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c/o Unison Cymru Wales,The Courtyard,Wind St, Swansea SA1 1DPUnite Against Fascism Swansea
Stop the Nazis
Black and white unity against racism and Tory cuts is thekey to a better future for us all
Unite Against Fascism (UAF) is a broad coalition that organises to stop fascist organisations fromgrowing. It has led major campaigns and protests against the British National Party (BNP), theNational Front (NF) and English Defence League.
Following the 2014EuropeanandEnglish-council election results, all anti-fascistswill have celebrated thenews that the BNP lost their only European Parliamentary seat. This defeat shows that the majority ofpeople rejected the BNP’s message of hate.
However across Europe far-right and fascist parties made significant gains. There can be no room forcomplacency here in Britain. UKIP ‘s election victory is a very worrying development. Though not a fascist
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has played over the last decade in helping defeat the BNPandmore recently theracist English Defence League. But we are clear our job is far from done. Overthecomingmonthswewill continue toensure that fascist partiesdonotmakeanygains in British politics. We also believe that it is vital we campaign to stop therise of racist and fascist parties acrossEuropeandalongwith other campaigninggroups we will be combating the rise of UKIP.
The anti-fascist fight therefore demands unity to combat the nazis threat. Join orsign-up to our contact-details below and we will keep you informed about futureanti-nazi events.
party, UKIP creates a racist climate wherenazi parties could grow.
The rise of fascist and far-right 'populist'parties is a warning to us all. The rights andfreedoms we enjoy had to be won by unitedaction by ordinary working-class people. Andthese rights have to be defended. Fascistsalways try to divide us - by race, by gender, byreligion - in order to secure the power of theirrich backers. When the Nazis won power inGermany in the 1930s they murderedhundreds of thousands of trade unionists,disabled peopole, socialists and otherminority groups as well as the six million jewsfor which they are infamous.
And this is not just history. In Swansea wehave had a National Front 'white pride' eventin eachof the last twoyears. Thesehavebeensuccessfully opposed by UAF as a broadcoalition including the Labour Party, PlaidCymru and Swansea Council.Unite Against Fascism is proud of the role it