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Celebrate & Defend Multicultural Leeds
Unite to stop the fascist BNP - Public Meeting
Thursday 4th February 2010, 7:00pm
Leeds Met University,
Civic Quarter (opposite the Dry Dock)
Speakers include:
Ian Stephenson (Regional secretary, NUT)
Weyman Bennett, (UAF)
Arshad Khatana (Chair, Armley Mosque)
Sophia James (Leeds University, Equality
and Diversity Officer)
Chair; Mick Hooson, (Chair, Leeds UAF)
Food and networking after the meeting at 8:30pm
Provided by Medina Catering — £4 waged/£2 unwaged
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Unite Against Fascism 2010 national conference
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Unite Against Fascism is holding its annual national conference on Saturday 13 February at the TUC Congress Centre in central London.
This will be a crucial event for everyone who opposes the fascist British National Party and wants to prevent it from making gains at the next General and local elections. It will also be a focus for all those resisting the rise of racist anti-Muslim groups such as the English Defence League.
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Celebrating and defending our multicultural society
Regional UAF statement on the Leeds UAF rally on October 31st
The English Defence League [EDL] action in Leeds on Saturday 31 October is the latest manifestation of the rise of racism and Islamophobia over the last two decades.
The 'Celebrate and Defend Multicultural Leeds' rally called by Leeds Unite Against Fascism attracted over 1200 people from communities across the city. The rally had widespread backing - from the trade union movement including Yorkshire & the Humber TUC and Leeds Trades Council, the Muslim and Jewish communities, faith groups, students, LGBT campaigns amongst many others.
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Support grows for Leeds unity statement against the racist English Defence League
Protest in Leeds: Sat 31 October, 12 midday, outside the Art Gallery on the Headrow
Anti-racists, politicians, faith leaders, trade unions and community leaders have signed the statement initiated by Leeds UAF opposing the EDL marching in Leeds and calling for unity to celebrate and defend multicultural Leeds.
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Shame on the BBC for inviting Nazi BNP leader Nick Griffin onto Question Time
UAF National Response
Demonstrate in London outside the BBC on Thursday 22 October! The BBC has confirmed that it is inviting Nick Griffin, leader of the fascist British National Party and a man with a criminal conviction for denying Hitler's Holocaust, onto its flagship Question Time programme on Thursday 22 October in London.
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Leeds UAF Campaign Activities
Leeds UAF will be organising a wide range of activities over the coming months. Please see the website for regular updates and email info@leedsuaf.org.uk for further information and to offer support.
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Say no to the fascist BNP on Question Time
We are appalled by the BBC's decision to invite Nick Griffin, leader of the fascist British National Party, onto its flagship Question Time programme. Griffin is a noxious racist and neo-Nazi. He has a criminal conviction for incitement to racial hatred for publishing an antisemitic magazine that denied the Holocaust.
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A day to remember in Codnor as anti-fascists drown out the BNP’s festival of race hate
Anti-fascists were jubilant after over 2,000 protesters marched and rallied in Codnor, Derbyshire, against the British National Party's "Red, White & Blue" rally being held in area that weekend. A full coach travelled from Leeds to join other UAF groups from around the country in Codnar.
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Converge on Codnor to stop the BNP rally
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Unite Against Fascism is calling on anti-fascists across the country to converge on Codnor, Derbyshire, at 9am on Saturday 15 August to protest against the British National Party rally taking place in the village that weekend.
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Leeds UAF - Summer 2009 Activities
Unite Against the BNP
Leeds UAF will be campaigning at a wide range of national and local events over the summer. Please find some of the details below and check the website regularly for updated details. Leeds UAF is committed to building a broad campaign to defeat the BNP and urges all those opposed to fascism to join us at the following activivties and events.
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Big Success for Yorkshire and Humber Unite Against Fascism Rally and March
Anti-fascists show the people of Leeds and Yorkshire reject the fascist politics of the BNP
Six hundred people attended the Unite Against Fascism regional rally and march in Leeds on Saturday June 13.
The event demonstrated the breadth of opposition to the breakthrough by the BNP in the Euro elections. The day also saw an impressive contingent of trade unionists and young people.
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We must Defeat the Fascist BNP - Rally Against the BNP in Leeds
Unite to Stop The BNP - assemble outside the Art Gallery, The Headrow Saturday 13 June at 11 am
Yorkshire & Humber Unite Against Fascism will be holding a protest on Saturday June 13 outside The Art Gallery, The Headrow at 11 am.
Last night saw the fascist British National Party (BNP) gain its first two seats in the European parliament. BNP candidate Andrew Brons, a former stalwart of the National Front and a lifelong Nazi, narrowly took the final MEP place in the Yorkshire & the Humber region. The fascists polled 120,139 votes, representing 9.8% of the vote as compared to 8.0% in 2004.
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Leeds Anti-fascists Campaign Across The City
Large groups of anti-fascists have given out thousands of leaflets across Leeds as the campaign to stop the BNP intensifies.
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