The London Evening Standard is running a poll on it’s website asking if the BNP should be allowed to be on the Facebook social networking site. Thousands of people have joined the UAF Facebook Group or signed the email petition, people from right across Britain and including many
MPs and the President of the National Union of Students. We need to people to be aware of this poll and show their true support for getting the Fascists Off Facebook.
Following an even-m0re-than usual rambling rant by resident Time Out scribbler Michael Hodges – which carried an oblique pop at LMHR and indeed any musician daring to support a political cause – Guy Taylor wrote an excellent letter in response which got the London listings magazines. Read on to see Guy’s spot-on reply….
Did you hear about the groups of tourists that descended on Notting Hill during the August bank holiday weekend to attend what they thought most likely to be something similar to a village fete – cake sales and tombolas – in fact what they thought would epitomise the blockbuster film, Notting Hill – in which may I add there is not a single black person? Anyway what they got was Notting Hill Carnival.
Love Music Hate Racism are loving the Toy Guns – one of the newest bands to get involved with the campaign and who recently played on the LMHR University tour and at our more recent Rock Against Racism gig at the Hackney Empire alongside Tom Robinson, Misty in Roots, and Drew Mcconnell.
Toy Gun’s double A side single is about to drop which features ‘Nice One Jerry’ – a track which the band say they were inspired to write after attending our annual conference in February where they heared a speech by Jerry Dammers in which he spoke about using your voice when it comes to fighting racism and fascism.
The video itself features footage from the Toy Guns perfomance at the Hackney Empire and Love Music Hate Racism and Unite Against Fascism posters along with great imagery of multicultural Britain – they also talk about ‘racist comments by the BNP’, ‘Nazi politicians’ and ‘a multicultural society’.
August 13th marks the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Lewisham ?
Echo and the Bunnymen, Little Man Tate and John Power (Cast/The La’s) have been announced as headline acts for this summer’s free Eclectica Music Festival in Victoria Square, St.Helens (midway between Liverpool and Manchester) on Saturday 11th August 2007. Offering a diverse combination of music genres, Eclectica is one of the North West’s most exciting, innovative, and up-and-coming summer music festivals. The event is being run in association with St.Helens Council, Love Music Hate Racism and the Citadel Arts Centre.
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