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Bradford: a disaster for racist ‘English Defence League’ (4 Sep 2010, #2217)
The English Defence League’s “Big One” in Bradford last Saturday was an utter humiliation for the racist group

Where next for the campaign to stop the EDL? (4 Sep 2010, #2217)
The EDL suffered a setback in Bradford

How do we stop the English Defence League? (28 Aug 2010, #2216)
The racist English Defence League (EDL), which demonstrates in Bradford this Saturday is part of a wider network of racists and fascists

Bradford against the EDL - coverage as it happens (28 Aug 2010, #2216)
Socialist Worker will be providing news and pictures of the protests against the racist English Defence League (EDL) in Bradford today (see below)

Six Bradford councillors back ‘We are Bradford’ event against English Defence League (28 Aug 2010, #2216)
Six Bradford councillors have announced that they are backing the We are Bradford event to oppose the racist English Defence League this Saturday 28 August

Movement on trial on 7 September (28 Aug 2010, #2216)
Anti-fascist activists will gather outside a London court to show their support for Unite Against Fascism (UAF) national officer Martin Smith as he stands trial next month

Racist thugs out of Bradford (28 Aug 2010, #2216)
The racist English Defence League (EDL) is not welcome in Bradford

Stop the racist English Defence League in Bradford (21 Aug 2010, #2215)
Ban or no ban, we will stand together to defend the city on 28 August, writes Mark L Thomas

Turmoil in the BNP (21 Aug 2010, #2215)
Richard Barnbrook, the fascist BNP’s only member on the London Assembly, has resigned the party’s whip to sit as an independent

Protest against the racist EDL in Bradford (14 Aug 2010, #2214)
Mahmoona Begum and Tariq Mehmood argue that we must demonstrate, and that we cannot simply rely on the police to stop the EDL

The price we would pay if there was no protest in Bradford (14 Aug 2010, #2214)
How should we respond to the racist English Defence League’s (EDL) threat to march in Bradford?

Nazis and police provoked the Bradford riot of 2001 (14 Aug 2010, #2214)
The shadow of what happened in 2001 still hangs over Bradford

Defend anti-fascist Martin Smith (14 Aug 2010, #2214)
Leading anti-fascist campaigner Martin Smith is to appear in court on Tuesday 7 September

It is right to march against the racist EDL (7 Aug 2010, #2213)
Racist and fascist thugs are planning to descend on Bradford over the August bank holiday weekend

EDL rampage after failure in Dudley (24 Jul 2010, #2211)
The English Defence League’s (EDL) hopes for a morale boosting success in Dudley were sorely disappointed last Saturday

Join protest at court to demand justice for Martin Smith (7 Aug 2010, #2213)
Veteran anti-fascist campaigner Martin Smith is to appear in court on Tuesday 7 September

Crisis hits the BNP after Barking by-election disaster (24 Jul 2010, #2211)
The fascist British National Party (BNP) branch in Barking, east London, is in crisis

EDL and BNP - 'Tommy Robinson' link (3 Jul 2010, #2208)
“Tommy Robinson” - spokesperson for the English Defence League (EDL) and a founder member of the group - is a Nazi

Nazis are jailed for inciting race hate (3 Jul 2010, #2208)
Two Nazis - Michael Heaton from Wigan, Greater Manchester, and Trevor Hannington, from Cardiff in South Wales - have been sentenced to a total of

What is fascism? (24 May 2008, #2102)
Fascism is about more than just racism – it is an ideology that aims to destroy all democracy

Stop the racist EDL in Tower Hamlets on 20 June (12 Jun 2010, #2205)
The English Defence League (EDL) plans to whip up racism against one of Britain’s largest Muslim communities

Welsh Defence League forced to retreat in Swansea and Cardiff (5 Jun 2010, #2204)
At 4pm on Saturday Unite Against Fascism (UAF) activists were dispersing having successfully seen the Welsh Defence League (WDL) bundled off the streets of Cardiff

Protesters outnumber the racist English Defence League in Newcastle (5 Jun 2010, #2204)
More than 1,000 people joined a highly successful Unite Against Fascism (UAF) protest in Newcastle against the racist English Defence League (EDL) last Saturday

Racist EDL take back to the streets (22 May 2010, #2202)
The racist English Defence League (EDL) is taking to the streets again in a bid to terrorise the Muslim community

Protests will take on EDL's racist thugs (29 May 2010, #2203)
The English and Welsh Defence Leagues are planning demonstrations to whip up anti-Muslim hatred in Newcastle this Saturday and in Cardiff on 5 June

Unite Against Fascism explains how the Nazi BNP was dealt a hammer blow in the election (15 May 2010, #2201)
A new UAF report shows how campaigning across the country was central in halting the BNP’s electoral advance

You can't beat the BNP by taking up their racism (15 May 2010, #2201)
The argument that it was a willingness to talk about people’s “legitimate fears” over immigration that lanced the boil of the BNP is wrong

BNP gets stuffed in Stoke too (15 May 2010, #2201)
It wasn’t just in Barking that the BNP failed

