Over the last 12 months we have seen the reemergence of the far-right onto the streets of Britain. Under various different banners the far-right have been pulling thousands of people onto the streets across the country on a sustained basis. With this new movement have come intimidation and attacks of left-wing organisers. Last summer the […]
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Join us in London on Saturday January 19th as we show solidarity with Russian anti-fascists currently being tortured and repressed by the Russian state, 2pm at CABLE STREET MEMORIAL. 19-1-19 // CABLE STREET MEMORIAL, London, E1 0BL (Facebook event, here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1954513344639049/) Russian anti-fascists and anarchists are being arrested, framed and tortured in a brutal wave of repression which has put
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It is sadly timed that in 2018 we lost the great thinker and activist, Ambalavaner Sivanandan. It is not just his death that has reignited a belated interest in his work, although the death of a public figure always brings more of the recognition which they did not get in their lifetime. It is the contemporary
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As a Conscientious Objector, Halil Karapaşaoğlu faces the possibility of going to prison. The Initiative for Conscientious Objection in Cyprus calls upon all anti-militarist and peace activists to show their solidarity and presence in the coming days and leading up to 3rd January 2019 when a decision will be announced for his case at the
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On Sunday 9th December 2018, a coalition of anti-fascist and anti-racist groups organised to oppose the ‘Brexit Betrayal’ march, led by UKIP’s Tommy Robinson. The coalition was formed by a large section of London residents (see list below), including Feminist Anti-fascist Assembly (FAF), who were due to lead the march. This report of the day
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I am generally against letting the far right set the terms of a debate. That’s why I think calls from the left to ‘address paedophilia’ are often disingenuous and misguided and actually coming from a similar place to the racist, socially conservative scaremongering of the right. Anyone engaging with far right ideologues on their own
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On December 9th, UKIP and the founder of the English Defence League Tommy Robinson plan to bring their racist far-right circus to the streets of London. We oppose everything the far right stand for: racism, hatred of migrants and reactionary ideas about women’s ‘proper’ role as housewives and mothers. The far right are using the
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On the day of the second round of Brazil’s general election, we repost the statement by the Brazilian Women United Against Fascism UK, who will be protesting today outside of the Brazilian embassy in London. As the fascistoid candidate Jair Bolsonaro could be elected as president, efforts to resist and counterattack the global rise of
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Thousands of militant anti-fascists blocked and disrupted the march of the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) in central London on Saturday, October 13th. A coalition of over 30 groups called by London Anti-Fascists (AFN) and led by Feminist Anti-Fascists brought around 1,500 people together in a well organised and disciplined bloc. The bloc set-up from
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On Saturday 13th October 2018, a coalition of feminist and anti-fascist groups, including Women’s Strike Assembly and Plan C, were involved in organising a feminist bloc against the planned Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) march in London. The bloc was part of a unity demonstration, bringing together an even broader group of anti-fascist and anti-racist
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