On Saturday 30th August the South East Alliance – a small splinter group of the EDL who have developed an unhealthy obsession with North West London – returned for the third time to Cricklewood. They were protesting about the presence in the area of what they allege to be offices of Egypt’s ex-governing party the Muslim Brotherhood.
However, being a bunch a swastika-waving, seig-heiling fascist goons, they weren’t going to be allowed to parade around and abuse people unopposed.
North West London United is a broad community mobilisation that was set up to oppose the fascists’ last visit to the area. NWLU organised at quite short notice to oppose the SEA but still managed to distribute thousands of leaflets, stick posters up all over NW London, and speak to countless locals.
The result was that a pitiful 20 or so SEA were outnumbered 10 to 1 by a united group of local anti-fascists. To muster their 20, they were forced to bring in supporters from as far away as Scotland. One wonders how on earth they think it’s worth it…
The fascists were prevented from reaching their objective – the shop which supposedly hosts the Muslim Brotherhood. They didn’t get to march and ended up surrounded by police and quite fittingly outside a funeral parlour.
To top it all SEA leader Paul Prodmorou tried to break past police lines to reach laughing anti-fascists and was arrested. And the fascists once again needed protecting and escorting away by the police.
3-0 at home to the anti-fascists! Let’s hope they don’t come back! But if they do we’ll be ready!
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EDL demo in Colchester cancelled
In case you didn’t already know via our twitter feed or Facebook, the planned EDL demo in Colchester for which Essex Anti-Fascists had been mobilising along with other groups has been called off by the EDL. This is the second time they have pulled out of a planned demo in the town.
After anti-fascists opposed their exploitative demo on the anniversary of Lee Rigby’s death, the fascists have been threatening furious vengeance on the people of Colchester who opposed them.
Their original publicity stated “it’s time to let the dogs loose” against “the fascists of the left”
Apparently they thought this was all a great idea in a town that had just seen a woman in traditional Islamic dress knifed to death in broad daylight.
Anyway, for the meantime Colchester doesn’t have to endure fascists marching through the streets and Essex Anti-fascists and Colchester TUC can put their plans on hold. Unfortunately the threat posed by “the fascists of the left” appears to have been forgotten by the EDL in their excitement about the horrible sexual exploitation revelations in Rotherham, which has allowed them to shift their attention back to their primary focus – Muslims who they can demonise and blame for the actions of a few.
The EDL have announced demonstrations in Rotherham on the 13th September and atDowning Street on 20th September. There will be an anti-fascist opposition to both.
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