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I'm off on a coach of PCS (the Public & Commercial Services union), UAF (Unite Against Fascism) and other activist types tomorrow morning to Codnor, Derbyshire, to protest at the BNP's 'Red, White & Blue Festival.'

After last weekend's aggro in Birmingham (the origin of which I am unsure of: I have only biased reports and the media to go on, neither of which I fully trust), and knowing people who have been assaulted by, and received death threats from, BNP activists, I am a tad nervous but I feel it is important that they know they are *not* representative of the British people.

There will be children at this festival, children being brought up by parents who believe the BNP's lies, parents who disguise
their racism behind 'concern about immigration'. Parents who want all non-white people removed from England.

Maybe our protest will achieve nothing but we have to try.

Assuming the technology works (or, in other words, the phone battery doesn't run out) I'll be tweeting for my union branch from the protest at http://twitter.com/pcs_euston

I've posted this before but I think it was yikesed in the pre-election shenanigans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QolIvfQEw

That is Nick Griffin explaining the BNP's tactics to a KKK rally. I'm sickened that the BBC didn't show that on Newsnight before they interviewed Griffin a few months back. It would have been interesting to see him try to explain his way out of it.

This is a document (.pdf) about tomorrow's event:

[Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator]

This is my union's website's information about it: http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/campaigns/myvc/stop-the-bnps-nazi-rally/

I don't agree with all the UAF do. For example I think that naming David Copeland (the Soho nailbomber) in anti-BNP campaigns is wrong. The bloke was a nutter and the BNP shouldn't be tarred with his brush by association. The BNP are bad enough for us not to need to resort to raising his name. I thought the egging of Griffin was counterproductive. Also, I know that there are elements within UAF who are not shy of a fight.

Overall the UAF have done good things though. They have united disparate organisations in a common cause, a cause which I will be joining again tomorrow.

Ach, I forgot to say, is anyone else going to be there?

No, but I'll be thinking of you. I wish you

I also wish you

Take care

Alsoran80

Thanks folks.

It's been yikesed.

I can only assume there is a racist in our midst.

Actually, it probably wasn't a person. I'd imagine 'BNP' causes some sort of automatic flag for the moderators.

Hopefully it will be back soon.

yeah , hope so whatever it was-

What did I miss?

MY IMAGINATION IS RUNNIGN WILD.... SO NO CHANGE THERE THEN

It was a post about me going to Codnor tomorrow with UAF to protest against the BNP.

for tomorrow young Roy

Yeah, good luck with whatever it is. Knowing you, it's bound to be worthwhile.

I mentioned my nervousness, how I don't think the UAF bunch are perfect and included a link to a YouTube vid where Nick Griffin tells the KKK that the BNP's tactics are to win people over by addressing perceived poroblems then, when power is gained, unleashing the real agenda.

I did say I was sickened by the BBC for not showing this video before interviewing Griffin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QolIvfQEw

Rich.

Ah, in that case, definitely , and well done, fella

Damn the lack of edit button!

I meant to say that I know the UAF *aren't* perfect (some of them are too fond of fisticuffs) and that using David Copeland (the Soho bomber) was a mistake. There's enough bad stuff with the BNP without having to cite Copleand, who was a nutter who happened to be a BNP member.

I missed the coach!

There will, however, be updates on the Twitter thingy courtesy of text messages and stuff.

Probably.

Isn't there any later coach?

Nah, they were organised by UAF and left at about 7.00.