As always the massive Together Alliance march against the far right already involves a dispute about how many were involved - organisers claim half a million, the police say 50,000 (while admitting they found it difficult to count).
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As always the massive Together Alliance march against the far right already involves a dispute about how many were involved - organisers claim half a million, the police say 50,000 (while admitting they found it difficult to count). That's a pretty big disparity... but film on the Guardian website suggests a big demo, so perhaps we might say the average of the two estimates - quarter of a million?
In any case, great to see people out en-masse demonstrating!
#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/mar/28/london-protest-march-together-alliance-against-the-far-right-latest-news-updates -
As always the massive Together Alliance march against the far right already involves a dispute about how many were involved - organisers claim half a million, the police say 50,000 (while admitting they found it difficult to count). That's a pretty big disparity... but film on the Guardian website suggests a big demo, so perhaps we might say the average of the two estimates - quarter of a million?
In any case, great to see people out en-masse demonstrating!
#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/mar/28/london-protest-march-together-alliance-against-the-far-right-latest-news-updatesAnd meanwhile in the USA today has seen a range of further No Kings marches & demonstrations - if the Right thinks people will walk quietly into the fascist state they are wrong - we know what they are doing & we will not be quiet about it!
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@ChrisMayLA6 You might want to scan for a couple of wee #typos
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@ChrisMayLA6 You might want to scan for a couple of wee #typos
now done, thanks Alex - heads up appreciated - its been a day.....
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@ChrisMayLA6 I like to think more people are aware of what the fascists are up to - hence the resistance. Not helping the far right’s case is the fact that many come across as complete lunatics. It’s the ones hiding in the shadows that are far more scary.
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@ChrisMayLA6 I like to think more people are aware of what the fascists are up to - hence the resistance. Not helping the far right’s case is the fact that many come across as complete lunatics. It’s the ones hiding in the shadows that are far more scary.
agreed!
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now done, thanks Alex - heads up appreciated - its been a day.....
@ChrisMayLA6 You’re welcome as usual Chris. I do hope the rest of the day gets a little easier
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@ChrisMayLA6 You’re welcome as usual Chris. I do hope the rest of the day gets a little easier
thanks, yes things have eased off....
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As always the massive Together Alliance march against the far right already involves a dispute about how many were involved - organisers claim half a million, the police say 50,000 (while admitting they found it difficult to count). That's a pretty big disparity... but film on the Guardian website suggests a big demo, so perhaps we might say the average of the two estimates - quarter of a million?
In any case, great to see people out en-masse demonstrating!
#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2026/mar/28/london-protest-march-together-alliance-against-the-far-right-latest-news-updates@ChrisMayLA6 Usually a good rule of thumb to average the organisers' and police estimates, but it does sound like the Met are really taking the piss this time.
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@ChrisMayLA6 Sadly, #NoKings is just a day out for centrists who like cosplaying with a bold slogan.
A real "no kings" movement would have actual goals and demands, and a plan to dismantle the #ImperialPresidency ... but https://www.nokings.org/about-nk has none of that. It's just a fancy label for anti-Trump rallies by the so-called "Democrats" to restore the failed neoliberals to power, removing #Trump's oligarchic fascists with the blue corporate fascists, but without restraining the empire.
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@ChrisMayLA6 Sadly, #NoKings is just a day out for centrists who like cosplaying with a bold slogan.
A real "no kings" movement would have actual goals and demands, and a plan to dismantle the #ImperialPresidency ... but https://www.nokings.org/about-nk has none of that. It's just a fancy label for anti-Trump rallies by the so-called "Democrats" to restore the failed neoliberals to power, removing #Trump's oligarchic fascists with the blue corporate fascists, but without restraining the empire.
Antifa: the Anti-fascist Handbook
Mark Bray Antifa: the Anti-fascist Handbook August 2017 First published by Melville House Publishing, September 2017
The Anarchist Library (theanarchistlibrary.org)
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Antifa: the Anti-fascist Handbook
Mark Bray Antifa: the Anti-fascist Handbook August 2017 First published by Melville House Publishing, September 2017
The Anarchist Library (theanarchistlibrary.org)
@nando161 What's your point?
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@nando161 What's your point?
@2legged @ChrisMayLA6 whats my point and Mark Brays point??
An anarchist insurrection must take place in the present very shortly to overthrow all rightwing fascist ideologies, we are reaching a tipping point where the working class is at mass stress levels, the only way out of this clusterfuck is insurrection.
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well there may well be a different between what the know and what they say... which wouldn't be the first time
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@ChrisMayLA6 Sadly, #NoKings is just a day out for centrists who like cosplaying with a bold slogan.
A real "no kings" movement would have actual goals and demands, and a plan to dismantle the #ImperialPresidency ... but https://www.nokings.org/about-nk has none of that. It's just a fancy label for anti-Trump rallies by the so-called "Democrats" to restore the failed neoliberals to power, removing #Trump's oligarchic fascists with the blue corporate fascists, but without restraining the empire.
While I'm sure that a significant element, from a distance (at least) it looks a little less singular than that - there would seem to be some (at least) on the NoKings marches who have a more radical game plan... although I cold also be mistaken (I accept)
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@2legged @ChrisMayLA6 whats my point and Mark Brays point??
An anarchist insurrection must take place in the present very shortly to overthrow all rightwing fascist ideologies, we are reaching a tipping point where the working class is at mass stress levels, the only way out of this clusterfuck is insurrection.
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While I'm sure that a significant element, from a distance (at least) it looks a little less singular than that - there would seem to be some (at least) on the NoKings marches who have a more radical game plan... although I cold also be mistaken (I accept)
@ChrisMayLA6 Yes, there probably are some with a more radical plan, possibly much more radical. There are probably huge debates in private.
But ir's still remarkable that there is absolutely no beef at all on the "#NoKings" slogan. I would have expected at least some specifics
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@2legged @ChrisMayLA6 and yes us anarchists of all sorts will firmly say fuck the state and fuck statism...
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@2legged @ChrisMayLA6 and yes us anarchists of all sorts will firmly say fuck the state and fuck statism...
@nando161 The world would indeed be a much safer place if #TheGreatSatan were ni longer a state!
But I'm not seeing much of that in these marches
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@nando161 The world would indeed be a much safer place if #TheGreatSatan were ni longer a state!
But I'm not seeing much of that in these marches
the world would be a much safer place if an anarchist insurrection took place today....
