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The anti-fascists celebrated the community's united response, in which large numbers of East-Enders of all backgrounds; Protestants, Catholics and Jews successfully resisted Mosley and his followers. There were few Muslims in London at the time, so organisers were also delighted when Muslim Somali seamen joined the anti-fascist crowds. [29]
Chatham saw around 150 anti-immigration protesters outnumbering around 50 counter-protesters; [184] in Aldershot, dozens of police had to separate two groups of protesters. Three people were arrested at a counter-protest in Northampton , [ 172 ] and one person was arrested in Bournemouth , [ 185 ] Blackpool, Middlesbrough and Portsmouth . [ 186 ]
Protesting against George W. Bush in 2008. This is a list of protests and protest movements in the United Kingdom.Protest in the UK has concerned issues such as suffrage in the 19th and early 20th centuries, parliamentary reform from the Chartists to the present day, poverty, wages and working conditions, fuel prices, war, human rights, immigration (both for and against), fathers' rights ...
Anti-Fascist Action (AFA) was a militant anti-fascist organisation, founded in the UK in 1985 by a wide range of anti-racist and anti-fascist organisations. It was active in fighting far-right organisations, particularly the National Front and British National Party .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. Opposition to fascism An Italian partisan in Florence, 14 August 1944, during the liberation of Italy Part of a series on Anti-fascism Interwar Ethiopia Black Lions Central Europe Arbeiter-Schutzbund Republikanischer Schutzbund Socialist Action Germany Antifaschistische Aktion Black Band ...
The protests were policed by officers from 14 forces. [50] 5 March 2011 Rochdale: 500 Around 500 EDL protesters congregated at Rochdale town centre's war memorial. A counter-protest was held by around 150 people from Unite Against Fascism, with the two groups being kept 100 feet apart by police. 31 people were arrested. [51] 12 March 2011 ...
Unite Against Fascism (UAF) was formed in Great Britain in late 2003 in response to electoral successes by the BNP. [9] Its main elements were the Anti-Nazi League and the National Assembly Against Racism, with the support of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and leading British unions such as the Transport and General Workers' Union (T&G) (now Unite) and UNISON. [10]
Category: Anti-fascism in the United Kingdom. 7 languages. ... Anti-fascist organisations in the United Kingdom (18 P) B. British anti-fascists (3 C, 32 P)