January 2012 - Indian Workers Association (G.B.)

Leicester unites against racist EDL

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged EDL Indian Workers Association IWAGB Leicester Sital Singh Gill UK on January 24, 2012 by iwagb

by Simon Assaf People from across Leicester joined a public meeting to organise opposition to the English Defence League (EDL) last Saturday. The racist organisation plans to come to the city on 4 February. But anti-fascists plan to protest against them. Around 170 people came to the meeting. Sital Singh Gill, general secretary of the Indian Workers Association, addressed the meeting along with councillors and activists. The anti-fascist protest is supported by CWU Leicestershire branch, PCS Leicester and Leicestershire branch, Stoneygate Labour Party, Unite 0168M branch, Leicester District Trades Council and a host of union and community organisations. Labour councillor […]

Brilliant public meeting as Leicester unites to oppose EDL

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Indian Workers Association IWAGB Leicester Sital Singh Gill UK on January 20, 2012 by iwagb

People from across Leicester’s diverse community came together at a brilliant public meeting last night to organise their opposition to the English Defence League. The racist and fascist EDL has announced plans to come to Leicester on 4 February. Last night’s meeting of around 170 people – white, black and Asian – showed a determination to stand up in unity against the EDL. Banners from the East Midlands regions of the Unite and Unison unions decorated the walls of the Highfields Community Centre, where community leaders, local councillors, trade unionists and local young people came together. They heard Sital Singh […]