{"id":1304,"date":"2008-08-18T22:45:22","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T12:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2008-08-19T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T04:40:00","slug":"the-bnp-the-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1304","title":{"rendered":"The BNP &#038; The Farmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indymedia.org.uk\/en\/2008\/08\/407025.html\">Demo at BNP festival. Pics &#038; report.<\/a>, Guido, UK Indymedia, August 19, 2008<\/ul>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KLOyF50wlBU&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Yeah so the protest at the BNP&#8217;s Red, White &#038; Blue Festival has done come and gone. Somewhere between 4-700 attended the protest; the BNP claims 4,000 attended the event itself (although others estimate several thousand less). Hundreds of police sought order <em><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/england\/derbyshire\/7561108.stm\">via<\/a><\/em> use of the <em>Public Order Act<\/em>, placing (further) legal restrictions on the numbers and movements of protesters. In the end, 33 protesters were arrested, and the Festival appears to have run relatively smoothly. Minor incidents included a nutty BNP supporter named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antifa.org.uk\/nucleus3.32\/nucleus332\/index.php?blogid=1&#038;archive=2008-5-14\">Tommy Williams<\/a> claiming a non-existent bomb was thrown; the constitutional changes Nick Griffin demanded easily getting through (and as a result further strengthening his position); and patriotic Brits eating pig. On the other hand\/side, the SWP front <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uaf.org.uk\/\">Unite Against Fascism<\/a> was able to command media attention &#8212; although not for its role in hijacking the protest or disrupting the plans of local anti-fascists. <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/england\/derbyshire\/7565354.stm\">BBC<\/a>: &#8220;Earlier some 700 demonstrators from Unite Against Fascism, the TUC and Unison took part in a march from the nearby village of Codnor.&#8221; Most likely, the group&#8217;s manipulations will be quickly forgotten and smothered under calls for unity.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrest 33 in rally protests<br \/>\n<em>Derbyshire Times<\/em><br \/>\nAugust 18, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Police made 33 arrests on Saturday following protests against the BNP&#8217;s Red, White and Blue event at Denby. The majority of the arrests were made after two incidents which were not connected with the main protest and march through Codnor. The first incident was on Breach Road, Denby, at about 11am, when a group of about 40 protesters tried to barricade the road to stop access. When police arrived stones were thrown at the officers who made six arrests for violent disorder. The rest of the protesters dispersed over the fields and at about 12 noon confronted police on Kensington Avenue at Heanor where further disorder occurred. Twenty arrests were made for offences including violent disorder and breach of bail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Never again&#8221; call from residents living near BNP festival site<br \/>\n<em>Derby Evening Telegraph<\/em><br \/>\nAugust 18, 2008<\/p>\n<p>VILLAGERS are pleading with the BNP not to hold its festival near their homes again, after violent left-wing protests outside the site. About 40 activists clashed with riot police near the Red, White and Blue festival, in Denby, resulting in 33 arrests and an officer being injured. Four hundred anti-BNP protesters also turned out for a generally peaceful march and rally in Codnor. And people living near the site, in Codnor-Denby Lane, said they were kept awake by noise and flashing lights from inside the festival and drunks were making Nazi-style salutes outside their homes. Now residents, Amber Valley MP Judy Mallaber and the area&#8217;s county councillor, Eric Lancashire, are calling for the BNP not to return next year to ensure the violence does not happen again. John Lumsden, 65, of Codnor-Denby Lane, said: &#8220;The fighting only goes to show what an unsuitable place this is.&#8221; Ms Mallaber said: &#8220;I am opposed to the BNP being here and I condemn the people who created the disorder outside. It is extremely distressing for people living nearby.&#8221; But BNP member Alan Warner, who hosted the festival on his fields, said it would be back &#8220;bigger and better&#8221; next year and said all the trouble had been caused by left-wing protesters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk\/news\/Left-wing-activists-clash-riot-police-anti-BNP-protest\/article-273516-detail\/article.html\">Left-wing activists clash with riot police at anti-BNP protest<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Derby Evening Telegraph<\/em><br \/>\nAugust 18, 2008<\/p>\n<p>MASKED anti-BNP activists fought hand-to-hand with riot officers and pelted them with stones as the party held its controversial Red, White and Blue festival this weekend. The violence happened on Saturday when protesters tried to barricade a road leading to the festival. Police armed with batons moved in to quell the demonstrators, making 27 arrests. Meanwhile, a 400-strong anti-BNP march passed off mostly without incident, apart from a scuffle when protesters wanted to go further than a pre-agreed police cordon. Shops closed, traffic was disrupted and residents said they felt like prisoners in their own homes during the protests. Now, they are pleading for the BNP not to return so the violence does not happen again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>See also<\/em> : <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1300\">Family fun @ the BNP\u2019s Scumfest<\/a> (August 13, 2008) | <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1284\">Unite Against Fascism is a weird mob<\/a> (August 1, 2008)<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OF0AqPujjaM&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<ul>&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.antifa.org.uk\/nucleus3.32\/nucleus332\/index.php?itemid=72\">even the COVERT TEAM arn&#8217;t perfect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_P_L02XxLyWQ\/SAxzPFDRIMI\/AAAAAAAAA7k\/jbWkoypGt5s\/s400\/Alan+Warner+Derbyshire.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the phone number and e-mail for RWB host Alan Warner:<\/p>\n<p>01773 748129<br \/>\n07810 383595<br \/>\nalan.warner@w3z.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>Address for sending Xmas cards or any other festive greeting:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bungalow\u201d<br \/>\nCodnor-Denby Lane<br \/>\nRipley<br \/>\nDerbyshire<br \/>\nDE5 8PT<br \/>\nENGLAND<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demo at BNP festival. Pics &#038; report., Guido, UK Indymedia, August 19, 2008 Yeah so the protest at the BNP&#8217;s Red, White &#038; Blue Festival has done come and gone. Somewhere between 4-700 attended the protest; the BNP claims 4,000 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=1304\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anti-fascism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6AyE-l2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}