BNP intimidation in Glasgow (1)
01 January 1991
BNP intimidation in Glasgow
artdoc April=1992
The twentieth anniversary of `Bloody Sunday', the day soldiers
of the British Army Parachute regiment shot dead fourteen unarmed
civilians at a protest against internment without trial in Derry,
Northern Ireland, was marked by a march and rally through Glasgow
city centre on 18 January. It was the first occasion since 1983
that a `pro-Irish' march was allowed through the city centre.
About 700 people took part, including five Republican flute
bands.
It was opposed by Loyalist organisations such as the Apprentice
Boys of Derry and the Orange Order, as well as the neo-nazi
British National Party (BNP). Following attempts to disrupt the
march 23 supporters of the BNP were arrested. After the march
a campaign of intimidation was launched by the BNP against one
of the organisers of the march and a local radical bookshop. The
organiser, who had her name published in a Scottish newspaper,
received threatening phone calls, and was forced to leave her
house and go into hiding. Earlier the BNP had targeted a couple
with a similar name, mistaking them for the organiser.
Three days after the march Clyde Books was attacked. In a press
release they say three neo-fascist thugs ransacked the shop and
trying to cause as much damage to stock, shelving and postcard
racks before running away...'. Clyde Books have launched an
appeal for funds to improve the security of the shop; they can
be contacted on 041 552 4699.
CARF 7, March/April 1992; Socialist, 13.2.92
Statewatch Vol 2 No 2 March/April 1992