Blogs Posts on "Anti-fascist"
ANTI RACISTS CLASH WITH SDL FASCISTS IN GLASGOW by Socialist Unity on Nov 14, 2009BBC NEWS Two rival marches in Glasgow have led to a number of skirmishes in the city. About 1,500 anti-racism protesters marched through the city under the banner Scotland United, in opposition to the Scottish Defence League (SDL). The SDL - an offsh...
THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN HOMOPHOBIA AND ISLAMOPHOBIA by Socialist Unity on Nov 5, 2009by Barry Kade I would like to see a reasoned debate about the complex intersections between homophobia and islamophobia, and the challenges these pose for the left. I think the previous thread about Peter Tatchell shows how theoretically impoverish...
JOHN MOLYNEUX ON “NO PLATFORM” by Socialist Unity on Oct 27, 2009Long term SWP member, John Molyneux in the letters page of Socialist Worker, 13th June 2009 ‘No platform’ must not be a fetish The position of no platform for fascists is important and should be maintained and fought for (» Letters, 6 June). N...
TIME TO RETHINK NO PLATFORM? by Socialist Unity on Oct 26, 2009We can take the claims from the BNP about the huge boost in membership enquiries since Griffin’s appearance on the BBC’s Question Time with a pinch of salt. They would say that, wouldn’t they? A You Gov poll in the aftermath of the programme sa...
Nine More Questions for Nick Griffin by Socialist Unity on Oct 22, 2009In addition to Sunny Handal’s 20 Questions We Should Ask the BNP, here are nine more that have come my way via Urban 75. Whereas Sunny’s questions were addressed to the BNP’s thinly-concealed fascism, these take the BNP up on their...
NOTHING BRITISH ABOUT THE BNP by Socialist Unity on Oct 20, 2009It is not often I feel that Tories deserve congratulations, but James Bethell and Conservativehome editor Tim Montgomerie, the brains behind “Nothing British” have found an issue that can seriously damage the BNP in the eyes of people who...
SEARCHLIGHT CALENDAR by Socialist Unity on Oct 3, 2009the 2010 Searchlight calendar With pictures from John Ferguson, David Hoffman, Simon Green, TUC Library Collections, Peter Arkell, Peter Dunwell, Adam Sorenson, Matthew Collins, Nick Lowles and a very small selection from some of the tens of thousand...
COMBATING THE FAR RIGHT by Socialist Unity on Sep 19, 2009by Salma Yaqoob, from New Statesman, guest editor Ken Livingstone BNP racism is becoming more open, more direct and more vicious. It must be confronted head-on. On any normal Saturday, the crowds flooding in to the Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmi...
NEWS: A Summer of Hate? by Religion Compass Exchanges on Sep 14, 2009When we look back upon the summer of 2009, it is likely we will remember the poor weather, the continuing recession and the political expenses row. However, this summer has also been marked by demonstrations: the G20, Climate Camps, as well as many o...
BNP ON QUESTION TIME by Socialist Unity on Sep 8, 2009There is a good article on this at Liberal Conspiracy by Chris Dillow The question of whether the BNP should appear on Question Time raises a worrying question for the health of our democracy. Matthew Syed thinks the BNP should appear, on the Milli...
