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Stand Up to Racism activists carry out a banner drop near to Blackwell Tunnel in London
ANTI-RACISTS launched a counter action today against a “repulsive” anti-refugee banner drop by white supremacists from a bridge in east London.
Gathering on the same overpass above the Blackwall Tunnel, around a dozen protesters dropped banners declaring: “Refugees are welcome,” as supporters tooted their horns in the traffic below.
The protest was held to oppose the actions of far-right activists on Tuesday who displayed banners reading: “Exit the 1951 UN refugee convention,” and “It’s all right to defend white nations,” alongside Union Jacks and St George’s flags from the flyover last Tuesday.
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE