THE “Love Music, Hate Racism” concert in Victoria Park in London’s East End was a free music festival organised by the Labour Party and the trade unions to encourage people to vote against the British National Party in the London Assembly and local council elections.
Labour and the unions were hoping that the festival, on the final Sunday before polling day, would be the crowning glory of their anti-BNP campaign which had been running with the aid of the media, and especially the Daily Mirror, since the beginning of April.
We now know that the concert did not fulfill its intention, with Richard Barnbrook’s election to the GLA a clear testament to this. There were some reports of 100,000 people listening to a diverse bill of artists ranging from old punks through to young rappers and DJs, but the festival never made the headlines that its organisers had hoped for and thanks to Daniel Trilling writing in the New Statesman, we may now know some of the reasons why.
In his report, Trilling sidesteps the National Union of Journalists guidelines which instructs its members to report all anti-BNP events in a positive and enthusiastic light, and reveals what really took place.
“From the moment you entered Victoria Park’s fenced-off arena, it became clear that there was as little festival spirit here as you’d find at the most commercial of Britain’s summer music events. Aside from a few concessions to political groups near the entrance, the site was filled with rows of fast-food vans and a giant sponsored drinks tent. It was encouraging to see such a mixed, enthusiastic-looking crowd turn out in support of the anti-racist message - 100,000 at the final count - but once inside there was little to get excited about.
“A rare highlight, among a slew of middle-of-the-road rock bands, was a teenage rap group called Little Rascals - protégés of the grime star Dizzee Rascal - who showed off their lyrical skills and boasted about their (lack of) age. Of the rockers, the inexplicably popular Hard-Fi summed things up. “Music brings us together, racism tears us apart,” shouted their singer in anodyne fashion before launching into yet another blokeish slice of retro-rock.
“At 5pm it was time for The Message. On the main stage a series of trade union leaders took over the mike and shouted anti-BNP slogans at a less-than-responsive crowd. I mean no disrespect to the audience by this: people like to moan about the apathy of young people today, but I’d defy even the most committed activist to muster up enthusiasm after four hours of tramping around a soulless site that was somewhere between World O’Deep-Fried Doughnuts and the Camden Noodle Slop Company.
“Such a dispiriting afternoon in the park only went to show that you can’t inspire young people to realise their own political agency and simultaneously coerce them into behaving like docile consumers. If you choose to play by the corporate rules, it doesn’t matter how loudly you shout “Fuck the BNP”, or anything else, because your message will always be drowned out by the one coming from the Carling beer tent.”
Daniel Trilling does pay lip-service to the organisers’ 100,000 in attendance propaganda - I suppose it would have been a step too far to reveal the real figure. Police sources says there were less than 30,000, with many of these bussed into the capital from campuses in the North and the Midlands on coaches paid for by the Trade Unions.
The failure of the Rock Against Racism concert, the Hope not Hate bus tour of the country, and millions of anti-BNP leaflets delivered countrywide to stop the steady progress of the British National Party, means that the Labour Party and the trade unions will have to go back to the drawing board to re-vamp their campaign against us for the all-important European Elections in June of next year.
For us, things are very different, our strategy of meeting voters face to face on the doorstep and backing up our campaigns with well produced and easy-to-read election leaflets is providing the right results.
There has been much talk in the aftermath of the May 1st elections of the Labour Party being disengaged from voters . . . and it is. The BNP on the other hand, through our canvassing, are fully connected, and that is why the anti-BNP campaign, with all the money at its disposal has, in the main, failed.
The Labour Party and the trade unions are delivering their anti-BNP message to the public from a distance and under the guise of a ‘third party’ which in itself is disingenuous. They are also dictatorial in their demands whether it is via the music festival, the bus tours or an anonymous leaflet put through a letterbox by a nameless person late at night - the message is the same. It is telling people what to think and what to do - “Don’t vote BNP” - without addressing any of the issues that has led to the British National Party being considered as the electoral choice for a growing number of people.
Our progress is ensured as long as our campaign teams continue to knock on doors and meet the public face-to-face. This needs to happen all the year around, not just at election time, and a Freedom door-to-door sales round provides the ideal opportunity to keep in touch with the electorate and promote the British National Party at the same time.
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The Labour Party are £20 million in the red but still find money to print anti BNP leaflets.
They will have to go cap in hand to the unions for any future election campaigns.
Any union members reading this site should know what their money is used for.To keep the union bosses in luxury and to fund a clapped out and failed political party, NU LABOUR.
Cancel your membership now.Nu Labour would be on its’ knees within a year.
