On Saturday 27th September, Homeland – the fascist micro party – held their 2025 conference at the Village Hotel in Walsall, just outside of Birmingham. Antifascists arrived around 10am to a distressed looking group of Homeland members, including a few acting as security. Daniel Gale appeared and looked close to tears before scurrying back into the hotel lobby.
Activists, including members of Birmingham Queers for Palestine, took over the entrance to the hotel while chanting 'Nazi scum, outta Brum', 'racist, sexist, anti gay, Homeland party go away', along with other catchy chants and banging a drum.
The hotel management went into crisis with a mob at the front and the phones ringing off the hook. Locals were supportive of the blockade, and a number of hotel guests went straight to the front desk to complain about the Homeland booking.
It didn't take long for police to turn up but, despite a police van and four police cars arriving in quick succession, antifascists refused to move and held their ground at the entrance.
Members of the local Stand Up To Racism turned up and joined the protest, boosting the numbers and applying more pressure. By lunch time the hotel management claimed to have asked Homeland to leave, but they were refusing.
At 4pm more police and security hired by the hotel arrived and stood by the entrance. While the demo continued, a few antifascists scouted the rear, catching Homeland with their tails between their legs trying to sneak out the tradesmen's entrance. With antifascists running straight at them, the fascist hardmen (including Anthony Burrows and Kevin Carrick) were forced to flee the area or hide in the nearby Holiday Inn, before reluctantly going to their cars under police protection. For people who like to cosplay as the peaky blinders they sure do scare easy.
Grab your mates, organise and chase the Nazis off our streets.
