[IMC-UK-Features] Feature proposal: BNP licence application withdrawn

[maqui]

Hiya

On Thursday, June 12, 2008, at 01:08  pm, wietse wrote:

> guidoreports at riseup.net wrote:
>
>> I think this works as a local feature for nottingham but is there 
>> enough
>> material to justify a feature for the UK page? The BNP being denied a
>> licence by a hierarchical council at hte behest of the Police is 
>> hardly a
>> victory for grassroots campaigns/anti fascists??
>
> Well, the council have issued the license before as this would be the
> 3rd year in a row that it will be held there. From what I understand 
> the
> aim of antifa has been to threaten with so much chaos that the police
> would advise the license not to be granted. This is what's happened 
> now.
> So in some way a a small victory. Secondly, the festival will most
> likely still go ahead and as a big mobilisation is being set up, this
> feature will link in nicely with previous and upcoming coverage of the
> whole affair.
>
> Wietse

I agree with Wietse here. I sure that the pressure put by anti fascists 
/ grassroots campaigns has had a decisive effect on the council's 
decision not to grant the permit. Otherwise look how the festival went 
ahead the previous years when there had not been any substantial antifa 
mobilisation 'threat'. So yup, I agree that this is a victory for the 
grassroots antifascist 'movement' in the uk. And for that I agree with 
the feature going up, although i can see coming lots of comments from 
fash and anti-fash and so on, but then it only needs moderating innit?

cheers
maqui