I'm a bit slow on this story but...
On tuesday BRITISH National Party leader Nick Griffin was forced to abandon a press conference outside Parliament when demonstrators pelted him with eggs ( A SOAS .
Chanting “Off our streets, Nazi scum”, two hundred activists chased him down the street as his bodyguards bundled him into a car.
We built this demonstration primarily through twitter and texts. The info reached a T&G Union meeting in the area who promptly concelled the meeting and joined the protest.
We all met at the tube because it is illegal to demonstrate or even gather outside the houses of parliament without prior warning. Covering up our Love Music Hate Racism T-shirts and hiding our placards, along with all the trade union officials in suits, we did not look like a usual demonstration. We walked slowly and quietly towards the press conference to not arouse suspicion and decended upon them.
When we got close we ripped open our jackets to reveal our anti-fascism t-shirts, shoved our banners in the air and walked towards him chanting 'Nazi scum, off our streets'.
He was clearly taken by surprise, not least when a SOAS student landed an egg directly on his face (fucking brilliant to watch!).
the support from passers by was amazing. All the passengers in the open window big yellow duck bus/boat cheered loudly out the window as we chased him up the street.
Nick Griffins nasty thug security lashed out true to form smashing one woman protester squarely in the face.
He responded to our protest by calling us a bunch of 'lazy students, lecturers and parisitic trade union hardcore labour supporters'!!!
I received a message from someone who said 'I understand he was only pissed off because you didn't separate the whites first.' Another eggstremely eggsellent comment Peter!
Watch Sky news video HERE
And some more great coverage at UAF North London Blogspot HERE
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