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Manchester Unite Against Fascism Press Conference – Jonny Wineberg
Manchester, England. 26th May 2009. Manchester Unite Against Fascism (UAF) holds a press conference on the day that the neo-Nazi British National Party (BNP) has its party political appeal broadcast on BBC TV and other British TV channels. This is followed by a protest outside Manchester BBC studios.
The press conference features a panel of speakers that includes:
Chris Morley, National Union of Journalists, Northern Regional Organiser.
Justine Hall, Green Party candidate for the North West in the European Elections.
Jonny Wineberg, Vice-President, Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and a member of the Manchester Jewish-Muslim forum.
Cllr Paul Fairweather, Manchester City Council, lead councillor on gay mens issues
The protest at the BBC is very lively. Sentiments expressed include “Pull the plug on the Nazi thugs”, “Hey hey! hey ho! The BNP has got to go!” and “The BNP is a Nazi party, smash the BNP!”
This clip shows, Jonny Wineberg, Vice-President of the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and member of Manchester Jewish-Muslim forum speaking at the conference.
May 28, 2009
Manchester Unite Against Fascism Press Conference – Dick Withecombe
Manchester, England. 26th May 2009. Manchester Unite Against Fascism (UAF) holds a press conference on the day that the neo-Nazi British National Party (BNP) has its party political appeal broadcast on BBC TV and other British TV channels. This is followed by a protest outside Manchester BBC studios.
The press conference features a panel of speakers that includes:
Chris Morley, National Union of Journalists, Northern Regional Organiser.
Justine Hall, Green Party candidate for the North West in the European Elections.
Jonny Wineberg, Vice-President, Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and a member of the Manchester Jewish-Muslim forum.
Cllr Paul Fairweather, Manchester City Council, lead councillor on gay mens issues
The protest at the BBC is very lively. Sentiments expressed include “Pull the plug on the Nazi thugs”, “Hey hey! hey ho! The BNP has got to go!” and “The BNP is a Nazi party, smash the BNP!”
This clip shows Manchester UAF chair, Dick Withecombe, introducing and contributing to the conference
May 28, 2009
Unite Against Fascism: Pull the Plug on the Nazi Thugs!
Manchester, England. 26th May 2009. Manchester Unite Against Fascism (UAF) holds a press conference on the day that the neo-Nazi British National Party (BNP) has its party political appeal broadcast on BBC TV and other British TV channels. This is followed by a protest outside Manchester BBC studios.
The press conference features a panel of speakers that includes:
Chris Morley, National Union of Journalists, Northern Regional Organiser.
Justine Hall, Green Party candidate for the North West in the European Elections.
Jonny Wineberg, Vice-President, Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and a member of the Manchester Jewish-Muslim forum.
Cllr Paul Fairweather, Manchester City Council, lead councillor on gay mens issues
The protest at the BBC is very lively. Sentiments expressed include “Pull the plug on the Nazi thugs”, “Hey hey! hey ho! The BNP has got to go!” and “The BNP is a Nazi party, smash the BNP!”
A protester argues that the BBC and other media should not be broadcasting the BNP’s racist and fascist propaganda. The BBC claims that it is obliged to broadcast the BNP’s election appeal because the it is a legal party and that it is legally required to broadcast all party political broadcasts.
Or. to put it another way, the BBC and the TV channels are ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS.
Yet, the Nuremberg Trials judgements in the 1940s established as INTERNATIONAL LAW that the defence of “only following orders” was and is unacceptable–even when someone is employed to carry them out. It is thus the DUTY of everyone, including journalists and broadcasters, to do everything in their power to vigorously resist fascism.
Journalists and broadcasters are perfectly well aware of the real neo-Nazi agenda of the BNP. They KNOW very well what would happen if the BNP got into power. Journalists and broadcasting staff unions like NUJ, BECTU would no longer be allowed to remain as independent trades unions, but would be taken over and and turned into appendages of the fascist corporate state. Parties that would completely abolish democracy once in power should not be given a platform by any TV channel.
Journalists and broadcasters complying meekly with the electoral laws of a warmongering, institutionally racist state is like turkeys voting for Christmas. They should consider following the example of Royal Mail postal workers who refused to distribute BNP election leaflets. The issues involved are the same as those faced by journalists
The New Labour government has used the bogus war on terror and the politics of fear to mount a series of scaremongering raids on British Muslim communities–many of which which have turned out to be unwarranted. The most recent case–a militarised police raid against Pakistani students in Manchester and Liverpool –resulted in no charges being brought against any of the detained. Yet, despite this they are being deported. There is every reason to believe that this raid was an attempt to divert attention from the public outrage about the police riot at the G20 demonstrations which resulted in the death of an innocent man.
