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bricolage
21st August 2009, 13:35
The Home Secretary has just announced that the anti-Islam march in Luton will not be taking place. In fact, as a precautionary measure, all marches have been banned in the town for the next three months. This is a massive victory for everyone who joined our protest yesterday. Over 14,000 letters were sent urging a ban and our voices have been heard.
Thanks to everyone who sent off a letter. We have won and Luton is a safer place because of it. This is just further proof of what we can achieve when we get organised.http://www.hopenothate.org.uk/blog/article:496-We-won!

People laughed when we said asking the state to act on these issues was a bad idea, when we said what you get them to dish out to the right today will be turned on the left tomorrow and what happened? Not only have HNH used and justified state power but they have stopped anyone, left, right, whatever, from marching. This is not a victory for anti-fascism, this is a victory for anti-protestism.

The Ungovernable Farce
21st August 2009, 17:12
Thanks for that. That story's genuinely amazing. Short of actually going around telling everyone to vote BNP, could they be any more counter-productive?

Melbourne Lefty
22nd August 2009, 08:16
Mmm...

1] it could help the tensions in the town to quiet down

2] it could cause those same tensions to fester.

Holden Caulfield
22nd August 2009, 20:58
1] it could help the tensions in the town to quiet down


give the state the consent to crush the right = give the state the consent to crush the left

bcbm
24th August 2009, 01:39
If thats a massive victory, we're fucked.

black magick hustla
24th August 2009, 03:13
i am sure making the state to do the equivalent of a light curfew is a success you morons

black magick hustla
24th August 2009, 03:14
oh shit i thought the OP was celebrating, i am sorry. ill eat my hat

Fietsketting
24th August 2009, 09:31
oh shit i thought the OP was celebrating, i am sorry. ill eat my hat
Quite a big hat too if that avatar is an indication. :laugh: