Strikes, not stunts, will defeat the fascists

Submitted by Anon on 17 June, 2004 - 5:32

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, and the support of the NUJ for it, is good, and it might give them a bit more confidence to take action.

However, I can't help but think that the planned protest is another SWP stunt - let's have a demo and sell some papers and be oh-so-radical.

We should be aiming to build up specifically working-class opposition to the BNP, not calling on Channel 5 to lead the way.

Matt Cooper

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