Bands join anti-racism campaign

| Tuesday, 16 October 2007 Source: ITN

Dirty Pretty Things, The Libertines and Bloc Party are just some of the artists who've lent their talents to a CD to stand against racism.

The double album will be given away free with a music magazine, to fight against the British National Party's recruitment campaign in schools.

The double album will be given away free with a music magazine, to fight against the British National Party recruitment campaign in schools

Other names involved in the project include New Young Pony Club, Akala and Sam Duckworth, who said he had a duty to speak for his generation.

"With problems like the BNP, it's kind of growing and growing and spilling on the underbelly," he said.

"It's gonna get to the point where it gets to the absolute extreme, then people will have to deal with it.

"I think whether it be in a band or whether you work in the media, if you can do something to tackle the problem before it grows, than it's really important to do."