How can we confront the rise of the racist and fascist right? – Campus tour organised by Stand Up to Racism
- If you want to set up an event at your campus, email us at info@standuptoracism.org.uk
Tour dates so far:
- Thursday 11 October – Uni of Manchester. Speakers include: Afzal Khan MP for Gorton; Nita Sanghera UCU Vice President; Shirin Hirsch Stand Up to Racism and UCU. Facebook even here.
- Tuesday 16 October – Imperial College London. Speakers include: Steven Saxby Parliamentary candidate for Cities of London & Westminster; Moyra Samuels Justice4Grenfell and more tbc
- Tuesday 16 October – Oxford University. Speakers include Nita Sanghera UCU Vice President and more tbc.
- Thursday 18 October – Newcastle University. Speakers include: Paul Holborow founder of the Anti-Nazi League and more tbc. Facebook event here
- Thursday 25 October – Cambridge University. Speakers include Daniel Zeichner MP for Cambridge; Manali Desai Cambridge UCU; Sofia Ropek-Hewson President of Cambridge Graduate Union; Zareen Taj Cambridge Stand Up to Racism. Facebook event here.
- Thursday 30 October – Sheffield Hallam University. Speakers include Magid Magid Lord Mayor of Sheffield and more tbc.
Stand Up to Racism and Student Stand Up to Racism are teaming up with members of the University and College Union (UCU) to organise a national campus tour this term. It will include a series of meetings, debates and workshops on campuses and colleges across the country.
We will be discussing how we can mobilise against the racist and fascist right. From Trump to Tommy Robinson, we are experiencing the biggest rise in support for fascism, the far right, racism, Islamophobia and Antisemitism since the 1930s.
In Britain fascists and racists are mobilising on a scale not seen for decades. We must unite against this threat.
Racism is felt particularly sharply in our educational institutions, and not just with recent developments including Generation Identity attempting to build among students. Muslim students are targeted by Prevent, BAME students face institutional racism and EU nationals are having their rights to work and study used as a bargaining chip in Brexit.
We have to get organised. We’re encouraging all anti-racist students and staff to hold an event that can help us build a mass movement against racism on campus.