RESISTING THE RISE OF RACISM AND FASCISM
Stand Up To Racism National Organising Conference
SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER
Taking place at the National Education Union (NEU) HQ, Mabledon Place, London W1CH 9BD, and online
REGISTER HERE
Join Neville Lawrence father of Stephen Lawrence, alongside speakers including: Shaka Hislop former footballer and Show Racism The Red Card, Kim Johnson MP, Daniel Kebede NEU general secretary, Mark Serwotka PCS general secretary, Sarah Woolley BFAWU general secretary, Mick Whelan ASLEF general secretary, Riz Hussein TUC Race Equality Officer, Aïcha Bounaga Collectif Contre L’Islamophobie en Europe, David Rosenberg Jewish Socialist Group, Steve Smith Care4Calais CEO, Sabby Dhalu & Weyman Bennett Stand Up To Racism co convenors, Cas Mudde author The Far Right Today and more to be announced
TIMETABLE:
11am – 11.20am
WELCOMING PANEL
Daniel Kebede NEU general secretary, Sabby Dhalu Stand Up To Racism co convenor, Mohammed Kozbar Muslim Council of Britain deputy secretary General, Sarah Woolley BFAWU general secretary
CO CHAIRS: tbc
11.20am – 12.50pm
Session 1: Refugees welcome – Stop the scapegoating – don’t let them divide us
Mark Serwotka (PCS general secretary), Steve Smith (Care4Calais CEO), plus others tbc
CO CHAIRS: Portland activist & Julie Sherry (Stand Up To Racism national organiser)
12.50 – 1.30pm
LUNCH BREAK – FOOD & DRINKS PROVIDED
1.30pm – 3pm
Session 2: How can we stop the rise of the new far right?
With Cas Mudde (author The Far Right Today), Aïcha Bounaga (Collectif Contre L’Islamophobie en Europe), David Rosenberg (Jewish Socialist Group), Andy Bell (Searchlight), Michael Bradley (Stand Up To Racism national organiser)
CO CHAIRS: tbc
3.15pm – 4.15pm
Session 3
Session 4: From Stephen Lawrence to Windrush – the fight against racism today
In conversation with Neville Lawrence (father of Stephen Lawrence)
4.15 – 4.45pm
Black History Month film launch
4.45 – 5pm
RALLYING PANEL
Riz Hussein (TUC Race Equality Officer), Weyman Bennett (Stand Up To Racism co convenor), Kim Johnson MP, Mick Whelan (ASLEF general secretary)
The government are putting racism and scapegoating refugees at the centre their strategy – designed to distract from a cost of living crisis that they created.
Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ and Braverman’s ‘invasion’ rhetoric has led to a resurgence of racist, far right and fascist mobilisations – mainly targeting refugees.
The government’s ‘anti-woke’ agenda is also being used by the far right to mobilise.
The Illegal Migration Act effectively ends the right to asylum, for those crossing the Channel there are no safe routes.
Braverman’s Rwanda Plan showed just how far government will go – with refugees potentially facing deportation to an unsafe destination.
The Nationality and Borders Act and the Windrush scandal exemplify how the hostile environment for refugees leads to racism against established migrants. Afro-Caribbean, African, Middle Eastern, Asian, Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and other communities have all been targeted.
Meanwhile, despite the huge international Black Lives Matter movement, the government denies the existence of institutional racism, from the police and justice system, to health, education and housing.
But cases like the strip searching of Child Q & others, the shooting of Chris Kaba and the disproportionate impact of Covid on BAME communities exposed the real picture.
Since the pandemic there has also been a rise of racism towards East and South East Asian communities and Islamophobia continues to blight Muslim communities.
Internationally we see the growth of the far right – alongside racism, Islamophobia and antisemitism.
But the scale of support for refugees and opposition to scapegoating prove that anti racists are the majority in Britain.
Join our conference to discuss how we mobilise that majority and oppose racism from government and a resurgent far right.
🌎 This national organising conference will bring together anti racists from across Britain, from the trade unions, faith groups, politicians, campaigners and activists, to discuss and organise the way forward for a strong, effective and growing anti racist movement, with international support from the World Against Racism & Fascism international coordination of anti racist movements, who will send delegations to share experiences from the global fight for a #WorldAgainstRacism #NoRacismNoFascism (follow: worldagainstracism.org)
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Model motion to support the conference and send delegates:
To download the motion go to: tinyurl.com/SUTR23mm
Keep in touch:
INSTA: standuptoracismuk
FACEBOOK: ‘Stand Up To Racism’
WEBSITE: www.standuptoracism.org.uk
TWITTER/ X: @AntiRacismDay
EMAIL: info@standuptoracism.org.uk