EDL to target Newcastle (15 May 2010, #2201)
The racist English Defence League (EDL) have called their next national mobilisation against Muslims for Newcastle on Saturday 29 May

We drove the Nazi BNP out of Barking - let’s keep them out (15 May 2010, #2201)
The BNP suffered two hammer blows in their top target seat of Barking, east London

BNP wiped out in Barking - and deep losses elsewhere (8 May 2010, #2200)
In a tremendous victory for anti-fascists, the BNP has lost every single seat it held on Barking council in east London

BNP insider tells of the vile racism at heart of the party (8 May 2010, #2200)
British National Party leader Nick Griffin claims that the party is not racist or fascist

Barnsley LMHR carnival: ‘We’re the future - not the fascist BNP’ (8 May 2010, #2200)
The packed Love Music Hate Racism carnival in Barnsley shows the potential to build the movement against the Nazis, writes Tom Walker

United protest humiliates the racist EDL in Dudley (8 May 2010, #2200)
Anti-racists and local Asian people humiliated supporters of the English Defence League (EDL) as they ran them out of Dudley on Monday

The battle continues against the Nazi BNP (8 May 2010, #2200)
Unite Against Fascism (UAF) activists across the country were campaigning right up until polling stations closed on Thursday night to stop the fascist British National Party (BNP) from making a breakthrough

EDL driven out of Dudley (1 May 2010, #2199)
English Defence League (EDL) members have been humiliated and driven out of Dudley today

Protests as EDL occupy site of mosque in Dudley (1 May 2010, #2199)
The racist English Defence League (EDL) have descended on Dudley again

Aylesbury says no to the English Defence League (1 May 2010, #2199)
The English Defence League’s attempted invasion of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire failed today

Anti fascists get BNP removed from hustings in Kent (1 May 2010, #2199)
St Mark’s Church in Gillingham, Kent, have withdrawn their hustings invitation to the British National Party (BNP) thanks to pressure from across the community organised by Unite Against Fascism (UAF) activists in the area

Threat of fascist election gains: Stop Griffin's BNP Nazi party (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
The fascist British National Party (BNP) is threatening to make real gains at the general election, but anti-fascist mobilisation can stop them

BNP's Barking housing myths demolished (17 Apr 2010, #2197)
The Nazi British National Party is lying about the housing crisis in Barking – Mark L Thomas spoke to people on Barking’s Gascoigne estate about the problems they face, and busts the racist myth of immigrants taking all the housing

Hungary: fascists on the march (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
Adam Fabry looks at the reasons behind the success of Hungary’s fascist Jobbik party in recent elections

Love Music Hate Racism takes on the BNP in Barking (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
Over 300 people packed into a Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) gig in Barking last Saturday

Many homes of Barking BNP's Bob Bailey (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
BNP's Barking leader appears to live in a home provided by the German embassy a long way from the borough

Murky past of BNP candidates (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
The BNP is headed by convicted Holocaust denier Nick Griffin

Picture of Croydon anti-BNP protest (24 Apr 2010, #2198)

Love Music Hate Racism defies Welsh Defence League threats (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
Swansea anti-fascists did not let the Welsh Defence League derail their plans for a gig

EDL apes French Nazis by attacking halal KFC (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
The English Defence League (EDL) has taken to copying the tactics of Le Pen’s Front National (FN) in France

Stopping the Nazis in Kent (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
East Kent and Medway Unite Against Fascism activists leafleted outside the Gillingham versus Leeds football match at the Priestfield Stadium in Gillingham on Saturday

Stoke campaigns against the fascists (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
Anti-fascist activists are battling the British National Party (BNP) in Stoke, where the Nazis hold seven council seats

So why can’t anyone in Barking get a council house? (17 Apr 2010, #2197)
Margaret Thatcher’s election in 1979 marked a turning point for housing in Barking—and the rest of Britain as well

The myth of 'Africans for Essex' (17 Apr 2010, #2197)
The BNP claimed that the Labour Party was giving Africans grants of up to £50,000 to buy houses in Barking & Dagenham

Let’s wreck the British National Party's election plans (17 Apr 2010, #2197)
The fascist British National Party (BNP) hopes to make major gains in the general election but anti-Nazi activists are determined to stop them, writes Viv Smith

Video of Bolton UAF demonstration against EDL, 20 March 2010 (27 Mar 2010, #2194)
Footage from throughout the day showing how police confronted Unite Against Fascism's demonstration against the racist English Defence League in Bolton

Vibrant and defiant protest against EDL in Dudley (10 Apr 2010, #2196)
Around 1,500 black, white and Asian people came together in Dudley last Saturday to stop the racist English Defence League from rampaging through the town centre

Activists out on the knocker to stop fascists gaining in Barking (17 Apr 2010, #2197)
Campaigners were out on the streets of Barking, east London, last Sunday to wreck Nazi BNP leader Nick Griffin’s chances of getting elected

Stop the Nazis at the ballot box (10 Apr 2010, #2196)
There is less than a month to stop the fascist British National Party in the general election

Good riddance to dead Nazi Eugene Terreblanche (10 Apr 2010, #2196)
I woke on Sunday to the news of Eugene Terreblanche’s death—it made my bank holiday weekend

Formal investigation into Nazi BNP accounts (17 Apr 2010, #2197)
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced a formal investigation into the Nazi British National Party's (BNP) accounts

Exposed: Nick Griffin filmed defending right to “maim, hurt or blow people up” (10 Apr 2010, #2196)
Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party (BNP), has been filmed defending racist violence

Stop the EDL thugs rioting in Dudley (3 Apr 2010, #2195)
Unite Against Fascism (UAF) and Dudley trades council have called a counter-protest against the planned English Defence League (EDL) march in Dudley this Saturday, 3 April

Stopping racists is not a crime—drop the charges against Weyman Bennett (3 Apr 2010, #2195)
Activists are mobilising to defend Unite Against Fascism (UAF) joint secretary Weyman Bennett and other demonstrators arrested during the anti-racist protest in Bolton last month

EDL racists are forced to back off in Bolton (27 Mar 2010, #2194)
Thousands of anti-fascist protesters stood up to the racists of the English Defence League (EDL) in Bolton last Saturday

Anti-BNP play banned in Dudley (3 Apr 2010, #2195)
A performance of the critically acclaimed play Moonfleece, which deals with the BNP, has been cancelled by Dudley’s Mill Theatre

Kid gloves as police make friends with the EDL racists (27 Mar 2010, #2194)
While the police battered anti-fascist protesters, Socialist Worker journalists witnessed the police getting matey with the racists of the EDL

Police tried to keep us away from the demonstration (27 Mar 2010, #2194)
Police and community “mediators” made a massive effort to stop local people coming on Saturday’s anti‑racist protest

We were right to protest, say UAF organisers (27 Mar 2010, #2194)
Unite Against Fascism has hit back at those who condemned its protest on Saturday, demanding an inquiry into police behaviour

After Bolton: Where next for anti-fascism? (27 Mar 2010, #2194)
Protest in Dudley on 3 April, build a big and broad movement—and support struggle and a socialist alternative

Saturday's protest against racist EDL in Bolton - rolling update (20 Mar 2010, #2193)
Socialist Worker provided regular updates to this story through out the day

After EDL march in London: 'We’ll stop these racists next time' (13 Mar 2010, #2192)
The state allowed 250 followers of the racist English Defence League (EDL) to march on parliament on Friday last week

The BNP Nazi at the heart of the EDL (13 Mar 2010, #2192)
Chris Renton, BNP activist, was on the English Defence League march in London last week

Bolton calling anti-fascists (13 Mar 2010, #2192)
From Glasgow to Dover activists will be coming to join the Unite Against Fascism counter demonstration against the EDL in Bolton on 20 March

UAF week: pushing back the BNP in Barking (13 Mar 2010, #2192)
Alys Zaerin from Unite Against Fascism (UAF) told Socialist Worker about her week in the campaign against Nick Griffin in Barking and Dagenham

English Defence League thugs convicted (13 Mar 2010, #2192)
The leadership of the racist English Defence League continue to claim it is a “peaceful” organisation—but the arrest and conviction of key members paints a different picture

Nick Griffin invited back by BBC (13 Mar 2010, #2192)
The BBC has announced that it is going to give another platform to Nazi British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin

All roads lead to Bolton on 20 March protest against the EDL (6 Mar 2010, #2191)
From Dover to Dundee, activists are mobilising to go to Bolton on Saturday 20 March to stop the racist English Defence League (EDL) from rioting

Dudley is next stage in taking on the racists (6 Mar 2010, #2191)
The EDL is also planning to protest in Dudley on Sunday 4 April against the construction of a new mosque

A Day at the Racists (13 Mar 2010, #2192)
This is a striking new play about the growth of the fascist British National Party (BNP) in an east London borough – a very thinly disguised Barking

BNP uses apartheid tactics to keep party racist (13 Mar 2010, #2192)
BNP leaders are planning to introduce an apartheid-style membership system to keep ethnic minorities from being involved in key areas of the party

Bolton: Why we must stop this EDL demonstration (27 Feb 2010, #2190)
The call by anti-fascists to stop the racist English Defence League (EDL) from marching in Bolton on 20 March and Dudley on 4 April is sparking a debate

Anti fascists kick off leafleting campaign against the BNP (6 Mar 2010, #2191)
Anti fascist activists are leafleting football matches across Britain as part of the campaign against the Nazi British National Party (BNP) in the run up to the general election

Keep up fight against BNP (6 Mar 2010, #2191)
The campaign against the fascist British National Party’s (BNP) election candidates is gathering momentum across Britain

Scottish Defence League driven out of Edinburgh (20 Feb 2010, #2189)
Around 2,000 anti racists and anti fascists united in Edinburgh on Saturday, 20 February, to stop the Scottish Defence League (SDL) from marching

Barking: The battle to stop the BNP's Nick Griffin (27 Feb 2010, #2190)
A battle is taking place in Barking, east London

Victory for German anti-fascists (20 Feb 2010, #2189)
Anti-fascists stopped Nazis marching in Dresden last week

‘We won’t let these EDL racists riot again’ (27 Feb 2010, #2190)
Join the National Demo in Bolton on Saturday 20 March

Bolton will defy EDL's racist thugs (6 Feb 2010, #2187)
“I cannot rule out violence,” these are the ominous words of English Defence League (EDL) founder Tommy Robinson

Anti-fascists organise to block Nick Griffin in Barking (6 Feb 2010, #2187)
Anti-fascist campaigners in Barking, east London, are gearing up for a day of action against the BNP this Saturday

EDL Stoke rampage must never happen again (30 Jan 2010, #2186)
More than 1,200 supporters of the English Defence League (EDL) went on a violent rampage through Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent, last Saturday

Nazis targeting Stoke-on-Trent (16 Jan 2010, #2184)
Anti-fascists are gearing up for a protest in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday 23 January to oppose a march by the racist thugs of the English Defence League

The battle for Barking begins (16 Jan 2010, #2184)
National anti-fascist day of action as BNP Nazi Nick Griffin launches election campaign

Stopping the BNP in 2010 (16 Jan 2010, #2184)
Unite Against Fascism will hold its annual conference on Saturday 13 February in central London

Stop racist EDL marches in Nottingham and Harrow (5 Dec 2009, #2180)
Anti-fascist campaigners in Nottingham and Harrow are preparing to counter two demonstrations by the racist thugs of the English Defence League (EDL)

Manchester UAF demonstrate against desecration of Muslim graves (5 Dec 2009, #2180)
Over 100 people joined a Unite Against Fascism rally outside Southern Cemetery in Manchester last Sunday to protest against the desecration, for a third time, of Muslim gravesstones

Leeds Marches on against Nazis (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
More than 1,000 anti-fascist protesters opposed the invasion of Leeds by several hundred supporters of the English Defence League (EDL) last Saturday

Stop the racist SDL in Glasgow (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
The next stop for the anti-Nazi movement is Glasgow on Saturday 14 November when the Scottish Defence League (SDL) plans to protest outside the Central Mosque

The Daily Mail vs the Nazis? (7 Nov 2009, #2176)
There was a curious sight at the newsstands the morning after Nick Griffin’s Question Time appearance last month

Nick Griffin’s BBC appearance sparks angry protest (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
Thousands of anti-fascists laid siege to the BBC’s studios in London on Thursday of last week as fascist British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin was handed an unprecedented publicity coup on Question Time

Anti-fascists will resist the BNP and the EDL (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
The appearance of Nick Griffin, the leader of the fascist British National Party (BNP), on last week’s Question Time on BBC1 has raised the stakes for the anti-Nazi movement

The EDL are thugs and fascists (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
The British National Party (BNP) and the English Defence League (EDL) are flip sides of the same Nazi coin

Michael Rosen: ‘Question Time has opened the door for the BNP’ (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
The BBC gave Nick Griffin a ring to box in on Question Time

Racists fail to show in Newport (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
It was another great day for anti-fascists last Saturday in Newport, Wales

How did liberals get it so wrong over Question Time? (31 Oct 2009, #2175)
The debate over Nick Griffin being invited onto last week’s Question Time was dominated by a belief that abstract rights like “free speech” are the most important thing—even for Nazis committed to destroying them

Anti-fascists rally on eve of BBC protests (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
The mood was angry and determined as around 200 people gathered at a Unite Against Fascism rally in central London tonight, on the eve of fascist Nick Griffin's appearance on the BBC's Question Time

Racist EDL forced off streets of Swansea (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
People in Swansea were shocked and disgusted by racist thugs taking to their city’s streets too last Saturday

New problems for the BNP (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
A second BNP membership list was leaked on the internet on Tuesday of this week

Hitler’s rule shows danger of debating fascists (24 Oct 2009, #2174)
Can we defeat fascism through the superiority of our arguments, by letting loose the BBC’s finest presenters and allowing the racists to expose themselves in the “glare of publicity”?

Anti-racists stand up to EDL thugs in Manchester (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
More than 2,000 anti‑racists gathered in Manchester city centre on Saturday of last week to face down one of the biggest Nazi protests in central Manchester since Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts in the 1930s

Stop Nazi Nick Griffin spouting race hate on the BBC (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
Thousands of anti-Nazi protesters will surround the BBC studios in west London on Thursday of next week, determined to stop Nick Griffin appearing on the flagship Question Time programme

How do we stop these Nazis? (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
The English Defence League is not welcome anywhere—this is what the 2,000 strong counter-demonstration in Manchester last Saturday, and previous protests in Birmingham and Harrow, have shown

Keep BNP off Question Time (17 Oct 2009, #2173)
The BBC’s decision to invite Nick Griffin, the leader of the fascist British National Party (BNP), onto next week’s Question Time is continuing to cause outrage

Keep Nick Griffin off Question Time (10 Oct 2009, #2172)
Protesters plan to stop BNP leader parading on the BBC on 22 October

Outrage after young Nazis appear on Radio One (10 Oct 2009, #2172)
Anger at the BBC rose last week after it broadcast a radio “interview” with two leading BNP members on a news programme directed at young people

