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Friday 23 April 2010

TUC says - no votes for fascists!‏

The TUC has marked this weekend’s 2010 TUC Black Workers' Conference with a call for trade unionists to reject the hate filled politics of the BNP. TUC Deputy General Secretary Frances O'Grady will be addressing: "The Far Right poses a real threat to the cohesion of Britain's many diverse communities, with organisations like the BNP seeking to profit from both economic uncertainty and public disillusionment at mainstream politics.

"Politicians who play the race card should hang their heads in shame. The recession wasn't caused by workers born in India, Somalia or Poland coming to Britain in search of a better life. It was caused by bankers in the City and on Wall Street in pursuit of their own greed."

Against this backdrop, it's the duty of every one of us to try to stop the hate-mongers in their tracks, to mobilise against the racists in our workplaces and our communities, and to alert our colleagues, friends and neighbours to the threat to democracy and community relations that is posed by the Far Right.’
http://www.tuc.org.uk/equality/tuc-17871-f0.cfm