Most people do not share the political views and aims of Raise The Colours. Most people do not hate migrants. Most people do not want their neighbourhood covered in a sea of red, white and blue. What is so difficult to understand about this?

For decades UK politicians & the rw media have stoked racism by scapegoating migrants & minorities. For decades the far right have been thwarted in their attempts to turn this to their advantage. Now they are close to power & Starmer seems determined to help them over the line. #StandUpToRacism

What's going on in Gaza is worse than you think - it's that bad. www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Calls to 'Stop the boats', claims that migrants are 'illegal and protests at asylum Hotels directly lead to racist attacks. And Farage, Badenoch and Starmer are feeding that hatred. Join this vigil in solidarity with a young Sikh woman who suffered a brutal racist attack in Oldbury last week.

There is an anti-racist majority in this country. The far right do not go unopposed. There are people in this country who are standing in solidarity with refugees and against what the far right represent. #StandUpToRacism #RefugeesWelcome #ActNow

Removed for calling out the fascists. Silenced for calling out a mass movement against them.

Tomorrow, 13 September, workers from across the trade union movement will join a union bloc in Russell Square, London at 12pm. Find out more about the counter-mobilisation against fascism and read NUJ advice on covering protests. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/mar...

"It starts slowly at first, then all of a sudden it just creeps up on you." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🤯 While @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social & the Government insist there is no rubbish left in Birmingham & refuse to negotiate, residents and workers suffer. Time for Labour to sort this mess out! ✍️ Sign our petition today actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

Last year, UK billionaires’ wealth grew by £35 million a day. Meanwhile, the fire service has been cut to the bone and is facing more cuts. It's time for the richest in society to invest in public services through a wealth tax.

True pride is inclusive. The best way to show love for Birmingham is not through one symbol alone, but through celebrating everyone who calls this city home. #BrumTogether #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism #Pride #Unity #Grassroots tinyurl.com/brumtogether...

If BCC had put as much time and money into resolving this dispute as they have trying to break the strike, this would have been over ages ago. Birmingham bin dispute - warring sides 'not speaking' after six months www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

They can cover up a mural but their shame remains for all to see. #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #DefendOurJuries #LiftTheBan

Labour set to rearrange deck chairs on their sinking ship. Just when it couldn’t get any worse for Labour. Wes Streeting chief privatisation Czar of the NHS, set to take over from the Kid Starver, Keir Starmer! ? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Flags do more to divide community www.pressreader.com/uk/birmingha... #BrumTogether #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism

Operation raise the colours: 🧵 1/12 2 mini-islands on my road now painted to be Saint George's flags. I don't think quoting legislation about what the council does or doesn't allow in terms of flag poles etc is an adequate or even helpful response to what is going on in the UK at the moment.

Moseley people responded to the call for solidarity with Gaza today. #StopStarvingGaza #StopArmingIsrael #EndTheGenocide #FreePalestine

🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 This Thursday, 5pm, Moseley village. STOP STARVING GAZA STOP ARMING ISRAEL An emergency protest in solidarity with the people of Gaza, called by Moseley residents and supported by @wmpsc.bsky.social 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

Not so long ago, people spreading hatred and incitement were blocked from entering this country. “ On immigration, you better get your act together or you're not gonna have Europe anymore... You’ve got to stop this horrible invasion that's happening to Europe... This immigration is killing Europe”

Delivering #solidarity and chocolates to Birmingham’s resident doctors on the @bma.org.uk picket line at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital this morning. #PayRestoration

Resident Doctors are not being ‘greedy’. All they are asking for is a clear path to #PayRestoration. I supported them in 2023 and in 2024 and I will be supporting them in 2025. @bma.org.uk

🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 Climate activists for a free Palestine #Birmingham #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide

Opposing far right protesters in Birmingham. They chose the steps of St Martin-in-the-Bull Ring for their ‘strike’, a church that is renowned for the support and sanctuary it offers to refugees (and is a participant in the Church of England’s Net Zero Programme).

Organisations and prominent figures across the West Midlands, including Zarah Sultana MP, have signed a statement calling for a stop to the fascists marching in Birmingham and supporting the counter-demonstration. #standuptoracism

It would seem that Birmingham City Council have been persuaded that fascist Britain First should never have been promised Victoria Square for their rally in the first place! #refugeeswelcome #standuptoracism #brumunited #noplaceforhate

Why are fascist Britain First being allowed to march in Birmingham city centre and rally in Victoria Square? Please sign this statement initiated by Stand Up To Racism Birmingham and other anti-racist organisations: #brumunited #noplaceforhate bit.ly/StopBritainFirstInBrum

📣 Public Meeting STOP BRITAIN FIRST. STOP THE RISE OF THE FAR RIGHT Thurs 8 May 7pm BRIG Cafe Speakers: • Nahella Ashraf, Manchester SUTR • Martin Hoare, President, Brum TUC • Julian Todd, climate justice activist Plus guest speakers from Brum Bin Strikers & Justice 4 Marcus Meade Now campaign >>>

🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Birmingham #UK #April2025 #unity #solidarity #transcommunity #brumagainsthate #brumunited #noplaceforhate

