Scotland United

We’ve spent the last number of weeks working on a suitable response to the SDL’s planned protest outside Glasgow Central Mosque.

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Welsh Defence League engage in Nazi salutes and burn anti-Nazi flag

They denied being fascists ahead of their first Welsh march – but at yesterday’s Welsh Defence League protest against Islamic extremism onlookers were confronted with scenes of jeering men giving Nazi salutes. It was the first time the newly-formed group have been out on the streets in Wales.

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Rangers get Facebook to remove SDL group

Following yesterday’s news that Newcastle United were investigating legal action over the English Defence League’s use of their club crest following Show Racism the Red Card’s prompting, we can reveal that Rangers FC are doing likewise.
Rangers inform us that they have successfully asked Facebook to remove references to the club in the context of the [...]

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Scottish Defence League earmark protest outside Glasgow Central Mosque

Mosques in Glasgow and Kilmarnock have been identified by the far right Scottish Defence League and their English counterpart as possible scenes of protest.
In Glasgow, we understand that they have discussed George Square, Pollokshields and the Sheriff Court as possible locations. The latter seems like a strange place to hold a demonstration till it is [...]

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Council and police rule out SDL protest

Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde Police have said that permission would not be granted to the Scottish Defence League to protest.

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Why we shouldn’t vacate our streets for the English Defence League

A common opinion expressed since news that the self-styled English and Scottish Defence Leagues were planning a protest in Glasgow has been that we ignore them. By mobilising against them, the argument goes, we give them the oxygen of publicity.

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