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Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. The Socialist Party calls on Corbyn and the union tops to build for urgent mass action to force a general election, for a Corbyn-led government with socialist policies, which could decisively undermine the far right. In the vacuum left by Jeremy Corbyn and the trade union leaders failing to lead a fight to end Tory and Blairite austerity, the far right is trying to regroup. “They don’t fight for houses, they don’t fight for jobs and services, they offer nothing but division.” “Even for the people they pretend to support, the so-called white working class, they have no solutions. “When was the last time you saw this lot stand on a picket line with workers? When was the last time you saw them standing up for nurseries, or a decent NHS? That was left to Socialist Party member Steve North, secretary of the Salford branch of public service union Unison. As usual they provided plenty of speakers who told us we must oppose racism, but put forward no answers. Instead, organising was left to ‘Stand Up to Racism’, led by the Socialist Workers Party. This dangerous development makes it urgent for the trade unions to take charge and mobilise behind a clear programme to improve working-class lives. In the event, although much smaller than last summer’s mobilisations in London, the pro-Robinson demo seriously outnumbered the counter-demo. Ukip’s leader Gerard Batten spoke in support of Robinson, who he has taken on as an adviser to Ukip. The Robinson crowd included EDL and Ukip supporters. It also rightly encouraged members not covering the event to attend the counter-demonstration. Many trade unionists would not see the point in defending the establishment media, whose bosses routinely ignore major demonstrations, and whose well-heeled presenters interrupt and harass left activists and Corbynista MPs.īut socialists do defend BBC workers in media unions who are trying to do their jobs, and who face harassment by supporters of the far right.Ī joint Media City workforce statement from the National Union of Journalists and technicians’ union Bectu, issued in advance of the demo, denounced the intimidation, threats and violence of the far right, especially targeting photojournalists. The demonstration displayed this on a giant screen – though a poor-quality link made much of it unviewable. But she passed BBC footage to Robinson, who made his own film entitled ‘Panodrama’ to embarrass the BBC. The BBC had planned an exposé of Robinson, believing an aggrieved associate of his could be trusted to gain them access. Supporters of Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, AKA ‘Tommy Robinson’, gathered at the BBC’s Media City studios in Salford to protest against Panorama’s documentary on his far-right activities on Saturday 23 February. Robinson has been a target of authorities and the mainstream media in the UK for over a decade since he began exposing Muslim child rape gangs as well as bias and corruption within the UK establishment.Tommy Robinson, Shayan Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn/CC (Click to enlarge: opens in new window) Paul Gerrard, Salford Socialist Party Mr Robinson was imprisoned for several months last year after he gave a videoed report outside a court where a Muslim child rape gang was being prosecuted.
The documentary offers evidence that the BBC was working in cooperation with an advocacy group called “Hope not Hate” that has campaigned against Robinson before to essentially produce a destructive hit piece. There was also an advanced screening of the documentary. On Saturday, Robinson gathered with thousands of supporters outside the BBC’s Manchester HQ to express their dissatisfaction with the alleged bias of the major public broadcaster. The documentary which is available on YouTube features explosive undercover footage of senior BBC reporter and Panorama documentary maker John Sweeney supposedly attempting to cajole a former employee of Mr Robinson into making defamatory claims against him.
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