United East End Anti Fascism Protest - Whitechapel

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Anti Fascism demonstrators at the corner of Vallence Road & Whitechapel Road with placards

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Anti-EDL demonstrators at the corner of Vallence Road and Whitechapel road before the address by the Tower Hamlets mayor.

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Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets during interviews with local media.

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Placards for the anti-EDL demonstation at Vallence Road.

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United East End anti EDL protesters display literature outside the East London mosque.

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A antifacism potester with a copy of the Socialist Worker newspper at Whitechapel Road

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The Mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman, had campaigned and welcomed the EDL march banned by the Home Secretary.

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Three Muslim men stand outside the East London mosque during the anti-EDL protests.

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Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets addresses anti fascism protesters who had gathered at the Vallence and Whitechapel road corner at 11am

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A young Muslim man with friends outside the East London mosque.

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Business went on as usual along Whitechapel High Street.

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Two women shopping along Whitechapel High Street despite the protesters and police presence.

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Police officers outside the Blind Beggar pub in Whitechapel.

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A Whitechapel resident poses with two police medic officers along Whitechapel High Street

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Anti fascism poster pinned by a fruit stall on Whitechapel road

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Anti-English Defence League placards.

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A couple stand by a Barclays Cycle Hire spot holiding placards with anti fascism sentiments

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Anti fascism placards at Vallence Street

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A met police officer stands by an anti fascism poster stuck on a shop grill on Vallence road

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About 1,500 demonstrators against a planned English Defence League march, held a protest meeting under the name United East End at Whitechapel Road. London, UK. 3rd September 2011

The protest started at 11am with addresses by the organisers as well as Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets who addressed the assembled protesters on a raised platform at the corner of Vallance Road with Whitechapel Road. He later did a few interviews with local and international media.

The Home Secretary had approved the Metropolitan Police’s application to ban all marches in certain areas of London (including Tower Hamlets) for a period of 30 days starting from 2 September which the Mayor Lutfur Rahman, had campaigned and welcomed the EDL march banned

Police officers where clearly visible from Bethnal Green, Whitechapel and Aldgate stations with a pen assembled outside the Blind Begger pub in Whitechapel.

Later on in the afternoon, the protest groups held a counter protest numbering 1,500 at around Aldgate station. Police officers created a large buffer zone between the two separate demonstrations in Whitechapel Rd with officers on foot as well as mounted police.