Fascist attack on SWP in Lewisham
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malatesta32
Not Serb. No, Really!
i got 'mauve hair, leggings [?] and pink socks' in one coppers notes!
Ranbay
The same rules apply
Cheers, but who the fuck uses Myspace anymore?
rekil
to menny cranks
Dunno, just wanted to see if there's any other stuff on her. Her school is there and she's friends with 'EDL' who turn out to be a pants division sub RATM band.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
They are hardly going to build the fourth reich by bashing elderly swappies are they? There will be no glorious reception in valhalla for the beating up of a pair of people who were engaged in selling the paper of a politically minor group.
pointless yobbery. Still, with this sort of action it unmasks the veneer of 'simply anti-extremist' and 'anti funumental islam'. Again.
I wish all concerned a speedy recovery.
pointless yobbery. Still, with this sort of action it unmasks the veneer of 'simply anti-extremist' and 'anti funumental islam'. Again.
I wish all concerned a speedy recovery.
malatesta32
Not Serb. No, Really!
from edl watch:
http://twitpic.com/9f98zj
the fragrant ms marsh is one of 'marshy's angles' and is either the sister or wife or both of jeffrey 'stabber' marsh of casuals united. apparently our pasty faced miss was actually a milwall lad!
http://twitpic.com/9f98zj
the fragrant ms marsh is one of 'marshy's angles' and is either the sister or wife or both of jeffrey 'stabber' marsh of casuals united. apparently our pasty faced miss was actually a milwall lad!
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Ranbay
The same rules apply
ItWillNeverWork
Messy Crimbobs, fellow humans.
All the most importantest people in the whole wide world ever. Clearly, she is a force to be reckoned with.
barney_pig
Po-cha-na-quar-hip
the red party was described on leftist trainspotters as a chav group led by someone called darren
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
I think I met this "darren" once in a wetherspoons
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
I see. Good work.
Bit odd that the 'revenge' is headbutting a pensioner in Lewisham.
malatesta32
Not Serb. No, Really!
yeah well the future of our white children are at stake so watch out grandad, its all your fault!
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
yup
not odd for coward racist cunts tho
What sort of fucking idiot takes children to an EDL demo?
Onket
Je suis [CONTENT REMOVED]
Transpontine
Active Member
A couple of people now criticising UAF tactics in Lewisham in the comments here: http://transpont.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/fascist-attack-in-lewisham-today.html
gist is that they should have been more security-canny - what do people think? Don't want to shift blame from those carrying out attacks, but there are some implications for future tactics, as one of the commenters points out.
gist is that they should have been more security-canny - what do people think? Don't want to shift blame from those carrying out attacks, but there are some implications for future tactics, as one of the commenters points out.
Red Storm
M14
I suppose attacks haven't been that regular so the SWP could be let off.
As they say: if it happens again in Lewisham shame on the SWP
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
also this thread about Brighton with Bishie's pics
http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/march-for-england-brighton-22nd-of-april.290886/
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
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Transpontine
Active Member
Lewisham Anti Racist Action Group has now issued a press release with more detail:
Pensioners Attacked by Racists In Lewisham press release 29/4/12
Two local anti-racist pensioners were viciously attacked and hospitalised this Saturday by racist thugs who said they were part of a group known as ‘March For England’/ which is very closely linked to English Defence League (EDL) and the BNP. Andy Smith, a retired teacher and active in Lewisham Pensioners’ Forum and the NUT was viciously attacked as well as another local pensioner.
The attack appears to be in response to a planned Unite Against Fascism event across south London whose aim was to discourage people from voting for or supporting far-right racist parties in the forthcoming London assembly elections. It follows the humiliation they received in last week’s ‘March For England’ Brighton demonstration where 1000 anti-racists succeeded in reducing the far-right march to a miserable and defeated mob.
The attack happened during a busy Saturday on Lewisham High Street whilst manning a regular campaign stall, one that has been active for over thirty years in Lewisham and an integral part of the local community. Shortly after 12pm the stall was thrown to the floor by an individual loitering in the area and according to witnesses, already there waiting for the local activists to arrive.
A group , taking photographs and staring menacingly at the activists started to gather near the clock tower. Before too long, they passed the stall en masse at which point an altercation began, with shouts and heckling from the racist group. In response to Islamophobic statements one pensioner, approached them and received a vicious head-butt as an answer, throwing him to the ground . Another pensioner intervened and was quickly surrounded, man-handled and flung to the floor receiving a knock to the head. Both had to receive medical treatment for their injuries.