Activists’ anger at ‘debate’ with BNP (3 Oct 2009, #2171)
Anti-fascist campaigners are promising a storm of protest in response to the news that Nazi leader Nick Griffin is to appear on the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme in London on Thursday 22 October

Vigil against racist vandalism of Muslim graves (10 Oct 2009, #2172)
Around 80 people held a vigil last Sunday in response to the racist desecration of Muslim gravestones in Manchester

Lying Nazi Richard Barnbrook gets punished by council (3 Oct 2009, #2171)
Most anti-fascists already know the BNP lies - but in the case of one high-profile Nazi, it is now official

BNP members at German Nazi festival (3 Oct 2009, #2171)
A group of leading BNP members from the Midlands have been pictured speaking at a recent neo-Nazi rally in Germany

Why Nick Griffin shouldn’t be on Question Time (26 Sep 2009, #2170)
Trade unionists, broadcasters and campaigners discuss the BBC decision to invite the BNP leader on to its flagship debating programme

Don’t let fascist BNP on BBC’s Question Time (19 Sep 2009, #2169)
Anti-fascists are determined to stop the Nazis spewing their hate to millions

Anti-fascists drive the Nazis out of Harrow (19 Sep 2009, #2169)
The anti-Muslim English Defence League were humiliated by 2,000 anti-fascists when they tried to march on a mosque , writes Esme Choonara

Nazi scum off our screens - why we say no to the BNP on the BBC (19 Sep 2009, #2169)
Answers to questions on the Nazis and free speech

20,000 pack into Hull anti-racist carnival (19 Sep 2009, #2169)
More than 20,000 people of all backgrounds packed into a Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) show at the second annual Freedom Festival in Hull last weekend

Stop the BBC ‘rolling out the red carpet’ for Nazi BNP leader on Question Time (12 Sep 2009, #2168)
A storm of anger greeted the news that the BBC is planning to invite British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin to appear on its flagship Question Time debate programme

Anti-Nazi protest in Birmingham forces racist thugs to retreat (12 Sep 2009, #2168)
Last Saturday afternoon began like any other in Birmingham’s Victoria Street

EDL: Fascism’s street fighting wing (19 Sep 2009, #2169)
The English Defence League is linked to the BNP

Photos of Birmingham anti-EDL protest on 5 September 2009 (12 Sep 2009, #2168)

Man kidnapped after BNP hate campaign (5 Sep 2009, #2167)
A Muslim community leader has been firebombed, harassed and abducted since the start of a fascist ‘anti-Islam’ crusade, reports Esme Choonara

Who are the EDL marchers? (12 Sep 2009, #2168)
The English Defence League (EDL) demonstrations began in Luton in April 2009

Police protect racist demo (12 Sep 2009, #2168)
Many people believe the police did nothing to stop the EDL from rampaging through Birmingham city centre

Unions demand ban on Nazis (19 Sep 2009, #2169)
Unions want BNP members banned from working in public services

Nazis driven out of Codnor (29 Aug 2009, #2166)
Anti-fascists celebrated a victory this week when the British National Party (BNP) admitted that it would not be returning to the Derbyshire village of Codnor to hold its Red, White and Blue summer “festival”

Racist English Defence League thugs plan protests (29 Aug 2009, #2166)
Racists in the English Defence League (EDL), who were chased out of Birmingham by hundreds of anti-fascists earlier this month, are planning a series of protests around the country

Blockade wrecks BNP’s Codnor hate-fest (22 Aug 2009, #2165)
Protests disrupted the Red, White and Blue ‘festival’ in Codnor last weekend and ruined the Nazis’ plans, report Esme Choonara and Tom Walker

Map of Codnor protest (22 Aug 2009, #2165)

Local people don’t want the Nazis in their area (22 Aug 2009, #2165)
Residents of Codnor and Denby Village in Derbyshire’s Amber Valley have had to put up with the Nazis’ festival coming to town for three years now

Pictures of the anti-Nazi protest at the BNP's Red, White & Blue 'festival' (22 Aug 2009, #2165)

Red, White and Blue: racist games, T-shirts and a fascist bomber (22 Aug 2009, #2165)
The pressure of the protests on Saturday forced the Nazis to show their true colours

BNP thugs cower behind police lines (22 Aug 2009, #2165)
Hundreds of police officers, many on horses or with dogs, protected the Red, White and Blue event

Voices of unity from people on the anti-Nazi protest (22 Aug 2009, #2165)
Socialist Worker spoke to people who took part in the protest

This is how to stop the Nazis (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
The anti-Nazi victory on the streets of Birmingham shows the united tactics of confrontation we need to beat the BNP

A humiliating defeat for the Nazis in Brum (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
How anti-fascist protesters stopped the Nazis from taking the centre of Birmingham

Nazi attack shows their true colours (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
Weyman Bennett, the joint secretary of Unite Against Fascism (UAF) has been attacked by thugs

Fighting fascism in Hungary (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
Last week gangs of young skinheads attending the Nazi Magyar Sziget music festival in Hungary rampaged through the village chanting "kill the gypsies"

Mosley’s fascists (15 Aug 2009, #2164)
Fascists in 1930s Britain won support from important sections of the ruling class and created a mass following that was only broken by a powerful movement

