Showing posts with label UAF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UAF. Show all posts

Saturday 25 February 2012

CLEAN GLASGOW'S STREETS.


          Today, Glasgow should come together to clean its streets, today the nazi SDL want to turn our streets into avenues of hate. This off-shoot of the EDL/BNP nazi groupings are not welcome on the streets of our city, a city that has a long tradition of stuggling for the betterment of all its people, a city with a proud history of working class unity. We can't allow this band of deranged dangerous nazi nutters to soil that history.



Celebrating Multicultural Glasgow
Saturday 25 FebruaryFrom 12 noon, George Square, Glasgow
Bring flags, balloons, placards & banners
Download the flyer here: http://alturl.com/4f9dr Facebook Event here: http://www.facebook.com/events/232093423552257/

See you on Saturday.

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       The Islamophobic and racist Scottish Defence League (SDL) has stated its intention to have a demonstrate in Glasgow on 25th February. It will be the first SDL demonstration of 2012. There organisations around the country have recently been attacking mosques, campaigning street stalls and trade unionists.
      Glasgow has a proud history of challenging prejudice and promoting equality. We oppose discrimination of all kinds. We’ve all worked and campaigned together for many years to build a successful, multicultural city where different communities live peacefully side-by-side. We will not accept attempts to create fear and intimidation in our community. The SDL is a violent, racist organisation. They should be opposed wherever they attempt to organise.
      We call upon all people, political parties, trade unions, cultural, youth, faith and community organisations to work together to unite our city and defy the SDL’s attempts to divide us and stir up hatred.
       The last time the SDL tried to march in Glasgow we saw a 3000 strong demonstration of mass unity on the streets.
Lets see that mass unity drive them off the streets again.

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Unite Against Fascism (UAF) is a national campaign with the aim of alerting British society to the rising threat of the extreme right, in particular the British National Party (BNP), Britain First and the British Freedom Party gaining an electoral foothold in this country. We aim to unite the broadest possible spectrum of society to counter this threat. UAF is backed by every national trade union, includes members of political parties, anti-racist campaigns, faith organisations, and a variety of individuals in between. We have no affiliations to any political party.
The fight against fascism doesn’t stop once we chase the SDL out of our city.
       We urge you to join UAF and help us fight that fight until the fascists are defeated.
For more info and to get involved:
web ~ www.uaf.org.uk

email ~ uafscotland@gmail.com
Facebook: UAF Scotland

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Monday 12 September 2011

UNITE AGAINST FASCISM - -SUCCESS.



        Unite Against Fascism is proud that the protest on Saturday kept the racists
and Nazis our of the city centre of Edinburgh. As over 400 people,
overwhelmingly from Edinburgh, joined the protest, we demonstrated that the
streets of Edinburgh belong to anti-racists.

       The hand written placard stating “We love haggis pakora” best summed up the
spirit that made the march so positive. The diverse groups represented on our
march, from LGBT groups to Muslims, black and white was a living example of our
city maintaining it’s proud tradition of welcoming all communities.

       As our march held the city centre the racists in the Scottish Defence League
and their violent friends were humiliated as they were hidden on a quiet
street, invisible to the people of Edinburgh. Instead of the mobilization of
500 they had boasted about bringing, less than a hundred made it to their
assembly area.


         And their day got even worse……
Some members of the SDL went down to a bar in Leith to drink after the march.
However someone called the police and the SDL were then held inside before
being bussed out.

Join or donate
We desperately need money to keep up the fight against the far right, please
join or donate at:
http://uaf.org.uk/join-donate/

And finally…..

Stv coverage
http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/news/269741-far-right-protest-passes-without-incident/

Photos from the demo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanbrown/sets/72157627520500767/

BBC Coverage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14861594#story_continues_1


Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Edinburgh-Against-the-Racist-SDL/243430722357693

COMING UP
Love Music Hate Racism Gigs - Sat 26th and Sun 27th November.
Sat will be a all Ska night with 3 of Scotland’s biggest ska bands "Big Fat
Panda" "This R2 Tone" and "Red2RED"
Sun will be Indie/rock with "Diego" "SaucyJack" and either "after me the flood"
or "Morris Major"
More information to follow.
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