Love Music Hate Racism

We can now unveil our complete line-up for our show in the Left Field at this year's Glastonbury Festival. LMHR takes over the 5,000-capacity Left Field big tent for the Saturday night (June 23rd), kicking off with a debate on how can we can best take on racism and fascism, and followed by an eclectic line-up we reckon is unparalalled anywhere else at the festival (click the title for more details). Hard-Fi .... Akala .. Get Cape.Wear Cape.Fly .. Lethal Bizzle .. Noisettes .. rodney P .. Killa Kela .. Natty .. No Lay .. The Mentalists .. DJs Skitz & Statik. *Throughout the weekend there'll be an LMHR/UAF stall inside the Left Field, so if you're going to the festival and can spare us an hour or two to help promote LMHR we'd like to hear from you too. *

Love Music Hate Racism lends it support to - UK Takeover - one of the largest independent British Hip Hop events

GREENHOUSE NO EMISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM AND CLIMART PRESENTS KINGS OF THE PARK A LIVE MUSICAL EXPLOSION 26TH MAY 2007 7PM-12PM THE SPACESHIP, CARDINAL WISEMAN SCHOOL, GREENFORD ROAD, GREENFORD MIDDLESEX UB6 9AW

Part of the Cultural Diversity Day with bands/artists including: Subsource / Talk / Innasanctum / Long Nines / New Breed 7pm -11.30pm @ The Music Hall.

Thursday 24th May 2007, 8pm-1am MYXOMATOSIS MUSIC PRESENTS TOBIAS FROBERG / THE LAUREL COLLECTIVE/ LITTLE FISH and more acts to be announced LIVE @ Purple Turtle, Camden

Barking MP Margaret Hodge's inaccurate and inflammatory comments that “We prioritise the needs of an individual migrant family over the entitlement others feel that they have”, have been slammed by housing and anti-fascist campaigners, local councillors, trade unionists, LMHR supporters and Labour Party members. Weyman Bennett, Joint Secretary of Unite Against Fascism commented: "The fascist BNP is crawling all over this debate which is providing it with rich pickings. The BNP flourish in a climate of racist myths against black communities, Muslims, migrants and asylum seekers. They have no interest in improving housing – their real aim is to target isolated, and marginalised communities with racism as fascist parties do in order to make gains. The fact that the BNP opposed increased social housing when it was proposed at Barking and Dagenham council exposes the reality of its fascist agenda. Today, the BNP’s website is welcoming Margaret Hodge’s comments. UAF believes these comments were ill-advised and wrong.” Click the title of this item for more.

Love Music Hate Racism support Sidewinder and S.R.E at the Raw Hip Hop Showcase at the Bristol Carling Academy on Saturday May 19th.

BBC 1Xtra's MistaJam and Rodney P will host the 5th anniversary of UK Takeover - one of the largest independent British Hip-Hop events, supported by Love Music Hate Racism.

Stoke on Trent now has the is now the second highest number of BNP councillors in any local authority other than Barking & Dagenham, hence lots of anti-racist and anti-fascist activity is necessary in the area, that’s why LMHR was involved in 4 events in the city in just 12 days.

Late Thursday, the University of Bath refused permission for Nick Griffin, leader of the fascist BNP to give a lecture, which was due to take place on Monday 14th May 2007. Local trade unions including UCU, UNISON and Amicus joined with the National Union of Students and Bath University Students Union - as well as Unite Against Fascism (UAF) and LMHR - to mount a campaign to prevent Griffin from being allowed to speak at the university on the grounds that fascist politics pose a danger to the diversity of students and staff alike. In areas that the BNP target, such as Barking and Dagenham, racist attacks and other hate crimes increase.

Protest against fascist BNP Leader Nick Griffin's visit to University of Bath. Monday 14th May 5pm. Protest assembles West Car Park, University of Bath,BA2 7AY..................Called by University of Bath branches of Amicus, UNISON, UCU Supported nationally by UCU, NUS, Unite Against Fascism & Love Music Hate Racism. ...................... On Tuesday this week, over 100 students and staff at Bath University attended an organising meeting on campus to discuss the response to the BNP presence there and Nick Griffin's proposed visit, at the invite of a sole BNP member there, due to take place next Monday 14th May. Prominent local DJs and MCs will play a LMHR gig in the students' union venue Elements following the protest. We urge everyone who can to come down to Bath to oppose the visit of the fascist Griffin - click the title for details of the demonstration and of how you can write in protest to Bath University.

LDouble / Crissy Criss / No Lay / DJ Article / Tippa D'Iceberg ShotCaller / The Lost Generation play on the LMHR University tour @ Birmingham Uni on Wednesday 9th May.

The protests of a London town crier will be ringing in the BNP's ears after they used his photo in some of their racist propaganda without permission.

The Noisettes / Natty / Heartless Crew / Cameo / Mecca 2 Medina / Snakeyman / Tu Tuff Crew / The Darlings / Jus J / Blondie & Professor X and more play our Keele University event.

The fascist British National Party (BNP) has suffered a serious setback in its bid to make a further breakthrough in Thursday's elections. The racist organisation made a net gain of just ONE local councillor - winning nine, but losing eight. This, despite them standing over 750 local council candidates across the country. The BNP's dismal performance is a tribute to the mass campaigning that took place in the run-up to the elections. Across the UK, thousands of people distributed anti-fascist leaflets, and many many successful anti-racist gigs and other events were organised to highlight the BNP threat. In a final push yesterday, scores of music stars - supporters of the Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) campaign - sent out emails and website appeals to their fans to vote to stop the BNP. LMHR was deluged with emails and myspace messages from music fans who said this had prompted them to go out use their vote. Hard-Fi said, "The BNP have once again tried to use misinformation and distortion in an attempt to deceive the British public. Hard-Fi wish to state our continued opposition to the BNP and continued support for Love Music Hate Racism and the fight against racism and fascism." Lethal Bizzle said: "The BNP's failure in the local elections is brilliant news. I'm so glad to be associated with Love Music Hate Racism, and as an artist with such multicultural fans I'm gonna continue to support the cause through my music."

LMHR presents, in association with Axis Festival, NORSCARF, and UAF… 7pm-11pm, Friday 4th May 2007 Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs GET CAPE WEAR CAPE FLY + Here’s To The Atom Bomb + Andy Gower £10 adv. Tickets: in person from Music Mania, Online: http://www.theambassadors.com/etickets/?s5576vvh

Fascist losers at Birmingham count. Photo courtesy Birmingham Mail

Constantly updated election results from across the country including key BNP target areas available online at www.uaf.org.uk

Foreign Beggars / Logan Sama / No Lay play LMHR event at Plymouth University