Barking isn't Barking.

Since 2001 the BNP have made steady inroads into British politics, gradually building up a significant base in local councils, and expanding slowly but surely into other arenas – winning a seat on the Greater London Assembly and their highpoint last year, winning 2 seats in the European Parliament. It’s almost been a grudging acceptance [...]

Posted by Andy Bowden on May 8th, 2010 | 4 Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Across Europe racism is becoming the law for Muslim women

A woman in Italy has become the first to be fined for covering her face. Known only as Amel, she was fined £430 under laws that ban covering your face in public places, after she was spotted by police in the Post Office. The laws were originally brought in during the 70s to prevent political [...]

Posted by Jack on May 4th, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Uncategorized

More immigrants = less BNP. Yay!

The Institute for Public Policy Research  have been analysing support for the BNP and trying to determine what causes communities to turn towards the far-right. You can see their findings here. The BNP would have us believe they are supported by people whose communities are over-run with immigrants and asylum seekers. But they’re lying. The [...]

Posted by TheWorstWitch on April 30th, 2010 | 5 Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Who the Hell is… Albert Einstein?

Today we’re reviving a regular feature you used to see the in the classic (pre-blog, paper only) version of Leftfield. “Who the Hell is…” brings you the low down on key folk who’ve tried to make a difference to the world in the past. Previous people we’ve profiled have included Delegate Zero/Subcommandante Marcos, and Che [...]

Posted by Jack on April 30th, 2010 | 4 Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Gordon Brown lays an egg of solid fuck

Catastrofuck in the government! Today, Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a huge cock up when he, after being filmed talking to an OAP about her concerns (her pension, her grandkid’s uni debt, the Eastern Europeans..) was then caught on microphone in his car calling her a “bigoted woman”. This issue is a bit delicate. Undoubtedly [...]

Posted by Sarah on April 28th, 2010 | 11 Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Apartheid Arizona

The US state of Arizona has just passed some of the strictest anti-immigrant laws in US history, in a move that enshrines racism in law. Throughout the US it’s well known that migration cops use racial profiling to target people who have the most brown skin or look the most like they might have some [...]

Posted by Jack on April 28th, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Uncategorized

Metropolitan Police: Getting away with murder

It’s taken 31 years, but the Metropolitan Police have finally published a secret internal report showing that police officers killed an anti-fascist protester in 1979. Blair Peach, a 33 year old teacher originally from New Zealand, was on a demo against the National Front in Southall, London, where he was beaten to death by police [...]

Posted by Jack on April 28th, 2010 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized

Tory candidate in homophobia shocker

A wannabe Conservative MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, Philip Lardner, was today suspended from his party for expressing extreme right-wing views for the SECOND time in less than two years. Lardner, a primary school teacher in Erskine, Renfrewshire, was thrown out of his party today by embarrassed Tory party chiefs after homophobic comments published [...]

Posted by Liam T on April 27th, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Uncategorized

Good news for Belgian Muslims as government collapses

The government of Belgium has collapsed as part of a row between Dutch speaking and French speaking politicians. This is good news for Belgian Muslims, who were facing the possibility of a racist legal attack, as Belgium was poised to become the first European country to ban Muslim women from covering their faces. However, the [...]

Posted by Jack on April 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment Posted in Uncategorized

Collett's Night of the Shite knives foiled

After facing “treason” only a few weeks ago in Scotland, the BNP have had to carry out another purge within their own ranks. This time its against a far more senior member, making far more serious threats to the party leadership. The BNP have expelled 3 of their leading members, including their head of publicity, [...]

Posted by Andy Bowden on April 7th, 2010 | No Comments Posted in Uncategorized
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