RISE Against Racism Festival

[tr0tsky]

Safe people,

Rise festival was a London event set up by the TUC in 1996 as a music event to promote anti-racism after the murder of Stephen Lawrence.

They’ve had huge bands playing, for free, to promote the message of anti-racism and unity of youth in Finsbury Park. Bands like Asian Dub Foundation, Chumbawumba, Fun-Da-Mental, Luciano, Public Enemy, Run DMC, Jimmy Cliff and De La Soul have promoted the message of black and white unity.

Boris Johnson, elected to Mayor of London in 2008 removed the anti-racist message of the event, leading to Unite and Unison trade unions withdrawing their funding. They’ve said that they’re happy to sponsor it if the festival remains a free, anti-racist event.

This is proper bollocks, especially at a time when the fascist BNP is upping its game, getting elected into Europe. In areas that the BNP has been campaigning the rise in racist attacks has heavily grown.

The dubstep family has been as diverse as the genre that we all love, and I think it should stay that way.


I’m asking people take two seconds out of their time to sign the petition at http://www.uprise.org.uk/ calling for Boris to recognize how important the festival is. If people know any producers, DJ’s or bands that would be interested in pushing this there’s details on the website.


Big up yourselves!

Tr0tsky

[Mods, is it okay if this is on both the SNH and main forum?]

[dubstee]

Boris Johnson, elected to Mayor of London in 2008 removed the anti-racist message of the event, leading to Unite and Unison trade unions withdrawing their funding. They’ve said that they’re happy to sponsor it if the festival remains a free, anti-racist event.

Political point-scoring from the unions. It's still going to be free, they just want to make out like Johnson's a Tory racist. If a Labour mayor had decided to make a priority of cultural diversity over anti-racism the unions would have no problem with it.

[tr0tsky]

Political point-scoring from the unions. It's still going to be free, they just want to make out like Johnson's a Tory racist. If a Labour mayor had decided to make a priority of cultural diversity over anti-racism the unions would have no problem with it.

Well actually, Boris Johnson is a racist.

This is a man who:

-Refers to black people as ‘picaninnies’ and ‘with watermelon smiles’

- Calls the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry ‘Orwellian’

-Believes in South Africa there is the ‘majority tyranny of black rule.’

- Said that Africans were interested only in ‘instant carbohydrate gratification’

- Believes Chinese culture is merely imitative

- And who condemned Labour’s ‘appalling agenda’ of ‘the teaching of
homosexuality in schools’ in Parliament.


I'm not going to get into the debate with you on the ins and outs of the elitist Tory prick. Most other people on here will understand how important the issue is without having to revert to baseless allegations of political point-scoring.

[hanuman]

Signed. Very worthy cause.

Will add it to the ole twitter as well.

[dubstee]

Political point-scoring from the unions. It's still going to be free, they just want to make out like Johnson's a Tory racist. If a Labour mayor had decided to make a priority of cultural diversity over anti-racism the unions would have no problem with it.

Well actually, Boris Johnson is a racist.

This is a man who:

-Refers to black people as ‘picaninnies’ and ‘with watermelon smiles’

- Calls the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry ‘Orwellian’

-Believes in South Africa there is the ‘majority tyranny of black rule.’

- Said that Africans were interested only in ‘instant carbohydrate gratification’

- Believes Chinese culture is merely imitative

- And who condemned Labour’s ‘appalling agenda’ of ‘the teaching of
homosexuality in schools’ in Parliament.


I'm not going to get into the debate with you on the ins and outs of the elitist Tory prick. Most other people on here will understand how important the issue is without having to revert to baseless allegations of political point-scoring.

As opposed to the previous mayor who made jokes about concentration camp guards to a jewish journalist and openly associated himself with some of the biggest relious bigots on the planet, yet still had his election campaign funded by the unions in question.

Not sure what your homosexuality point has to do with racism anyway.

[hanuman]

taking politics out of it for a second....


Questions I ask myself?


Did I enjoy the Rise festival?
Yes

Do I want it back?
Yes

Will this make a difference to it?
Probably not, but if it only takes 2 mins to do then where's the harm?

does a Boris V Ken debate add anything to this?
No, probably not.

[tr0tsky]

Signed. Very worthy cause.

Will add it to the ole twitter as well.

Big up.

Not sure what your homosexuality point has to do with racism anyway.

Shows what kind of person we're talking about. His attitude towards homosexuality is indicative of how reactionary the arsehole is. His attitudes belong to the dustbin of history.



I've got more important things to do than debate with someone about how important an anti-racist free-festival is.

You would have thought most decent people would have no problem with the concept.

[mamba]

The dubstep family has been as diverse as the genre that we all love, and I think it should stay that way.

Indeed.

Signed, big up tr0tsky!

[lennon]

big up, signed, i live just round the corner from the park and was gutted to hear about it being cancelled, had a riot last year, very messy indeed

[newgunner]

Delivered

[the acid never lies]

#2005

[hanuman]

They used to do this in Burgess Park round the corner from me.


One year, Horace Andy pulled out at the last minute so for a suitable replacement they chose......


Heather Smalls ex of M People.

[cosmic_surgeon]

Signed.