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Caricatures, Confusion and Combating the BNP

This is a response to Ed Mustill’s guest post written yesterday. In the 2009 elections the BNP gained two MEPs, gaining near a million votes. Whilst they undoubtedly benefited from the the ‘perfect storm’ of the expenses scandal and the recession, this had been coming. The BNP’s strategy of playing down their core ideology, begun when [...]

Posted Under: Protest,Racism/Fascism
This post was written by Dan on August 25, 2009 Comments (10)

Anti-Fascism: Tactics and Principles

Guest post by Ed Mustill It’s no surprise that a hot topic on the Left at the moment is anti-fascism. The recent success of the BNP in getting two of their members elected to the European Parliament, and the emergence of groups like the English Defence League require us to consider carefully our tactics for [...]

Posted Under: Protest,Racism/Fascism
This post was written by Guest Post on August 24, 2009 Comments (1)