EDL suffer European humiliation

According to United Against Fascism (UAF) the English Defence League (EDL) came under attack last week when their attempts to open a European branch of their organisation was opposed by a combination of Dutch football fans and authorities.

Amsterdam's Ajax supporter group were so incensed by the extremist EDL that they put a photo up on their website declaring the EDL were not welcome in their city; the minibus carrying EDL leader Tommy Robinson was smashed up; and groups of the football club supporters declared war on the racists and chased them out of town.

Unite Against Fascism also reports that over 2000 people held an anti-racist protest in Amsterdam over the weekend:

“In Amsterdam today, close to 2,000 Dutch people attended an antiracist protest. They were joined by a delegation of 21 activists from Unite Against Fascism. UAF’s Martin Smith addressed the crowd and warned of the worrying growth of the far right in Europe. He argued: “We need a European-wide movement to defeat the new racist threat.”

Fascists and racists have been seeking to re-organise across Europe, and have seen electoral gains in Austria, Sweden and Hungary recently. But today’s attempt to create a European street army of racist thugs was a total flop, with only a few dozen gathered well outside the centre of the city.”