Forward Union
11th June 2007, 14:23
On Friday Islamo-Fascist nutters (supporters of the late al-Muhajiroun) will be demonstrating opposite downingstreet against "Brittish Opression". Members of Stormfront have caught wind of this and will be holding a counter demo at the same time, same place.
I strongly propose a third, explicitly antifascist, counter demonstration to oppose both strands of anti-working class bigotry - Islamic Extreamism and Nazism. And have been in touch with local antifascists and class-concious organisations.
The demo is 2 till 5 opposite downing street. The original callout is here
www.britishoppression.com,
counter-demo info/discussion at
http ://www.***************/forum/showthread.php/counter-presence-muslim-london-demo-388436.html
Anyone up for it should get back to me. We can then Organise a meeting time and place with other antifascists. Bring flags and placards.
Heres a rough drafted callout
(if you've got any comments/criticisms/additions/open hatred please post 'em)
Counter-demonstration: Against Fascism, Against Islamism
Date: 15th June 2007
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Location: Downing Street
This Friday, 15th June, will see two factions take part in demonstrations outside Downing Street. The first, organised on the theme of "British Oppression", is a call for Muslims around the UK to demonstrate against attacks by the British State on the Muslim community. The second, organised through the Stormfront White Nationalist forum in opposition, calls for the British people to stand up against the supposed Islamist threat walking our streets.
In reality, the two factions represent two sides of the same coin. The first, organised by a supporter of Omar Bakri Mohammed (founder of the now-disbanded al-Muhajiroun, spokesperson for Osama bin Laden and supporter of al-Qaeda), calls for the Muslim community to be separated from the rest of British society. In their view, it is the obligation of every Muslim to be opposed to the "ways of the infidel" (identified as secularism, democracy, and free expression), and to fight for the establishment of Sharia law.
Similarly, the fascists of Stormfront and similar groups have as their ultimate goal the complete eradication of all non-"whites" from the UK, based on this very same notion - that those of different races, different religions, different cultures are inescapably distinct from and different to one another, leaving the only options as "peaceful" separation or racial war.
Both sides ultimately hold the same goal and work from the same basis. For both, social problems are identified as exclusive to their particular group and a result of the actions of the other. Police raids and media misrepresentation are exclusive to "the Muslims" and are the fault of "the British" as a collective whole. Similarly, unemployment and lack of housing are solely problems of "the white majority" as a result of mass migration on the part of the ever-changing "other". As such, they reinforce one another's agendas, both ideologically by pursuing the same separatist goals, and through propaganda by providing a concrete example to point to as evidence of the impossibility of co-existence.
That the British state and mainstream media are currently targetting Muslims is transparently true. However, when we divide ourselves into closed-off communities of race, of religion, of nationality, pitting ourselves against one another, we only reinforce the work of the authorities by ensuring that the majority of our society remains divided. The state which has reduced Iraq to rubble is the same state which has decimated our health service, leaving all - black, white or Asian, Muslim, Christian or atheist - to suffer. The media which identifies every person of Muslim descent as a potential terrorist does not hesitate to stereotype and attack the white working class as innately violent, thuggish, uneducated and brutal.
It is in unity that we find our greatest strength. As such, it is important for us - of whatever heritage - to reject those who would spread division. On 15th June, two such groups converge, offering a false ultimatum of support for one or the other. We stand together to show that both sides have nothing to offer in the fight for a free society.
For further information:
- "Muslims Rise Against British Oppression": http://www.britishoppression.com
- " Counter Presence at the Muslim London Demo": http://www.stormfront. org/forum/showthread.php/counter-presence-muslim-london-demo-388436.html (note: link is to a fascist forum, use an anonymizer if you don't want the scum getting your IP)
- "British Oppression Downing Street protest - the usual suspects strike again": https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/371658.html
I strongly propose a third, explicitly antifascist, counter demonstration to oppose both strands of anti-working class bigotry - Islamic Extreamism and Nazism. And have been in touch with local antifascists and class-concious organisations.
The demo is 2 till 5 opposite downing street. The original callout is here
www.britishoppression.com,
counter-demo info/discussion at
http ://www.***************/forum/showthread.php/counter-presence-muslim-london-demo-388436.html
Anyone up for it should get back to me. We can then Organise a meeting time and place with other antifascists. Bring flags and placards.
Heres a rough drafted callout
(if you've got any comments/criticisms/additions/open hatred please post 'em)
Counter-demonstration: Against Fascism, Against Islamism
Date: 15th June 2007
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Location: Downing Street
This Friday, 15th June, will see two factions take part in demonstrations outside Downing Street. The first, organised on the theme of "British Oppression", is a call for Muslims around the UK to demonstrate against attacks by the British State on the Muslim community. The second, organised through the Stormfront White Nationalist forum in opposition, calls for the British people to stand up against the supposed Islamist threat walking our streets.
In reality, the two factions represent two sides of the same coin. The first, organised by a supporter of Omar Bakri Mohammed (founder of the now-disbanded al-Muhajiroun, spokesperson for Osama bin Laden and supporter of al-Qaeda), calls for the Muslim community to be separated from the rest of British society. In their view, it is the obligation of every Muslim to be opposed to the "ways of the infidel" (identified as secularism, democracy, and free expression), and to fight for the establishment of Sharia law.
Similarly, the fascists of Stormfront and similar groups have as their ultimate goal the complete eradication of all non-"whites" from the UK, based on this very same notion - that those of different races, different religions, different cultures are inescapably distinct from and different to one another, leaving the only options as "peaceful" separation or racial war.
Both sides ultimately hold the same goal and work from the same basis. For both, social problems are identified as exclusive to their particular group and a result of the actions of the other. Police raids and media misrepresentation are exclusive to "the Muslims" and are the fault of "the British" as a collective whole. Similarly, unemployment and lack of housing are solely problems of "the white majority" as a result of mass migration on the part of the ever-changing "other". As such, they reinforce one another's agendas, both ideologically by pursuing the same separatist goals, and through propaganda by providing a concrete example to point to as evidence of the impossibility of co-existence.
That the British state and mainstream media are currently targetting Muslims is transparently true. However, when we divide ourselves into closed-off communities of race, of religion, of nationality, pitting ourselves against one another, we only reinforce the work of the authorities by ensuring that the majority of our society remains divided. The state which has reduced Iraq to rubble is the same state which has decimated our health service, leaving all - black, white or Asian, Muslim, Christian or atheist - to suffer. The media which identifies every person of Muslim descent as a potential terrorist does not hesitate to stereotype and attack the white working class as innately violent, thuggish, uneducated and brutal.
It is in unity that we find our greatest strength. As such, it is important for us - of whatever heritage - to reject those who would spread division. On 15th June, two such groups converge, offering a false ultimatum of support for one or the other. We stand together to show that both sides have nothing to offer in the fight for a free society.
For further information:
- "Muslims Rise Against British Oppression": http://www.britishoppression.com
- " Counter Presence at the Muslim London Demo": http://www.stormfront. org/forum/showthread.php/counter-presence-muslim-london-demo-388436.html (note: link is to a fascist forum, use an anonymizer if you don't want the scum getting your IP)
- "British Oppression Downing Street protest - the usual suspects strike again": https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/371658.html