The openly racist and divisive rhetoric of Boris Johnson has emboldened the far right. All across the world the rise of authoritarian neo-liberal governments, ultra-nationalism and openly fascist movements are being resisted by mass anti-fascist action on the streets – from Rojava to Catalunya, Kashmir, Greece and Chile – anti-fascism is international. Last month saw
The London Anti-Fascist Assembly (LAFA) launched this year as a pan-city grassroots anti-fascist coalition made up of groups from across the left. Below, a member of far-right monitoring podcast 12 Rules For WHAT (@12rulesforwhat) considers the challenges ahead. In February more than 150 anti-fascists packed into a social centre in Dalston to discuss and plan
Today in London, a group of Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) attempted to join the Mayday march with a transphobic banner. After being challenged by the London Anti-Fascist Assembly (LAFA) and other members of the parade together with two members from Edinburgh Antifa, the TERFs then called the march stewards who also agreed that their
Trump’s presidency is still not widely seen for the fascist coup that it is ~ Louis Further ~ Be honest and ignore your ‘scepticism’ about the ‘decency’ of politics in the United States: would you have believed it, had you been told ten years ago, that its president would be a twice impeached convicted felon,
Protesters across the UK were a diverse crowd, with slogans ranging from plaintive to militant ~ Kell w Farshéa ~ Mass demonstrations took place across the UK yesterday (19 April) protesting the Supreme Court decision on the interpretation of transgender people’s rights under the Equalities Act.
The ones who want trans folks out of the public sphere will now feel emboldened to challenge us, to abuse us, to misgender us ~ Kell w Farshéa ~ It’s the sheer sadism of it—the corks popping outside the Supreme Court as a group of women and a couple of men cheer at excluding one
For years, Indigenous families have faced pressure from real estate developers seeking to evict them in order to develop the area on lands known as Santuário dos Pajés, a sacred place for Indigenous spirituality ~ Aldo Santiago, Avispa Midia ~ On Tuesday morning, 15 April, members of the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF),
A report on the group’s contrubutions during the disastrous factional war, calling for continued support ~ Sudanese comrades ~ Every day, we witness global conflicts over resources, power, and ideology, with peoples divided into camps—either supporting the existing authority in their countries or seeking to seize control of the state.
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