Anti fascists picket against Nick Griffin BNP

[fionntan]

Friday 14 October; 1:00pm
Saturday 15 October; 3pm

Meet at front gates of TCD, College Green.

Nick Griffin, leader of the far right BNP, has been invited to speak at an event in Trinity College Dublin on the 20th October entitled "This House Believes Immigration Has Gone Too Far".

AFA are supporting these two pickets, in the run up, to put on pressure on the authorities to withdraw the invitation.
https://www.facebook.com/afaireland

[fionntan]

A STUDENT SOCIETY in Trinity College has withdrawn its invitation to the British National Party leader Nick Griffin to speak at a debate next week.
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Griffin, an MEP for north-west England, was to address the Philosophical Society’s debate on immigration next Thursday evening, but the college this lunchtime confirmed that it and the society had decided to withdraw the invite.[/FONT]
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The decision to withdraw the invitation came after around 30 protesters disrupted the society’s weekly debate last night, as part of a campaign against Griffin’s invitation.[/FONT]
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Student newspaper the University Times added that around 40 people had attended a public meeting against Griffin’s invite on Tuesday evening, including a number of people from the Philosophical Society’s council. Academics from other institutions had also attended that meeting.[/FONT]
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BNP spokesperson Simon Darby told TheJournal.ie that the decision to withdraw the invite was “not entirely surprising”.[/FONT]
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“It’s disappointing – you’d think Ireland would have at least a rudimentary understanding about free speech,” Darby said, adding that Griffin regularly attracted votes from second- and third-generation Irish families.[/FONT]
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“It’s up to students to decide if Nick is right or wrong. I wouldn’t like to be told who I can and cannot listen to, by a bunch of leftists,” he added.[/FONT]
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Darby added that the only recent occasion on which Griffin had been permitted to speak at a university debate was at Oxford University in 2007. That appearance had resulted in major protests at the university, with a heavy police presence required to avert rioting.[/FONT]
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“It means anyone opposing immigration – and actually meaning it – isn’t given a chance to speak,” he said.[/FONT]
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[Smyg]

Haha, good.

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It's the age old question; is free speech absolute or should some ideas / beliefs be suppressed?
Peronally, I'd let Nick 'There's No Such Thing As A Black Welshman' Griffin have his say and hang himself with his own words, throwing up barriers and picketing only makes him a martyr for his followers and potential followers.

[fionntan]

Did that nutjob say there is no such thing as a black welshman...

And no there should be no platform for idiots to preach hate.

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Did that nutjob say there is no such thing as a black welshman...

And no there should be no platform for idiots to preach hate.

He did indeed.

I'm not saying I approve in anyway with him getting a chance to preach his vile drivel, but I can't see how the ideas themselves can be made to die out just by restricting the platform...I suppose it's about limiting the audience in the hope it fizzles out to nothing..but anti-immigration has been around for a looong time and doesn't look like it's going away any time soon

[Anarchist Skinhead]

yeah, but Nick the cyclop getting a slap is always a good thing