'United We Stand'Unite Against Fascism Wales Newsletter Autumn 2014

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Nazis stopped inCardiff

Nigel Farage: leader of UKIP

Around 40 fascists and racists gathered in Central Cardiff on 25th October for an anti-Muslim demo calledby the Welsh Alliance. They were joined by a group styling themselves the South Wales Alliance, as wellas the Welsh Volunteer Force (from the Pontypridd area), and a contingent from the Black Country branchof the English Volunteer Force.They intended to drink in the Peppermint Lounge, and in O’Neill’s pub in the High Street. The Peppermintclosed its doors to them. O’Neill’s was happy to serve them. We will be approaching the owners of O’Neill’sfor an explanation.The fascists’ plan to march up St. Mary’s Street, along Queen Street, and to rally at City Hall was blockedat every stage by 100 anti-fascists (conducting a somewhat mobile counter-demo!)Instead the police steered the racists down a back street, ignoring their chants of “Allah is a paedo”, thenthrough a nearly deserted Bute Park, to a rally outside Cardiff Central Police Station.The fascist organisers failed in all their objectives thanks to the vigilance of UAF Wales, and the vigourand commitment of all those anti-fascists who made up the counter-demo. A job well done.

eave your racist banners at home'. That was the message that nazi Mervyn Jones found necessary to give to those he expectedto attend his fascist demo in Cardiff last month. It turned out to be a dismal day for the handful that turned up, and not really worthMervyn’s long trip down from Connors Quay. Those attending the demo, from both Wales and England, represent the fragmentsof the BNP and the failed attempts to copy the English Defence League in Wales.

The present climate is one where, thanks to UAF and many others, nazi organisations remain small but, thanks to the media andpoliticians, racism in general has massively increased. The best way to keep nazi groups small is to see that they are vigorouslyopposed whenever they raise their heads. Julian Goss, Secretary of UAF Wales, reports on the counter demo below.

The massed ranks of the nazi 'master race'...

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Focus on UKIP:'ordinUAF conference is a timely opportunity todiscuss how the EDL is attempting torebuild itself by stirring up Islamophobiaand racism, build UN anti-racism daydemo, and host discussions oncampaigning against UKIP andmainstream parties concessions to UKIPon immigration in the run up to thegeneral election.

Griffin out

The recent expulsion of Nick Griffin fromthe British National Party (BNP) and itsimplosion, is a victory for the anti-fascistmovement as it follows the BNP’ssystematic defeat from Barking in 2010 tothis year’s Euro elections where Griffinlost his seat in the North West. Thanks toyour support, UAF campaignedrelentlessly and defeated the BNP alongwith trade unions and local communities.

France: a warning

However, we cannot be complacent.Across the English Channel the fascistFront National (FN) gained two seats inthe Upper Chamber of the Senate inFrance. Polls place FN leader Marine LePen ahead of the current PresidentFrancois Hollande. The English DefenceLeague (EDL) is attempting to rebuilditself by stirring up anti-Muslim racism inBritain.

EDL try to revive

Recently the EDL has calleddemonstrations in multicultural towns andcities with a significant Muslim populationsuch as London, Birmingham andRotherham in Yorkshire. UAFsuccessfully mobilised and broughttogether a broad coalition against theEDL in these towns and cities.We can prevent the growth of the EDLbut we need your help.UAF’s conference will take place onSaturday 21 February 2015 in centralLondon, please contact us to attendthe conference.

UAF National Conference:stopping the nazisin 2015

Who runs UKIP in Wales?Well they may not be ordinary but they are all ‘chaps’ in fact they are all ‘old whtheir own or family business, one is a retired lawyer and the other a retired airline

The Chairman isWarwickNicholson fromSalford. He was31 years in theManchester policeforce and nowruns his own farmin Clwyd.

The Secretary HughHughes is fromBirkenhead. He wasa lawyer in Newportfor 40 years. He wasa founder member ofUKIP and their firstcandidate in Wales.

