Despite the Home Secretary banning the English Defence League (EDL) from  marching through Tower Hamlets, they are still being allowed a static demonstration.  We do not know where the EDL static demonstration will be.  However, in the wake of the riots in London, and the endorsement of the EDL by Anders Behring Breivik who was responsible for the shocking massacre in Norway this July, we believe it  is unnaceptable that the EDL, with its history of violence and public disorder, should be allowed this demonstration. Tower Hamlets is a diverse and multicultural borough with the largest Muslim community in the country.
 
United East End and Unite Against Fascism are jointly organising a national demonstration against the English Defence League on 3 September which will feature speeches and music, with artists including multitalented fusion musician and producer Nitin Sawhney, leading radio DJ Nihal, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly and chart-topping rapper and MC Wretch 32.

 
The new assembly point is 11am, corner of Vallance Road and Whitechapel Road, London E1.  Please note that Whitechapel tube is closed, as is the district line, so the nearest tube station is Bethnal Green on the Central Line.
Turnout crucial
It is crucial that we get the biggest possible turnout on the anti-racist demo to show the widest possible opposition to the EDL.

 
Last year 5,000 people turned out to reject the hatred of the EDL.  
We want the biggest possible turnout on the demo to show that the vast majority of people don’t want the racists and fascists of the EDL in Tower Hamlets or anywhere else.
 
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