This great piece from We Are Plan C is kicking around Bristol. Give it a read, talk to your friends, family and coworkers and pass it on.
Antifascism needs all of us. We need people on the streets, we need people doing education, we need people doing care and support, we need people having difficult conversations.
There is something that we can all be doing, no matter who you are.
On Saturday 7th March, Bristol Patriots attempted to lead an Islamophobic hate march in the city, and antifascists turned out en masse to stop them. Now, after associating with out-and-out Nazis, the group seem to have fractured.
This brilliant investigative piece in the Bristol Cable exposes who Bristol Patriots are, what they do, and who they are really willing to work with.
Read the full article online, and remember to keep turning out to oppose fascism in Bristol.
“For almost a year, Bristol Patriots have led a campaign of harassment and intimidation in our city. But after last week’s hate-filled demo exposed their true colours, with out-and-out Nazis, a child sex offender and bank robber in their ranks – is this finally the end for them?”
We smashed it! Bristol is an antifascist city, and ‘Bristol Patriots’ are pathetic scum.
On Saturday 7th March, the people of Bristol stopped their embarrassing ‘anti-extremism march’ attended by Nazis, despite hundreds of police brought in from all over, plus horses and dogs.
They were hugely outnumbered, kettled by us three times, and had to turn around and walk quietly back surrounded by cops.
They will never be welcome in our city. We will run them off every time. 🏴🚩
As many of you may know, Aryan Front, a newly-formed neo-Nazi group, recently stated their intentions to march alongside Bristol Patriots at their demonstration on Saturday 7th March. In their video statement on X, the Aryan Front proclaimed that “Racial treason is the worst of all crimes! It’s time for Antifa to meet the hanging tree…” before four young men are depicted posing behind a banner and swastika flags and performing the Nazi salute. Aryan Front’s ideology is drawn from the Creativity Movement, a militant white supremacist cult established in the US in 1973, which regards Hitler as “the greatest leader the White Race has ever produced”.
Moments ago, Aryan Front announced that they wouldn’t attend after all, claiming to not want to march along side ‘Jewish figures’ ‘Iranians’ and ‘mud people’ – seemingly in reference to Bristol Patriots support of Israel and US-Israeli intervention in Iran.
It’s very likely that Aryan Front have some unspoken qualms about marching in Bristol this weekend – namely that the antifascist presence is going to be bigger and more militant than ever. Make no mistake: they are scared of us.
Despite this welcome development, we must stay on alert! In-fighting amongst the far-right doesn’t make Bristol Patriots any less dangerous and abhorrent to us. They were aware that neo-Nazis were joining their march and, they made no effort to discourage them. Further, we know at least two members of Aryan Front are based in the Bristol area, so they may still turn up without declaring themselves as members of the group. In addition to this, known neo-nazi football hooligan Ryan Ferguson has independently declared he is attending, along with Kai Cunningham of White Vanguard (the neo-Nazi group that Aryan Front split from).
Aryan Front have also stated that they ‘are not finished with Bristol’. Let’s send them a message on Saturday: Racists will never be welcome here.
We Don’t Do That Here is a one-hour audio documentary from Bristol’s community radio stations – BCfm and Ujima, weaving together multiple in-depth interviews with those who lived it: refugees inside the hotel with their children, activists and local residents on the streets, police officers, youth workers, charity leaders, journalists, and community broadcasters.
Their voices reveal the fear of that week, the courage of those who stood in solidarity, and the deep divisions that surfaced under pressure.
The entire latest edition of the Bristol Cable is on immigration and includes pieces about last years riots and interviews with Bristol Antiraids and Bristol Antifascists.
Read the full article online or pick up a free copy of this excellent local newspaper at many cool community locations across the city
“Bristol Antifascists is a non-hierarchical group opposing far-right activity at the street level. We sit down with one of them to learn about the discipline, solidarity and compassion needed for this work.”