Unite Against Fascism - National Conference 2009.
Saturday 21 February 2009 9.30am - 4.30pm
TUC Conference Centre, Great Russell Street, London WC1
Nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road (Dominion Theatre exit)
Special guests and speakers include: *Ken Livingstone * John McLure aka ' The Reverend' from Reverend and the Makers * Glyn Ford MEP * Billy Hayes Communication Workers Union * Megan Dobney Southern and Eastern Region TUC* Dr Abdul Bari Muslim Council of Britain * Edie Friedman JCORE * Weyman Bennett UAF and Anti Nazi League * Sabby Dhalu UAF and National Assembly Against Racism * Martin Smith Love Music Hate Racism
Doncaster UNISON is a proud supporter of Unite Against Fascism and would encourage all members who oppose the BNP and other far right political groups to attend this conference.
Over the last decade racism and Islamophobia in society have grown including a rise in racist violence and attacks on multiculturalism culminating in the rise of the far right and fascist parties in particular the British National Party (BNP).
The British National Party (BNP) will be targeting the European Parliamentary elections and the local elections across Britain in June 2009 . Recent votes received in several regions including the North West (where Nick Griffin is heading the BNP list), Yorkshire and Midlands indicate a real danger of the BNP gaining European Parliament seats in these and other areas.
This would represent a major electoral breakthrough and would allow them huge resources, influence , greater respectability, and the ability to work with other far right and fascist parties in Europe.
The BNP have recently launched a racist campaign with a pamphlet " Racism Cuts Both Ways" in an attempt to build what they hope will be a racist agenda during the forthcoming economic crisis.
Where multiculturalism is celebrated, a positive climate is created in which every-one's contribution is welcomed and the BNP's policies of racism and scapegoating challenged. This would be undermined if the BNP were elected to the European Parliament.
The BNP is a fascist organisation. As history shows, fascism stands for the total annihilation of whole communities, freedoms and democratic rights.
Active campaigning can stop the BNP. In the 1930s the Jewish and Irish communities, trade unions and others defeated the fascist Blackshirts at Cable Street, in the 1970s the National Front was defeated by mass anti-Nazi campaigns. More recently the BNP was defeated in Millwall and Oldham. Learning lessons from these campaigns is crucial.
In 2004 Unite Against Fascism campaigned hard to mobilise the anti racist and anti fascist vote and to highlight the threat of the BNP in the European elections. The past year or so has seen a big increase in anti-fascist campaigning with Unite Against Fascism (UAF) and Love Music Hate Racism groups becoming more active in opposing to the fascist BNP.
Many Doncaster UNISON members were proud to support these campaigns and attended the fantastic Love Music, Hate Racism gig in Rotherham last year along with 4000 people protesting against the election of two BNP Councillors in the town. This was an outstanding success and gave a massive boost to those who wanted to oppose the fascist BNP in gaining a foothold in South Yorkshire.
This conference will be an important event and will discuss strategies that have been successful in defeating fascism and organising activity across the country to stop the BNP in these elections.
The event will bring together sections of society that oppose fascism including trade unions, Muslim, Jewish, Christian and other faiths, black, Asian, lesbian, gay and disabled communities.
Last year's conference was extremely successful with over 500 people to discuss the way forward in opposing the politics of hate and division that the BNP represent.
We urge you to join us in stopping the BNP in 2009.
" The world is a dangerous place to live in; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein. Refugee to Britain from the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.
Other anti- fascist activists from Doncaster will be attending this conference and will be arranging transport to this event. Please contact Jim Board at the Branch Office to book your place.
Saturday 21 February 2009 9.30am - 4.30pm
TUC Conference Centre, Great Russell Street, London WC1
Nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road (Dominion Theatre exit)
Special guests and speakers include: *Ken Livingstone * John McLure aka ' The Reverend' from Reverend and the Makers * Glyn Ford MEP * Billy Hayes Communication Workers Union * Megan Dobney Southern and Eastern Region TUC* Dr Abdul Bari Muslim Council of Britain * Edie Friedman JCORE * Weyman Bennett UAF and Anti Nazi League * Sabby Dhalu UAF and National Assembly Against Racism * Martin Smith Love Music Hate Racism
Doncaster UNISON is a proud supporter of Unite Against Fascism and would encourage all members who oppose the BNP and other far right political groups to attend this conference.
Over the last decade racism and Islamophobia in society have grown including a rise in racist violence and attacks on multiculturalism culminating in the rise of the far right and fascist parties in particular the British National Party (BNP).
The British National Party (BNP) will be targeting the European Parliamentary elections and the local elections across Britain in June 2009 . Recent votes received in several regions including the North West (where Nick Griffin is heading the BNP list), Yorkshire and Midlands indicate a real danger of the BNP gaining European Parliament seats in these and other areas.
This would represent a major electoral breakthrough and would allow them huge resources, influence , greater respectability, and the ability to work with other far right and fascist parties in Europe.
The BNP have recently launched a racist campaign with a pamphlet " Racism Cuts Both Ways" in an attempt to build what they hope will be a racist agenda during the forthcoming economic crisis.
Where multiculturalism is celebrated, a positive climate is created in which every-one's contribution is welcomed and the BNP's policies of racism and scapegoating challenged. This would be undermined if the BNP were elected to the European Parliament.
The BNP is a fascist organisation. As history shows, fascism stands for the total annihilation of whole communities, freedoms and democratic rights.
Active campaigning can stop the BNP. In the 1930s the Jewish and Irish communities, trade unions and others defeated the fascist Blackshirts at Cable Street, in the 1970s the National Front was defeated by mass anti-Nazi campaigns. More recently the BNP was defeated in Millwall and Oldham. Learning lessons from these campaigns is crucial.
In 2004 Unite Against Fascism campaigned hard to mobilise the anti racist and anti fascist vote and to highlight the threat of the BNP in the European elections. The past year or so has seen a big increase in anti-fascist campaigning with Unite Against Fascism (UAF) and Love Music Hate Racism groups becoming more active in opposing to the fascist BNP.
Many Doncaster UNISON members were proud to support these campaigns and attended the fantastic Love Music, Hate Racism gig in Rotherham last year along with 4000 people protesting against the election of two BNP Councillors in the town. This was an outstanding success and gave a massive boost to those who wanted to oppose the fascist BNP in gaining a foothold in South Yorkshire.
This conference will be an important event and will discuss strategies that have been successful in defeating fascism and organising activity across the country to stop the BNP in these elections.
The event will bring together sections of society that oppose fascism including trade unions, Muslim, Jewish, Christian and other faiths, black, Asian, lesbian, gay and disabled communities.
Last year's conference was extremely successful with over 500 people to discuss the way forward in opposing the politics of hate and division that the BNP represent.
We urge you to join us in stopping the BNP in 2009.
" The world is a dangerous place to live in; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein. Refugee to Britain from the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.
Other anti- fascist activists from Doncaster will be attending this conference and will be arranging transport to this event. Please contact Jim Board at the Branch Office to book your place.
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