London mayor drops festival's anti-racism message
and politically censors the performers attending Rise: London

The Rise: London United festival which has been held in London since 1996 and has become the biggest anti-racist music festival in Europe has been told to drop its anti-racism message by London Mayor Boris Johnson.
The Rise Festival started life in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence murder and McPherson Report as the Respect anti-racist festival. Stephen Lawrence was the the victim of a racial attack, and the prominent case resulted in the police admitting they were racist. There have been many other examples of racist murders on the British streets, and this problem hasn't gone away.
The festival was taken up by previous Mayor Ken Livingstone, trade unions, and the National Assembly Against Racism (NAAR), and together they promoted seven annual festivals with the name evolving from Respect to Rise.
Now Johnson has decided that the anti-racism message is not suitable and Johnson's spokeswoman has said that the festival will now promote 'culture and community dimensions'.
The Mayor's Office has also targeted the Cuba Solidarity Campaign, as being a 'political campaign group' and therefore they are not able to attend. The union Unite has therefore decided to cease financially supporting the Latin American stage and dance at Rise. The Cuba Solidarity Campaign work with London's Latin American community who are often on the margins of the labour market.

London mayor drops festival's anti-racism message - and politically censors the performers attending Rise: London

The many left wing pet projects that Ken's enthusiastically supported with tax payers money will be receiving a reality check me thinks