Cambridge United against the EDL
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Cambridge Unite Against Fascism
Cambridge Says
NO EDL IN CAMBRIDGE!

Trade unionists, politicians, faith group, community leaders and individuals are asked to sign up to this unity statement, opposing the proposed march through Cambridge by the racist English Defence League on February 23rd and supporting the counter demonstration for unity and diversity organised by Cambridge Unite Against Fascism and Cambridge Trades Council.

You can add your name by e-mail here cambridge.uaf@gmail.com
Please mention if you represent a Trade Union, Political Party, Community Group, band, sporting organisation or anything similar.

Download A Copy to get friends and colleagues to sign here
Trade Union Motion to support our march here.

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We the undersigned strongly oppose plans by the 'English Defence League' (EDL) - a group linked to the Fascist British National Party (BNP) and British Freedom Party (BFP) - to demonstrate in Cambridge on February 23rd.

The EDL is a racist and Fascist group dedicated to attacking Asian people and Muslims. EDL members have embarked on a violent campaign aimed at those they see as "legitimate targets". These have included in recent months attacks on Unite Against Fascism meetings in Brighton and East London, as well as intimidating staff and customers at a well known Liverpool Community Bookshop, a vicious attack on a pensioner in Barking, and assaults on a meeting in the Unite the Union offices in Liverpool and on a PCS picket line in Bootle. They have also threatened trade unionists at May day events and targeted student protesters. The EDL are deeply Islamophobic - bigoted against Muslims - which is as unacceptable as any other form of racism. The EDL's aim is to divide us by making scapegoats of one community, just as the Nazis did with the Jews in the 1930s and the National Front attempted in the 1970s.

Today they target Muslims, tomorrow it could be you!

Last year's magnificent thousand strong march and celebration of unity and diversity through Cambridge helped speed a decline in the EDL. More recent counter demonstrations in Waltham Forest, Bristol and Norwich have succeeded in marginalising the EDL, and have prevented them from marching in our City centres. This has begun to seriously demoralise them, and their organisation has started to crumble. By holding a broad, diverse, vibrant and large counter demonstration in Cambridge City Centre, we hope to be able to further hasten their decline.

There is no place for EDL racists or the BNP or BFP in Cambridge's multiracial, multicultural and multi-faith community. We need the utmost unity against their poisonous aims. We urge people to attend our march and multicultural event to be held in the city centre on February 23rd, and to oppose racism and Fascism in our City.

Names so far...

