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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Anti-racist concerts can stop rise of the UK far right, says veteran activist

Girl group The Mentalists promote the Love Music Hate Racism concert by holding up a sign with its name on it
A series of influential gigs by the Love Music Hate Racism movement helped to quell the influence of the BNP in the noughties. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

Counter-protesting does not go far enough to fight the growing threat of the far right, and anti-racists must organise concerts and meet the public at football matches, a veteran activist has said.

Ameen Hadi, an organiser for Stand Up to Racism in Manchester who has been involved in the cause for more than four decades, called for a return of gigs such as Rock Against Racism and its successors.

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