This article was orginially posted on the website of London Antifascists. 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
A protest is planned in London this Friday evening against a performance at Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston of a Nazi apologist, writer, saxophonist and political activist Gilad Atzmon. One of the protest organisers, speaking to Freedom News, said: “Gilad is not just a very naughty boy with a messiah complex (seeing himself as saving
On the afternoon of 10th February, London Antifascist Assembly, with support from a number of other activist groups, will hold the first All London Antifascists Assembly. Here is the call-out for this event: You are invited to the first London Antifascist Assembly meeting to discuss a new mass anti-fascist co-ordination. In 2018 we saw reactionary
Between October 2017 and February 2018, the Russian security services tortured several Russian anarchists and anti-fascists as part of an investigation into alleged terrorism offences. As a result, eleven people in St Petersburg and Penza have been arrested and charged in the “Network” case. They are being detained awaiting trial in 2019. Those tortured have
Stand Up To Racism/Unite Against Fascism (which I will treat as interchangeable from this point) already has a less than stellar reputation among anti-fascists, and their behaviour on the mobilisation against Tommy Robinson on the 9th of December has done nothing to challenge that reputation. As a participant in that mobilisation, my ground level experience
Russian anti-fascists are struggling against a brutal wave of repression which has featured kidnappings, savage beatings, torture and fabricated court cases. Up to date, eleven antifascists are facing lengthy jail sentences. In response, a group of activists centred in London and with the shared goal of organising solidarity action and fundraise for the release of
Here’s the latest on what will be one of the biggest and most important mobilizations against the far-right this year. Tommy Robinson and UKIP, supported by the DFLA have called a ‘Brexit Betrayal’ demo on Sunday 9th December. They are currently believed to be planning a re-run of the route of the October 13th DFLA
Two imprisoned Russian antifascist started a hunger strike at the end of last week, protesting their imprisonment and treatment during the investigation they are subjected to, and attempts to force confessions out of them. The hunger strike started when one of the antifascists, Dmitry Pchelintsev, was placed in a “punishment cell” and forced to admit that
On 25th November, a coalition of over 1,000 feminists of all genders will come together for a nighttime demonstration to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The action is part of The Feminist Anti-Fascist Assembly (FAF) which aims at building a new movement of resistance, highlighting the dangers of rising
Following the news that former Chief Strategist to President Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, is to speak at the Oxford Union on Friday 16th November, students are mobilising to oppose the meeting with the white supremacist celebrity. Despite of evidence that Bannon was confirmed as a speaker at the start of September, the news of his
SHAG has been fighting for both of Sheffield's universities to cut all ties with the arms trade and the Ministry of Defence for over two years.
On Wednesday a meeting about antifascism in Stockholm was attacked by a group of Nazis.
When people treat each other like human beings, what they share in the aftermath of destruction is not so much the spectacle of destruction itself but the vital joy of life that has been ripped away.
The law firm is the fifth company to end associations with the Israeli weapons maker in recent months.
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