Say No To Fascists In Wrexham

21 November, 2009 — RickB

From Proper Tidy:- Saturday Queens Square Wrexham 11am – 4pm Wrexham Communities Festival – Let’s show the EDL they are not welcome in Wales. Lots of music, dancing, food vans, kids fun-fair, percussion workshop, martial arts exhibition.

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10 Responses to “Say No To Fascists In Wrexham”

  1. ralfast Says:
    21 November, 2009 at 4:03 pm

    Keep up the fight!

    BTW, I heard about the flooding in Northern England and Ireland. I hope the government response is swifter than last time. I mean I know it rains quite a bit in the isles but this is getting beyond ridiculous.

    Stay safe!

    • earwicga Says:
      21 November, 2009 at 4:27 pm

      There has been an absolutely amazing amount of rainfall this week! Rained all day today so I doubt the EDL tossers even made it out of the pub.

  2. RickB Says:
    21 November, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    Thunder and lightning right now, woohoo! It’s Cumbria that has gotten the worst Rafael (they also got the brunt of foot & mouth poor sods) so yes I hope help is on the ball. Thanks for the concern!

    Given the weather I think it would be all pretty low key!

  4. RickB Says:
    21 November, 2009 at 8:39 pm

    “40 WDL protesters turning up (apparently most of them from Bolton) whilst at least 150 people turned up to the communities festival”
    http://andnowforsomethingcompletelysectarian.blogspot.com/2009/11/bbc-misreports-events-in-wrexham.html

  5. libhomo Says:
    21 November, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    I think it would be a good idea for the martial artists to teach some self defense as well as give a demonstration.

  6. RickB Says:
    21 November, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    Totally and a great example of the value of other cultures!

  7. Proper Tidy Says:
    21 November, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    Fantastic day. Several hundred attended the communities festival throughout the day – atmosphere was positive, peaceful and fun all day long! Andy H, the young drummers from Flintshire, and Chris from Sinnermen/The Mayors did us proud, along with all the speakers from Socialist Party, SWP, Plaid Cymru, Labour, Youth Fight for Jobs and various faith & community groups. Thanks to Peter, who MC’d throughout the day, and Pol Wong for his excellent martial arts exhibition. Kids enjoyed the carousel, but it was a very wet day!

    Around 40 EDL (mostly Bolton hooligans) stayed in Wetherspoons for most of the day – and when they came out on to the street they were opposed by 150+ working people (not anti-fascist campaigners but ordinary Wrexham folk) who made it clear that they did not welcome the EDL – in the words of one lady: “These are my streets”. The EDL responded by unfurling a St George’s Cross and chanting racist slogans but were heavily outnumbered by Wrexham people outraged at the EDL.

    The community festival in Queens Square was entirely peaceful and was such a positive place to be, with people from all walks of life, some excellent music, some rousing speeches, and people dancing in the streets! A 100% success today – the only thing that went wrong today was the weather! We demonstrated the true face of Wrexham; a peaceful, proud, tolerant and diverse working-class town; and we did it the right way – by having a good time together. Proud of everybody involved and proud of Wrexham.

  8. RickB Says:
    21 November, 2009 at 10:00 pm

    Excellent and thanks for the report, I will post it up if you don’t mind.

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    21 November, 2009 at 10:23 pm

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