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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 16d

UNITY IS OUR STRENGTH

Please bring a torch or a lantern 🔦🔦

#BreakTheSilence
#EndTheViolence
#SpeakUpStandStrong
#StillWeRise
#ShineYourLight
#NOtoHate
#NOexcuse
#NOtoRacism
#EndSexualViolence
#EndVAWG

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 16d

✊🏿✊🏻Let’s come together as SISTERS (not just CISters), warriors & survivors.

🏳️‍⚧️ Transwomen are women & non-binary people are valid 🏳️‍🌈

We leave no-one behind. We stand in solidarity with all women.

‼️ March for the end of gender-based, sexual and racially motivated violence.

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 16d

💔 Violence towards women, girls & gender diverse people takes many forms. We are targeted for our race, our religion, the clothes we wear, our gender, our sexuality, our identity and for demanding equal rights and control over our own bodies.

👑 Together we rise! 👑

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 16d

🤍 Join us as we shine a light at the start of 16 days of activism for the Elimination of Violence against women and girls. 🤍

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 22d

Please ask your friends, family and neighbours to go along. The far right has so far failed to get a toehold in Wolverhampton. We would like to keep it that way!

JOIN US

⏰️ 11am
🗓️ Saturday 20th September
📍 Goldthorn Hotel, Wolverhampton, WV3 0ER

#DefendRefugees
#NOtoRacism
#NOtoHate

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 22d

WE GO AGAIN! ✊️

‼️ IMPORTANT MOBILISATION

The far right are once again planning to protest at a hotel in our area. We will be there to let them know they are NOT welcome.

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Holly Antrum @hollyantrum.bsky.social · 24d

Solidarity with all the sisters in Oldbury and the entire community who gathered tonight in a vigil... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 24d

We seek to mobilise to oppose Trump and the misogyny he represents and to protect and further the rights of women and girls in the UK and worldwide.

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 24d

The UK government's willingness to platform, welcome and praise Trump emboldens others who speak about and treat women and minorities in a hateful way and who seek to curtail our rights.

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 24d

Trump and his government's misogyny has seen full expression in the rolling back of legal rights of women in the US, including abortion rights and the rights of LGBTQ+ & trans women, which not only endanger our sisters in the US, but also embolden reactionary & misogynistic organisations in the UK.

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 24d

Trump has a long history of sexual assault and intimidation, and consistently uses aggressively misogynistic language - dehumanising women by reducing them to their physical appearance and trivialising their accomplishments.

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 24d

The UK government's decision to welcome Donald Trump to the UK for a second presidential visit, where he is likely to be feted by Starmer's government, further normalises the extreme misogyny Trump represents.

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 24d

Women Against the Far Right (SuTR Birmingham)

STATEMENT - Trump Not Welcome 🧵

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 24d

‼️ Join women MPs, cultural figures and campaigners in signing the open letter below to show that we will not let the far right speak in our name 👇

actionnetwork.org/petitions/e8...

Sign the open letter: Women against the far right

The far right is using women's safety as a weapon to spread racism and division. They are not defenders of women—they exploit violence against women and children to push hate. Together we can stand wi...

actionnetwork.org

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 24d

✊️ Together we can stand with all survivors and victims of abuse, unite against the far right and challenge the racist lies and scapegoating.

(Photo credit to Guy Smallman)

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 24d

The far right is using women's safety as a weapon to spread racism and division. They are not defenders of women - they exploit violence against women and children to push hate…

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 25d

UNITY VIGIL

"BREAK THE SILENCE, END THE VIOLENCE."

TUESDAY 16TH SEPT - 6PM

Tame Road by Jubilee play area. B68 OBJ

(Statement from organisers in Alt text)

Statement from organisers of the Tuesday vigil.

We are a collection of people who live and work locally and want to fight back the rise of fascism.

- We are horrified at the recent rape and racist attacks in our area.
- ⁠We stand in support and solidarity with the young Sikh woman who was targeted.
- ⁠ We only have access to and intend to post information on the case that has been made public by Police and will support catching the perpetrators
- ⁠We will not be naming or engaging in any way that could identify or single out women the Sikh community.
- This is a grassroots community event - no one is a politician.
- It is Lead by Black and Brown women who are scared it could happen to them with support of other comrades and allies
- ⁠We are encouraging women from all backgrounds to speak out in support.
- ⁠This happened in broad daylight next to a school - how can anyone feel safe?
- ⁠The recent target of migrants has lead to racists feeling emboldened
- ⁠Tommy Robinson has publicly supported Sikhs in a video statement while inciting inslamophobia. Our Sikh members want to ensure that they are visibly seen as not supporting him.
- This is a community issue not just Sikh
- All are welcome on Tuesday to support the fight against racist violence

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 25d

(Part 4 of 4)

4️⃣ Spread the word – share our statement on Saturday’s events across socials, mailing lists and networks.

5️⃣ Back ‘Women Against the Far Right’ – help launch women’s blocs and initiatives in your local area, union or university.

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 25d

(Part 3 of 4)

3️⃣ Donate – help us build the resources - badges, stickers, posters - we need to organise against the far right on a mass scale. Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/fund-the-m...

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 25d

(Part 2 of 4)

2️⃣ Call local meetings – bring together anti-fascists, trade unions, campaigns, community and faith groups to debate the way forward and plan visible opposition to the far right.

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 25d

Feeling down about the far right demo on Saturday? Here are five things you can do to help turn things around: 🧵

(Part 1 of 4)

1️⃣ Join #StandUpToRacism – be part of the national movement taking on the far right and racism. We need anti-fascist organisers in every town and city.

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 25d

MAKE THEM PAY!

Join the national demonstration, this Saturday in central London.

The Climate Justice Coalition is organising transport from cities across the UK including Birmingham.

Tickets are only £15: www.makethempay.org.uk/get-ready/?m...

@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social

MAKE THEM PAY

National demonstration

MAKE POLLUTERS PAY

PORTLAND PLACE, LONDON
20 September

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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 25d

There can be no climate justice without racial justice. We will not stand by as politicians and the far right vilify refugees and migrants. We remain, as always, united against racism and oppression. Division and hatred will not win. ✊✊🏽✊🏿 @standuptoracismuk.bsky.social

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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 25d

This past weekend we joined #StandUpToRacism, trade unions, faith groups, migrant justice organisations and thousands of others in a march against the far right, showing that hate is not welcome in London, or anywhere else.

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Stand Up To Racism Birmingham @sutrbirmingham.bsky.social · 25d

A massive thank you to everyone who stood against racism, fascism, and many other forms of discrimination last Saturday. ✊🗣️

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr

#Solidarity
#StandTogether
#Unity
#NOtoDivision
#NOtoHate
#NOtoRacism

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