By Phil Turner, Rotherham Advertiser.
A FLOOD of support has poured in for the 6th September Love Music Hate Racism carnival in response to the election of two BNP councillors in Rotherham. A host of local bands are queuing up to join huge names playing at the September festival.
Daniel Trilling’s ‘review’ of the LMHR Carnival in the New Statesman was the loud sound of the point sailing way over the head of the reviewer. Leaders of some of the event’s main trade union sponsors responded.
DUBLIME BANK HOLIDAY ALL NIGHTER @ FABRIC
Huge line up, featuring:
Lee Perry Soundsystem & Special Guest (Live)
Dillinja (Valve Recordings)
Congo Natty aka Rebel MC (Live)
Caspa & Rusko (Dub Police)
Don Letts (Dub Cartel Sound System)
Sun 25th May 08
10:00pm – 6:00am
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Tags: London
Saturday 24th May 2008
Shrewsbury College, London Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY2 6PR.
Featuring Radio 1 DJ Greg James plus a host of local bands.
Tags: West Midlands
National March & Parade Against Racism and Fascism
** Stop the Fascist BNP **
** Love Music Hate Racism Carnival Hits the Streets! **
Saturday 21st June 2008
Assemble: 12 noon, Tooley Street, London SE1 (behind Greater London Assembly building, nr Tower Bridge)
To: Trafalgar Square W1.
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In the wake of the election of the fascist British National Party’s Richard Barnbrook to the Greater London Assembly (GLA), and of other new BNP councillors in other parts of the country, we will show once again that anti-fascists are the majority. The Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) Carnival at the end of April showed the mass multicultural audience opposed to racism and fascism and now is the time for the Carnival to hit the streets. Barnbrook must not be allowed to settle comfortably into his ill-gotten office, but must be resisted at every turn. Together we can stop the BNP from turning their GLA win into a respectable platform for spreading racist poison in London and across the country.
Keen to keep the momentum going following the tremendous impact this year’s Viccy Park Carnival had, and mindful of renewed if limited success for the fascist BNP in local election elections, LMHR have announced plans to take the Carnival to the North of England in 2009, ahead of June’s European Parliament elections in which the Nazis will again be aiming to do well. There will also be a major LMHR event in Yorkshire this summer. John McClure aka The Reverend of Sheffield’s Reverend and The Makers is working with LMHR on an exciting lineup of top acts from the region, to hammer home the message that many thousands of people in Yorkshire want to rid their area of racism and fascists like the BNP. The Rev announced the Yorkshire event in this week’s NME in an excellent article on the BNP’s results in the May elections, alongside a piece by Babyshambles’ Drew McConnell analysing the London elections and the need to keep up the fight against racism and fascism. More details will be announced shortly.
