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6th July 2009
Stop Britain’s Nazis: come to Unite Against Fascism’s national conference on Sat 18 July
Stop Britain’s Nazis: come to Unite Against Fascism’s national conference on Sat 18 July.
Saturday 18 July, 10am to 5pm, Manchester Central Hall, 4-5 Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1JQ. Get involved in the campaign against the fascist BNP in your area and across the country.
Registration costs £10 waged, £5 concessions. To register use our online donations facility and type "conference" in the message box - or send a cheque payable to Unite Against Fascism to UAF, PO Box 36871, London WC1X 9XT, along with your name, address and contact details.
Download an A5 leaflet for the conference from www.uaf.org.uk
The election of two members of the fascist British National Party to the European parliament marks a turning point in British politics.
Their presence threatens to normalise the BNP within the political mainstream. The fascists will use their electoral foothold to promote their bigotry in the media and whip up race hatred on our streets.
The BNP will also use its European gains as a springboard for next year's local elections and for the next general election. Neverthless, it is clear that the BNP's electoral breakthrough was acheived on the basis of low voter turnout.
A huge amount of anti-fascist activity took place in the run-up to the election and the fascist vote was held back in many areas of the country. The majority of ordinary people do not want to see racism used to divide our society. The vast majority of people are totally opposed to the fascist politics of the BNP.
We need to bring these people together and draw them into active anti-fascism in ever greater numbers. And we need to root anti-BNP activity in communities across the country, in particular Yorkshire & the Humber and the North West of England, with a view to building a campaign base in advance of next year's elections.
It is for these reasons that Unite Against Fascism and Love Music Hate Racism have called an emergency national conference in Manchester on Saturday 18 July. There will be speakers, discussion, ideas for action and a number of workshops, including ones on countering racist myths and on the media and anti-fascism.
If you are a student, trade unionist, faith group member or anti-racist of any kind, please come along or get yourself delegated from your branch or organisation.
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