Meeting to oppose White Pride Worldwide march in Swansea
A PUBLIC meeting has been arranged to oppose a "white pride" march in Swansea.
A march is being planned to coincide with the White Pride Worldwide movement on Saturday, March 9, and a concert in the evening.
However anti-fascist campaigners, MPs and trade unionists have condemned the plans. A meeting has been organised by Swansea Unite Against Fascism (SUAF) for Thursday at 7pm in the Unitarian Church in High Street, to organise a counter demonstration.
A flier for SUAF claimed the organisers of the march were attempting to bring people in from across the UK to a march and evening gig in the city on March 9.
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The public meeting is to organise a demonstration against both the march and the gig.
The flier claimed: "The racist intention of the white pride march is very clear."
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It added that the SUAF believed it was an, "attempt to bring together hard-line fascists and racists who wish to be vocal and street active".
On a website called South Wales National Front, which says it is not an official National Front site, it is stated: "This year the UK will hold its very own White Pride demo. March 9 is the day that the Whites of the UK can stand up and show their pride by flying Pro-whites flags at the event held in Swansea, South Wales."
However a spokesman for South Wales National Front said that the rally was not organised by them.
He added: "I don't know who is organising it, it has been done by people from all over the country."
Neath MP Peter Hain, who will be speaking at the SUAF rally, said: "There should be no place in our society for race hatred."
Andy Richards, Wales Secretary of Unite Union, said: "There is no place in Wales for the politics of hate.
He went on: ''We will always fight fear-mongering."
Mr Richards that they would not sit by and let communities be divided through hatred and division.
A spokesman for South Wales Police said: "The police have a responsibility to facilitate a person's right to demonstrate lawfully.
"We are aware of the planned march in Swansea on March 9, and, as you would expect, officers will be on duty to safeguard the right of the general public to go about their normal business, and to ensure the demonstrations do not disrupt local business activities."
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by Neathboy234
Monday, March 11 2013, 2:13PM
“EddyR obviously your opinion of what decent people look like is very different to others. Personally i don't go for someone dressed up in a silly KKK costume as we've seen in the pictures from these racists night out. I've had a look at the guy who's wearing this pathetic mask on facebook and he looks as if he'd run a mile if he was ever encountered by a black men lol lol lol”
by EddyR
Monday, March 11 2013, 12:49PM
“How come the communists, labourites and other low lifes aways want to oppose any thing that's decent? They support Gay rights, Black rights, the oppressed in outer mongolia etc but when it comes to supporting decent white people they don't want to know. This is OUR country and we are going to take it back.”
by MickG
Thursday, March 07 2013, 5:31PM
“The union Unite along with the teachers union and others,sponsor the UK black pride event.But they want to attack the white one.Not the brightest bulb on the tree are they.Sandwich short of a pick nick springs to mind. http://tinyurl.com/cruwdmv”
by tellyon
Thursday, March 07 2013, 12:04PM
“The 'white pride/ national front' racist class traitors will be outnumbered many times over by the ordinary working people of Swansea.
Nazi Scum Off Our Streets.”
by sion1
Thursday, March 07 2013, 11:19AM
“white pride”
by pinkfloydz
Wednesday, March 06 2013, 8:48AM
“I also attended the meeting and was in shock at the amount of hatred within the room. These lot are he'll bent on causing carnage, and intend on making it a family occasion. I feel sorry for any child caught up up in there vile behaviour. And these people are the one throwing the race card about and making an issue of the whole day.”
by pinkfloydz
Wednesday, March 06 2013, 8:43AM
“I also attended the meeting and found myself leaving utterly shocked and disgusted at the amount of pure hate within that room. These .AF are all sent on causing carnage and disgusted intend on making it a family day!!!
I fear for any child caught up in there bile behaviour. And it is these people who seem to be causing the race card to be used. They are turning into something vile”
by sion1
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 1:20PM
“*********** WORLD WIDE SWANSEA 2013”
by gaggsowen
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 10:06AM
“I went to that meeting last thursday and i was totaly shocked by the amount of hatered that was in the room and the people in that meeting allthough they where preaching free speach where really derocotive of anyone who did not agree with the persection of how swansea should be in there so called multiculteral eyes ie: a few of the people there wanted to attack the NF who they say are organising this march , but its not the NF who are organising it. And if Swansea is so multiculteral why was it that 99% of the people there where white and only 2 from the so called minorities. Could anyone from the so called uaf respond please”
by gaggsowen
Tuesday, March 05 2013, 9:46AM
“@ sion 1 surely the country hasnt become that narrow mindid and biggoted to be anti white and givin to anyone who comes to this country as long as there not white or british ?”