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News archive - April 2004
SUNDERLAND CARNIVAL THIS BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
April 28, 2004, 11:10 PM
We can now announce the complete line-up for what should be a brilliant Respect/LMHR carnival in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear (north east England) on Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May.
11am-7pm, Monday 3 May 2004, Cliffe Park, Seaburn Sunderland
LIVE STAGE
D/I/P
GENIUS GZA (Wu-Tang Clan, USA - hip-hop)
FUTUREHEADS (Sunderland's finest - indie rock)
FUTURE PILOT AKA (Glasgow - electronic indie ethno-pop!)
D DOUBLE E (The biggest new name from London's garage underground)
DEFENDERS L.O.S.: COREY JOHNSON, NAYDEAN, AND BLADE (LONDON, hip-hop/r&b)
S*TARA & FAITH SFX (BIGGA FISH, LONDON - r&b and live beatboxing)
WE START FIRES (Darlington - all-woman indie rockers)
MAVIS (Sunderland - indie-rock)
PRIDE OF THE REVOLUTION (Sunderland - "Oasis / Pistols attitude with the pop sensibilities of Ash")
THE INFIDELS (Sunderland - indie-rock)
THE OFFBEATS (Darlington - indie-rock)
DANCE MARQUEE
MAD PROFESSOR (LONDON, DUB REGGAE)
METZ & TRIX (MANCHESTER, GARAGE R&B BHANGRA)
SEMTEX (DEF JAM UK, RADIO 1XTRA, HIP-HOP)
RAS KWAME (RADIO 1XTRA, HIP-HOP/R&B/RAGGA)
DJ MATRIX & MC TURBO D (Sunderland, rave/hardcore)
DJ FULL EFFECT & MC TAZO (Sunderland, rave/hardcore)
TEXT OFFENDERS/NEA (SUNDERLAND, HIP-HOP)
SPOKEN VOLUMES (Darlington, Hip-hop)
WARD 10 DJs: KEIRON & GARY OGDEN (SUNDERLAND, HOUSE)
LEEDS LMHR FESTIVAL STARTS THIS WEEKEND
April 27, 2004, 03:32 PM
"In the coming month the city of Leeds is uniting in a stand against racism and the increasingly far-right political climate which has strengthened dramatically across much of the UK and Europe.
Support for the LMHR campaign has been magnificent, with acts such as Ms. Dynamite, Bassment Jaxx and the Libertines all appearing at benefit gigs and pledging their support.
Here in Leeds, Some of the biggest, most talented and exciting local and regional promoters, artists, dj’s and musical acts have all joined together, alongside trade unions, the universities and cultural unity groups in order to raise awareness and generate support in this necessary cause."
Click on the flyers below for more info and check the schedule below...
Programme of events to date:
May 1st – Lovegun LMHR Special @ the Bassment
May 2nd – New bohemia at the Fav presents Firstword Records label launch with jehst, tommy evans, grand central records, ease (n.o.w.), homecut directive.
May 6th – Drum Major presents the DMC’s Northern final (dj competition)
May 5th - Vibrations 1st Birthday @ the atrium with Blood and Fire records
May 11th – Chicken Shack @ the Hifi Club
(all profits go to LMHR)
May 13th – Sella Bar loves music, Some of leeds top funk/jazz musicians provide an night of improvisation in aid of LMHR
May 14th – Vibrations @ Brudinell social club
(all profits go to LMHR)
May 22nd – Love Music Hate Racism daytime event on Briggate, city centre 11am-6pm inc live beatbox, mc, capoiera, breaking and musicians
May 22nd – Love Music Hate Racism, Masters of world music @ North Bar ( dj’s playing a range of world music + art exhibition)
May 22nd – Asylum @ mint club
May 29th – Technique @ the mint club
May 30th – Love Music Hate Racism ‘Leeds unites’ @ The Northern Light feat ninja tunes, grandcentral, estate recordings, technique, drum major,
(all profits go to LMHR)
May 30th – LMHR presents ‘The Sunday joint’ @ the Hifi Club
Planned events, dates to be confirmed:
- C-side trax LMHR. (local record label night to be held @ Sandanista)
- 10,000 Things + support LMHR benefit gig, (signed Leeds band, date and venue tba)
- LSR launch/final night
- Leeds Met Students Union benefit gig
- Subdub @ the West Indian Centre
- Kick the Habbit @ Fudge
- Audio jam @ bed
For the month of may, a multi-paged programme shall be created, giving listings for each of the events as well as some literature explaining the nature of the campaign and the political issues apparent in the area. This programme of events shall act as umbrella for the campaign and provide emphasis for all additional promotional material created for each single event.