Richard Howitt MEP, Kelvin Hopkins MP, Gavin Shuker MP, Cllr Lewis Herbert - leader of Labour group on Cambridge City Council, Cllr Tariq Sadir - Cambs County Council, Cllr Richard Johnson - City Councillor for Abbey Ward, Cllr Carina O'Reilly - City Councillor for Arbury, Cllr Kevin Price - City Councillor for Kings Hedges, Councillor Jeremy Benstead - City Councillor for Coleridge ward, Councillor Simon Sedgwick-Jell - Cambridge Green Party, Councillor Mike Todd-Jones - City Councillor for Arbury, Cllr Adam Pogonowski - City Councillor for Abbey Ward, Cllr Zoe Moghadas - City Councillor for Romsey, Weyman Bennett - Joint National Secretary Unite Against Fascism, Omar Faruque Mosque Cambridge, Abu Bakr Mosque Cambridge, Masjid Al Ikhlas & Cambridge Islamic Centre, Cambridge University Islamic Society, Martin Smith - Love Music Hate Racism national coordinator, Kevin Courtney - Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Tom Woodcock - Secretary Cambridge and District Trades Council, Iman - ABIS, Balwinder Singh Rana - Sikhs Against the EDL, Abu Bakr Islamic School, Abdul-Kayum Arain - Muslim Chaplain Anglia Ruskin University, Susy Langsdale - Women's Officer Cambridge University Students' Union, Daniel Zeichner - Cambridge Labour Party PPC, Peter Kavanagh - Regional Secretary London & Eastern Region Unite the Union, Magic Phil - The Spaghetti Faction (band), Jeannie Booth, Philippe Harari - Secretary Cambridgeshire NUT, Jill Eastland - Rebel Arts Radio, Nick Parker - Trust Board member of Cambridge Fans United, Rasik Kotecha - trustee Indian community and cultural association Cambridge, Richard Rose - Cambridge Love Music Hate Racism and R*E*P*E*A*T Records, Colin Shaw - Cambridge Labour Party and National Union of Journalists, Unite the Union - Cambridge Medical branch, Paul Turnbull- CWU Area Representative and Cambridge UAF, Caitlin Doherty - St. John's College, Cambridge, Pam Stacey - Unite Cambridge, Sophi Berridge - Cambridge NUT equalities officer, Averil Parkinson - Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Dr Jocelynne Scutt - Cambridge Labour Party, Asa Benstead - Unison workplace steward Cambs County Branch, David Forman for Harlow TUC, Adam Moghadas, Paul Moffat - Eastern Regional Secretary Communications Workers Union, Richard Edwards - PCS Regional Secretary & Organiser, Last Gang in Town music promotions, Cambridge University Graduate Union, Cambridge ASLEF, Cambridge PCS, Peterborough Trades Union Council (PTUC), Jon Duveen - secretary Cambs NUT, Nick Papanikolauo - NUT, Eddie Stadnik - Chief Officer Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum, Cllr Lesley GRaham - Thorpe Hamlet Ward Norwich, Richard Gates - Regional Officer London & Eastern region Unite the Union, Andrew Osbourne - Unite Cambridge and District Safety Officer & Strawberry Fair Comt, Tayieba Shah, Anne Packer - PCS DWP Cambridgeshire Branch Secretary, Rob Wall - Cambridge Labour Party, Jackie Francis - President Cambridge NUT, David Goode - Secretary Cambridge University and College Union, Matt Kelly - local musician and Cambridgeshire NUT comt, Dan Rachel and Tom - Stagger radio show Cambridge 105, F. Doyle - national chair of ASLEF Black & Ethnic Minority Representative Committee & member of TUC Race Relations Committee, Bob Blizzard - Labour PPC for Waveney, Ben Ford - ASLEF, Graham Tranquada for Bedford Trades Council, Mark Evans - Rebel Arts Radio, Mark Palmer, Amy Gilligan - Cambridge UCU Post Grad rep, Rich Rippin, G Salih - Cambridge NUT, Paula Champion - Cambridge NUT, Chris Page - Cambridge University Students Union (CUSU) Welfare & Rights Officer, Richard Morgan - Unite the Union, Simon Baker - Green Mind Music Promotions Cambridge, Carol Gerrard - PCS Cambridge Revenue Branch President, Chrissie & Kenny Fryde, Malcolm Wallace - Chelmsford TUC & United Chelmsford, Clive Peace, Abby Jitendra - Pembroke College, Sarah Jacobs, Sharon Sullivan from Keltrix (band), Christine Ulyyan, Laura Pugh, J Hardacre - Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Nigel Cornwell, Owen Holland - NUS and Songs After Dark, Pete Monaghan - UCU CRC Branch Secretary, Matt Wells - Organiser PCS union Defra Southern Branch, Stuart Newbold - Ex City Councillor and current Secretary of Cherry Hinton Residents Association, Mike & Liz Swift - Burwell Labour group, Huw Jones - Histon Labour Party, Christine Pettengell - Cambridgeshire Defend Our Schools, Chris Jones, Cllr. James Abbott - Co-ordinator of Essex Green Party, Jamie Andrews - CWU rep Cambridge, Alex Mayer, Steffan Jones - HRSFC NUS, Lucy McMahon, Chad Croom - Branch Secretary, South Central Postal Branch CWU, Joey Frances, Marianne Brooker, CJ Piscott - Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Louise Crook - Cambridge Racial Equality and Diversity Service, David Carter, Seymour Quigley - Washing Machine Promotions and Ten City Nation (band), Anna Bull, James French, Lorna Cox, David Faulkner, Angela Macquiban, D Babouris - Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Ashley Brooklyn - R*E*P*E*A*T Fanzine and Impington International Sixth Form student, Bill Schwartz, Lisa Halpern, Cllr Ian Brandon - County Councillor for Callowland/Leggatts Division Hertfordshire, Nick Levine, B Samuel - Green Party, Jordan Evans, Mitch Mitchell - rock'n'roll musician, Ben White - writer, journalist, activist, Louise Hamilton for Flaming June (band), Jonathan Salt, David Ashby - DoNotResuscitate (band), Miles Curtis Watson - Unite the Union and Cambridge School Students Union (pc), Mark Smith, Andrew Hyde, Pekka Tuutti - Cambs County Council Unison, Paul Connelly, Kathy Murphy - Cambs County Council Unison, Rose Le Dieu - PCS, Salim Cochrane, Justin - Unite the Union, Les Ray - Histon Unplugged, Denis Bokej, Mike Black - Branch Secretary PCS Cambridge HMRC Branch, Neil Blunt - Green Party City Councillor for Wensum Ward Norwich, Samir Jeraj - journalist and Green Party Councillor in Norwich 2008-2012, Rod Hewson - Green Party, Sandra Billington, Steve Agarwala - Barrister/Legal Adviser to Norfolk Magsitrates and PCS Union, LR Mansbridge - Cambs NUT, Jane Blackborow - Cambs NUT, Julia Mansbridge - RMT, Jamine Maiscos - Cambs NUT, Andrew Walker, Rachel Heemskarn - PCS, Des Heemskam - CWU, Andrew Little - NUS, Jon Evans, Daz Weddale - DNR (band), Jay Webdale - Rebel Icons (band), Julia Drummond - Unite the Union, Jamie Conroy - Unite the Union, Daniel Sly - Unison, Tim Neate - Strawberry Fair, Maerk Wynn- Musician, C Anderson - NASUWT, D Young, T Carrol, Rebecca Heyne - musician, Jemma Jackson, S Forrest - musician, Rupert Read - lead Green Party MEP candidate in the East of England, Cllr Denise Carlo - Norwich Green Party, Chelmsford Constituency Labour Party, Shahida Rahman - Author and Writer, Lui Di Martino, Sa'adiah Khan, Skimble Shanks (band), Councillor Paul Neale - Norwich City Green Party, Jo Green, Unite Central - Cambridge branch, Lorna Cox, Nigel Filer, Dave Baigent - Romsey Labour Party & FBU, Jon Berry - Secretary Herts Association Trades Councils, Rowena Whitehead - Talking in Tune, Keith Murray - Chair National Union of Journalists Cambridge Branch, Chris McCabe - IWW member, Andy Brown, Holly Parker-Jervis, Freya Walkley, Lizzie Donnelly, Jai Ewen. Cambridge United FC Supporter, Nick Butt - The Stand Ins (band), Dean Wilson - Usdaw (the union) and south cambs Labour Party, Alice Thompson, Rowena Whitehead - Talking in Tune, Juan Acevedo, Joe McWilliams, Christine Cowling-Jones - Governor at The Grove School Arbury, Mark Mohan, Laura King, Gavin Bates - Musician, S. M, Matt Deacon, Sophie Leader, Jo rust - Secretary Kings lynn and district trades council, Emily Whitelock, Debra Toulmin, Sarah - Cambridge University, Tim Knight-Hughes - Norwich Central branch Unite the Union, Penny Hayman, Natalie Barden, Clare Collinson, Liam Guyton, Adam Ja-Ro - Mining for Gold (local Cambridge band), Peter Canning, Diana Minns, Ian McNally - Cambridge Clarion Cycling Club, Joanna Breeze, Ruth Nicholls - Charity Worker for the homeless in Cambridge, Natalie Bailey, Maggie Bailey, Paul Mooney - Norfolk NUT member, Greece Solidarity Campaign, James Youd - Left Unity, Sister S and her congregation of 30 sisters from the Circle,