The “anti-BNP” message is one of despair, not hope.
The “F*** the BNP” message is one of hatred, not love.
A wicked message, directed at the young and unsavvy. The conditioned and brainwashed. The rootless, stateless, “rainbow” airheads created by the lablibcon for their own ends.
The BNP message is the real message of hope. The real message of Love.
Because the BNP message is the voice of freedom. True freedom. Not the inverted, illusiory poison created by the lablibcon, whose “freedom is slavery, “truth is lies” message of ‘non’think’ leads only to apathy, degeneracy and despair.
The lablibcon message is promoted by their “role-models”, like Doherty, Winehouse and co.
The lablibcon message is exhibited by the mindless chants of “nazi scum”, directed by their drones at those of us who represent reality, decency, fairness, the true voice, the only voice of native Britons.
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News at UKToday - http://www.uktabloid.co.uk/Main%20News.html
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F**k the BNP? I wonder if they will still be saying that in 10 years time? If the fruits of New Labour’s ideology are fully realised then what sort of state will Britain be in then. We are in free fall now and it does not bear thinking about.
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http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2125 - Ed
They just don’t get it. We are communicating with the public, they are dictating. We are spreading hope, they are peddling fear. They are using base emotion, we are using logical debate. No wonder we’re expanding as rapidly as the big bang.
If the Demo-concert is approved by the incumbent government it always seems that the numbers are inflated by the agencies.
If it is not approved then the opposite happens.
‘Anti-British’ concert in the park police say 30,000. Well I dont believe them. Say 10,000, now that’s more like it. Cant show that on telly.
I will always remember Nicks trial, when one newspaper described the pro demo and the anti demo as almost identical in size.
Lies and specsavers come to mind.
According to BBC Radio 4 this morning, reporting from Barking and Dagenham, social tensions are all down to Post Industrialisation. Through arts and myth busting, cohesion can be achieved.
If you can stomach this crap, follow the link and fast forward to 53.00 approx 7 mins before the 7.00 news.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/index.shtml?button
Interesting comment from Biased BBC blog:
http://biased-bbc.blogspot.com/2008/05/social-cohesion-and-saving-gordon.html
I think the real question that Union members need to ask is this:
Why are the membership fee’s that we’re paying being used to fight political campaigns and not fight for workers rights? and …… What will stopping the BNP do to forward the interests of working people?
I would suggest unions should pay a tax on their members contributions - say 50% for a start.
Why should they be allowed to enrich themselves the way they do, and pay nothing into the pot. Bribing Political Parties has certainly paid off for them up to now.
As I have often said, if those people who pay into the mainstream trades unions threw in their cards and stopped paying their subs, this terrible Labour government would be finished as they are financially broke. Should anyone feel the need for workplace protection then there is the union called Solidarity which actually works on behalf of the British worker without being bought by business.
All a far cry from the Rock against Communism gigs of the early eighties which were always packed to capacity, big name, non commercial and close knit events where Nationalist and Trade Union banners flew side by side.
Ahhh, those halcyon days :)
I have not been a member of a union since 1994, they are a total waste of money, offer little or no support if it doesn’t benefit themselves. They will always protect workers that shouldn’t be protected, whether they have stolen from a company or having violent conduct, either of which I would expect someone to be instantly dismissed.
They will only help members if they have been paying members for a certain length of time (so many weeks or months) and will never help a new member with an already ongoing problem … so much for helping their fellow workers … And to add insult to injury, have always accepted lower pay deals for the workers, whilst behind the scenes accepting bigger pay deals for the union representatives just to get the workers to accept the always below the true rate of inflation pay rises.
Also, the problem I have with Unions is that a contract of employment is between the Employer and the Employee … not a third party - The Union, who are meant to advise in the best interests of the employee … I am not doubting that in the past when unions first were put together they did help with working conditions and such like.
But now they are not needed and they only get involved to call strikes, which only further damage a company’s profitibility, therefore damaging the prospects of a better pay rise or future pay rises…… And they have helped decimate the manufacturing industry of this country due to the walkouts and strikes .. which are in fact a breach of cotract between the Employer and Employee.
I saw the BBC TV London News report on this event when it took place. Several of those interviewed said that their main reason for attending was because it was free. Who would pay to hear this dreck, I ask you?
