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	<title>TWAFA - Tyne and Wear Anti Fascist Association</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Far right fall right over in the polls</title>
		<link>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/05/04/far-right-fall-right-over-in-the-polls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 12:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Local Elections</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the election results roll in, it is clear that we are seeing a big drop in support for far right parties at the polls, in particular for the BNP.
Heres the latest on the North east election results:Hope Not Hate
Nationally there is excellent news, especially in Burnley where there are no BNP councillors on Burnley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please donate: help us keep the North East free from the far right.</title>
		<link>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/05/01/105/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>News</category>
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	<category>About TWAFA</category>
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	<category>Nazis and Football Hooligans</category>
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TWAFA has been campaigning against fascism and the far right for nearly 30 years. Our greatest legacy is that TWAFA and its volunteers have been successful in preventing the far right gaining a voice in the North East. During that time we have seen off the the BNP, the NF and are now campaigning against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race hate crimes on the increase in North East</title>
		<link>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/05/01/race-hate-crimes-on-the-increase-in-north-east/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/05/01/race-hate-crimes-on-the-increase-in-north-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 20:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Racism</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers at Northumbria University have warned that race hate crimes are on the increase in the North East.  See: Evening Chronicle
This news is deeply disappointing.  As Dr Cole rightly points out the North-east has long been a region of immigration. There were large immigrations of Irish in the mid-19th century and Yemenis, particularly into South [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Shields EDL member marks St Georges day with a bomb threat.</title>
		<link>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/04/23/south-shields-edl-member-marks-st-georges-day-with-a-bomb-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/04/23/south-shields-edl-member-marks-st-georges-day-with-a-bomb-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>News</category>
	<category>Fascism and the Far Right</category>
	<category>EDL</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A South shields EDL alleged member has been arrested after posting threats online to bomb Muslim Communities in South Shields &#8220;Oslo style&#8221; in a reference to the recent horrific slaughters in Norway.
Kenny Holden, 29, of Winskell Road, Simonside, was arrested on suspicion of assault and possessing racially inflammatory material.
A police spokesman said the arrest for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North East Infidels Arrested By Counter-Terrorism Unit raid</title>
		<link>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/04/21/north-east-infidels-arrested-by-counter-terrorism-unit-raid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/04/21/north-east-infidels-arrested-by-counter-terrorism-unit-raid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Articles</category>
	<category>Racism</category>
	<category>EDL</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two North East far-right extremists have been arrested on suspicion of posting race-hate material online this week.
Detectives from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit based in West Yorkshire carried out a series of raids across the UK on Thursday, April 19, The arrests included Darren Yateley, 43 Shrewsbury Drive in Backworth, North Tyneside and former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gateshead Racist receives 3 year football ban.</title>
		<link>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/04/15/gateshead-racist-receives-3-year-football-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/04/15/gateshead-racist-receives-3-year-football-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Nazis and Football Hooligans</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[19-year-old sport student Thomas Liam Pinkney of Bensham has been banned from football matches for 3 years having been found guilty of racist abuse at a game at St James Park last October.
Pinkney who had hoped to have a career coaching football to youngsters, shouted racist abuse at Spurs Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor, and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regional BNP activist sacked again?</title>
		<link>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/04/02/regional-bnp-activist-sacked-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/04/02/regional-bnp-activist-sacked-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Fascism and the Far Right</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is rumoured that local BNP activist Mark Walker has been sacked from his employment with the BNP writes Hope Not Hate. This follows a sacking from the British classrooms after his ban from being allowed to teach in schools last November 2011, for an inappropriate e-mail relationship with a 16-year old girl.

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		<title>The decency of the North East.</title>
		<link>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/03/27/north-east-rejects-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/03/27/north-east-rejects-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Articles</category>
	<category>Racism</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, football fans have rallied to support Bolton’s footballer Fabrice Muamba in an outpouring of concern and compassion following his cardiac arrest and collapse during an FA Cup game. After months of negative headlines about racism in football, Hope Not Hate recognises the humanity of British sports fans and society at large, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Far right is a wash out at Washington</title>
		<link>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/03/23/far-right-is-a-wash-out-at-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/03/23/far-right-is-a-wash-out-at-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>EDL</category>
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		<title>Far Right Violence directed at NHS staff</title>
		<link>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/03/18/far-right-violence-directed-at-nhs-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.twafa.org.uk/2012/03/18/far-right-violence-directed-at-nhs-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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