David “Ex-punk. Ex-Trot. Unchanged attitude problem” Dosler blogs about the resurgence of the genuinely fascist BNP in Britain. He wonders where the far left is and why the racist appeal of the BNP.
This is instead a racism rooted in the collapse of social housing, a racism born of the disappearance of blue collar employment and [...]
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BNP vote: the racism of desperation
Open letter from British SWP: Left must unite to create an alternative
Lenin’s Tomb reprints the open letter from the British Socialist Worker’s Party. As always, the comments are, um, lively, and thoughtful too.
Labour’s vote collapsed to a historic low in last week’s elections as the right made gains. The Tories under David Cameron are now set to win the next general election.
The British National Party (BNP) [...]
How to beat both the BNP and the Islamists
The BNP is a genuinely neo Nazi party in Britain that could be on the verge of gaining real electoral political power. Harry’s Place says the way to defeat them is by opposing them and the Islamist far right at the same time.
What is needed is an antifascist campaign that combines fighting the neo Nazi [...]
How not to confront the far right
Injured BNP member
Socialist Unity says the anti-BNP protesters in Leigh who destroyed a BNP auto with baseball bats and crowbars and attacked its members simply gave that far right party more legitimacy and made the left look bad.
How effective is our message that the BNP are tainted with connection with hooligans, when the anti-fascists attack [...]
