19 March 2022 12:00pm–4:00am
BBC Portland Place London W1B 1AE United Kingdom
This is a Stand Up To Racism event, supported by UNISON and the TUC, for UN Anti-Racism Day.
The government’s catastrophic handling of COVID-19 and the cost-of-living crisis has disproportionately impacted African, Asian, Caribbean and all black minority ethnic communities due to structural and institutional racism.
The Nationality & Borders Bill criminalises asylum seekers and threatens the citizenship rights of 6 million people. The police bill targets the Black Lives Matter movement and the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) community – more police powers will strengthen racist stop and search, and the government refuses to admit its ingrained Islamophobia – highlighted by the sacking of Nusrat Ghani MP.
“War on woke” and racist rhetoric have once again given fertile ground to the far right with the likes of fascist Tommy Robinson back on the streets.
Internationally we face the growth of racism, Islamophobia, and anti-semitism; with the Far Right on the rise globally. Despite promises otherwise, the government has again failed to support migrants & asylum seekers in Afghanistan and now Ukraine, or to speak out against the racism that we have recently seen against Africans and Asians fleeing the war.That’s why uniting against racism and the #MarchAgainstRacism in London on Saturday 19 March is crucial.
Kent Coach
UNISON branches in Kent have arranged a coach to the event and there is no charge for seats.
Coach pick-up times:
8am Margate Station
8.30am Dover Priory Station
9am Canterbury East Station
10am Rochester Station
Returning from Victoria Embankment at 4.30pm
Portsmouth Coach
UNISON’s Portsmouth City branch is sponsoring a coach from the city to the demonstration.
Costs:
- Free for UNISON members
- £3 students / unwaged
- £5 low-paid workers
- £10 higher-paid workers
Coach pick-up times:
- 8am Queen Street bus stop, PO13HX
- 8:10am Students Union bus stop, PO1 2EF
- 8:20am Fratton Bridge bus stop, PO1 5AB
- 8:30am the Fountain Pub, PO2 9AA
- 8:40am Cosham Health bus stop, PO6 3AB
Arriving back in Portsmouth around 8.00pm.
For further information about the event visit Stand Up to Racism
