Anti-BNP conference called for 19 January
The last few years have seen the British National Party make creeping electoral gains in local government. The foothold they now enjoy in borough, town and parish councils is directly related to two factors: their turn away from confrontational street politics to agitation around community concerns and the inability of existing anti-fascist campaign groups (Searchlight and the SWP-dominated Unite Against Fascism) to counter this new strategy. The situation in Nottinghamshire is a case in point. In May 2007 Sadie Graham, a leading figure in the BNP and arguably a very able political organiser...