Anti-fascists and members of Tower Hamlets’ diverse communities were angered by the appearance, locally, last Saturday, of a fascist gang, who have connections to the Football Lads Alliance, Unite Against Fascism wrote on Tuesday 24 October. Around 50 members of the notorious football hooligan gang the Chelsea Headhunters and a few other thugs were facilitated […]
Swedish anti-fascists report massive ant-fascist protest defeats the Nazis
The report below first appeared on the Unite Against Fascism website on 2 October. Big thanks to Asa and David for their contributions, below; hats off to Swedish anti fascists! Asa – Last Saturday was a brilliant victory for anti-fascists in Gothenburg, where over 10 000 people gathered and successfully stopped the Nazis from marching through […]
Football Lads Alliance: the far right march, plus six things you need to know
London witnessed the largest demonstration of the far right in generations on Saturday 7 October 2017. This was the second outing of the Football Lads Alliance.
Hate crime awareness event in Redbridge
Opposition grows to EDL founder’s book launch in Greater Manchester
MPs, MEPs, councillors and trade unionists support anti-fascist statement, Unite Against Fascism has announced. Opposition to a book launch being held, in Greater Manchester, by the founder of the far right English Defence League – ‘Tommy Robinson’ – is being organised by anti-fascist coalition Unite Against Fascism (UAF). Signatories to a statement organised by UAF, […]
Rare courage of a Soviet refusnik
Masha Slepak was, along with her husband, a central figure among the Moscow refuseniks of the 1970s, Colin Shindler wrote in The Jewish Chronicle on 15 September. Last Sunday Masha Slepak was buried in Jerusalem’s Har HaMenuchot cemetery alongside her husband, Vladimir. For virtually the entire duration of the Soviet Jewry campaign in the UK, […]