettle, where Ythreats in order to try to keep antifasciste at they could settle into their time-honoured role of ihome. On the day our threats of trouble were still comfortably ineffectual official opposition - enough to ensure that the only people who had to proceeded to shuffle off home later in the day, endure the sound of the EDI. frothing themselves seemingly satisfied with having made their token ‘ into a boring frenzy of foot-stamping outrage were gesture. Up stepped some local youth who gathered ithe EDI. themselves, some mainstream journos and s in lively groups later in the day to chase the 3101, thick ring of cops, as their rally was shunted out around, eager to present them with s ‘physical lof the city centre and cordoned off. petition’ suggesting they leave town. A This enforced close attention from the cops - Among the lessons to be learned from the day is ; combined with taunts from outside the cordon - this: symbolic opposition is next to worthless, but proved too much of a provocation for many in their even a few people actively fighting back is enough crowd, and before long we were treated to the to totally change the character of these events. heartening sight of the filth and the fash at each If the EDI. show their faces again let's show up in other-‘s throats. This played on the tensions within numbers and make sure we get our point across the BBL, between organisers and the day-trippers forcefully. that comprise the bulk of their numbers. a nottingham review of antifascist trickery, scufiflesiiaind graft 5.1 - ¥-we =5. .. ~.- take action to smash fascism! 7 T 7 7’ 7 a i I ll" -_ I —-- Action Roundup 09 --"- it SIHG HEKBERS IF DROVES FEB 1 Bed White and Blue (RIB) festival organiser, David Shapcott, is serenaded in the middle of The two recent leaks of the BNPs membership the night by half a dozen personal attack list allowed antifascists to e xamine the part alarms planted about his property by fortunes over the intervening year By antifascists comparing names from the 2007 and 2008 lists 1 RIB host, Alan Warner, has his farm gates is possible to see that the glued shut and RACIST BHP scum’ painted on BHP is losing members at an astonishing rate his walls almost 60 left during the course of the year tingham, a reduction of 35$ BAR 1 BHP fundraiser in Liverpool attacked by antifascists with hammers who total vehicles and attack BHP activists Particularly badly hit were Long Eaton, E E Clifton and Carlton with losses of 45-60% of the membership The combination of a party APR x BHP activists in Leeds and Bradford receive that is unable to secure its members details night-time visits from antifascists who glue and sustained antifascist pressure has cost 1 locks, damage cars and paint BHP scmf on walls and doors BNP dearly x Two Gloucestershire fascists work vans The party has fared little better in have locks glued and a repaint Job traditional strongholds such as Eastwood, Brinsley and Ashfield where there are also x South Cambridgeshire BHP stall mobbed by significantly fewer BHP members than before antifascists who destroy their leaflets (27 fewer in 2008) A very small number of an have seen gains though - Cotgrave, Ripley an HAY x BHP blocked from entering European Heanor all have more BHP members than befor election hustings in Bath for over an hour and should be targeted by antifascists in the x Postal workers across the country refuse ture to deliver BHP propaganda, despite threats from bosses. Even before the partys latest headaches ove: allowing non-white members and the freezing x BHP election billboards destroyed _ ~ _ HI of the membership list, the local BNP were ix poor shape and their supporters were deserti JUN I Shrewsbury BHP activist, Alan Cole, has his them in droves A bit of extra pressure from union flag set on fire in his arden The G antifascists will help to send the BHP into burning flag was, in his words, "the final act of a three-night campaign of abuse... x Hick Griffin pelted with eggs at his victory speech in Parliament Square JUL x Alan Warner gets another visit Gates 3).. locked and DEAD NAZI' spraypainted on the wall 1 Hick Griffin has pint poured over him in Gloucestershire QUG x Over a thousand anti-fascists protest the BFP8 Red. White and Blue festival Attempts BTl'=s,issuesnickoiég\e. are made to block roads leading to the site | DCT x Griffin pelted with eggs in Lanarkshire H0? x BHP paper sale surrounded by antifascists in Newcastle Missiles thrown at fash DEC 1: EDL march in Nottingham met by militant opposition I-ledﬂatorsceive: *PZZA 1 Protesters at BHPs Trafalgar Club dinner IKXS in Ross-on-Wye attempt to block members *DOGSI'I'I' entry and pelt cars with eggs 1 BB? pull their Freepost address after only Illqluiasrpluendauesls a few months following sustained abuse and illegal activity from their political opponents. — _1