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Home | Friday 26th June 2009 | Issue 681

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A TURD IN THE POOL

A group of Nazi thugs were arrested last weekend outside the BNP Gathering in Blackpool for taunting an anti-BNP demonstration. A range of North West anti-fascist groups were there to show that Nick Griffin’s recent victory in the European elections didn’t mean that the far-right in any way represented the people of the region.

The argy bargy happened when a group of skins approached the demo and started sieg-heiling the crowd, and chanting names of concentration camps. After a further tirade of racial abuse, the police finally intervened and arrested four. Other far-right thugs were waiting along the promenade to pick off individuals leaving the demonstration, so the protesters stuck together as a group as they moved off. 

* See http://lancasteruaf.blogspot.com/2009/06/four-nazis-arrested-at-anti-bnp-protest.html

* Anti-fascists are gearing up to spoil the party at the BNP’s Red, White & Blue Festival in August in Derbyshire. Meet 9am on the 15th at Market Pl Codnor, Ripley, DE5, followed by a National Demo at 11am. http://nobnpfestival.wordpress.com

Keywords: blackpool, bnp, fascism, lancashire, neo-nazis, nick griffin, red white and blue festival


 

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