I live in the London borough of Barking and Dagenham and would say that social tensions have arisen of late because people are totally ar**d off due to the fact that the area has been swamped with foreigners, with whom they have little in common either as regards to outlook or to language, rather than anything to do with the effects of “Post Industrialisation.” In my own ever-so-humble opinion I would say that the the proposed panacea of arts-based initiatives probably based around bongo drumming or Swahili dancing would not be of very great interest to those traditional Eastenders still domiciled in the borough. But, hey, why not waste a few hundred thousand of taxpayers’ money giving it a go? Organisers might even like to promote a bit of re-cycling at the same time by handing out anti-BNP leaflets, the majority of which will go straight in the bin.
I congratulate and admire those BNP workers who do the door-to-door work. Such work and the internet ensure that the multi-culti ‘mainstream’ cannot keep the truth from our people. The Editor mentioned that the BNP will be putting together a factual news info-sheet for distribution to the public in order that more of our people can get reality-checks as to how the ‘mainstream’ media are distorting and lying. Bring it on!
It’s worth saying again: What will using Trades Unions funding to ’stop the BNP’ do to forward the interests of working British people?
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Um… er… nothing? - Ed.
It has only to be accepted as good news and propaganda for the BNP when events of the, erm, gravity such as ‘love music, hate racism’ shenanigins hobble their not very impressive walk. By telling through order from up high not to vote for a legit political party (BNP) demonstrates clearly their weakly forlorn position of having lost the argument before it has begun.
These events seem entirly to be for the mere smug, masturbatory interests of unreconstructed communists/internationalists, chippy ethnics, unaccomplished shouters of song, raise-late-in-the-day ’students’ (who shouldn’t have gone to uni in the first instance) and other addled headed drugged fellow travellers who have SO much missing from their lives.
As such I dearly hope they have no influence on people who are neither one nor the other? At best it makes independent people actually look up this thing known as BNP for some shedding of light on many fundamental matters!
“According to BBC Radio 4 this morning, reporting from Barking and Dagenham, social tensions are all down to Post Industrialisation. Through arts and myth busting, cohesion can be achieved.”
This interview was one of the most grotesque offerings I’ve ever heard coming out of the Ministry of Truth, Vman.
They make no attempt to interview elected representatives of the seriously disaffected indigenous population who are very concerned about their “post industrial” future (under lib-lab-con there won’t be one), and of course of the alien invasion of their borough. Instead they talk to a couple of establisment stooges, one a self-appointed “community leader” in the arts apparently.
There isn’t even:”let them eat cake”, instead: it’s “let them watch the luvvies prancing about”. They have absolutely, totally, completely and utterly lost the plot.
Spot on BNP - Lets face it, most of these kids just want to see a `free` concert. There`s no interest in the message either. Today`s kids won’t be TOLD anything…and they certainly dont want to be `ripped off`,for food and drinks while there.
As for the Unions, its an abuse of union funds and not one that MOST union members would agree with. Regarding elections, again BNP,spot on…the only two leaflets i received through the door,was Lib {sic} AND BNP…I was SO looking forward to having a meaningful discussion with Lab and the Cons… I can only surmise the LabLibCons dont want `it` with the electorate `face to face`!..pity really ! March on BNP
As an ex-Dagenham man, I deplore what is going on in the Borough. In the 50’s the Labour majority was 50,000. One John Parker was MP. I should imagine that it is a near marginal now.As for the rock concert, I gave up on that ‘music’ in the 60’s when Melting Pot was in the charts. Sad day when Union Members’ money is being used to promote this dirge.
The Trade Unions are the ones that annoy me. Being a former Union protagonist I am amazed how out of touch they are with the white working class of today. They forget that these are the ones who put them into power over the generations. Now when the white working class need their support and understanding the Trade Unions let them down.
Left wing ideals put up a smokescreen alienating the Trades Unions from their grass roots.
Firstly, it is refreshing to see a British journalist reporting an event (perhaps really a non-event) while disregarding the NUJ “guidlines”. I will not take space to express my contempt, if indeed I could adequately do so, for the NUJ clones that write for British “newspapers”.
Secondly, the image of foul-mouthed Communists bellowing their orders at our young people as to who they should vote for speaks volumes. I hope it will speak to our youngsters (and others), but not in the way those louts intend.
Thirdly, the BNP’s policy of meeting the people face to face on their doorsteps contrasts vividly with Liebour politico’s riding round in the armour-plated limo’s we hear about. Again I hope uncommitted people will take note of this.
On seeing the television and newspaper coverage of this shabby little gathering, it occurred to me that the very fact this insalubrious rabble of scruffy-looking degenerates was opposing the BNP actually provided a compelling argument to vote in favour of the party at the GLA and mayoral elections.
Are the Communists really so deluded as to believe that drug-addicted flotsam like Pete Doherty can persuade us, the British people, to abandon our defence of nation and culture?