Earlier in the morning a photographer was also attacked by the same group of racists and had reported the attack to Lewisham police station.
Sabby Dhalu, Unite Against Fascism Joint Secretary said:
This vicious, cowardly attack by fascists on anti-racist pensioners, illustrates why we must all campaign against fascism. The police must take action and immediately arrest and charge the perpetrators of this vile attack. We urge everyone to use their vote on Thursday 3 May and stop fascist and racist groups like the British National Party, English Democrats and National Front from getting elected; and join the peaceful demonstration against the English Defence League organised by We Are Luton and Unite Against Fascism."
http://uaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/EDLfactsheet1.pdf
Jarman Parmar Chair of LARAG says: "The actions of these racist attackers is shocking and strengthens our resolve to unite everyone who opposes these kind of behaviours and ideas which have no place in our society. Those who have the vote should make it count by voting against the British National Party and help stop the far right on 3 May. We all want to create and live in a society where there is no hate and no fear on racial and ethnic grounds.
Weyman Bennett joint national secretary of Unite against Fascism said:
“Groups of Nazis tried to disrupt UAF members from leafleting on Saturday. We will not be intimidated. The BNP and EDL are desperate because they are not getting any real support so resorted to terror attacks. “
Press release ends
Pensioners Attacked by Racists In Lewisham press release 29/4/12
Two local anti-racist pensioners were viciously attacked and hospitalised this Saturday by racist thugs who said they were part of a group known as ‘March For England’/ which is very closely linked to English Defence League (EDL) and the BNP. Andy Smith, a retired teacher and active in Lewisham Pensioners’ Forum and the NUT was viciously attacked as well as another local pensioner.
The attack appears to be in response to a planned Unite Against Fascism event across south London whose aim was to discourage people from voting for or supporting far-right racist parties in the forthcoming London assembly elections. It follows the humiliation they received in last week’s ‘March For England’ Brighton demonstration where 1000 anti-racists succeeded in reducing the far-right march to a miserable and defeated mob.
The attack happened during a busy Saturday on Lewisham High Street whilst manning a regular campaign stall, one that has been active for over thirty years in Lewisham and an integral part of the local community. Shortly after 12pm the stall was thrown to the floor by an individual loitering in the area and according to witnesses, already there waiting for the local activists to arrive.
A group , taking photographs and staring menacingly at the activists started to gather near the clock tower. Before too long, they passed the stall en masse at which point an altercation began, with shouts and heckling from the racist group. In response to Islamophobic statements one pensioner, approached them and received a vicious head-butt as an answer, throwing him to the ground . Another pensioner intervened and was quickly surrounded, man-handled and flung to the floor receiving a knock to the head. Both had to receive medical treatment for their injuries.
Earlier in the morning a photographer was also attacked by the same group of racists and had reported the attack to Lewisham police station.
Sabby Dhalu, Unite Against Fascism Joint Secretary said:
This vicious, cowardly attack by fascists on anti-racist pensioners, illustrates why we must all campaign against fascism. The police must take action and immediately arrest and charge the perpetrators of this vile attack. We urge everyone to use their vote on Thursday 3 May and stop fascist and racist groups like the British National Party, English Democrats and National Front from getting elected; and join the peaceful demonstration against the English Defence League organised by We Are Luton and Unite Against Fascism."
http://uaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/EDLfactsheet1.pdf
Jarman Parmar Chair of LARAG says: "The actions of these racist attackers is shocking and strengthens our resolve to unite everyone who opposes these kind of behaviours and ideas which have no place in our society. Those who have the vote should make it count by voting against the British National Party and help stop the far right on 3 May. We all want to create and live in a society where there is no hate and no fear on racial and ethnic grounds.
Weyman Bennett joint national secretary of Unite against Fascism said:
“Groups of Nazis tried to disrupt UAF members from leafleting on Saturday. We will not be intimidated. The BNP and EDL are desperate because they are not getting any real support so resorted to terror attacks. “
Press release ends
past caring
The Cathars were right
Whilst there's a large element of truth in that, it's also the case that the SWP have an extremely poor record of defending their own members or of organising even minimal levels of security - even in circumstances where they have come under sustained attacks from the far right. From personal experience, I know the leadership/organisers have even gone so far as to deny/cover-up the fact that attacks have happened, simply for the reason that the alternative - organising some sort of response - was in their eyes worse.
That said, this will probably turn out to be a one off/bit of opportunism - the EDL haven't the capability of organising this kind of thing on any sustained basis, in my view.
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