Table of Contents
- Stop the far right mobilisations today:
- Cardiff
- Crawley:
- Bathgate:
- Other reports and initiatives
- Emergency Campaign Launch to Stop the Far Right – 17th August
- How workers can beat the far right
- How mass action changed the narrative…
- And here’s a reminder of what our mass movement on the streets looks like – 10,000 in Walthamstow:
- Clive Lewis MP on the mainstreaming by the media and politicians of racist ideas
- …and the Daily Mail pretends to support the anti-fascist mobilisation:
- Stand Up to Racism in the news
- Cardiff counter demo today at 12pm
- Crawley unity rally
- Bathgate says refugees are welcome here
- Belfast – where solidarity triumphs over hate
- Paisley
Stop the far right mobilisations today:
Cardiff
Meet at the Lightning Bolt outside St David’s – 12pm
Crawley:
Unity Rally – Meet Holiday Inn Express, Haslet Avenue East, Three Bridges, RH10 1UA. Nearest train station Three Bridges – 5pm
Bathgate:
Cairn Hotel EH48 2FH – 6pm
Other reports and initiatives
Emergency Campaign Launch to Stop the Far Right – 17th August
JUST ANNOUNCED 🚀
— Stand Up To Racism (@AntiRacismDay) August 7, 2024
Campaign launch to stop the far right with @jeremycorbyn @biminibabes @DanielKebedeNEU antifascists from the front line and much more tbc
Keep protesting up and down the country. And come to this campaign launch to pull it all together ✊🏾
🗓️ Sat 17 Aug
📍… pic.twitter.com/mItMn0QQUZ
How workers can beat the far right
How mass action changed the narrative…
– even the BBC had to agree (sort of)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy8497l7dx8t
And here’s a reminder of what our mass movement on the streets looks like – 10,000 in Walthamstow:
Clive Lewis MP on the mainstreaming by the media and politicians of racist ideas
The anti-racism protests across the UK have been a wonderful reaffirmation of our collective humanity.
— Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) August 8, 2024
But they will not, on their own, defeat racism and fascism.
That requires political leadership. It also means an end to the mainstreaming of racist language and ideas. pic.twitter.com/P5L3QlLJL5
…and the Daily Mail pretends to support the anti-fascist mobilisation:
Stand Up to Racism in the news
Birmingham
Portsmouth
Brighton
Hero of the week – this Barnsley woman is spot on
Cardiff counter demo today at 12pm
Check back for live updates
No far far-right thugs have appeared but hundreds and hundreds of anti-racists have!
Huge gathering for the anti-racism protest in Cardiff today. No one has turned up to the fash riots. 🏴 pic.twitter.com/3SCYwKhCVR
— Mared (@maredparry) August 9, 2024
A peaceful counter demo is congregating at the back of St David’s Shopping centre In Cardiff. pic.twitter.com/OiLZ6mHntC
— It's On Cardiff (@itsoncardiff) August 9, 2024
CALLED IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS! CARDIFF IS ANTI-FASCIST! 🚨
— Black Lives Matter Cardiff&Vale (@BLMCardiff) August 9, 2024
No pasarán! 📣 pic.twitter.com/QQxeQis1Hc
Crawley unity rally
Anti-racists are rallying to protect the Holiday Inn Express hotel that has been used to accommodate refugees and has been targeted by fascists intent on violence, as seen elsewhere in the country.
Sky News
Doesn’t mention that Stand Up to Racism organised he protest, but a decent report nevertheless:
Nazi surrounded – lol:
Crawley, West Sussex, tonight. Only the cops save the fascist(s) from the fury of hundreds of anti-racists. @AntiRacismDay #StandUpToRacism #Fascists pic.twitter.com/4oQuSsX1k9
— Socialist Worker (@socialistworker) August 9, 2024
🚨BREAKING
— Stand Up To Racism (@AntiRacismDay) August 9, 2024
At least 500 antifascists outnumber sad bunch of 10 racists in Crawley outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.
Crowd can be heard telling the fascists where to go 👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/0xMgyuQvyh
I am at the planned protest in Crawley. Follow our coverage herehttps://t.co/Fq4Q0olInl pic.twitter.com/qvmwF0kFPD
— Mark Dunford (@MarkSDunford) August 9, 2024
Bathgate says refugees are welcome here
SUTR/West Lothian TUC counter demo in Bathgate last night. 150 of us, 5 Nazis who on seeing the anti-racist throng, chose not to assemble. EIS, ASLEF, FBU, UNISON, PCS, NASUWT, Unite, Stop the War represented.
The most moving thing was seeing all the refugees waving at us from behind the locked doors of the hotel. Support for these refugees will be ongoing.
After 100’s of anti-fascists stand in solidarity with refugees in Paisley & Bathgate this evening.
— Stand Up to Racism – Scotland (@SUTRScotland) August 9, 2024
Rally in your city or town this Sat to say we will stand up to the far-right – part of @AntiRacismDay day of action, so far in #Glasgow #Dundee #Edinburgh
WHOSE STREETS??? 📣 pic.twitter.com/qjVcsladiq
SAY IT LOUD SAY IT CLEAR
— Stand Up to Racism – Scotland (@SUTRScotland) August 9, 2024
REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE
Bathgate defends refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. We won't let our community be divided
A pathetic show of 5 Nazis scared off by around 150 anti-facist protestors ✊🔥#NaeNazis ##RefugeesWelcome #NoRacismNoFascism pic.twitter.com/bQtmGIqanJ
What an amazing image of solidarity here in Paisley 📣✊️
— Stand Up to Racism – Scotland (@SUTRScotland) August 9, 2024
These are our friends, these are our neighbours!!
REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE #StandUpToRacism #NaeNazis#RefugeesWelcome#NoRacismNoFascism pic.twitter.com/Q3UmaBpJyg
Belfast – where solidarity triumphs over hate
Solidarity triumphs over hate.#Belfast pic.twitter.com/GjSxCYJEsg
— Paul Doherty (@PaulDoherty___) August 9, 2024
Huge turnout for the anti-racist counter protest to the far-right in Belfast today!
— Cllr Anthony Flynn (@AntoFlynnser) August 9, 2024
This is our city, fascism has no place in Belfast 👏
No Pasarán! 💪💪 pic.twitter.com/dgHfQYPK2f
A large anti-fascist protest is underway in Belfast City Centre. pic.twitter.com/fTUeHn8DlG
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) August 9, 2024
Paisley
First push from the far-right in Scotland defeated by mass solidarity today:
— Stand Up to Racism – Scotland (@SUTRScotland) August 9, 2024
150 in Bathgate👏
400 in Paisley👏
In both the racists showed up and failed to assemble!
SUTR with @PaisleyTuc, West Lothian & Livingston TUC, trade unionists & local residents show the way
(1/2) pic.twitter.com/fMyqIP0A0w
Paisley blocks the fascists.
NEW: Around 200 anti-racism campaigners and trade unionists have turned out in Paisley ahead of an advertised far-right rally
— The National (@ScotNational) August 9, 2024
🗣️ 'We don’t need this fascist groove thing’, the crowd sang pic.twitter.com/pJRnSNIVYq
