In a night of action in Glasgow’s West End, antifascists put up dozens of posters and dropped two banners; one over the M8 (FUCK NAZIS) and one on Woodlands Rd (Dinnae Be Fash).
The text on the poster reads:
Antifascist Zone – We have recently noticed increased neo-nazi activity in and around Glasgow. This includes stickering and graffiti, increased recruitment efforts, attempts to infiltrate demonstrations, and a recent assault in Erskine.
We know this represents a small minority of pathetic, hateful wee guys. We want to remind them that these are our streets, our neighbourhoods, and their shite won’t go unopposed.
We call on the antifascist comunity in Glasgow to mobilise, to support antifascist initiatives and demonstrations, to counter nazi efforts to lay claim to public spaces, and to organise your own forms of antifascist resistance.
Three activists shut down the Govan Thales factory in 2022 for their role in the production of weapons for the Israeli state, and now face years in prison.
Support those who struggle against the occupation! Freedom for Palestine! Down with Apartheid!
Court support needed at Glasgow Sheriff Court, 20th-25th of November 2023.
On Saturday 17th June antifascists, trade unionists, anarchists and socialists gathered from across Scotland to demonstrate against an anti-immigrant rally being held in Elgin by Hitler fanboy Alek Yerbury and his neo-nazi Highland Division.
A vigil for refugees was organised on the Plainstones by Moray TUC on one side of the church, where people started to gather from around 11am, while a handful of fascists began to gather around the other side. A self-described libertarian wandered around the vigil with his young children while filming, generally being an arse, and trying to get antifascists to debate him. Despite the clear advantage in numbers, Moray TUC were reluctant to go around the church to confront the fascists, aiming instead to focus on their own peaceful vigil – fortunately they were unable to maintain control over the situation.
Just before noon, a 17 year old punk boy upheld a glorious antifascist tradition by punching Alek Yerbury and was cautioned by police. Shortly after this, antifascists spontaneously began to pour around the side of the church, quickly surrounding Yerbury and the 7 Highland Division nazis and forcing the police to form a protective circle around them.
Susan Slater of Moray TUC made a weak attempt to stop people chanting “fascist scum off our streets” and stick to “positive slogans” – there’s always one liberal telling people how to protest. This request was promptly ignored. Susan Slater later told a Northern Scot journalist she was disappointed that the nazis were confronted directly – maybe Moray TUC needs new reps or to up its commitment to antifascism!
For two hours Highland Division were drowned out by between 200 and 300 antifascists, trade unionists and locals. There were chants of “fascist scum off our streets”, “say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here”, “when refugees are under attack what do we do? Stand up, fight back!” as well as such hit songs as “you can shove your nazi flag up your arse” and “the master race? You’re havin a laugh,” with a special shoutout to comrade vuvuzela. Several times Alek Yerbury tried to start speaking, only to be drowned out with a wall of noise and forced to give up.
Eventually the nazis had enough and the police line fell back to try and offer them an escape route, which was met by antifascists immediately surging forwards and pushing the tightly protected nazis into an alleyway while victoriously chanting “who’s streets? Our streets!”
Some antifascists then broke off and ran down a parallel street to cut the nazis off at the other side, sandwiching them in. After some halfhearted threats to charge the antifascists blocking the other side of the alleyway with participating in an illegal moving protest, the police let the nazis out of a side entrance. Yerbury and Highland Division were then pursued all the way back to their minibus, with police forming a defensive line across the entrance to the car park.
Other than the boy who was cautioned there were 0 arrests, the fascists were outnumbered at least 20 to 1, and they were driven out of Elgin in one of the most humiliating defeats anyone could expect.
We’ll never let nazis have a platform in Scotland, nae pasaran!
Attention all anti-monarchists and opponents of capitalism and the state!
On May 6th, 2023, we are calling for an anti-capitalist and anti-state bloc at Edinburgh’s May Day rally at 12pm, as well as the anti-monarchy rally on Calton Hill at 3pm.
This will be a demonstration against the coronation of Charles and the entire institution of monarchy, as well as the state and capitalism.
