EDL front “Strong” to march in Brighton 1pm Sunday 23 June

At 1pm on Sunday 23^rd June, an organisation calling themselves “Brighton and Hove Strong” will be making their way from the Peace Statue on the Hove border to the Old Steine War Memorial in Brighton.  EDL News has revealed that the “Strong” movement, stealing the name of an American response to the Boston bombings,  is ‘riddled with far right members of the Infidels, the English Defence League, the British National Party and other far right splinter groups.’

The “Strong” movement is another attempt exploit the death of soldier Lee Rigby by right wing racists and fascists, who do so against the expressed wishes of his family and regiment. The use of facebook cover names for EDL causes has even been noted by  The Telegraph.

“Brighton and Hove Strong” are administered by EDL supporters. This new front group, like the EDL itself declares it is against ‘extremists’, which has so often been the code word for religious and racist prejudice about any Muslim no matter what that person believes.

If we are out walking on Brighton seafront on Sunday 23 June around 1pm in the afternoon maybe we should ask the “Strong” marchers: ‘What really is extremism?’ And: ‘Why isn’t “Strong” concerned about the rise of the right wing extremism of EDL?’ In the immediate aftermath of the death of Lee Rigby, interfaith group, Faith Matters, documented the desecration of mosques and attacks of Muslim people:  ten mosques were vandalised in just two days and almost 200 personal attacks reported over less than a two week.

Don’t let the politics of hate takeover.

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If you want to follow up articles in EDL News or the The Telegraph, go to:

http://edlnews.co.uk/index.php/rss/1111-the-far-right-behind-the-woolwich-strong-movement

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jakewallissimons/100218409/over-a-million-people-may-have-accidentally-liked-an-edl-facebook-page/