The goals and objectives of the campaign are:
To raise funds for the anti fascist movement.
To generate awareness at each of the events.
To gain support for LMHR & Unite against fascism.
To create a media campaign running adjacently to the events creating large amounts of publicity, in turn generating awareness and raising support on a regional level.
To use music as a powerful platform to fight back against the fear and division instilled upon our society through racism. Music unites.
To help promote music of all genres to a greater audience.
STOP FRENCH FASCIST LE PEN!
April 24, 2004, 03:00 PM
Jean Marie Le Pen, the leader of France's main fascist party the Front National has been invited to speak in Britain by Nick Griffin, the leader of the BNP. Le Pen described Hitler's Nazis' genocide of the jews and others in the Holocaust as "a mere detail of history". He is planning to appear in Manchester and Birmingham. Unite Against Fascism has called protests in both cities after the Home Secretary's decision to allow Le Pen to enter the country. If you want to help stop Le Pen swanning around in the UK like a visiting dignitary rather than the Nazi criminal he is please visit the Unite website for details, including about a coach running from London to the Birmingham protest.
REMEMBER BLAIR PEACH THIS WEEK IN LONDON
April 23, 2004, 10:19 PM
BLAIR Peach was killed on 23 April 1979 by members of the Metropolitan Police’s Special Patrol Group while he was attending an anti-Nazi demonstration in Southall in West London.
Blair will be remembered on the 25th anniversary of his death this week with two events, one in east London, one in West London, linking Blair's struggle to the fight to stop the BNP today.
For more about Blair Peach click here
UNITE Against Fascism: Remember Blair Peach
Friday 23 April, 7.30pm Montague Hall, Montague Road off High Street, HOUNSLOWTube Hounslow Central
Sponsored by Ealing and Hounslow NUT, and supported by london District CWU.
Please bring union banners and get there early.
Chair: Jo LANG, friend and chair of Blair Peach Memorial Committee
Speakers:
Harsev Bains, Indian Workers Association and Southall Youth Movement (1979)
Kevin Williams, who led strike at Ford’s Langley plant on the day of anti-NF protest 25 years ago
Sarbjit, from South Asian Solidarity Group fighting communalism in India and UK
Paulette North, Bristol NUT branch secretary
Weyman Bennett, UAF
Billy Hayes, CWU
BOOKMARKS stall
NB: Local Labour MPS have sent message of support but cannot attend
8-12 Saturday 24 April
Remember Blair Peach
DJ Martin Smith
poet Mike Rosen
Jazz-dance band MOTIV
Mike Carver will perform updated version of his 1979 single, now worth its weight in gold, “The SPG”*
Bar
£4 on the door.
St Mathias Old Church Community Centre
113 Poplar High Street E14
*For newcomers the Special Patrol Group were the mob that killed Blair when they rushed a crowd in Beechcroft Avenue, Southall
MANCHESTER FESTIVAL AGAINST THE NAZIS 25 APR-2 MAY
April 14, 2004, 03:04 PM
LMHR and Unite Against Fascism activists in Manchester have put together a great line-up of music events designed to get people involved in the local campaign to stop the BNP in June's elections.
Manchester’s multi-cultural best are coming together in late April to unite the city against racism and stop the rise of the fascist BNP.
The music and cultural sub-group of Manchester Against Racism / Unite against Fascism (MAR) has organised a week-long festival of events at venues across Manchester culminating in a performance by all-star urban artists on an open-air stage as the centre-piece of the Futuresonic04 festival.
The festival will cater for a wide range of tastes, with events ranging from a Blood & Fire reggae soundclash to an evening of Love Poetry Hate Racism at Stockport’s Blue Cat Café.
The aims of the festival are to promote the anti-racist cause and to mobilise people in the North West to use their vote in the local and European elections on the 10th June this year. A high voter turnout is critical in stopping the BNP from making electoral inroads in Manchester and the North West. Together we can defeat the BNP’s message of division and hatred.
