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By S, Stoke-on-Trent LMHR….
The BNP have been preparing for their forthcoming European Election campaign and as part of this they have once again taken advantage of British history for promotional purposes. This time they’re campaigning under the slogan “Battle for Britain” using Second World War RAF imagery.
This has already seen the threat of legal action from Dame Vera Lynn, as the BNP are marketing an album of Second World War classic songs, including “White Cliffs of Dover”. Research has now revealed the album also includes contributions from black singer Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson, as well as the composer Irving Berlin, bandleaders Bert Ambrose and Joe Loss and comedian Bud Flanagan, who were all Jewish. A more multicultural mix than the BNP may have realised.
They are also using a photograph of a Second World War Spitfire as the main image for the campaign. If this wasn’t already overstepping the mark, hijacking such an iconic image for party political purposes, the Spitfire in the picture – “Romeo Foxtrot Delta” is identifiable from its “RF” marking as belonging to 303 Squadron.
303 was a Polish squadron.
It appears that the BNP obviously do not know or care enough about the history of the Battle of Britain to get this detail right.
It seems to be an odd choice for the party currently circulating local election materials damning the present Government for opening “the doors of Britain to the hudled masses of Eastern Europe”. [click the title of this item to read on!]
from youtube anti-fascist channel GHDF1
Robert Cottage stockpiled an arsenal of hand-guns, crossbows, petrol bombs, bomb-making recipes and chemicals and ball-bearings for making explosives and bomb shrapnel. Robert Cottage was described as “deeply religious”, although he was evidently not a believer in the Commandment “Thou Shalt Not Kill”, as this former BNP candidate boasted of wanting to murder Tony Blair and John Prescott. His wife described how his increasing involvement in BNP politics destroyed their once happy marriage. The police found a letter from the BNP chairman Nick Griffin to Robert Cottage in Cottage’s house, so the police asked Nick Griffin to assist with their investigation. Despite pretending the BNP are “opposed” to terrorism, Nick Griffin refused to give the police any information…
This week marks the international remembrance of the horrific events and times which have become known as the Holocaust. Millions of Jews, Gypsies, Trade Unionists and homosexuals were murdered in concentration camps across Europe because of their race, beliefs and lifestyles.
The Nazis used the poor economic times to grab a foothold into power during the 1920s and 30s. As we enter this recession fascist groups such as the BNP (who deny the Holocaust) will aim to gain strong links throughout Europe by way of scapegoat-ing minorities in a similar way to which the Nazis characterised.
London?
Around 150 trade unionists, students, pensioners and anti racist campaigners from across Greater Manchester and the rest of the North West gathered at Manchester Town Hall this Thursday (20/11/08) to discuss the threat from the fascist BNP in the coming Euro elections. Former Lord Mayor of Manchester Councillor Afzal Khan spoke of the need to expose the BNP for what they really are- a racist, fascist party hiding behind their suits to gain respectability.
By Tim Woodall, Manchester LMHR.
On Saturday 15th November, the BNP staged a conference at the New Kimberley Hotel in Blackpool. Their decision to congregate there was part of an ongoing campaign to target the North West in an attempt to gain support for Nick Griffin, who is likely to stand in the 2009 European Elections. This is a major threat to democracy. Consequently, Unite Against Fascism organised a demonstration that mobilised people against the BNP and sent a clear message to everyone inside the hotel: “Fascists are not welcome in the North West.” More than 200 people marched through Blackpool at the weekend. We walked in unison from the Winter Gardens, past cars full of people along the promenade – many of whom beeped their horns, cheered and gave us the thumbs up – down to the grotty, run-down hotel itself. Outside, a number of key anti-fascist figures made speeches, followed by united chants that really summed up why we were standing out in the cold on a Saturday afternoon:
The BNP is a Nazi party: Smash the BN