Call out to all trade unions, campaigns, activists: SOLIDARITY WITH THE BIRMINGHAM BIN STRIKERS! Join the mega-picket! Friday 9 May, from 7am. Lifford Lane. B30 3JJ. RSVP here: bit.ly/BrumMegapick... Other ways you can support the #BirminghamBinStrike. A 🧵… #BrumBinStrike #Birmingham #StrikeMap

Urgency to organise around Birmingham bin strike 👇Birmingham council's austerity attacks bin workers are an attack on the whole working class, but trade unions have been slow to act

🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ Last week's Supreme Court ruling was wrong and harmful. Birmingham is making a stand against their decision and for trans rights on Saturday. Join us. @whatthetrans.com @birminghamtuc.bsky.social #TransRightsAreHumanRights Fb event: www.facebook.com/events/s/bir...

🗓️: Wednesday 23rd April ⏰: 7pm UK time 📍: The Warehouse, 54 Allison Street, B5 5TH 🗣️ : Charlie Kimber Mass protests erupted across Turkey following the arrest of opposition leader and Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on fabricated terror and corruption charges.

🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ Unite Community Birmingham are the latest to support Brum's trans rights protest. See you on Saturday ✊ #TransRightsAreHumanRights RSVP here: facebook.com/events/s/bir...

And also, why not give this article below a read too! ⬇️ socialistworker.co.uk/news/trumps-...

🔥 Europe has just had its hottest March on record. 🔥 The record is is part of a trend of extraordinary global heat. 🔥 It was also the second-warmest March globally, behind March 2024. 🔥 On average, global temperatures in March were 1.6C higher than pre-industrial levels. >>>

Birmingham's diversity is this city's greatest strength. I hope Brummies come out in number to show we reject Reform's tactic of using racism as a tool to make the rich even richer. See you on Friday!

If you ever want your faith restored in the people of Birmingham stand on a bridge for an hour in Town with some anti-racist banners. Heartening support from drivers this evening. See you Friday, 6pm, Utilita Arena: bit.ly/3Dk7ISg 💚 #StopFarage #RefugeesWelcomeHere #brumunited

🗓️: Wednesday 26th March ⏰: 7pm UK time 📍: The Warehouse Cafe, 54 Allison Street, B5 5TH 🗣️ : Hope Ryan

🚨 EMERGENCY MEETING CHANGE DUE TO THE ONGOING GENOCIDE TAKING PLACE IN PALESTINE. 🚨 🗓️ : Wednesday 19th March 2025 ⏰ : 7PM UK time 🗺️ : The Warehouse Cafe, 54 Allison Street, B5 5TH 🗣️ : Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Help us make sure Farage and the far-right Reform UK receive the welcome they deserve when they come to Birmingham on Friday 28th March. RSVP here: bit.ly/3Dk7ISg

🗓️ : Wednesday 19th March 2025 ⏰ : 7PM UK time 🗺️ : The Warehouse Cafe, 54 Allison Street, B5 5TH 🗣️ : Tomáš Tengely-Evans Ukraine sits at the centre of a fault line of imperialist rivalry between the US, Russia and regional powers.

STOP FARAGE & REFORM UK: Unity Rally, Fri 28 March, 6-9PM, Birmingham, BE THERE! #StopFarage RSVP here: bit.ly/3Dk7ISg

Jeremy Corbyn received a warm welcome at the Malvern Festival of Ideas on Saturday. He was discussing the role of social movements in resisting the injustices of war and occupation that the global arms trade both fuels, and profits from. @peaceandjustice.bsky.social

🗓️: Wednesday 12th March ⏰: 7pm 📍: The Warehouse Cafe, 54 Allison Street, B5 5TH Sexism is on the rise. Donald Trump, a sexual predator, is back in the White House and he pledges to wage a war on women. Abortion rights are under attack and Trump emboldens far right misogynists such as Andrew Tate.

🚨 Share this post, spread the word, and be there! 🚨 Unity Rally & Festival – Stand Against Hate! Birmingham’s premier reggae band, Friendly Fire Band, will take centre stage alongside an incredible lineup of musicians, drummers, and poets at the Unity Rally in Centenary Square from 7PM – 9PM.

🗓️: Wednesday 5th March ⏰: 7pm UK time 📍: The Warehouse Cafe, 54 Allison Street, B5 5TH In nearly every movement the question of what kind of change we need and how we get it emerges. Most of the time, most workers are not revolutionaries, and instead hold reformist ideas.

💥URGENT CALL OUT!!!! BRITAIN FIRST FASCISTS OUT OF NUNEATON Saturday 1st March. Nuneaton Railway Station. 💥COACH TRANSPORT Book your coach ticket here from Wolverhampton, Walsall and Birmingham. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-fi...

"The choice, ultimately, is a simple one. Do we invest in the future of Birmingham or do we continue with failed austerity policies of the past 15 years?" auditreformlab.group.shef.ac.uk/audit-reform...

🗓️: Wednesday 26th Feb ⏰: 7pm 📍: The Warehouse Cafe, 54 Allison Street, B5 5TH 60 years since his assassination, the words of Malcolm X still ring out – “By any means necessary” in the fight for justice. He was an implacable fighter against racism and recognised that racism is central to capitalism.