Category Archives: Far right racists

EDL and Infidels hold anti-mosque protest in Sunderland

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EDL NEI Millfield March 2013There was yet another far-right protest yesterday at the site of the planned mosque at Millfield in Sunderland. This one was organised by the English Defence League and the North East Infidels.

The Infidels, you may recall, originated in a split from the EDL two years ago. The EDL leadership, who at that point were still trying to maintain the pretence that they had nothing to do with fascism, denounced the Infidels as Nazis – which was an entirely accurate description.

However, following the disastrous Waltham Forest demonstration last September the EDL leadership issued an appeal for far-right unity in a desperate attempt to reverse declining numbers at its protests. As a result, demonstrations have seen increased co-operation between the EDL and the Infidels, for example at Shotton Colliery in December and in Manchester earlier this month.

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Police appeal to trace men after violence at Walsall town centre EDL protest

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EDL Walsall protest wanted

Police want to speak to these 10 men after violence erupted on the streets of Walsall during a protest by the English Defence League.

Officers have spent hours trawling through CCTV footage of the disorder, which broke out in the town centre on September 29 last year.

It comes after police carried out early morning raids yesterday, arresting eight people on suspicion of public order offences. Homes in Walsall, Brownhills, West Bromwich, Tipton and Hateley Heath were all targeted. Six men have been charged with violent disorder and two have been bailed pending further inquiries.

Express & Star, 27 March 2013

Man photographed grinning and holding piece of wood moments before mosque attack was merely smiling happily at his friends, claims defence counsel

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A man photographed holding a piece of wood moments before Kingston Mosque was attacked was grinning at his friends not plotting violence, his defence counsel has said.

Alfie Wallace was snapped holding a piece of wood in East Road, where the mosque is, while another unidentified man stood behind him wielding a stick, Kingston Crown Court heard. He was caught on the mobile phone of co-defendant David Morris before the attack on November 21, 2010.

Mr Wallace’s defence counsel Eve Macatonia said: “The picture the Crown say is so sinister. Have a look at his face. He is smiling.”

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Seven held following raids in Walsall and Sandwell over EDL protest violence

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EDL arrest Walsall

Police swooped on homes across the Black Country today, including two addresses in Walsall, to arrest people suspected of violent disorder during a protest in the town by the EDL.

Seven men aged between 17 and 59 were arrested during the early morning raids. Police also seized items of clothing. It comes after violence erupted in Walsall town centre on September 29 during the English Defence League demonstration.

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Wilders’ PVV tops opinion poll

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A new opinion poll from Maurice de Hond’s polling organisation puts the anti-immigration PVV in top position – with one seat more than the ruling VVD Liberals.

The poll states the populist party would win 24 seats if there were to be a general election tomorrow, up nine on its actual total. By contrast, the VVD would win 23, down from the 41 seats it has in the current parliament and two down on last week.

The Dutch parliament has 150 seats, meaning the PVV would win 16% of the vote.

Dutch News, 24 March 2013

Counter-protest overwhelms anti-Muslims in Malmö

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Malmö anti-SDL protest

Members of a Swedish anti-Muslim nationalist group were outnumbered by police and counter-protesters during a demonstration Saturday in Malmo.

Swedish Defence League speakers had trouble making themselves heard over the chants from their opponents, The Local.se reported. The news website said only about 20 SDL members were present, while more than 100 police officers and about 600 counter-demonstrators showed up, the news agency TT reported.

Most of the action came from clashes between the counter-protestors and police. Snowballs were tossed at police officers and barricades knocked down.

The SDL, modeled on the English Defence League, was founded in 2012. The two groups abandoned plans in August for a joint demonstration in Stockholm because of the threat of opposition protests.

The counter-protesters had at least one banner that linked the SDL to the Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, TT reported. Breivik said in postings on the internet before he set off a bomb in Oslo. Norway, and gunned down scores of teenagers at a youth camp that he had been inspired by the SDL.

UPI, 23 March 2013

The BNP’s new poster boy

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Jack Buckby with Nick Griffin (2)“British nationalism has got itself a brand new face. Jack Buckby isn’t exactly the boy next door, but he could be the hipster sitting at his laptop next to you in Starbucks (‘working on a novel’ – yeah, right). Young, educated, articulate, John Lennon glasses, excessive facial hair, ironic satchel: the only unusual things about him are a) his obsession with ‘Muslim paedos’ and b) that he travels everywhere with a bouncer.”

Tim Stanley examines the political ideology of Jack Buckby, Liverpool University student, British National Party activist and enthusiastic advocate of “culturalism”.

Daily Telegraph, 22 March 2013

Anti-Islam rightists target German youth

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Identitäre Bewegung

Seeking a bigger support among German youth, a rightist group is using Facebook, YouTube and other social media websites to spread its racist, anti-Islam message.

“They are clearly racist,” Alexander Häusler, an expert on right-wing extremism at University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf, told Deutsche Welle.

“They are making a major affront on Germany’s multicultural society, composed of immigrants,” he said. “They mostly criticize the alleged Islamization of Germany.”

Häusler was talking about a German right-wing movement, die Identitäre Bewegung (The Identity Movement), which has been gaining attention through its so-called “fun campaigns” recently.

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