1 Year On From George Floyd's Murder - We Need Action Now

Stand Up To Racism campaigns against racism and the far right. We have been organsing mass campaigning against fascist Tommy Robinson and far right UKIP's in the EU election - saying "Keep  Racism out of the elections". We challenge Islamophobia, institutional racism, the scapegoating of immigrants for austerity and the far right whenever they try and organise. Stand Up To Racism organises the annual march against racism coinciding with UN Anti-Racism Day in March in conjunction with the TUC.

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Online Rally - One year on from the death of George Floyd: We demand action’ #UKisNotInnocent #BlackLivesMatter

📣📣 Today - Saturday 22 May, starts at 5pm Watch on Youtube 👉🏿 <a href="https://youtu.be/rLIdvDkC7YI " target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/rLIdvDkC7YI </a>Join on zoom 👉🏿<a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87873360333" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87873360333</a>Watch on Facebook Live 👉🏿 <a href="https://facebook.com/StandUTR/live" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://facebook.com/StandUTR/live</a>With leading anti-racists &amp; justice campaigners from Britain &amp; the US including:Diane Abbott MP • Kehinde Andrews, Author of “The New Age of Empire&#x27;&#x27; &amp; Profesor of Black Studies • Victor Sylvester, Roger Sylvester Justice Campaign • Elise Bryant, Coalition of Labour Women President &amp; United Against Hate (US) • Aman Ali, Head of Community Engagement &amp; Development at MEND • Bell Ribiero-Addy MP • Cammilla Mngaza, Free Siyanda Campaign • Lawrence Davies, Equal Justice solicitor for Belly Mujinga case • Anna Rothery, Lord Mayor of Liverpool • Shaka Hislop, ex footballer &amp; Show Racism The Red Card ambassador • Natasha, All Black Lives UK • Andrew Boateng, campaigner who was accosted by police while cycling with his son • Rev Kobi Little, President of the Baltimore NAACP • Ryan Colaço, campaigner and target of racist stop &amp; search • Sabby Dhalu &amp; Weyman Bennett, Co-convenors of Stand Up to RacismThe murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer a year ago sparked a historic wave of global protests and a massive upsurge in the #BlackLivesMatter movement.Without that movement, Derek Chauvin would likely have never appeared in court, and George Floyd&#x27;s family would never have obtained justice. The movement also played a major role in the defeat of Donald Trump, the world&#x27;s no 1 racist.But structural racism and police violence is far from over.In Britain, Black people are nine times more likely to face stop and search than white people - 18 times more likely under Section 60, where no reasonable suspicion is required.The COVID-19 Crisis has disproportionately affected BAME communities in a huge way medically and economically, with thousands of preventable deaths and hundreds of thousands more forced into poverty.Most shamefully, there is the endless list of deaths in police custody - where no British police officer has ever faced prosecution.Instead of addressing this, the British Government responded to the #blacklivesmatter movement by launching a major racist offensive with a ‘Race Report’ that denies the reality of institutional racism, a Police and Crime bill targeting antiracists and a wave of legislation attacking refugee and migrant rights.-------------Part of the Week of action one year on from the Murder of George FloydTuesday 25 May 6PM - #TakeTheKnee everywhere across the country - in local communities, in your workplace, college or school, on your doorstep...Stand Up To Racism has called a week of action across Britain to commemorate George Floyd’s death one year on, and in the spirit of the #BlacklivesMatter movement. This is to both offer solidarity with the BLM movement in the US and highlight the reality of institutional racism and disproportionate policing in Britain. Derek Chauvin may have been prosecuted but that only happened because of the BLM movement. In Britain no police officer has ever been prosecuted following a death in custody.Share pictures, reports and videos of your actions with #UKisNotInnocent #BlackLivesMatter #TakeTheKnee #SayTheirNamesList of emerging local events including actions on 25 May here: www.facebook.com/StandUTR/events

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