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Council workers in Tower Hamlets were going all out on Tuesday to build for the 3 September demonstration against the racist English Defence League (EDL).

Preparations are under way to bring the biggest possible turnout onto the streets to stop a march by the racist English Defend League (EDL) next Saturday.

The powerful Unite union has thrown its support behind the march against the racist English Defence League (EDL).

A founding member of the English Defence League (EDL), who is linked to Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik, is due to appear in court in Oslo this week.

English Defence League (EDL) thugs in Kingston-upon-Thames tried to organise a leafleting session last Saturday—but ended up sulking in a pub after local people confronted them.

"We will stand united against the EDL," declared a trade unionist at a 250-strong meeting in Wellington, Telford, last week.

"When the news of the Norway attacks came out most people’s first reaction was deep shock. Whatever the context, the massacre of so many young people in cold blood was horrific.

The Nazi British National Party (BNP) booted out its London regional secretary Chris Hurst last week after pictures emerged of him making "sieg heil" salutes.

Anders Behring Breivik’s brutal attacks in Norway last month followed widespread scapegoating of Muslims.

"After the attack it is easy to see how quickly things can change.

Breivik was able to live a life of leisure as he prepared the massacre.

Activists are ready for a huge march to confront the English Defence League (EDL) when it tries to come to east London on 3 September.