The unions, of course, get millions of taxpayers’ pounds via the Flagrant Government Bribe Union Modernisation Fund.
O/T but this story of ‘modern diverse Britain’ was made for the BNP website. Sorry if you’ve seen it already.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=565614&in_page_id=1770
It’s easy to get people out to a free concert, very difficult to get them to the ballot box. The BNP has hard working decent chaps pounding the streets, engaging in bar-room political debate (as Mr Griffin once commented on), raising awareness. A free concert with 30,000 people attending is absolutely futile when compared with 20 BNP activists armed with leaflets.
As an aside, I do recall a BBC broadcast when Nelson Mandela was still in jail and there was a rock against apartheid concert. Two teeny-boppers were asked what they thought of Nelson Mandela. They responded “I think he’s brilliant, he’s a really good singer.”
This is why LMHR will never succeed.
Well said JIM GREEN countless fools paying their union subs week in week out to the Labour party. Hey all you suckers out there, why don’t you sign up with a decent union, one that will represent YOU, it`s called Solidarity. They will use your money to represent YOU, NOT the corrupt (and skint) Labour party.
http://www.solidaritytradeunion.org/
I hate to break it to you. But I think the BNP are more ‘Liberal Left’ than they think. Yes I know “shock, horror, gasp”.
The reason why I say this, because besides immigration, you key policies are freedom, freedom of speech, listening to the public and democracy for all. In my book, liberalism, is freedom. The so called liberal left that are around now, are communists, as they support PC, which is the oppression of freedom and free speech, which in itself is fascism. When I was watching the BBC election programme, they mentioned something about Traditional Labour votes going the BNP rather than the Tories. Traditional Labour voters will NEVER vote tory, after what Maggie did. I think the BNP are how the Labour Party should be or what the Traditional Labour party was. Listening to the people, going round asking them what they want.
I think is great, because by ‘mingling’ with locals, you get respect. Even though BNP are not in power yet. I think you have done more for the good of this country than the liblabcons. Well Done.
I agree by knocking on doors, people will listen, rather than shouting your mouth off like the liblabcons do in town.
Again well done. vote BNP
If you substitute Victoria Park where this concert was held, with the Luitpold Arena (Germany. circa 1935), it looks more reminiscent of the Neuremberg Rally if you ask me.
Leni Riefenstahl would certainly have recognised it.
Fantastic, varied emails. Terrific. But I wish the title of this thread had been a bit more relevant!
This is where the party plans to create BNP Regions through out our Country, will score big time, giving members goals to achieve improvments by putting Party policy directly to the Public, face to face, with no middlemen like newspapers or television to spoil the progress. The Communist concert has been like everything else that thick Communists do, a very expensive failure.
I was a member of the TGWU up until a week ago.
My union rep. asked “Why have you dropped out of the union?”
My reply: I have my reasons.
Union rep.: May I ask what they are?
My reply: Trade unions were set up to defend the rights of the working man. Why would I want to contribute to a trade union now which subsidises a political party whose only interest appears to be theft from the working man?
Union rep.: How do you work that one out?
My reply: The removal of my 10p tax band has left me £4.00 worse off. Add to that £2.40 in union subs. Therefore I’m paying the union to rob me of £6.40 a week!
Union rep. looks at the ceiling, sighs and turns away without a word in response.
Solidarity, here I come.
“Such a dispiriting afternoon in the park only went to show that you can’t inspire young people to realise their own political agency and simultaneously coerce them into behaving like docile consumers.”
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This is one of the richest phrase i read this month. Altough i think it needs clarification so i’ll edit it a bit. What he really meant was:
“Such a dispiriting afternoon in the park only went to show that you can’t brainwash young people to realise our own political agenda and simultaneously coerce them into behaving like docile consumers.”
I thought the last part was spot on so i left it as it is. ;)
As a disabled OAP,may I offer my thanks and admiration to ALL the party supporters and members who,despite public apathy and media and liblabcon scorn,go out in all weather to try to get the BNP message across.You ladies and gentlemen are a credit to this party and to your country because of your unfailing efforts to save us all from total ruination.Please remember that those of us who are almost housebound still have you in their thoughts and wish you every success in your efforts to prevail over the diabolical mainstream politicians and all they stand for.
“I think the BNP are how the Labour Party should be or what the Traditional Labour party was.” - falcons1988
This is what I’ve been telling people for a long time, well said!
There’s an article in the Independent today about the BNP.
Read it here:
http://tinyurl.com/62eden
It appears on their ‘most read’ list.