Unite Against Fascism

Unite Against Fascism is a political pressure group in the United Kingdom that campaigns against far right-wing racist and fascist parties and groups in Britain, primarily the British National Party (BNP), which it identifies as the principal threat.

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Pressure group - United Kingdom - Right-wing - Fascist - British National Party

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Its chairman is Labour Party London Mayor Ken Livingstone, and its Joint secretaries is shared Weyman Bennett national organiser of the Anti Nazi League, who is a member of the central committee of the Socialist Workers' Party and Sabby Dhalu formerly of the National Assembly Against Racism (NAAR).

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Labour Party - London - Mayor - Ken Livingstone - Weyman Bennett - Anti Nazi League - Socialist Workers' Party - National Assembly Against Racism - NAAR

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The organisation has signatories and members from across the political spectrum including MPs from all of Britain?s leading political parties. Other notable signatories include Holocaust survivor Henry Gutterman.

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The group was formed as part of a coalition between the Anti-Nazi League and the National Assembly Against Racism the TUC and many leading British Unions sucha as CGWU and NATFI in response to electoral successes by the BNP.

Related Topics:
Anti-Nazi League - National Assembly Against Racism - TUC - CGWU - NATFI

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The anti-fascist magazine Searchlight walked out of UAF after an argument about the best tactics to defeat the BNP.

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