Across the country, we are seeing a deeply concerning rise of the far-right’s attacks on our people, in our homes and on the streets, organised around racism, Islamophobia, border violence, transphobia, and global fascist forces.
This violent escalation on our streets is a direct result of years of state racism in Britain. Years of racist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant state policies and media narratives have aimed to dehumanise and divide those of us whose lives are deemed disposable.
From the threat of deportations and raids, the Prevent protocol, the gangs matrix, to the hostile immigration regime, we’ve seen time and again how the state wields a web of violent policies that surveil and criminalise our neighbours, while stoking flames of racism, xenophobia and fascism in our communities.
Recognising and naming this connection between state racism and the far-right gives us strength to connect our struggles, and resist together.
History teaches us that the far-right weaponise fear and intimidation in the hope that we will be silenced, that we will stay home instead of protecting our communities.
History also teaches us that we outnumber them by far. We have stopped them before and we can and will again.
Against their tactics of fear and intimidation, we wield the power of our organised hope and collective care.
In our organised resistance we can reaffirm the radical ways we want to care for each other whilst organising for a world of dignity, freedom and justice. Now is the moment to keep each other safe, and build solidarity in our communities.
Here are some offerings for you, as you take action and practice care for yourself and those around you:
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS- BUST CARDS: https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/advice_information/protest-bust-cards-with-translations/
HEALING AND GROUNDING: https://healingjusticeldn.org/resources?_resource_programmes=resisting-state-violence
FIGHTING THE FAR RIGHT FILM- MOVEMENT HISTORY: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/defiance-fighting-the-far-right
LOCAL ACTIONS HAPPENING: https://x.com/VVIDYSHEFFIELD/status/1819314585045803465
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