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We must resist the Tory racist offensive – with unions at the heart of the fight
SABBY DHALU of Stand Up to Racism warns that as the impact of current crises deepens, the government will increasingly use racism to distract, scapegoat and divide the working class
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AS trade unionists prepare to come together for this weekend’s national anti-racism conference, the government’s racist offensive means the stakes for anti-racists are higher than ever. And the far-right haven’t gone away.
Last weekend, “Tommy Robinson” and hundreds of his far-right and fascist supporters descended on Telford, Shropshire, to sow division and peddle their hatred, racism and Islamophobia.
Hundreds of anti-racists, anti-fascists, trade unionists, socialists and communists came together to oppose them.
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