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The final line-up for the free Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) carnival to be held in east London on Sunday 27 April has been confirmed.

One dark cloud looming over the elections on 1 May is the threat that the fascist British National Party (BNP) might grab seats on the London assembly.

Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) has unveiled four new acts that will be playing at the free anti-Nazi carnival taking place in Victoria Park, east London, on Sunday 27 April.

Socialists watched in despair when dockers and building workers marched in support of Enoch Powell's "rivers of blood" speech. But the tide turned and a few years later dockers were marching for Grunwick strikers.

A council by-election held in Havering, east London on Thursday of last week has highlighted the danger posed by the fascist British National Party (BNP) – and underlined the importance of the Love Music Hate Racism carnival to be held in April.

Set in Germany during the Second World War and based on a true story, the film looks at Operation Bernhard – a Nazi plan to destabilise the Allies by flooding their economies with forged currency.

"Young and old alike must learn about the Holocaust as warning against the dangers of racism. There is no difference in colour or religion. If I had survived to betray the dead it would have been better not to survive. We must not forget. Please do not forget."Leon Greenman, Auschwitz survivor 98288

A host of bands, MCs and musicians are set to deliver a blow against the fascist British National Party (BNP) next month at the Love Music Hate Racism free carnival in Victoria Park, east London, on Saturday 27 April.

Leon Greenman's funeral will take place at 2pm tomorrow, Tuesday 11 March, at East Ham Cemetery, Marlow Road, London E6.

Leon Greenman, the veteran anti-fascist campaigner and survivor of the Auschwitz death camp, passed away last night at the age of 97.

Thirty years ago this April 80,000 people marched to Victoria Park, east London, for a carnival against fascism organised by the Anti Nazi League and Rock Against Racism, headlined by The Clash and The Tom Robinson Band.

The Unite Against Fascism conference was an excellent event, with a fantastic range of speakers from Daud Abdullah from the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) to Derek Mumm from gay rights group Stonewall.