The Treasurer,David Bevan is fromnear Neath. He hasrun his own buildingcompany for thelast 20 years.

Kevin Mahoneyfrom the Vale oGlamorgan. Hebecame a gasengineer, wasemployed for 1years before bea manager in acouncil departmHe is a directothe firm Heatfo

The bulk of the donations UKIP receives comesfrom a very few wealthy people, may being pastTory donors. These people who are very muchpart of the ‘establishment’ which UKIP claims tooppose and which many UKIP voters think theyare striking a blow against. The donors realisethat UKIP is an alternative version of the ToryParty – one that they prefer. They have not turnedinto a group of philanthropists anxious to give theordinary voter a voice.Who are they?The donor who stands out is Paul Sykes, theYorkshire businessman and property developer.He used to be a Tory member but later turned to

UKIP. Either individually, thPaul Sykes Group Ltd or thGroup Ltd, he had given £12013. It is not known how mthe 2014 Euro campaign busaying he would give “whafortune is reputed to aroundhave been a lot. We knowbankrolled the £1.5m postereported as pledging anothegeneral election campaign.Stuart Wheeler, Eton-eductreasurer of the party, was klargest single donation to thhe gave £5m during the 200

Where does the money come from?

UKIP is not a fascist party but there havebeen a streamof individual members who have been found to havebeenNForBNPsupporters in thepast,whohavemaderacist remarks or speeches, who have praised Hitleretc. Each time we are told they are the odd bad apple.Yetstill MartynFord, theUKIPparliamentarycandidatefor Swansea West, can put out a BNP-style leaflet thatseems to be angling for the fascist and racist vote.

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London. He went to a privateschool, Dulwich College. Hebecame a commodities traderon the London Metal Exchangein the City. Whilst at school hejoined the Tories but left whenMajor signed the Maestricht

Treaty in 1992. In 1993 he wasa founder member of UKIP. In1999 he became an MEP andin the next 10 years says he

received £2 million inallowances and expenses.

hite men’. Of the eight Wales officers, six are ine pilot. How typical of people in Wales is that?

The Membership Secretary and current UKIP MEPis Nathan Gill. His family moved to Wales in the1980’s, after attending Coleg Menai he went into thefamily business. In 2004 he and his mother set up acompany providing home care for the elderly forHull Council. They employed 180 people, mainlyfrom Poland and the Philippines. The companycollapsed with £116,000 debts and Gill moved backto Wales. He joined the Tory party, switching toUKIP in 2005. He became PA to John Bufton MEPin 2009 before taking over as the UKIP MEP inWales in 2014.

John Bufton was the previous UKIP MEP in Wales.He is from Llanidloes and went into the familyhaulage business after school. He later managed aResidential Care Home for the Elderly. He was inlocal politics from the 1987 and in 1997 stood for forSir James Goldsmith’s Referendum Party. Whenthat folded he joined UKIP and became their MEPin 2009. Although young for a UKIP representative(born 1962) he stood down in 2014 perhapsbecause, as he said Farage was ‘relaxed’ about theAssembly whereas “ I'm one of the old guard I'vealways been opposed to the assembly and still am,"

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David Rowlands isfrom the SirhowyValley. Aftercollege he becamea businessman andis the director ofseveral companies.He joined UKIP in1998 and was chairof UKIP Wales2000 – 2005.

Clive Easton isfrom the Isle ofWight. He is aretired pilot and isnow a hobbyfarmer inLlandrindod Wells.He was in the Toryparty until he left in1995. He has beena UKIP candidatein four elections.

hrough his company, therough his Highstone.46m to the party bymuch he gave towardut he was reported asatever it takes”. As hisd £650m that couldthat he at leaster campaign. He iser £1.5m for next year’s

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but he turned to UKIP. He gave them their largestsingle donation from an individual in 2010 of£150,000, and has given the party £514, 957 since2001. In the first three months of this year he gave£197,300.Former Tory donor Arron Banks planned to giveNigel Farage's party £100,000 - but upped thedonation to £1m after William Hague called him a'nobody' earlier this month.

