Hope Not Hate; We won... Did we? (Part 2)
I was going to seriously go back in time to a thread I made once but it has been closed so here is what I posted in 2009;
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.
And here's what's happening in 2011;
Originally Posted by Hope Not Hate (in an email I got sent)
I’m writing to you to share some great news. This afternoon the Metropolitan Police requested a ban on the English Defence League march in Tower Hamlets because of fears that this would whip up tensions in the area and ignite trouble. It seems almost certain that the Home Secretary will agree to the ban... This is a victory for common sense. The EDL wanted to use the march to cause trouble and they probably would have been successful. They have now been foiled.
hmmm...
Originally Posted by BBC
Mrs May says all rallies, not just those by the EDL, are banned, to protect "communities and property".
Originally Posted by The Guardian
Theresa May said she would outlaw any marches in Tower Hamlets and four neighbouring boroughs – whether by the EDL or any other groups – for the next 30 days, having "balanced rights to protest against the need to ensure local communities and property are protected".
I'm bound to stay
Where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk
That invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.
