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2 BRITISH THUGS FLEX THEIR MUSCLES

Red Weekly No. 56, 13 June 1974 · p. 3 of the scan · 445 words

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AT a National Front meeting in Canterbury last week police protec ted the fascists as strong-arm stewards kicked und punched their way through 300 demonstrators into the hall. Ten anti-fascists were arrested.

hall were attacked with six feet long metal bars and wooden clubs.

committed:

However the meeting, which was dozen fascists, instead of the expected 200, were left licking their wounds, after the demonstratom gave as good as they got, police stition with the slogan: "Palice defend the Fascists! Release our comrades now!" The picket was kept up until all those arrested were released.

The demonstration was a sharp retart to those who maintain that fascists should be allowed free speech leaving it up to the low to provoat right President of Kent University Students Union told Red Weekly:

the courts and reasonable argument, to deal with fascist uctivities should base boon here today, to find our who the State supports when thore is a fight."

In Leeds an ad-hoe committee has been set up to combat a particularly vicious local fascist group called the National Democratic Freedom Mowment, which has openly called for violence agrinst blacks, gays and Jews.

Oo 1 June about 90 supporters of the ad-boc committee marched to a Demonstrators who got into the Police watching passively explained: "There is no breach of the law being The anti-fascists later picketed the 'Anybody who relies on the police, 01-691-0790 For the attention of all Branches TO BE HEAD IN POLL AP BEXT BRANCH MESEIRO It has beccae necessary to repadiate the euggestions, line and runoure being spread that I have xiaused or etolen auseg collected for the Geezel flection Pum. These runoure, being spread hy Ged keows woe, that the $1.250 collected by the Midland beanches has gone astrag and that the soney ban ended up in my pocket. Let it be kaown that I will take anybody that in connected with this vile campaiga to court. Meanile the Chadrone urges benachen to take the atrongest disciplinary zenauren gaines It han coze to the sotice of Party lead Quartern that some Populist siecente within the Party are bent on a change of polder Toe the sake af votes. for the sparest lock of success in the Gesepel Zlection. vies la comproidse, comproside and we will be coralting Rebotage to pur ova cause. The probles of iraigration in et rice, not of nuabers. abetter word is rebetsee.

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to our eneaier.

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