Wednesday 11th October, 5.30pm, Barking Town Hall.
Protest outside the Barking & Dagenham council meeting at
Barking Town Hall, Clockhouse Avenue, IG11 7LU
Nearest train/tube: Barking
Supported by:
This October is the 70th Anniversary of the Battle
of Cable Street, when East Londoners including the Jewish community and trade
unionists
defeated
Oswald Moseley’s fascist black shirts. Moseley supported Hitler and
the Nazis.
Fascism and the Nazis are responsible for the mass murder of millions of
people, who they tried to systematically annihilate.
Today, the British National Party (BNP) openly admire Hitler. The BNP’s
attempts to revive fascism in Britain must be exposed and opposed by all
those who value democracy and diversity. In several documentaries, key BNP
members have been filmed praising Hitler and the Nazis. Most recently, a
Channel 5 documentary highlighted their links to neo-Nazi rock bands that
fundraise for the BNP.
Since the BNP has targeted our borough, there has been a rise in the number
of racist attacks, including stabbings and other violent assaults. On 4 May,
11 out of 13 BNP candidates were elected onto the Council. In August, another
BNP councillor was confirmed at the High Court, bringing their total number
to 12, the highest number of BNP councillors in any single authority in the
country. In Barking and Dagenham, they spread racist lies about African communities
in order to win votes.
We call on all those who are concerned at the advances by the BNP in Barking
and Dagenham to join us in a protest outside the full council meeting. We
will call similar protests regularly to ensure that the anti-BNP message
is heard.
They did not pass on Cable Street — they shall not succeed in Barking
and Dagenham!
To add your support to this protest, please contact bdaarf@yahoo.co.uk or
call the Secretary of Barking & Dagenham Alliance Against Racism & Fascism
on 07939 199668.
For Muslims observing Ramadan water and dates will be available for Iftaar.