The heavy police presence in Southampton city centre yesterday told of concerns over an anti-asylum seeker demonstration which was set to unite ‘patriot’ groups from Southampton, Portsmouth, the Isle of Wight and Bournemouth – along with a counter-demo. However, ultimately there was little disruption to shopping expeditions to the...
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Southampton Anti-Racism Alliance – new Southampton anti-racism organisation to launch with unity march
A new anti-racism group has been formed in Southampton – and it will be launching with a unity march in November. The newly-formed Southampton Anti-Racism Alliance (SARA) has been established to bring together trade unions, faith groups, refugee and migrant organisations, community groups, charities, schools, student organisations and local...
Opinion: I didn’t want to join unity demonstration but I’m glad I did and I would again
By Portswood Protester. These days it seems I’m always cross. Cross about something, or someone or the general state of the world. On Sunday I was particularly cross that I had to go along to the counter-protest in Portswood (1/3/26). There are other things that I needed to be...