This raid follows other similar raids and scaremongering–like the ricin plot that never was–no ricin was ever found. Or the the Forest Gate raid which proved to be a false alarm. The phony spectacle of tanks at Heathrow airport etc. etc.
The New Labour governments of Blair and Brown have shamelessly pandered to racism and Islamophobia creating a contrived climate of fear and suspicion that plays directly into the hands of the BNP. The current economic crisis that is the result of the neo-liberal economic policies of Thatcher, Blair and Brown, and the current MPs expenses scandal that has discredited all the mainstream parties, means that there is a danger that the BNP may be the beneficiaries of a protest vote in the coming EU elections. The EU elections are based on proportional representation. The BNP only need to get 8% of the vote to gain an MEP in the North West which would give them access to EU money and resources.
The cynicism about politics that is the result of the MPs expenses scandal means that there is a real danger that there will be a low turn out in the EU elections on June 4th (2009). It is essential that voters resist the temptation not to vote at all or to vote for the BNP and to use their votes wisely. The UAF urges everyone to USE THEIR VOTE–to vote for any other party except the BNP.
A vote for the Greens stands the best chance, statistically, of defeating the BNP
May 28, 2009
North West Regional Conference of Unite Against Fascism – Lee Billingham
Manchester, England. 25 April 2009. A Unite Against Fascism (UAF) North West Regional Conference is held at the Mechanics Institute, Manchester in the room where the British Trades Unions Congress was founded in the 1868.
This clips shows Lee Billingham organiser of the Love Music Hate Racism–the descendant of Rock Against racism speaking at the event.
It is time for all of us to unite to stop the Nazi British National Party (BNP). This Conference aims to bring together all those who wish to be part of the Campaign to stop the BNP in the European Elections on June the 4th.
Use your vote! The BNP only need 8.4% of the vote to get an MEP elected under the proportional representation system used by the EU.
Highlights include:
Lavania OConnor, PCS, Make You Vote Count Coordinator
Karen Reismann, Unison NEC (pc)
Mr. Muhammad Umar, Ramadan Foundation,
Weyman Bennet, Joint Secretary Unite Aginst Fascism.
Cllr Afsal Khan, Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Lee Billingham, Love Music, Hate Racism.
Kate Richards, Manchester May Day Committee
Love Music Music Hate Racism Carnival is in Stoke on Trent, Stoke City Ground. 30th May 2009.
http://www.lovemusichateracism.com/
“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
May 8, 2009
North West Regional Conference of Unite Against Fascism – Kate Richards
Manchester, England. 25 April 2009. A Unite Against Fascism (UAF) North West Regional Conference is held at the Mechanics Institute, Manchester in the room where the British Trades Unions Congress was founded in the 1868.
This clips shows Kate Richards, organiser of the Manchester May Day Festival 2009, speaking at the event.
It is time for all of us to unite to stop the Nazi British National Party (BNP). This Conference aims to bring together all those who wish to be part of the Campaign to stop the BNP in the European Elections on June the 4th.
Use your vote! The BNP only need 8.4% of the vote to get an MEP elected under the proportional representation system used by the EU.
Highlights include:
Lavania OConnor, PCS, Make You Vote Count Coordinator
Karen Reismann, Unison NEC (pc)
Mr. Muhammad Umar, Ramadan Foundation,
Weyman Bennet, Joint Secretary Unite Aginst Fascism.
Cllr Afsal Khan, Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Lee Billingham, Love Music, Hate Racism.
Kate Richards, Manchester May Day Committee
“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
May 8, 2009
North West Regional Conference of Unite Against Fascism – Lavinia O’Connor (PCS)
Manchester, England. 25 April 2009. A Unite Against Fascism (UAF) North West Regional Conference is held at the Mechanics Institute, Manchester in the room where the British Trades Unions Congress was founded in the 1868.
This clips shows Lavinia O’Connor, PCS Make You Vote Count Coordinator, speaking at the event.
t is time for all of us to unite to stop the Nazi British National Party (BNP). This Conference aims to bring together all those who wish to be part of the Campaign to stop the BNP in the European Elections on June the 4th.
Use your vote! The BNP only need 8.4% of the vote to get an MEP elected under the proportional representation system used by the EU.
Highlights include:
Lavania OConnor, PCS, Make You Vote Count Coordinator
Karen Reismann, Unison NEC (pc)
Mr. Muhammad Umar, Ramadan Foundation,
Weyman Bennet, Joint Secretary Unite Aginst Fascism.