The line-up of the Festival Against the Nazis confirmed so far is:
Chorlton Against Racism feat. Local Labels Garden Sticks & Slick Nine Records
Revise Café Bar – 7pm-11pm - Sunday 25th April
The fabulous live sounds of John Stammers, And the Adventures Of, and the Blowout DJs
Band night feat.
Desolation Angels, Caroline-Alexander, Tomato Plant & Amberwood
Part 1: Night&Day Café - Tuesday 27th April
Band night feat.
The Obsession, Hooker & Carolgees
Part 2: Satan’s Hollow - Wednesday 28th April
Plus Special Guest DJ Clint Boon
£4 entry/£3 MAR members – www.desolationangels.co.uk / www.caroline-alexander.com / www.theobsession.co.uk
Blood And Fire Sound System – Band On The Wall - 9pm-2am - Wednesday 28th April
Live from Jamaica, Dancehall DJ Legend U Brown, plus selector Steve Barrow & Dom on dex & fx
Special Guest: Mikey Dom (Sons of Axis/Krispy)
£4 entry/£3 MAR members
World Film & Music night – Arch Bar - 7pm-2am - Wednesday 28th April
DJs – Handz Solo, Xango, Hamish & excepts from 4th World War and other inspiring Films from Beyond TV
Love Poetry Hate Racism – Blue Cat Café - 7:30pm - Thursday 29th April
Featuring Chloe Poems, Rosa Lugosi & live music from Keyboard Rebel
£2.50 entry/£1.50 concessions – www.manchesterpoetryfestival.co.uk
Free outdoor May Day event – Exchange Square – 6-9pm - Saturday 1st May
Wiley (dizzee rascal label-mate), Former N.A.S.T.Y. MC D Double E, Virus Syndicate, Metz & Trix.
Part of Manchester Music Live. In association with Futuresonic04
Punk & Ska All-Dayer – Satan’s Hollow – 3-11pm - Sunday 2nd May
Live brilliance from Captain Everything, Spitfire Down, Duckhunt, Harijan, Me and Three Others & Morning Pizza
Full listings will be available at www.manchester-against-racism.com / www.bopadum.co.uk
For more information contact:
Rob Jackson
Music and culture co-ordinator, Manchester Against Racism / Unite Against Fascism.
Email music@manchester-against-racism.com
robjackson@hotmail.com
Tel 07947 552962
More Details on the May Day Event:
Unite and Love Music Hate Racism at Futuresonic04 / Manchester Music Live
Exchange Square – 6-9pm Saturday 1st May
With former N.A.S.T.Y. MC D Double E, Virus Syndicate, Metz & Trix.
Love Music Hate Racism and Unite have teamed up with Futuresonic to present a free live music event in the heart of Manchester’s city centre.
Drew Hemment, Director of Futuresonic, says “This event celebrates the new cutting edge in urban music. Futuresonic was established in 1995 to showcase the many forms of electronic music that have developed since 1970s Jamaican dub, from electronica to grime. Love Music Hate Racism and Unite Against Fascism are presenting a world class line-up as a part of Futuresonic04 that highlights the vibrant, diverse and creative traditions that the festival seeks to support.”
MASSIVE LMHR / UNITE AGAINST FASCISM CARNIVALS IN MAY AND JUNE
April 02, 2004, 07:59 PM
With the Unite Against Fascism coalition really taking off all over the country,(www.uaf.org.uk or click on the UAF logo at the top of this page), we are planning to hold two massive free outdoor carnivals in London and Manchester the weekend before the June 10 local, European and London Mayor elections - June 5 and 6.
Click here for initial information about these events
There'll also be a Respect/LMHR Carnival in the north-east city of Sunderland on Monday May 3rd - see the Gigs and Events section for more info.
GREAT 2-PAGE ARTICLE ON LMHR IN 'THE INDEPENDENT'
April 02, 2004, 07:02 PM
The Libertines/Buzzcocks LMHR benefit show and the success of the Unite Against Fascism coalition has generated a lot of good positive press coverage. The best so far came in The Independent on March 22nd. See below for the full article as shown in the paper, click on the small images to read it full-screen.
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