Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/37317 Spontaneity with roots : how the migrant solidarity action in Glasgow won Submitted by AWL on 14 May, 2021 - 7:32
Author: Interview with Paul
Paul, a socialist activist in Glasgow who took part in the successful action which stopped an immigration raid on 12 May, spoke to us about what happened.
At some point that morning a Home Office van appeared in Kenmure Street in Pollokshields, and took two men out of their flat and bundled them into a van. I don’t know who saw it first, but a lot of the activist community in Southside is clued into issues around the Home Office and asylum-seekers. There’s a tradition in recent years of resistance to the eviction of asylum-seekers. Someone made Facebook posts to tell their friends to spread the news.