Cllr Afsal Khan, Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Lee Billingham, Love Music, Hate Racism.
Kate Richards, Manchester May Day Committee
“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
May 8, 2009
North West Regional Conference of Unite Against Fascism – Cllr. Afsal khan P1
Manchester, England. 25 April 2009. A Unite Against Fascism (UAF) North West Regional Conference is held at the Mechanics Institute, Manchester in the room where the British Trades Unions Congress was founded in the 1868.
This clips shows part 1 of Councillor Afsal Khan, former Lord Mayor of Manchester, speaking at the event.
It is time for all of us to unite to stop the Nazi British National Party (BNP). This Conference aims to bring together all those who wish to be part of the Campaign to stop the BNP in the European Elections on June the 4th.
Use your vote! The BNP only need 8.4% of the vote to get an MEP elected under the proportional representation system used by the EU.
Highlights include:
Lavania OConnor, PCS, Make You Vote Count Coordinator
Karen Reismann, Unison NEC (pc)
Mr. Muhammad Umar, Ramadan Foundation,
Weyman Bennet, Joint Secretary Unite Aginst Fascism.
Cllr Afsal Khan, Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Lee Billingham, Love Music, Hate Racism.
Kate Richards, Manchester May Day Committee
“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
May 8, 2009
North West Regional Conference of Unite Against Fascism – Cllr. Afsal Khan P2
Manchester, England. 25 April 2009. A Unite Against Fascism (UAF) North West Regional Conference is held at the Mechanics Institute, Manchester in the room where the British Trades Unions Congress was founded in the 1868.
This clips shows part 2 of Councillor Afsal Khan, former Lord Mayor of Manchester, speaking at the event.
t is time for all of us to unite to stop the Nazi British National Party (BNP). This Conference aims to bring together all those who wish to be part of the Campaign to stop the BNP in the European Elections on June the 4th.
Use your vote! The BNP only need 8.4% of the vote to get an MEP elected under the proportional representation system used by the EU.
Highlights include:
Lavania OConnor, PCS, Make You Vote Count Coordinator
Karen Reismann, Unison NEC (pc)
Mr. Muhammad Umar, Ramadan Foundation,
Weyman Bennet, Joint Secretary Unite Aginst Fascism.
Cllr Afsal Khan, Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Lee Billingham, Love Music, Hate Racism.
Kate Richards, Manchester May Day Committee
“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
May 8, 2009
North West Regional Conference of Unite Against Fascism – Muhammad Umar, Ramadan Foundation, P2
Manchester, England. 25 April 2009. A Unite Against Fascism (UAF) North West Regional Conference is held at the Mechanics Institute, Manchester in the room where the British Trades Unions Congress was founded in the 1868.
This clips shows part 1 of Muhammad Umar of the Ramadan Foundation speaking at the event.
t is time for all of us to unite to stop the Nazi British National Party (BNP). This Conference aims to bring together all those who wish to be part of the Campaign to stop the BNP in the European Elections on June the 4th.
Use your vote! The BNP only need 8.4% of the vote to get an MEP elected under the proportional representation system used by the EU.
Highlights include:
Lavania OConnor, PCS, Make You Vote Count Coordinator
Karen Reismann, Unison NEC (pc)
Mr. Muhammad Umar, Ramadan Foundation,
Weyman Bennet, Joint Secretary Unite Aginst Fascism.
Cllr Afsal Khan, Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Lee Billingham, Love Music, Hate Racism.
Kate Richards, Manchester May Day Committee
“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 Einstei
May 8, 2009
North West Regional Conference of Unite Against Fascism – Muhammad Umar, Ramadan Foundation, P2
Manchester, England. 25 April 2009. A Unite Against Fascism (UAF) North West Regional Conference is held at the Mechanics Institute, Manchester in the room where the British Trades Unions Congress was founded in the 1868.
This clips shows part 2 of Muhammad Umar of the Ramadan Foundation speaking at the event.
It is time for all of us to unite to stop the Nazi British National Party (BNP). This Conference aims to bring together all those who wish to be part of the Campaign to stop the BNP in the European Elections on June the 4th.
Use your vote! The BNP only need 8.4% of the vote to get an MEP elected under the proportional representation system used by the EU.
Highlights include:
Lavania OConnor, PCS, Make You Vote Count Coordinator
Karen Reismann, Unison NEC (pc)
Mr. Muhammad Umar, Ramadan Foundation,
Weyman Bennet, Joint Secretary Unite Aginst Fascism.
Cllr Afsal Khan, Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
Lee Billingham, Love Music, Hate Racism.
Kate Richards, Manchester May Day Committee
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
May 8, 2009
