Greens against fascism

Our last newsletter highlighted the work we’d been doing on the rise of the far right and linked to a Greens Against Fascism placard/poster design.

This turned out to be all too timely as, since then, we’ve seen the outbreak of racist riots in cities across England and Northern Ireland. Fuelled by hate-speech and disinformation on social media, this horrifying violence demonstrated that the racist far-right is a very real threat.

Greens mobilise against fascist violence

Soon after the rioting broke out, we produced a Greens Against Fascism flatpack. This features examples of how Green councillors across the country have been bringing their communities together against this threat. It’s been heartening to see how anti-fascist demonstrators have vastly outnumbered the thugs intent on mayhem – and to see Greens Against Fascism placards being put to good use.

Campaigns Committee is co-organising an event focusing on fascism and what we can do about it on the Saturday of Green Party Conference in Manchester (6-8 September). Do join us there! 

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Anti-fascist beermats

We’ve also produced a set of anti-fascist beermats (you can see them here). These list some of the warning signs of fascism and ways of responding  to these, based on Umberto Eco’s ‘Practical List for Identifying Fascists’, updated to reflect the current situation and suitable for distribution anywhere from student union bars to your local Wetherspoons.

If you’d like to have some of these, drop us an email and we’ll send you a pack – to cover costs we’re asking £12 for 100 mats (incl. postage and packing).

Feargal Sharkey - March for Clean Water

Finally, we know that many Greens will be going to the March for Clean Water on 26 October, organised by River Action and Feargal Sharkey with the support of dozens of environmental groups. We’ll be producing a placard design for Greens to use at this event.

Watch this space!

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