I have to politically and factually question their claim that they'vedriven the nazis off the streets. Unless their publications and websitesare totally fabricated, fascists do seem to be functioning openly inEngland and not just in terms of running for office. In fact some of themreport on the clashes with Red Action. Even if the street actions of somefascists have been curtailed, it's not necessarily the result of RedAction's hard work. The right wing is comprised of various politicaltendencies.
Some groups lean toward electoral politics and some head forclandestinity-just like on the left.
To claim victory when the BritishNational Party runs for office is shallow-it's their politics. That allows the entrenched left to avoid responsibilityfor violent street action, even to disavow it, but to still get thebenefits from having nazis sent running and bleeding from their patheticdemos. Allowing it to appear as if fascism is being defeated politically bythose whose politics clearly won't ever defeat anything is a politicalevasion and undermines our organizing potential. While I'mnot questioning Red Action's commitment to anti-racist politics, I doquestion whether people are attracted on the basis of physical fightingability rather than politicalagreement. Finally, the police can heavily determine the outcome of any serious andprolonged street battle between fascists and anti-fascists.