In November British broadcaster ITV aired a documentary called “Undercover: Inside Britain’s New Far Right” focussing on emerging far right groups and activists in the UK. The programme was notable in tracing the links between trends in the far right. The programme followed the bid of the self-proclaimed “counter jihad” activist Anne Marie Waters to […]
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Anti-fascism
Liz Fekete (Institute of Race Relations) has kindly turned her speech from the opening plenary of Fast Forward 2017 into this text. Some points towards understanding the importance of anti-fascism for the Commons and the development of counter-power. They Shall Not Pass – in its broadest sense – is a passionate encapsulation of the interdependent relationship between the fight for humanity and the defence of the Commons.
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Anti-fascism
The following article was written by Brighton Antifascists. On the 4th October 1936, tens of thousands of anti-fascists turned out to stop Mosley’s Blackshirts marching into the East End of London. Nevertheless, Mosley was able to carry on recruiting and indeed marched again within the week. A year later, an equally large march was met
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Anti-fascismSome anti-fascist comrades in Plan C. On Sunday, UK Against Hate (UKAH), a new anti-muslim nationalist front group led by former EDL founder Tommy Robinson, brought between 1000-2000 people to a demonstration in Manchester that attempted to exploit the recent terror attacks to launch a wave of far-right street mobilisations. The anti-fascist opposition was led by Lesbians
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Anti-fascism
A member of Plan C Manchester As a communist and an antifascist I’ve come to Rojava to join the revolution happening here. The social transformations taking place are a shining example of what revolutionaries, with dedication and courage, can achieve in just a short amount a time. The victories for social justice, women’s liberation and
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Anti-fascism, Kurdistan
The following is a compilation of collective impressions and feedback from Plan C members, all of whom were involved in the ‘One Day Without Us’ day of action. Where did it come from? The ‘One Day Without Us’ campaign was arranged following the U.K.’s decision to leave the E.U. It was a spontaneous coalition of
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Anti-fascism, Borders/Migration
The story of this election is not a surge of support for the far right. It is the suppression, disillusionment and depression of the support for the left. The story of this election is not Donald Trump’s win, but Hillary Clinton’s loss. The story of the next four years will be a rising tide of
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Anti-fascism, Borders/Migration, Inter/Transnational
In or out of the EU, we will still be in Britain come tomorrow By Plan C Birmingham We recently posted the base text of Nationalismus ist keine Alternative, a German campaign against the ‘Alternative for Deutschland’ – the German equivalent of UKIP. At this time, the politics of the centre is crumbling in the
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Anti-fascism, Beyond Europe, Borders/Migration, Inter/Transnational
A German nationwide campaign against Fortress Europe and its fans. Below is the campaign statement of the Nationalismus ist keine Alternative (NIKA) campaign, which our comrades from the Beyond Europe platform ums Ganze! are involved in. NIKA operates as a shared slogan and website for various antifascist and antiracist groups in Germany which take both local action
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Anti-fascism, Beyond Europe, Inter/Transnational
On January 30th, hundreds of nationalists, racists and out-and-out Neo-Nazis will descend on the port of Dover to protest against refugees. Since the collapse of the EDL, dozens of splinter groups have been active across the country trying to fill the vacuum left behind.
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Actions, Anti-fascism
News just in: thousands of people in the UK are self-organising to help migrants at European borders, mainly in Calais. Since the spring of this year, the British media has been full of people crossing and drowning in the Mediterranean and of the ‘problem’ of Calais; a problem manifested and presented in a number of ways; the suffering and squalor of ‘the Jungle’ camp, the persistent efforts of people living there to get into vehicles headed for ferries or the Tunnel, sometimes in terms of threat, often in terms of the inconvenience to the flows of capital and leisure.
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Actions, Anti-fascism, Inter/Transnational
In the last couple of weeks Germany has been swept with a wave of racist attacks on asylum shelters, mosques and migrants. Last weekend in the eastern town of Heidenau near Dresden, Nazis started racist riots in an attempt to stop refugees moving into a new shelter in the town. On the Saturday evening antiracists
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Anti-fascism, Inter/Transnational