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Antifascist demo in Cricklewood sees off squad of racists – pictures

Steve Eason

(pictures and captions by Steve Eason)

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Some 130 protesters from North West London United and the Anti-Fascist Network easily outnumbered a crew of 18 fascists who called themselves the South East Alliance. The only repeatable comment from the fascists was: “We’ve only been in Cricklewood five minutes and we don’t like it.”

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The crowd on our side included local UAF activists,  workers in the RMT transport union, plus Palestine solidarity campaigners, Greens and Polish antifascists.

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The fascists, fittingly, assembled outside a funeral directors. They claimed they were in Cricklewood to protest against the Muslim Brotherhood.

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The usual double standards from police were on display – antifascists getting heavy handed treatment (left), fascists getting protection despite their thuggish behaviour (right).

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