The ugly face of racism: UKIP unveiled
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'United We Stand' Unite Against Fascism Wales Newsletter email: secretary@uafwales.com
web: uaf.org.uk
Autumn 2014 tel: 07704 356894
Nazis stopped in Cardiff 'L eave your racist banners at home'. That was the message that nazi Mervyn Jones found necessary to give to those he expected to attend his fascist demo in Cardiff last month. It turned out to be a dismal day for the handful that turned up, and not really worth Mervyn’s long trip down from Connors Quay. Those attending the demo, from both Wales and England, represent the fragments of the BNP and the failed attempts to copy the English Defence League in Wales.
The present climate is one where, thanks to UAF and many others, nazi organisations remain small but, thanks to the media and politicians, racism in general has massively increased. The best way to keep nazi groups small is to see that they are vigorously opposed whenever they raise their heads. Julian Goss, Secretary of UAF Wales, reports on the counter demo below.
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The massed ranks of the nazi 'master race'...
Around 40 fascists and racists gathered in Central Cardiff on 25th October for an anti-Muslim demo called by the Welsh Alliance. They were joined by a group styling themselves the South Wales Alliance, as well as the Welsh Volunteer Force (from the Pontypridd area), and a contingent from the Black Country branch of the English Volunteer Force. They intended to drink in the Peppermint Lounge, and in O’Neill’s pub in the High Street. The Peppermint closed its doors to them. O’Neill’s was happy to serve them. We will be approaching the owners of O’Neill’s for an explanation. The fascists’ plan to march up St. Mary’s Street, along Queen Street, and to rally at City Hall was blocked at every stage by 100 anti-fascists (conducting a somewhat mobile counter-demo!) Instead the police steered the racists down a back street, ignoring their chants of “Allah is a paedo”, then through a nearly deserted Bute Park, to a rally outside Cardiff Central Police Station. The fascist organisers failed in all their objectives thanks to the vigilance of UAF Wales, and the vigour and commitment Nigel Farage: leader of UKIPof all those anti-fascists who made up the counter-demo. A job well done.
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2 unite against fascism wales UAF National Conference:
stopping the nazis in 2015
UAF conference is a timely opportunity to discuss how the EDL is attempting to rebuild itself by stirring up Islamophobia and racism, build UN anti-racism day demo, and host discussions on campaigning against UKIP and mainstream parties concessions to UKIP on immigration in the run up to the general election.
Griffin out The recent expulsion of Nick Griffin from the British National Party (BNP) and its implosion, is a victory for the anti-fascist movement as it follows the BNP’s systematic defeat from Barking in 2010 to this year’s Euro elections where Griffin lost his seat in the North West. Thanks to your support, UAF campaigned relentlessly and defeated the BNP along with trade unions and local communities.
France: a warning However, we cannot be complacent. Across the English Channel the fascist Front National (FN) gained two seats in the Upper Chamber of the Senate in France. Polls place FN leader Marine Le Pen ahead of the current President Francois Hollande. The English Defence League (EDL) is attempting to rebuild itself by stirring up anti-Muslim racism in Britain.
Focus on UKIP:'ordin
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Where does the money come from? The bulk of the donations UKIP receives comes from a very few wealthy people, may being past Tory donors. These people who are very much part of the ‘establishment’ which UKIP claims to oppose and which many UKIP voters think they are striking a blow against. The donors realise that UKIP is an alternative version of the Tory Party – one that they prefer. They have not turned into a group of philanthropists anxious to give the ordinary voter a voice. Who are they? The donor who stands out is Paul Sykes, the Yorkshire businessman and property developer. He used to be a Tory member but later turned to
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Who runs UKIP in Wales?
Well they may not be ordinary but they are all ‘chaps’ in fact they are all ‘old wh their own or family business, one is a retired lawyer and the other a retired airline
EDL try to revive Recently the EDL has called demonstrations in multicultural towns and cities with a significant Muslim population such as London, Birmingham and Rotherham in Yorkshire. UAF successfully mobilised and brought together a broad coalition against the EDL in these towns and cities. We can prevent the growth of the EDL but we need your help. UAF’s conference will take place on Saturday 21 February 2015 in central London, please contact us to attend the conference.
The Chairman is Warwick Nicholson from Salford. He was 31 years in the Manchester police force and now runs his own farm in Clwyd.
The Secretary Hugh Hughes is from Birkenhead. He was a lawyer in Newport for 40 years. He was a founder member of UKIP and their first candidate in Wales.
The Treasurer, David Bevan is from near Neath. He has run his own building company for the last 20 years.
Kevin Mahoney from the Vale o Glamorgan. He became a gas engineer, was employed for 1 years before be a manager in a council departm He is a directo the firm Heatfo
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202,000 people in Wales voted for UKIP in Euro election in May up from 88,000 last time - an extra 114,00. Who were they and why? Some of them were no doubt the 42,000 who had previously voted for the BNP - only 14,000 voted fascist this time. Some were Tories – especially the anti EU ones. But many would have been non-voters and others who thought they were making a protest vote and showing their dissatisfaction with politicians. As well as their racism against migrants, UKIP cultivates an image of putting up two-fingers to the ‘establishment’ and Farage is an 'ordinary' bloke you could meet down the pub. So how ordinary is Farage? Where does the money come from? And how ordinary are the people who run UKIP in Wales?
but he turned to UKIP. He gave them their largest single donation from an individual in 2010 of £150,000, and has given the party £514, 957 since 2001. In the first three months of this year he gave £197,300. Former Tory donor Arron Banks planned to give Nigel Farage's party £100,000 - but upped the donation to £1m after William Hague called him a 'nobody' earlier this month. Others have given less spectacular amounts – but hardly chickenfeed: Julian Blackwell, owner of Blackwell's, the publishing group made two donations of £125,000 and £50,000.
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David Rowlands is from the Sirhowy Valley. After college he became a businessman and is the director of several companies. He joined UKIP in 1998 and was chair of UKIP Wales 2000 – 2005.
Clive Easton is from the Isle of Wight. He is a retired pilot and is now a hobby farmer in Llandrindod Wells. He was in the Tory party until he left in 1995. He has been a UKIP candidate in four elections.
Farage is the son of a stockbroker in the City of London. He went to a private school, Dulwich College. He became a commodities trader on the London Metal Exchange in the City. Whilst at school he joined the Tories but left when Major signed the Maestricht Treaty in 1992. In 1993 he was a founder member of UKIP. In 1999 he became an MEP and in the next 10 years says he received £2 million in allowances and expenses.
Sir John Craven former chairman of mining group Lonmin donated £7,500, in July 2007 and another £5,000 in December of the same year. James Donald Charteris, or Lord Neidpath, as he is known, has donated at least £54,000 on nine separate occasions Viscount Michael Cowdray - 12th richest British aristocrat and the 10th largest landowner in the UK contributed £35,000 up to March 2013. Christopher Mills, a co-founder of JO Hambro, a major hedge fund, gave £50,000 in his first donation to UKIP. He previously gave to Hastings and Rye Conservative Association and appeared in the Sunday Times Rich List with a personal fortune of £200m.
The Membership Secretary and current UKIP MEP is Nathan Gill. His family moved to Wales in the 1980’s, after attending Coleg Menai he went into the family business. In 2004 he and his mother set up a company providing home care for the elderly for Hull Council. They employed 180 people, mainly from Poland and the Philippines. The company collapsed with £116,000 debts and Gill moved back to Wales. He joined the Tory party, switching to UKIP in 2005. He became PA to John Bufton MEP in 2009 before taking over as the UKIP MEP in Wales in 2014. John Bufton was the previous UKIP MEP in Wales. He is from Llanidloes and went into the family haulage business after school. He later managed a Residential Care Home for the Elderly. He was in local politics from the 1987 and in 1997 stood for for Sir James Goldsmith’s Referendum Party. When that folded he joined UKIP and became their MEP in 2009. Although young for a UKIP representative (born 1962) he stood down in 2014 perhaps because, as he said Farage was ‘relaxed’ about the Assembly whereas “ I'm one of the old guard I've always been opposed to the assembly and still am,"
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Truth, lies and migrants
Cleaners and porters on strike: migrants workers are our brothers and sisters, not our enemy
Earlier this year the Wales TUC produced an excellent booklet ( http://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/ European_Myth_English Final.pdf ) aimed at exposing the myths and lies around migration that are pumped out by groups like Britain First or UKIP. Do you need to read it? Well test yourself on this quiz based on some of the information in the booklet.
1. How many people live in Wales? 3 million, 3.5 million or
8. How many asylum seekers are sent to Wales each
4 million?
week? Up to: 50, 100 or 200?
2. What percentage were born outside the UK ? 5.%, 7.5% 9. What proportion of the UK population is Muslim? 5%, or 10.%?
7.5% or 10%?
3. Where do most foreign born migrants in Wales come
10. What proportion of the Wales population is Muslim?
from? (tick the top three): India/Pakistan; Ireland; Poland; Middle East; West Indies; Germany
3%, 6% or 9%?
4. Put these five countries in order of the number of asylum
move in from the rest of the UK?
seekers they have, from lowest to highest: Germany, France, UK, USA, Sweden.
11. In 2012, 54,800 people left Wales. Did more or fewer 12. Since 2001 has the population of Wales increased by: 5%, 10% or 15%?
5. How much does an asylum seeker receive each week in 6. How much are they are allowed to earn each week before they lose their benefit? £50, £100 or is it unlimited?
7. What proportion of the UK population are refugees, asylum seekers or stateless? 1%, 4% or 7%?
Answers: 1. 3.06 million; 2. 5.5%; 3. Poland 14K, Germany 11K, Ireland 9K; 4. UK 27400, Sweden 43900, France 54900, Germany 64500, USA 83400; 5. £36; 6. A trick question asylum seekers are not allowed to work; 7. 0.3%; 8. 35; 9. 5%; 10.1.5%; 11. 2300 more; 12. 5.3%;
benefits? £36, £66 or £96?
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