We refuse to stand idly be as this archaic system of oppression is celebrated and perpetuated. The UK capitalist state is based on dispossession of the commons and colonial plunder, with the monarchy being the most egregious and obvious example. In Scotland, half of rural land is owned by 432 landowners, whilst everyone else spends most of their working lives exploited at work, paying off a debt on a small patch of land which is barely enough to accommodate a dwelling, if they can even get a mortgage at all. The capitalist state system is driving us towards extinction due to ecological collapse – we must radically transform our social and economic system before it’s too late.
We call on all those who yearn for a world free from domination to join us on May 6th. Let us take to the streets, make our voices heard, and demonstrate our collective power. Let us show the world that another world is not only possible, but necessary.
We stand as part of a long and proud history of revolt, from the Paris Commune of 1871 and the Spanish revolution of 1936 to the on-going revolutions of the Zapatistas and Rojava who are showing that a world beyond the state and capitalism is possible.
An elected head of state will not change anything, just simply give the capitalist state a more liberal image. Its neocolonial plunder will continue, it will continue to protect the interests of capital against the working class.
We propose smashing the state and replacing it with a confederation of autonomous participatory councils, communes and assemblies. Workers should take control of their workplaces, abolish bosses and place them under workers-self management. This federated grassroots participatory polity using recallable delegates and confederation should encompass the whole world into an international “commune of communes”. This would give power back to communities, and allow us to take back control of our lives. It’s been done before, from the Spanish revolution, to Rojava and the Zapatistas. We can do it here too.
Fire to the monarchy! Fire to the state! Take back the commons – for an international Democratic Confederalism and the commune of communes!
P.S. Clydeside Anarchist Noise is in a period of self-reflection, meaning we have taken a short break from outward-facing action. Meanwhile, we have been supporting local struggles and building networks of solidarity. Stay tuned, and see you soon on the streets…
The historic Prosfygika buildings in central Athens have been occupied for years, housing, among others, refugees, militants, and various collective bodies. In the early hours of 22/11, cops raided the prosfygika, in the targeted kidnapping of one comrade. In the afternoon, they raided two blocks of the Prosfygika, while an urgent assembly was happening, arresting a total of 79 people. Throughout these two raids, militants defended the occupied neighbourhood with tooth and nail (and rocks, fireworks and doors,) using their own bodies as barricades in the defence of the homes of the struggle. The comrade who was initially kidnapped remains a hostage of the state.
As a minimal act of international solidarity, on 24/11, we dropped a banner stating “Solidarity to Prosfygika – 10, 100, 1000 Squats all over the World”. Our choice of spot was not random; we symbolically chose the gate of the site which housed the Baile Hoose squat for a month in 2021, defying the militarisation of our neighbourhoods and lives during COP26.
SOLIDARITY TO THE COMRADE ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATION IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ORGANISATION “THOUSANDS SUNS OF NIGHT”
SOLIDARITY TO ALL ARRESTEES
DEFEND PROSFYGIKA – DEFEND THE HOUSES OF THE STRUGGLE
Come along to the second monthly screening of the Glasgow Anarchist Film Club, where we will be screening French film La Haine (1995), and fundraising for the Anarchist Black Cross Bristol.
Come along at 17:00 for an open organising meeting, and at 18:00 for the screening + discussion on revolt!
Bring snacks and drinks (to share if you like).
All funds raised will go to ABC Bristol in their struggle to support Kill the Bill prisoners.
Racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, disableism, and bigotry of all kinds will not be tolerated and will be challenged.
Banner dropped at Queen’s Park on 27/10 in solidarity with the struggle of anarchist hunger striker Alfredo Cospito against the 41bis special detention regime, and calling to our solidarity event on 30/10 at Glasgow Autonomous Space (event/poster here)
Solidarity Event – 30.10, 18:00 at Glasgow Autonomous Space (53 Kilbirnie St, G5 8JD
Discussion on the hunger strike, special detention regimes, prisoner solidarity and resistance.
Hunger strike announcement:
Anarchist Alfredo Cospito started a hunger strike (Italy, October 20, 2022)
Today, October 20, 2022, at the Sassari surveillance court, during a hearing concerning the seizure of correspondence, anarchist comrade Alfredo Cospito declared the start of a hunger strike against the 41 bis prison regime to which he was transferred on May 5. The comrade, who made a statement, was not present in the courtroom but connected by video conference from Bancali prison. Updates will follow.
