Why Black people need to defend refugees by Marcwads
After fascists rioted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers, anti-racist campaigner Marc Wadsworth says the message must be clear: never againPERHAPS ONE of South African Nobel Peace prize-winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s most famous quotes, is: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
The letter calls on party leaders to “take a clear stand and condemn any further violence against those who come here to find safety”.Most have fled places like Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, Iran and Eritrea, due to war and persecution. As the letter states: “They have made terrifying journeys to reach safety.
We believe, with the high risk of more of such premeditated extremist attacks around the country, leaders of all parties must now take a clear stand and condemn any further violence against those people who come here to find safety, and set out the action they will take to prevent it. TLM is a cross-party, multi-faith Black Lives Matter-inspired anti-racist alliance of African Asian Caribbean and other people of colour and their allies, strongly supported at the grassroots by community and trade union activists. More than a dozen MPs back TLM, along with trade unions, with black-organised members, at a national and local level.
Other cities and towns, as well as Liverpool, have seen local communities, trade unions and politicians commendably come together to build resistance to far-right hatred. We praise the statement this year from Britain’s largest unions in support of migrants. All communities should show solidarity, not waiting for bad-intentioned people, who wish to spread hate, to turn up before the necessary actions are taken.
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