Brummies to take on racists (8 Aug 2009, #2163)
Unite Against Fascism (UAF) supporters in the West Midlands are to join forces with local Muslims in Birmingham city centre on Saturday of this week to protest against racist thugs who are planning to hold an “anti-Muslim demonstration” on that day

Nazi thugs' threats won't stop protest at BNP hate-fest (8 Aug 2009, #2163)
“We won’t be intimidated by Nazi thugs—we will step up our campaign to build a mass movement to drive back the fascists

BNP hate fuels racist attacks (8 Aug 2009, #2163)
A series of racist attacks in areas where the fascist British National Party (BNP) has a presence has underlined how the BNP gives confidence to racist thugs—and leads to violent assaults

Close down the BNP's festival of hate (1 Aug 2009, #2162)
The anti-fascist campaign to halt a Nazi festival of hate in a Derbyshire village is gathering momentum

Pressure intensifies on the Nazis (1 Aug 2009, #2162)
Members of the Nazi BNP and its supporters have been drawing a lot of attention to themselves in recent weeks

Coaches filling up quickly for anti-Nazi protest (1 Aug 2009, #2162)
Fifty coaches have been booked to transport people to the demonstration against the Nazi hate-fest

BNP is at the heart of web of Nazi filth (25 Jul 2009, #2161)
As the BNP prepares for their annual 'festival' in Codnor, Simon Assaf examines their openly fascist associates

Demonstrate to stop the Nazi BNP’s festival of hate (25 Jul 2009, #2161)
The leader of the fascist British National Party (BNP), Nick Griffin, thinks that Islam is a “cancer” that must be removed by “chemotherapy”

Hundreds rally against fascists at UAF conference (25 Jul 2009, #2161)
More than 400 anti-fascist activists from around Britain gathered in Manchester last weekend for a conference organised by Unite Against Fascism (UAF)

Stop the Nazi hate-fest as Nick Griffin shows his true colours (18 Jul 2009, #2160)
Nick Griffin, the Nazi leader of the British National Party (BNP), has continued to defend comments he made last week calling for boats with migrants on them to be sunk

How the Nazis win (11 Jul 2009, #2159)
Chris Bambery looks at the lessons of the way fascists have taken power in the past

Stop BNP Nazis from spreading their hate (11 Jul 2009, #2159)
The fascist British National Party is hoping to use its summer “festival” as a rallying point to promote its Nazi politics – but anti-fascists are determined to stop its plans

BNP gains led to this racist attack (4 Jul 2009, #2158)
Thugs attack 17 year old in Rochdale park

BNP success encourages racist rampage (4 Jul 2009, #2158)
A cowardly attack on a well-known anti-fascist activist in the West Midlands has confirmed the thuggery of fascist British National Party (BNP) supporters

Race hate terror suspects on trial (4 Jul 2009, #2158)
Four recent court cases in different parts of Britain shed some light on what methods those who advocate an all-white Britain would use to achieve their ends

Why the Nazis hate democracy (20 Jun 2009, #2156)
Esme Choonara examines the threat caused by the fascist ideology at the heart of the BNP and explains why Nazi organisations must be confronted

Nazis show true colours at Blackpool protest (27 Jun 2009, #2157)
Britain’s fascists let their mask of respectability slip when they were confronted by a lively 150-strong protest in Blackpool last Saturday

Debates around reporting BNP (27 Jun 2009, #2157)
Around 50 media workers met in the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) headquarters last week to discuss how best to respond to the threat of the Nazi BNP

Stoke festival rocks against the Nazi BNP (6 Jun 2009, #2154)
More than 20,000 people crowded into the Britannia football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent last Saturday for the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) Festival

Leaked membership list reveals middle class base of the fascist BNP (29 Nov 2008, #2129)
Looking at where the people on the British National Party (BNP) list live – and the kinds of jobs they do – tells us a lot about the nature of their support

Anti-fascist movement can push back the BNP after their Euro success (13 Jun 2009, #2155)
Thousands of people reacted with anger and dismay when the news broke early Monday morning that the fascist British National Party (BNP) had made a major breakthrough into mainstream politics – picking up two seats in the European parliament

Protests against the Nazi BNP (13 Jun 2009, #2155)
Opposition to the Nazi British National Party (BNP) brought hundreds onto the streets on Monday evening – just hours after the news that the BNP had picked up European Parliament seats in the North West and in Yorkshire & the Humber

Nazis make breakthroughs in Europe (13 Jun 2009, #2155)
Several of the British National Party’s Nazi allies across Europe made a breakthrough in the elections

Lewisham 1977: the day we turned the tide on the Nazi National Front (18 Aug 2007, #2064)
Here we reprint excerpts from Socialist Worker's coverage at the time

Black and white unite - Stop the Nazi BNP (30 May 2009, #2153)
Martin Smith answers five questions on the fascist party, and explains how it can be beaten

Angry protest against the BNP’s Nazi ‘Red, White and Blue’ hate-fest (23 Aug 2008, #2115)
Over 500 anti-fascist activists and trade unionists marched in Codnor, Derbyshire, last Saturday in opposition to the British National Party (BNP) and its “Red, White and Blue” Nazi hate-fest that took place in the area

