Tag Archives: EDL
The English Defence League
Who are the EDL, what motivates them and why are we unable to connect with the very people they are attracting – the disenfranchised working class.
Once again working class kids are out on the streets, kicking back at authority, attacking conservatives and the cosy status quo, standing up for freedom, ridiculing religion and battling with [...]
Anarchist arrested by UAF
The Anarchist Federation (AF) has issued a statement condemning Unite Against Fascism (UAF) and the actions of their stewards during a demonstration against the English Defence League (EDL) in Leeds city centre on October 31st.
According to reports during the rally, attended by over a thousand militant anti-fascists, trade unionists, students and left wing groups, several [...]
EDL fails to deliver, again
Over the past few months the English Defence League (EDL) have been attempting to capitalise on the outrage caused by the heckling of British Army troops in Luton by a handful of Salafist Islamists that prompted an angry street demonstration composed of hundreds of mainly football casuals, attacking Asian owned business and an Asian man. [...]
Out of their League?
Anti-fascist protestors clashed with the English Defence League (EDL) in Birmingham for a second time in as many months as the demonstration against Islamic extremism was met with resistance leading to 90 arrests.The protest in Birmingham city centre on Saturday 5th September was organised by EDL against what they perceive as the growing ‘Islamification’ of [...]