Others have given less spectacular amounts – buthardly chickenfeed:Julian Blackwell, owner of Blackwell's, thepublishing group made two donations of £125,000and £50,000.

Sir John Craven former chairman of mining groupLonmin donated £7,500, in July 2007 and another£5,000 in December of the same year.James Donald Charteris, or Lord Neidpath, as heis known, has donated at least £54,000 on nineseparate occasionsViscount Michael Cowdray - 12th richest Britisharistocrat and the 10th largest landowner in the UKcontributed £35,000 up to March 2013.Christopher Mills, a co-founder of JO Hambro, amajor hedge fund, gave £50,000 in his firstdonation to UKIP. He previously gave to Hastingsand Rye Conservative Association and appearedin the Sunday Times Rich List with a personalfortune of £200m.

s think that UKIP is a potential allyund. The Daily Mirror recently(left) of UKIP canvassers in theon alongside Britain First deputysen under the headline: “It maysimilarBritain First is toUKIP “ .

Ms Fransen – herself aBritain Firsty-election – as saying.

at we see today that are Ukipt are pushing the Ukip messagefrom the exact same hymn sheetu know I can’t see absolutely anythe parties, so it's really good toeny an association with BF or anyas they always do. The questionve to do it so often?

202,000 people in Wales voted for UKIP in Euroelection inMay up from 88,000 last time - an extra114,00. Who were they and why? Some of themwere no doubt the 42,000 who had previouslyvoted for the BNP - only 14,000 voted fascist thistime. Some were Tories – especially the anti EUones.

Butmanywouldhavebeennon-voters andotherswho thought they weremaking a protest vote andshowing their dissatisfaction with politicians. Aswell as their racism against migrants, UKIPcultivates an image of putting up two-fingers tothe ‘establishment’ and Farage is an 'ordinary'bloke you could meet down the pub. So howordinary is Farage?Where does themoney comefrom? And how ordinary are the people who runUKIP in Wales?

Honorary President: Peter Hain M.PChair: Ali Ahmed Vice-Chair: Maggie Simpson

Treasurer: Amarjite Singh Secretary: Julian Goss Liaison: Kristina Hedges

‘The threat from the BNP and fascist groups in Wales is real and immediate.They bring division to our communitiesand all thinking, compassionate people should oppose them. Now is the time to mobilise on an all-Wales basis, tomeet the threat from these racist, fascist thugs as it arises.’ Peter Hain MP

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Truth, lies andmigrantsTruth, lies andmigrants

Cleaners and porters on strike: migrants workers are our brothers and sisters, not our enemy

Earlier this year the Wales TUC produced an excellent booklet ( http://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/European_Myth_English Final.pdf ) aimed at exposing the myths and lies around migration that are pumped out bygroups like Britain First or UKIP. Do you need to read it? Well test yourself on this quiz based on some of theinformation in the booklet.

1. How many people live in Wales? 3 million, 3.5 million or4 million?

2.What percentage were born outside the UK ? 5.%, 7.5%or 10.%?

3. Where do most foreign born migrants in Wales comefrom? (tick the top three): India/Pakistan; Ireland; Poland;Middle East; West Indies; Germany

4. Put these five countries in order of the number of asylumseekers they have, from lowest to highest: Germany,France, UK, USA, Sweden.

5. How much does an asylum seeker receive each week inbenefits? £36, £66 or £96?

6. How much are they are allowed to earn each week beforethey lose their benefit? £50, £100 or is it unlimited?

7. What proportion of the UK population are refugees,asylum seekers or stateless? 1%, 4% or 7%?

8. How many asylum seekers are sent to Wales eachweek? Up to: 50, 100 or 200?

9. What proportion of the UK population is Muslim? 5%,7.5% or 10%?

10.What proportion of the Wales population is Muslim?3%, 6% or 9%?

11. In 2012, 54,800 people left Wales. Did more or fewermove in from the rest of the UK?

12. Since 2001 has the population of Wales increased by:5%, 10% or 15%?