Post workers reject BNP: ‘I’m damned if I’m going to deliver their racist filth’ (20 Jun 2009, #2156)
Hundreds of thousands of leaflets for the fascist British National Party (BNP) went undelivered during the recent elections after many postal workers used a "conscience clause" agreement with Royal Mail and refused to handle them

Europe 2009: The new fascist election threats and how they can be stopped (23 May 2009, #2152)
Imagine a group of thugs, implicated in terrorism and racist attacks, becoming our representatives in Europe

BNP success would mean more violence and racism (30 May 2009, #2153)
Hundreds of right wing thugs, many wearing balaclavas and carrying anti-Muslim placards, went on the rampage through Luton last Sunday, intimidating local people and attacking Asian residents

Hungary: fascist menace emboldened by capitalism’s crisis (23 May 2009, #2152)
Fascists in Hungary are hoping to make a breakthrough in the European elections

BNP’s Euro friends are thugs and bombers (23 May 2009, #2152)
The British National Party’s (BNP’s) “friends” in Europe are an assortment of violent fascist organisations

Graph showing rise of BNP vote (18 Apr 2009, #2147)

Racist ideas fuel the BNP (20 Jun 2009, #2156)
The election of two fascist BNP MEPs has led to predictably craven reactions from some quarters

Blair Peach: killed by police (1 May 2010, #2199)
After the recent admission that the police killed Blair Peach, we are reposting this article from 2009 by his friend Nick Grant recalling how the tragedy unfolded

‘Southall was under state occupation’ the day Blair Peach died (25 Apr 2009, #2148)
When the Nazi NF announced that that they were to hold a general election meeting at Southall town hall people in the area were sickened

Swanley: BNP preys on fears of unemployment (7 Mar 2009, #2141)
Kevin Best went back to the Kent town where he grew up to find out why a former Labour ward had returned a Nazi councillor

Where do fascist parties win the most support? (29 Nov 2008, #2129)
For years the mainstream media has peddled a myth about racism and fascism – that they are primarily an affliction of the “white working class”, and that respectable people steer clear of such unsavoury political affiliations

We need to organise to kick the Nazis out of our workplaces (29 Nov 2008, #2129)
Just over five years ago I was sitting at home marking my pupils’ work when a neighbour banged on the front door to say our car was on fire

Disillusion feeds fascist votes (29 Nov 2008, #2129)
The leaked BNP list contains some 12,800 names

The BNP shows its true Nazi colours in Stoke (27 Sep 2008, #2120)
Anti-racist activists and trade unionists joined local residents to demonstrate in Stoke-on-Trent last Saturday against a fascist rally in the city called by the British National Party (BNP)

Rotherham’s carnival was a show of defiance against the Nazis (13 Sep 2008, #2118)
The fascist British National Party (BNP) is on the march again – but we can build a mass movement to stop them in their tracks

Stoke shows what happens when Nazis gain a foothold (6 Sep 2008, #2117)
Stoke resident Habib Khan was handed an eight year jail sentence last week for the manslaughter of British National Party (BNP) activist Keith Brown, his next door neighbour and a hardened Nazi thug

BNP plans to hold a fascist rally in Stoke (13 Sep 2008, #2118)
The BNP plans to hold a fascist rally in the centre of Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday of next week to whip up race hatred against Muslims

Stoke scores against fascists (19 Jul 2008, #2110)
Anti-Nazi activists in Stoke-on-Trent are stepping up their campaign against attempts by the fascist British National Party (BNP) to target the city and whip up race hatred

Nazi BNP to target Stoke for anti-Muslim rally (12 Jul 2008, #2109)
The fascist British National Party (BNP) plans to ratchet up its hate campaign against Muslims by calling a “national rally” in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday 9 August

Barking College principal stands up to Nazi BNP’s bullying tactics (5 Jul 2008, #2108)
Anti-fascist activists have spoken out against the “bully boy tactics” used by a senior British National Party (BNP) councillor against the principal of Barking College in east London

Grassroots revolt that can stop the Nazi BNP in Rotherham (14 Jun 2008, #2105)
Anti-Nazi activists are mobilising across the country against the British National Party (BNP) after its gains in recent elections

Anger as Nazi BNP grabs London assembly seat (3 May 2008, #2099)
Millions of people across Britain will be shocked and horrified by the news that the fascist British National Party (BNP) has managed to grab an assembly seat in London – one of the most multiracial and diverse cities of the world

Love music, hate the BNP: 100,000 flock to LMHR carnival (3 May 2008, #2099)
Some 100,000 people of all ages and backgrounds delivered a powerful message against fascism by joining the hugely successful Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) carnival last Sunday

Could fascism take power today? (21 Jun 2008, #2106)
Alex Callinicos considers whether fascism is a real threat today in the era of neoliberalism, globalisation, and the internet

How the BNP poses as a respectable party (21 Jun 2008, #2106)
The British National Party (BNP) has made some worrying electoral breakthroughs in recent years, winning council seats in a number of areas across Britain and a seat on the London assembly in May

