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"Spontaneity with roots": how protest blocked deportations in Glasgow


Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/37317
Spontaneity with roots : how protest blocked deportations in Glasgow
Submitted by AWL on 18 May, 2021 - 6:41
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. ....

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"Spontaneity with roots": how protest blocked deportations in Glasgow


Read online at https://workersliberty.org/node/37317
Spontaneity with roots : how protest blocked deportations in Glasgow
Submitted by AWL on 18 May, 2021 - 6:41
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. ....

Glasgow City , United Kingdom , Hamza Yousaf , Alison Thewliss , Aamer Anwar , Nicola Sturgeon , Mohammed Asif , George Square , Matt Kerr , Paul Sweeney , No Evictions Network , Scottish Home Office , Home Office , Police Scotland , Unity Centre , Singh Sabha Association , Kenmure Street , Scottish Government , Singh Sabha , Living Rent , Migrants Organising , Glasgow Pride , Glasgow Central , Scottish Home , கிளாஸ்கோ நகரம் , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் ,

"Spontaneity with roots": how the migrant solidarity action in Glasgow won


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. ....

Glasgow City , United Kingdom , Hamza Yousaf , Alison Thewliss , Aamer Anwar , Nicola Sturgeon , Mohammed Asif , George Square , Matt Kerr , Paul Sweeney , No Evictions Network , Scottish Home Office , Home Office , Police Scotland , Unity Centre , Singh Sabha Association , Kenmure Street , Scottish Government , Singh Sabha , Living Rent , Migrants Organising , Glasgow Pride , Glasgow Central , Scottish Home , கிளாஸ்கோ நகரம் , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் ,