The day the UK was due to leave the EU should have been a day of triumph for the far right. Nevertheless, as it became increasingly clear that Brexit - in any form - was going to be delayed, a betrayal narrative could have been a rallying cry under which far right elements co-opted the … Continue reading Brexit Day – a confused day for the far right, marred by infighting
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Report: Reclaiming the fight on November 25th
In the evening of November 25th a 300 strong crowd of anti-fascists, anti-racist activists, and feminists, gathered at Portland Place. A newly formed anti-fascist group, Feminist Anti-Fascist Assembly, joined forces with various other women led organisations such as Kurdish Women's Assembly and Brazilian Women Against Fascism to organise a demonstration whose aims were threefold: 1. … Continue reading Report: Reclaiming the fight on November 25th
[Guest post] Anti-fascism in the 1930s: from minority to majority
This is a guest post by antifascist writer and historian Dave Renton. The article was originally published on his blog here. In the collective memory of the 1930s, we think of the decade as one in which the left was always destined to out-number the right (at least in Britain, France…). So that big set-piece occasions, … Continue reading [Guest post] Anti-fascism in the 1930s: from minority to majority
London Anti-Fascists Statement on Pittsburgh massacre
On Saturday morning at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh Jewish families gathered for worship on the day of Sabbath. Robert Bowers, a 46-year-old white man with no previous convictions and unknown to authorities, entered the synagogue armed with assault rifles and shot and killed 11 people, injured 6 more, and was heard spouting … Continue reading London Anti-Fascists Statement on Pittsburgh massacre
Report: October 13th – We Go Where We Want
There's no doubt about it, #stopdfla was a good day out for anti-fascists, and an absolutely terrible showing for the Democratic Football Lads' Alliance. Over 1000 militant antifascists from a broad coalition of groups mobilised for a vibrant, proudly anti-fascist unity demonstration which didn't allow the police or the fascists to set its agenda. It … Continue reading Report: October 13th – We Go Where We Want
Leaflets for the October 13th Unity Demo Opposing DFLA
Groups across the country are mobilising to oppose the Democratic Football Lads Alliance, a far right minority of football fans who have escalated their attacks against Muslims, migrants and the Left in recent months. We're collating all the leaflets that have been designed to mobilise for the demomstration. Print out and distribute relevant ones in … Continue reading Leaflets for the October 13th Unity Demo Opposing DFLA