Love Music Hate Racism

By Olivia Fletcher An impressive 800 people came from as far as London and as wide as Milton Keynes to destination venue: Liquid club, Hanley, Stoke on Trent to catch a fantastic Love Music Hate Racism line up on Thursday night. This was the first major event in Stoke on Trent for two years, following [...]

The BNP now have 5 councillors in Stoke; The fightback starts here - 3 of the city's biggest promoters have come together in the city's biggest venue which will have a huge LMHR/UAF banner on its city-centre outside wall for weeks before the event. 3-rooms (rock & indie / urban & r&b / drum n bass) featuring Ginger (The Wildhearts), Kray Twinz, Andy Rourke (The Smiths - DJ set), Pendulum and other top acts will line up with local anti-fascist campaigners and sports stars to send out the message that the fascist BNP are not welcome in Stoke. The event is supported by NORSCARF and the Fire Brigades Union Region No.7

By Carolynn Hansen and Samantha Watson Samantha Watson Report on Jo Richardson visit featuring Fade 2 A great show of live acts thrilled youngsters at a school in Dagenham last week. Supported by Love Music Hate Racism, pupils of Jo Richardson Community School were entertained on July 14 with performances from Fade 2, Edutainment and dance group Advant [...]

Date: Thu 20th July, 8pm. Lineup: Amsterdam's Ian Prowse, Alun Parry, Fayze 2, The Mojave Collective Venue: The Magnet, Hardman St, Liverpool

Two secondary schools in the London borough of Barking & Dagenham today hosted events launching a borough-wide initiative by the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR)campaign, featuring Ms Dynamite and Fade2. The two schools celebrated the diversity of their students and of the multicultural society they live in. Throughout both events many students showed their interest in the campaign and signed up to get involved in the local branch, took away leaflets and purchased badges and t shirts. LMHR aims to work on similar events with all schools across the borough, along with staging a series of gigs in the area with high-profile artists performing for the cause.

By Paul Grist Knaresborough is a small market town situated about 20 miles from Leeds. King James’s school is a genuinely comprehensive secondary school in the sense that it is the only secondary school in the town. All children from the local area, Knaresborough plus a quite wide ranging rural area surrounding Knaresborough, attend [...]

On Friday 14th July, Ms Dynamite will be addressing the whole school assembly at a secondary school in Barking & Dagenham on the need to combat racism and fascism inside and outside our schools. There will also be LMHR and Unite Against Fascism guest speakers and a screening of the short version of LMHR film Who Shot the Sheriff, followed by a Q&A with the Mercury-winning rapper/singer. The same morning, there will also be a similar event featuring Liverpool r&b group Fade 2, taking place at another school in the area. These will be the first of a whole series of LMHR events in schools across the borough.

On Friday 14th July, Ms Dynamite will be addressing the whole school assembly at a secondary school in Barking & Dagenham on the need to combat racism and fascism inside and outside our schools. There will also be LMHR and Unite Against Fascism guest speakers and a screening of the short version of LMHR film Who Shot the Sheriff, followed by a Q&A with the Mercury-winning rapper/singer. The same morning, there will also be a similar event featuring Liverpool r&b group Fade 2, taking place at another school in the area. These will be the first of a whole series of LMHR events in schools across the borough.

Friday 7th July 2006, 7pm-midnight Room 101, ULU, Malet St, WC1 (University of London Students’ Union) Can Music Stop the BNP? Panel Discussion & live show LMHR has been invited to host a session at this annual political and cultural festival. We’ll be using the session to continue to look at how our music can be a weapon in [...]

Following the BNP's gains made in May's local elections, LMHR is planning sustained long-term campaigning, concentrating on those areas afflicted with BNP councillors. We are now able to announce our first post-election events in Barking & Dagenham and Stoke-on-Trent, with major gigs and schools initiatives.... contact us wherever you are to get involved in stopping the racists and Nazis.

There are three great anti-racism music events taking place this coming weekend - the Mayor of London's RISE festival in London on Sat 8th; a LMHR debate & gig in central London on Friday 7thwith Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Rodney P, Drew McConnell from Babyshambles, DJ Statik and many others; and the excellent Sutton-with-Shopland festival near Southend - with a main stage dubbed the LMHR Stage and featuring Noisettes, Metro Riots and loads more greats acts.