Strikes, not stunts, will defeat the fascists
The BNP is planning TV broadcasts on 28 May. "Unite Against Fascism" have called a protest against the BNP's broadcast at BBC Television Centre. They say: "Voice your complaint in the run up to the broadcast, call on the TV companies not to give platform to the BNP's race-hate politics." This seems woefully wrong to me. Surely we should be calling on or giving support to BECTU and the other broadcasting unions to boycott the broadcast. Surely we should be passing a motion through our union branches, promising action if anyone is victimised, and so on. The presence of BECTU in the demonstration...