Unite Against Fascism's petition has already received support from hundreds of people via its facebook group and email. The petition supports the call by Unite Against Fascism and the National Union of Students for the web-based social networking group Facebook to remove user pages that promote the BNP, stating that it is in contravention of their terms and conditions. This follows the decision by six major firms to withdraw their advertising from the site (First Direct, Vodafone, Virgin Media, the AA, Halifax and the Prudential). Virgin said it had to "protect its brand".
The BNP's pages include inciteful images and comments against the Muslim community, racist cartoons, anti-immigration statements and a link to their website which contains racist, Islamophobic, homophobic material and other fascist propaganda.
Sign up the Unite Against Fascism petition by clicking here and emailing in the petition to unite@ucu.org.uk - please sign the petition by this Friday if possible (it's ok to continue signing after this date). See the press release from UAF and the NUS here.
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