tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786438112933136892.post2597846495608791046..comments2023-03-30T13:55:57.743+01:00Comments on Random Blowe: Searchlight Threaten UAF With Legal ActionKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00003057501738525190noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786438112933136892.post-46124995228729251662009-12-24T18:53:15.838+00:002009-12-24T18:53:15.838+00:00Unite Against Fascism has been the organisation le...Unite Against Fascism has been the organisation leading on the battle against the BNP on all fronts. Whether its delivering millions of leaflets, organising counter demonstrations, intervening in the Unions or working with its sister campaign Love Music Hate Racism, UAF is there with bells on to fight fascism. <br /><br />UAF works with many different organisations and worked with searchlight in the past. Searchlight regularly makes snide digs at UAF in their publications and from platforms. We however do not as we are not sectarian. But we won't ignore tactics we think detrimental to the cause.<br /><br />And such statements from searchlight DO pander to racist ideas. Just like the leaflet where they had Nick Griffin and Abu hamza with the tagline 'two sides of the same coin.'<br /><br />as if a reactionary Muslim preacher in a non muslim country with a small following has the same potential to incite fear and violence as organised fascists with electoral representation!<br /><br />The only reason they did that is to pander to racist ideas. Because they are not interested in eradicating racism. They are just interested in getting people to vote Labour instead of the BNP. This tactic will not work and no prinicpled anti-fascist can turn a blind eye to it.Hanif Leylabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219414660177496675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786438112933136892.post-51669396320599191602009-11-30T18:12:43.139+00:002009-11-30T18:12:43.139+00:00Unfortunately UAF have become the weakpoint for an...Unfortunately UAF have become the weakpoint for anti-fascism. The fascists have picked up on it and before anti-fascists have had a chance to sort the situation out.<br /><br />So, anti-fascism currently faces being deliberately confused with UAF. However, this has been clearly engineered by UAF, the reason I think this is that it's in the way that UAF take over organising ever 'rally', they get in there first and instead of working with other groups they dominate it. They hand out free UAF branded placards which gives the impression that the whole crowd are UAF supporters when in reality they are more likely to be lots of different groups and many individuals who do not belong to any organisation.<br /><br />What I think has gone wrong is that one group of people have misunderstood what Unity means. The only thing I think should unite us is our condemnation of fascism. That is where the strength lays. Uniting under one organisation is, I think, the wrong thing to do in this case. There will always be disagreements which lead to power struggles which then affect the entire organisation.<br /><br />The fascists are constantly looking for weak points in their enemies, as soon as any internal problem happens it like all their Christmasses came at once.<br /><br />I'm not saying that we shouldn't support certain organisations, what I am suggesting is that we need to steer clear of uniting under what is actually front for a far left party, The Socialist Workers' Party. Not that I think there's anything wrong with SOME far left politicals, as long as it's not totalitarian/authoritarian.<br /><br />If we are more ambiguous as a politcal/tactical entity our anti-fascist message will be stronger in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1786438112933136892.post-82483845929496177322009-09-14T00:10:07.615+01:002009-09-14T00:10:07.615+01:00Christ alive this is bad - thanks for bringing thi...Christ alive this is bad - thanks for bringing this up, this is the first I'd heard of it.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.com