Nazi threat to Reverend and the Makers (21 Jun 2008, #2106)
Jon McClure from Reverend and the Makers is speaking out in the face of death threats by Nazis on the Stormfront internet bulletin board and other fascist websites

1,000 anti-fascists wreck Oxford’s sham debate (1 Dec 2007, #2079)
Eyewitness Sian Ruddick reports from the anti-fascist protest held outside - and inside - the Oxford Union debating club on Monday

March to stop the BNP (17 May 2008, #2101)
The fascist British National Party (BNP) made an electoral breakthrough on 1 May when it won a seat on the London assembly and made a net gain of ten more council seats across England

Why there must be no free speech for Nazis (8 Dec 2007, #2080)
The Oxford Union’s recent decision to debate with two of Britain’s leading Nazis - Nick Griffin, leader of the British National Party (BNP) and David Irving, a convicted Holocaust denier - provoked widespread condemnation

BNP courts Jewish voters, but their bigotry is unchanged (26 Apr 2008, #2098)
The BNP is trying to use anti-Muslim racism to win Jewish support - Simon Behrman argues that behind this lies an attack on both groups

Unite Against Fascism conference: ‘Exciting debate meant I left on a high’ (8 Mar 2008, #2091)
Laura Storey, a teacher from Bristol, attended the Unite Against Fascism conference last Saturday

BNP fails to win seats in key target areas (5 May 2007, #2049)
Early results from the local elections make grim reading for the fascist British National Party (BNP)

How Hitler took power (2 Feb 2008, #2086)
Chris Bambery looks at the crucial lessons for fighting fascism today

Protest puts pressure on the BNP ballerina Simone Clarke (13 Jan 2007, #2033)
Up to 100 protesters demonstrated outside the London Coliseum theatre this lunchtime against the first performance by Simone Clarke, principal dancer at the English National Ballet (ENB), since she was revealed as a card-carrying member of the fascist British National Party (BNP)

Jail for ex-BNP candidate who stockpiled explosive chemicals (4 Aug 2007, #2062)
Former British National Party council candidate Robert Cottage has been jailed for two and a half years after stockpiling explosive chemicals

Nazi thugs reveal the violent reality of the BNP (11 Nov 2006, #2026)
The true face of the British National Party (BNP) was revealed last Saturday in Morley, West Yorkshire, when anti-BNP campaigners were systematically assaulted by an organised gang of fascist thugs

BNP rally in Dagenham drowned out by anti-Nazi protests (9 Dec 2006, #2030)
An attempt by the fascist British National Party (BNP) to hold a racist rally in Dagenham, east London, ended in humiliation for them on Saturday

Rock Against Racism: beating time, beating the Nazis (14 Jul 2007, #2059)
The launch of Rock Against Racism 30 years ago was a defining moment in the struggle against the Nazi National Front, writes Roger Huddle | Plus interviews with activists from the time – Don Letts, Poko from Misty in Roots, Carol Grimes, Kate Webb

Nazi-inspired racist attacks in Merseyside and Barking (27 May 2006, #2002)
Anti-racist attacked in Merseyside | Racist attack in Barking

Anti-fascist pressure forces the police to cancel Nazi rally (5 Nov 2005, #1975)
Holocaust Survivor Leon Greenman movingly outlined the threat of fascism on Monday of this week as activists geared up to protest against the Nazi British National Party (BNP) in Leeds

A shield and a sword against the Nazi BNP (13 May 2006, #2000)
What many of us feared became a reality on the night of 4 May, when the fascist British National Party (BNP) won 32 council seats, 11 of them in Barking & Dagenham

The people’s revolt against fascist threat (3 Jun 2006, #2003)
Matthew Perry concludes our series with a look at the mass movements opposing war

Marek Edelman — star of resistance among Nazi horror (7 Jan 2006, #1982)
In the final column of our series John Rose looks at one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising

'Why I have left the BNP' - Burnley councillor (6 Mar 2004, #1891)
"I COULD never understand why all those people were calling the BNP fascists

How the BNP was humiliated in Leeds (12 Nov 2005, #1976)
Nick Griffin, leader of the fascist British National Party (BNP) was pelted with eggs and flour as he arrived at Leeds Crown Court to face charges of incitement to racial hatred on Wednesday of last week

Anti-fascist demo humiliates BNP leader at court appearance (5 Nov 2005, #1975)
Over a thousand anti-fascists rallied outside Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday morning for a vibrant and united demonstration against Nick Griffin, leader of the Nazi British National Party (BNP)

Unity that turned the fascist tide (11 May 2002, #1799)
HITLER HAD been in power for 12 months

The resistible rise of Benito Mussolini and Italy's fascists (16 Nov 2002, #1826)
It was 80 years ago that fascism first came to power, and it happened in Italy - Chris Bambery explains the truth about the 'March on Rome'

Nazis can't meet without protests (24 Aug 2002, #1814)
ANTI-NAZIS scored a victory last weekend in the battle against the British National Party (BNP) and its Red, White and Blue "festival" outside Burnley in Lancashire

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