UNITE / LMHR CONFERENCE
- When: Saturday, February 26th, 2005
- London
Saturday 26 February 2005
9.30am?5.30pm, TUC, Congress House,
Great Russell Street, London WC1
UNITE AGAINST FASCISM are holding their annual conference this weekend - and LMHR will be playing a big part in it.
The LMHR-themed session - a conference within a conference - will consist of two parts. First debate on “Music and The Movement” - how music and politics have worked together over recent decades; and second a more practical session about where LMHR should be going this year and on how to organise LMHR in your area.
Speakers including MOBO Award-winning singer/rapper Estelle, actor and rapper Asher D, Damo from top indie band Metro Riots, Geoff Martin of Ethical Threads and organiser of the Leftfield stage at Glastonbury, Lisa Moorish - singer with Kill City, and Martin Smith author of ‘John Coltrane: Jazz Racism and Resistance’ will be coming together with LMHR-supporting musicians and activists from around the country to talk about the best ways to use music to stop racism and the Nazis in 2005.
The conference will be the launchpad for the campaign to stop the BNP in May’s General Election. It will also be the place where plans for our May Day Trafalgar Square concert, our mega gig to stop BNP leader Nick Griffin in Keighley, Yorkshire, and our Glastonbury Festival nights among others will be finalised.
; Asher D
“I’m asking everyone who wants to fight racism to join me at the Unite Againt Fascism conference on Saturday 26 February. At the conference we’ll be talking about how we can come together to stop the BNP from getting an MP in the General Election in May. We’ll also be discussing the Love Music Hate Racism campaign - debating how music can help the fight against racism.
The more people who come and get involved the easier it’ll be to stop the fascists . When you look at the BNP they try to be very articulate, to read and do their research. Don?t be deceived. Right now a lot of the images the media are portraying of black people are just scaremongering. Take this whole Muslim thing?they are just trying to make you scared of these people.
We need to open our eyes to what is happening.”
There’ll be LMHR activists from all over the country coming together to discuss how to make the campaign even bigger and better so book up now to confirm your place! (Form below or contact LMHR or Unite).
Saturday 26 February 2005
9.30am?5.30pm, TUC, Congress House,
Great Russell Street, London WC1
UNITE AGAINST FASCISM are holding their annual conference this weekend - and LMHR will be playing a big part in it.
The LMHR-themed session - a conference within a conference - will consist of two parts. First debate on “Music and The Movement” - how music and politics have worked together over recent decades; and second a more practical session about where LMHR should be going this year and on how to organise LMHR in your area.
Speakers including MOBO Award-winning singer/rapper Estelle, actor and rapper Asher D, Damo from top indie band Metro Riots, Geoff Martin of Ethical Threads and organiser of the Leftfield stage at Glastonbury, and Martin Smith author of ‘John Coltrane: Jazz Racism and Resistance’ will be coming together with LMHR-supporting musicians and activists from around the country to talk about the best ways to use music to stop racism and the Nazis in 2005.
The conference will be the launchpad for the campaign to stop the BNP in May’s General Election. It will also be the place where plans for our May Day Trafalgar Square concert, our mega gig to stop BNP leader Nick Griffin in Keighley, Yorkshire, and our Glastonbury Festival nights among others will be finalised.
“I’m asking everyone who wants to fight racism to join me at the Unite Againt Fascism conference on Saturday 26 February. At the conference we’ll be talking about how we can come together to stop the BNP from getting an MP in the General Election in May. We’ll also be discussing the Love Music Hate Racism campaign - debating how music can help the fight against racism.
The more people who come and get involved the easier it’ll be to stop the fascists . When you look at the BNP they try to be very articulate, to read and do their research. Don?t be deceived. Right now a lot of the images the media are portraying of black people are just scaremongering. Take this whole Muslim thing?they are just trying to make you scared of these people.
We need to open our eyes to what is happening.”
There’ll be LMHR activists from all over the country coming together to discuss how to make the campaign even bigger and better so book up now to confirm your place! (Form below or contact LMHR or Unite).
The British National Party (BNP) has already announced that it will be standing in 100 constituencies at the forthcoming general election. The BNP?s aim is to increase its presence around the country, particularly targetting areas where they received a high vote in the European and London elections in 2004 and where they have local councillors. Unite Against Fascism has called a one-day conference to discuss strategies for campaigning against the BNP.
Now is a critical time for the anti-fascist majority ? which opposes the BNP and its politics of hate ? to act! In 2004 the BNP achieved mass electoral support, receiving the highest votes ever for a fascist party in Britain: over 800,000 votes in the European elections and over 90,000 votes in the London elections. They now also hold 22 local council seats. Although the BNP did not get elected to the European Parliament or London Assembly, they fell only narrowly short of the necessary votes. The BNP?s vote trend continues upwards and their results in 2004 indicate that they are on the verge of making a breakthrough into national politics if this continues.
To stop the BNP making a national breakthrough will require a concerted and increased campaign. With your help we can stop this breakthrough before it happens. Campaigning has raised awareness and denied them breakthroughs in some of their target areas. However, the BNP will be organising into the general election hoping to build on their increased share of the vote in 2004.
Unite Against Fascism is organising this conference to bring together the different sections of society that oppose fascism and the BNP, including the anti-racist and anti-fascist movement, trade unions, black organisations, faith communities, disability rights and lesbian and gay organisations and all others. The conference will discuss why the BNP?s vote has grown, what strategies are needed to halt the BNP?s advance and set the scene for united campaigning against the BNP into the general election.
Please print out, complete and return the form below to
Unite Against Fascism, PO Box 36871, London WC1X 9XT.
Registration form
Name ___________________________________________
Organisation (if applicable) __________________________
Address ____________________________________
______________________________________________
Registration fee ________________
(?10 organisation delegates, ?5 individuals, ?3 unwaged/students)
Phone_________________________
Email __________________________
Signed ________________________
Date ___________________
This conference is sponsored by CWU and SERTUC
