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The far-right has once again hijacked the outrage caused by a horrific crime to launch violent racist pogroms like those seen in England last summer. This time, the pogrom has spread across towns in the North of Ireland and has seen the houses of migrants burned down, and a leisure centre where migrant families had fled to shelter also set on fire.
Racist politicians' scapegoating of migrants has helped fuel the far right's racist violence. Before the attack, DUP Communities Minister Gordon Lyons announced that migrants had taken refuge in the leisure centre.
Now, the far-right in the UK has called a protest in London against “grooming gangs, knife crime and sexualisation of children”. The far-right FLA are involved in calling it, and fascist Tommy Robinson has announced he’ll be there. Robinson and his supporters would like to see the racist violence from last summer and that seen in Ireland ignited in England, too. Anti-racists are mobilising against their hate and bigotry.
Please also see below for upcoming events supported by Oxford Stand Up To Racism.
Can you help Stand Up To Racism at Oxford Sanctuary Fair?
Oxford Stand Up To Racism is having a stall at the Oxford Sanctuary Fair on Tuesday 17th June in Oxford Town Hall between 10 and 5 PM. 1--12 is a plenary session with the supporting groups, with the general public having access from noon. We need volunteers to help hand out flyers for upcoming events and talk to attendees about the campaign—full support given to anyone who is doing this for the first time. Please email contact@oxfordstanduptoracism.org.uk if you can spare an hour or two.
Stop the far right - protest
28 June noon Downing Street
The far right is attempting to mobilise against “grooming gangs, knife crime and sexualisation of children”. The reality is that the far-right FLA are involved in calling it, and fascist Tommy Robinson has announced he’ll be there. Stop the far right spreading racism and bigotry on our streets.
Oxford People's Question Time: How can we turn the tide on despair?
Sunday 29 June 2 - 4 pm
Rose Hill Community Centre, Carole's Way, OX4 4HF
Book tickets via Eventbrite bit.ly/OxfordPQT (free)
Speaker panel
- Andrew Feinstein - Anti Apartheid campaigner
- Sophia Kleanthous - Disabled People Against Cuts
- Lewis Nielsen - We Demand Change
- Jabu Nala Hartley - Oxford Community Socialists
- Ahmed Murad - Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Join the debate on how we can turn the tide on despair
🎟 Book tickets via eventbrite bit.ly/OxfordPQT (free)
The racist pogroms against migrants and refugees of last summer have re-ignited in the North of Ireland, fuelled by unscrupulous racist politicians. The ongoing scapegoating of migrants and refugees across the political spectrum and in the mainstream media is creating conditions for a similar outbreak of racist violence here.
A combination of austerity and racism is fuelling the growth of the far right in Britain in the form of racist Reform UK and increasing mobilisations by fascist groups, with Tommy Robinson calling a mass protest in September.
We must take a call for urgent action against the growing racism in other campaigns and movements.
Oxford Stand Up To Racism is working with other campaign groups to bring people together to debate the issues we face. Join us at the Oxford People's Question Time.
This event is supported by: Oxford Stand Up To Racism, Strike Map, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), Strike Map, Oxford Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Oxford Stop the War Coalition, Oxford & District Trades Council, DWP PCS Oxon and Bucks, South Central Postal CWU, Oxfordshire Unison Health with more support expected. https://wedemandchange.uk/
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SAVE THE DATE MARCH - AGAINST FASCISM SAT 13 SEP
Fascist Tommy Robinson AKA Stephen Yaxley Lennon has been released from prison. He is calling for “the UK’s biggest free speech festival” on 13 September in London.
The reality is Robinson wants to bring his far right thug supporters onto the streets to spread racist division and Islamophobia. We have halted his attempts to build a fascist street movement in Britain again and again - but the context is even more dangerous now.
Reform UK’s rise is staggering. The local elections saw Reform replacing the Tories and vying for Labour strongholds. Farage is setting the agenda on immigration - and Starmer adopting the same rhetoric - is giving confidence to the fascists.
But the far right can be stopped. Last summer, mass antiracist resistance halted the far right riots. We marched in our tens of thousands to oppose Tommy Robinson in October and February. But on Saturday 13 September we have to do it again. Join us.
Book seats on Oxford transport to the demo here
To maintain the campaign against the rise in racism and fascism, we need regular support to cover the costs of meeting venues, leaflets, coach hire, speakers' expenses and many other campaigning expenses. Please consider making a regular commitment - even £2 a month will help halt the growth of racism and the far right.
Promoted by Stand Up to Racism, PO Box 79407, London N17 1HP.