Nazis outnumbered in Burton

On Saturday, Nazi organisation Britain First turned up in Burton to preach their Islamophobic message of hate. They were small in numbers, if big on flags, and were escorted into town by an enormous police presence. A coalition of trades unionists, anti-racist campaigners and political groups had called a demonstration against the Nazis. The police decided to keep our counter-demonstration away from the Nazis, claiming that they were concerned about trouble - although apparently they hadn't considered that the trouble was coming from local people being forced to accommodate Nazis being shown around their town.

The police were unable to stop local people from showing their displeasure at the racists and they were shouted at from the streets and windows of houses as they marched along their route.

The message from the day is clear - we can all of us stand against Nazi scum who want to divide us - unity is the answer. The message from many speakers at the counter-demonstration was equally forcefully made: fascists feed on despair, but it is not Muslims, migrants, refugees or asylum seekers who have created that despair - it is the failure of the capitalist class and the politicians who serve them to be able to provide good jobs and services, and who have spent their time since the crash attempting to shovel as much wealth as they can up to the already rich, while taking away from the poor - it is they who have fed the fascists with the racism they fuel to try to persuade us to attack each other rather than them.

Britain First aren't welcome in Derby or Burton and our communities will oppose them together!