Thank you so much to all 400 of you who came to show support at such late notice to our national conference held jointly with Unite Against Fascism. The main aim of the day was to discuss how anti-racists should react to the recent electoral gains of Nazi parties such as the British National Party (BNP). Our lively session – excellently chaired by Julia Barton from Stoke Love Music Hate Racism – featured the cream of the crop of today’s anti-racist artists, namely, Sam Duckworth (Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly), LowKey, C-Mone, Kid British, Baby-J and a last minute addition of Strategy (Broken English) stepping up to fill John McClure’s shoes who was unfortunately unable to attend at the last minute.
Tags: Manchester, North WestThe election of two members of the fascist British National Party to the European Parliament marks a turning point in British politics. Their election threatens to normalise the presence of the BNP in politics. The fascists will use their foothold to push their bigotry in the media and whip up race hatred on our streets. Millions of ordinary people do not want to see racism used to divide our society. These people are totally opposed to the politics of the BNP and they have to be drawn into the active anti fascist movement in ever larger numbers.
We need to strengthen anti racism campaign roots across the country, in particular in Yorkshire & Humberside and the North West, with the view to building a huge campaign base in advance of the local elections next year.
It is for these reasons that Unite Against Fascism and Love Music Hate Racism have called a joint emergency conference in Manchester on Saturday 18th July. There will be speakers, discussion and ideas for action and a number of workshops including – “Countering Racist Myths”, “Celebrating Unity Against the Racists – Building LMHR”, and “The Media and the Role of Anti-fascists”. We urge all our supporters and everyone angry and concerned at the Nazis’ electoral gains to attend.
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