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 […]

By Leicester Mercury  |  Posted: August 23, 2011 Members of a campaign group have called for communities to work together in the wake of the disturbances in Leicester earlier this month. The Indian Workers Association Leicestershire Branch is looking to set up the Safer, Stronger Communities Project to prevent similar events happening again. The idea was announced at a public meeting attended by about 70 people at the Guru Dashmesh Gurdwara in Gipsy Lane, Leicester, on Saturday. Speaking about the riots that erupted across the country, Sital Singh Gill, general secretary of the Leicestershire branch of the association, said: “The […]