Momentum are mobilising its members to march against the
far-right group 'Democratic Football Lads Alliance' (DFLA) in
London on Saturday.
Following ’s call for a new anti-nazi
league, Momentum members from across London will join trade
unions, community leaders and other progressive organisations at
the counter-demonstration in Westminster.
The mobilisation follows a viral video launched by Momentum
opposing the far-right that has been viewed nearly three million
times on social media.
The DFLA have previously organised violent marches in Sunderland,
Birmingham and London, with support of UKIP leader and former EDL leader Tommy
Robinson.
In recent months there have been far-right attacks on mosques,
senior trade unionists and a socialist bookshop in London.
A Momentum Spokesperson said: “In the US and Europe, the
far-right is on the march. From Steve Bannon and Donald Trump in
the US to the rise of Viktor Orbán in Hungary and Marine Le Pen
in France, the far right is at its strongest across the western
world since the 1930s.
In the UK the Johnson-Mogg faction of the Tory party legitimise
the far-right racism pedalled by Tommy Robinson and his
supporters whilst groups such as the Democratic Football Lads
Alliance (DFLA) are hijacking our football clubs to spread vile
Islamophobia.
Last year saw a record number of anti-Muslim street attacks and
the number of far-right terrorists in our prisons has tripled.
Violent, far-right groups like the DFLA are a danger to our
country. We cannot sit idly by whilst they mobilise.
Momentum and the Labour movement must stand in firm opposition.
We must oppose Tory racism in parliament, tackle fascist
propaganda on social media and stand firm against far-right
hooligans on the streets.
Working class socialists have a history of beating the far-right.
At Cable Street against Mosley’s blackshirts, in Lewisham against
the National Front and more recently in Dagenham where thousands
of anti-fascist volunteers saw off Nick Griffin’s parliamentary
run and made sure the BNP lost all 12 of their council seats.
We have a plan to rebuild Britain for the many, and that includes
opposing the few who want to destroy it."
ENDS
NOTES
1) The march is on Saturday 13 October at 1pm at Old Palace Yard,
London, SW1P 3JY
2) The Momentum video can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/PeoplesMomentum/videos/691729097839147/
