Tonight saw the anti-fascist organisations in Sussex complete a hat-trick, when the BNP cancelled their Christmas party in Crawley and hastily re-arranged the party in Berkshire instead.  This followed events in Hastings and Brighton & Hove this week where BNP meetings were cancelled after demonstrations.

Their plan had been for BNP members to meet in a car park in Crawley to get directions to the secret venue for their party, but these plans were thwarted in two ways.  Firstly the secret venue was made aware that the booking they had was for the BNP using a false name and cancelled the booking.  Secondly, local anti-fascist campaigners gathered in the car park for the benefit of those partygoers who had not got the message about the change of plans.

Having shown that this corner of Sussex does not want to be associated with the BNP, the protesters heard some short speeches from local MP, Laura Moffatt, national LMHR organiser, Lee Bellingham, and representatives from Wealden UAF, the national UAF, National Union of Students and the trade unions.

Wealden UAF would like to thank the NUS, trade unions, LMHR, UAF and all the other organisations and individuals who turned out to show their support tonight.

Stop the Fascist BNP's South-East Xmas jolly

THIS SATURDAY 13th DECEMBER
GATHER 6pm, B&Q CAR PARK, London Road, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 6WD

PEACE AND GOODWILL TO ALL IN THE FESTIVE SEASON – BRING CANDLES, BANNERS, WHISTLES AND FESTIVE SONGS

Anti-fascists in Sussex have already stopped two BNP meetings/socials going ahead in our area this week – they had to cancel their Hastings meeting on Monday after the venue pulled following pressure from local LMHR supporters, the local MP and local councillors. Then on Wednesday a magnificent 300 people turned out to occupy the planned redirection point for the relaunch of a Brighton & Hove BNP branch – the BNP have postponed this meeting.  Join us on Saturday to make a hat-trick of triumphs for everyone opposed to racism and fascism in Sussex.

Called by Unite Against Fascism and Love Music Hate Racism, supported by National Union of Students, PCS London& SE Region, Medway Trades Council, Merton Trades Council, NASUWT, Kingston/Sussex/Kent Uni's NUS; Brighton/Hastings/Portsmouth/East Kent/Surrey LMHR groups; Kent/Brighton/Wealden/West Sussex Coast UAF groups; Worthing Against Racism, Kent UNISON, Sussex Univ UNISON

WWW.UAF.ORG.UK  0207 833 4916

WWW.LOVEMUSICHATERACISM.COM  020 7801 2781 // 07838 156

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