Dear member
We face the fight of our lives – we can see the rise of the Far Right – with the campaign to raise flags – the protests at hotels – the attacks on local mosques and the use of false racist narratives to justify these intimidatory actions.
We have a big task ahead which means challenging the false arguments to separate the soft racists from the hard right who have been at the centre of all the protests.
In the words of Malcom X “we are not outnumbered” we are the anti-racist majority but “we are out-organised”- that is why we need you to get involved.
First we need to challenge the racist narrative…
Join us this Saturday
South Yorkshire Opposing Racism and Far Right ideas in Our workplaces and Communities 6th September at 11am.
Please join this exciting initiative which is funded by the regional Trades Union Council and is a collaborative event taking on the ideas of Reform and the Far Right. It will include workplace anti racist training by the TUC, taking on the racialised narrative and Migrants rights. We have a curry being provided by Rotherham Friends in Deed.
Please book your space for this free event and food here https://forms.gle/7SRHkke8w1C9SrGa9
Secondly we need to mobilise…
Stop the Far Right- London Demo 13th September
Fascist Tommy Robinson AKA Stephen Yaxley-Lennon is calling for “the UK’s biggest free speech festival”
This is an attempt to build a fascist street movement, and his free speech is hate speech.
All summer the far right have been attempting to replicate last summer’s racist riots – that’s why this protest is so important.
Please join the protest – book your tickets now – we must make it clear that we are the anti-racist majority!
Tickets from Rotherham Sheffield & Chesterfield here
https://buytickets.at/sheffieldstanduptoracism
One of the racialised narratives … is the false claim that refugees and people of colour are a threat to women and girls. We have produced a leaflet to take on this narrative but also…
Women against the Far Right
Stand Up to Racism has launched a statement by
Women MPs, cultural figures and campaigners who have come together to reject the Far Right’s racist lies and weaponisation of sexual abuse
Read the Guardian exclusive https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/02/women-stop-linking-asylum-seekers-sexual-abuse
Sign the open letter: bit.ly/womenagainst
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