The Ross Harriers hunt are in the media yet again this week with an article published claiming that the police are investigating an attack on their kennels, including the dumping of a dead dog on the huntsman’s driveway. Police were called to the address in Coughton, near Ross-On-Wye last Tuesday, 19th March, to reports of [...]
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Herefordshire huntsman fined £3000 after racially abusing hunt saboteur
Lee Peters, huntsman for the Ross Harriers Hunt who operate in south Herefordshire, has been found guilty of racially aggravated harassment and threatening behaviour after a three-day trial at Hereford Magistrates Court. Peters, a 33-year-old father of two who lives in Coughton near Ross-on-Wye, was fined £720, ordered to pay £2,000 court costs and £200 [...]
Read the rest of this entry »London Anarchist Bookfair 2012
On Saturday 27th October the annual London Anarchist Bookfair is being held. It’s the biggest event in the UK anarchist calender, with stalls from hundreds of different activist groups, campaigns and publishers. As well as these, there are discussion meetings, talks, workshops, films and more. Hereford Heckler will have a stall there as usual, with [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Swindon cleaners fight back against racist bosses
For the past month cleaners and other staff at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon have been campaigning against racism, bullying, and unfair treatment by their employer Carillion. The campaign has included 12 days of strike action by over 100 workers in the GMB union and numerous demonstrations. On Saturday, as the workers are set [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Ross-On-Wye huntsman arrested for racial abuse
Huntsman Arrested for Racially Abusing Hunt Saboteur Lee Peters, huntsman for the Ross Harriers, was arrested today for racially abusing a hunt saboteur who was present to try and stop illegal hunting taking place. As the Harriers left their meet at Penny Farthing, Aston Crews, Mr. Peters shouted racist remarks about a saboteur to other [...]
Read the rest of this entry »What’s that eggy smell? Urgh, it’s the BNP
Hereford BNP members were shown the contempt they deserve as they arrived at the election count on 6th May. Fascist candidate John Oliver, and local leader Chris Gower, were among the BNP members to be pelted with eggs, glitter bombs and an endless barrage of abuse as they tried to make their way into the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Hereford BNP announce candidate
Attempting to keep up with the local political game, the British National Party have recently announced their candidate for the Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency. Twenty-four year old, self-employed ‘businessman’ (odd-job man and gardener), John Oliver, has been chosen to represent the party locally. However, one thing the BNP failed to announce is that John is [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Locals Turn Out To Oppose BNP
Anti-fascist demonstrators rallied on Ross-on-Wye’s Chase Hotel in October to protest against their hosting of the annual BNP ‘Trafalgar Club’ dinner. Many of the party’s top brass–including leader Nick Griffin–were in attendance at their elite fundraising event. Up to 100 local people turned out, with only 48 hours notice, to show their disapproval. The hotel [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Boycott Hereford Farmers’ Club: Supporters Of Fascism!
It has come to our attention here at Heckler HQ that the Hereford Farmers’ Club has been used to host meetings of the local fascist British National Party–a fact that the club are well aware of. Facilitating fascism is something we thought our readers may take a bit of a disliking to so we are [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Heckler TV Present: ‘Me We’
‘Me We’ takes its title from what is said to be the shortest poem in the world, written by Mohammed Ali. This emotionally powerful film is a collaboration between local filmmaker Craig White and the Herefordshire Equality Partnership. It follows the impact that racism has on the people of Herefordshire, in particular the problems faced [...]
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