By New Worker
correspondent
Fascists and racists were out on the
streets of London last weekend demanding the release of the former leader of
the English Defence League (EDL), who is currently in Belmarsh prison. Scuffles
broke out with the police along the march as racist thugs attempted to break
through police lines to attack the anti-racist demonstrators.
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who goes by the
name of Tommy Robinson, was jailed for contempt of court after live-streaming
defendants outside Leeds Crown Court during a criminal trial on the sexual
exploitation of girls in Huddersfield. The former EDL leader failed recently in
the European elections to become an MEP in the North West, due to a large,
broad-based campaign by anti-racists, of which Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) was
central.
Although hundreds turned up to join the racist
march, the degenerates were easily outnumbered by supporters of SUTR, the Anti-Fascist
Network and the London Anti-Fascist Assembly who rallied in Regent Street to
counter the “Free Tommy” rabble.
SUTR Co-Convenor, Sabby Dhalu, said:
“Today showed that all the work done by anti-fascists to challenge and expose
Tommy Robinson, from counter-demos to election campaigns has a major effect. As
Boris Johnson positions himself at the head of a Trump-like movement in
Britain, it’s vital we continue to unite against fascist groups and the bigotry
that emboldens them.”
This was also stressed by Weyman Bennett
of SUTR, who said: “Tommy Robinson has a history of promoting fascist
organisations including the British National Party and English Defence League.
Days like today show the true nature of his supporters – racist and Islamophobic
to the core. Last year they mobilised around 15,000 on the streets of London,
now they can only bring out tiny a fraction of that. We stopped Robinson when
he was in the EDL. We stopped him becoming an MEP. We’ll stop him again from
building the racist street movement he craves.”
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