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I realise you are being ironic here Corax.

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Bizarre that some gay men have been and are supporters of Nazi ideology when considering in 1933 an order was issued by the Nazi minister of interior to close all gay bars and condemned homosexuals as "socially aberrant." This, part of the Nazis' attempt to purify German society and propagate an "Aryan master race". Storm troopers raided the institutions and gathering places of homosexuals.who were sent in the autumn of the same year to the newly built concentration camps.
 
That they've become more than a single-issue "opposing islam" organisation.

From the very start they appeared to have all the trappings to become a potential Freikorps/brownshirt type organization. Their body language was very familiar to everyone even if some people didn't want to admit it. Even the name sounds like some camoflaged Oswald Mosley offshoot organization from the post war era.
The tone and size and atmosphere of their demos can only provide newfound courage for broader issue far right groups to come back onto the streets from which they were brutally removed in the mid 90's, not, I might add by Harry Potters with placards. The EDL is, in effect, an initiation to far right politics.

The UAF and SWP "Smash the EDL" slogan has acted as bait for the EDL (or elements around the EDL) to broaden their scope and target the left more openly. I am not saying they shouldn't have had that slogan. The capacity to practice what they preach would have been helpful though. The Psychology of the right is, in general, cowardly but they will not hesitate to attack who they deem to be weak.

However, there is a bright side to all this. The left will now have to toughen up or get off the street. The left has way to soft an image and attitude to convince people they mean business.
 
I realise you are being ironic here Corax.

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Bizarre that some gay men have been and are supporters of Nazi ideology when considering in 1933 an order was issued by the Nazi minister of interior to close all gay bars and condemned homosexuals as "socially aberrant." This, part of the Nazis' attempt to purify German society and propagate an "Aryan master race". Storm troopers raided the institutions and gathering places of homosexuals.who were sent in the autumn of the same year to the newly built concentration camps.

There is a novel just out ( sorry it was last year) on the nazi gay scene - 'Children of the Sun'
 
There is an intriguing post on the What is anarchism thread on Socilaist Unity which claims that ex EDL members have joined the IWCA
 
"The gap created by Labour’s betrayal of the working class was until recently being occupied by the BNP. The various incarnations of the cobweb left all built on the shibboleth of 1917 have failed to offer any alternative.The liberal and student anarchist scene is stuck in a ghetto of stunts in university towns.

Recently the EDL have begun to claim new territory for a working class that has in the wake of labours betrayal been excluded from politics and is increasingly the victim of the established parties neo liberalism .The states anti working class multi culturalism, its support for globalisation, immigration increasingly places the working class alongside groups based on religion, race or gender all competing for the same pot. In other words divide and rule.

The BNP whilst attracting white working class members only offers a dead end of Balkanisation.

As result of delicate and sensitive discussions it has been agreed to launch a new pro working class organisation: the British Workers Party with membership from ex members of BNP, EDL and Red Action based on the IWCA model. Details of launch,website andlocal branchs to be announced soon."

The post from Socialist Unity.

If true it is very scary.
 
So is this uniquely for local antics or things like their vids? They were holding up audio from some seppo RW Muppet radio presenter as a shining example of how brilliant the rest of the world thinks they are... would that be relevent on here?
 
Reports coming in that the East Anglian EDL coach en-route to Blackburn has blown up/caught fire near Halifax - 34 EDL members stranded.

:D
 
dunno but my first thought is that there are loads of these far-right parties/front groups being set up all the time which normally fall on their arse so i wouldn't worry too much. could be wrong mind.
 
Preston station crawling with coppers, and a few EDL making their way home. The cop I spoke too reckoned there were 3000 out, little trouble. Sunny day too.
 
Just leaving Blackurn. Could see nothing of the EDL demo from the pen the police had us in but there where about 1500 BADAR/UAF. Based on rumour and I sress rumour, I am pleased to say I was wrong as I have heard they where quite small, less that 1000 I heard but I have doublts. Also heard ther was a lot of infighting amoungest them and that robinson got attacked. How true it is I don't know. Sorry for ant spelling/typing errors I am posting from my phone and I'm shit at it
 
The copper I spoke to said 3000 - should we do the opposite to what we normally do with police estimates, and halve it?

He seemed to think the end of the football season would see numbers swelling over the summer. any thoughts?
 
Looks bigger than Luton, not terribly suprising in many ways. The decline may have been halted for now. I doubt it was anywhere near 3,000 though. Perhaps with the antis thrown in.

The up side is that there are strong indications of infighting among the apes and it is even said that Tommy the Cokehead himself took a bit of a thumping. Fucking rabble.
 
Numbers will fall, loads of in fighting going on, people cant afford demos all the time, and they dont get anything from them other than a piss up and maybe a ruck.

Loads where warned not to attend today and got lifted as soon as they arrived in town.

demo numbers for older demos here, don't think they have ever past 3k, and i will take the police report over the word of one copper anyday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Defence_League
 
Been out all day but have read there was some big fights on the EDL side, twitter is a good start for links etc... Watching Harry potter now lol
 
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