Glaswegians block immigration raid on their neighbours

[hitmouse]

Oh, and here's the lovely fluffy polis not helping with the raid/only attending to prevent a breach of the peace:

 

[hitmouse]

For anyone interested in doing this elsewhere:

Resisting immigration raids

Haringey Anti-Raids is running an online workshop on how to resist immigration raids in the UK. Thursday 20 May, 19:00-21:00 Sign up here to register!

docs.google.com

(Along with the Edinburgh one which I think we've had already)

 

[editor]

Oh, and here's the lovely fluffy polis not helping with the raid/only attending to prevent a breach of the peace:

Totally unacceptable. That's all I can say else I'll just get all mega-sweary.

 

[BillRiver]

Doing it on Eid was probably the best thing for the guys being detained - it meant that lots of people in the local area were home and able to help, rather than out at work, and it probably slightly increased local sympathy towards them.



That gave me a lump in my throat.

And that guy who lay under the police van for eight hours (!!) is a hero.

Every person in that crowd is a hero.

That guy did good, but ultimately his actions weren't necessary, thanks to the crowd.

No disrespect to him, I have done similar (under a bus full of arms dealers trying to get to DSEI many years ago) and I know how uncomfortable it can be but honestly this was a mass action and that's what makes it so beautiful to me.

 

[danny la rouge]

It seems the two men were Sikhs. I didn’t know that this afternoon. The corner shop just opposite me is run by two Sikh brothers from the South Side, one of whom has recently become religious (in order to give up smoking!) and started attending the Gurdwara on Berkeley Street, where it seems the two refugees are well known as volunteers who help feed homeless people.

I’ll try to have a chat with the guys at the shop tomorrow, although my daughter also moves into her new flat in the morning!

 

[danny la rouge]

Sumit Sehdev and Lakhvir Singh are their names

 

[Edie]

Heartening

 

[Sue]

Sumit Sehdev and Lakhvir Singh are their names

Good luck to them. And thanks for your posts from the front line.

 

[danny la rouge]

Incidentally, Pollockshields is in the constituency where the racist Jayda Fransen stood and got 46 votes in.

 

[not-bono-ever]

fucking glasgow! My communist organiser grandad would have been proud of his lot today

 

[danny la rouge]

Good luck to them. And thanks for your posts from the front line.

Well, a fair few meters back from the front line to be honest!

 

[Sue]

Well, a fair few meters back from the front line to be honest!

Well you know. I did think it was funny when you said 'good to be here' or whatever and then posted pictures of the polis. A person could get the wrong idea .

 

[tonysingh]

It seems the two men were Sikhs. I didn’t know that this afternoon. The corner shop just opposite me is run by two Sikh brothers from the South Side, one of whom has recently become religious (in order to give up smoking!) and started attending the Gurdwara on Berkeley Street, where it seems the two refugees are well known as volunteers who help feed homeless people.

I’ll try to have a chat with the guys at the shop tomorrow, although my daughter also moves into her new flat in the morning!

This is accurate? I'll try to see if there's owt the community here can do to support.

 

[danny la rouge]

This is accurate? I'll try to see if there's owt the community here can do to support.

It’s being said on social media here. Across all the platforms, including Nextdoor. (Everyone is totally buzzed). I’m pretty confident it’s accurate.

 

[danny la rouge]

Fuck. I keep putting a c in Pollokshields. As we have found out, there are no Cs in Pollokshields!

 

[scifisam]

fucking glasgow! My communist organiser grandad would have been proud of his lot today

Yup. My Glaswegian Grandad would have been proud too. He wasn't overtly political - think he was Labour, but I'm not certain - but he married a German jew in his later life (they were WWII age, so the German thing mattered) and lived extremely happily on an estate where everyone except us and, weirdly, one other elderly male Scot, was Bangladeshi. He was just kinda accidentally anti-racist by the way he lived his life. But he also liked a ruck for a good cause - I mean, he was from Glasgow.

 

[Sue]

It’s being said on social media here. Across all the platforms, including Nextdoor. (Everyone is totally buzzed). I’m pretty confident it’s accurate.

Your guys in the shop will no doubt know. And am sure will appreciate you asking.

Eta And as we all know, that's one of the many ways community links are made.

 

[tonysingh]

It’s being said on social media here. Across all the platforms, including Nextdoor. (Everyone is totally buzzed). I’m pretty confident it’s accurate.

Didn't mean to sound like I was doubting you,apologies. I just didn't want to be the mad gora before I went charging in. ,,

 

[scifisam]

Fuck. I keep putting a c in Pollokshields. As we have found out, there are no Cs in Pollokshields!

Never mind the Polloks...

 

[danny la rouge]

tonysingh

 

[danny la rouge]

My write up for the ACG website:

Glasgow: this is what we can achieve! - Anarchist Communist Group

Early this morning (Thursday 13 May), as Muslims in the Southside community of Pollokshields celebrated Eid al-Fitr, Home Office officials arrived in Kenmure Street to enforce Priti Patel’s “hostile environment” and detain two refugees. Neighbours got the word out, and very quickly the...

www.anarchistcommunism.org

 

[xenon]

It’s being said on social media here. Across all the platforms, including Nextdoor. (Everyone is totally buzzed). I’m pretty confident it’s accurate.

News radio has been reporting they're Sikhs since this evening. BBC and LBC FWIW.

Anyway, well done Glasgow.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Ahhhhhhh Howard thought twice and deleted.

What he tweeted was 'Priti Patel should be deported not refugees. Along with everyone else who denies institutional racism exists'

Howard Beckett now suspended from the labour party for that tweet.

 

[danny la rouge]

George Galloway’s take on events:

 

[BillRiver]

Who cares?

Galloway is irrelevant, to everyone except George Galloway.

 

[BillRiver]

Howard Beckett now suspended from the labour party for that tweet.

Fair enough. Was a stupid thing to say imo.

 

[rekil]

George Galloway’s take on events:

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Are they afghan sikhs by any chance? You'll never guess what Galloway was bloviating about a while back in the g.

George Galloway: Glasgow's crying shame

George Galloway: The eviction of refugees from their homes in Scotland is not only cruel, but also utterly illogical.

www.theguardian.com

By extraordinary fortitude, the Sikh family made it to Britain, hoping to find safe haven. Instead, they have just been handed an eviction notice - apparently designed to confirm every racist's prejudice that if you take their money away they will all go home.

 

[MrSki]

 

[Badgers]

Great pic this and #solidarity

 

[Fedayn]

Incidentally, Pollockshields is in the constituency where the racist Jayda Fransen stood and got 46 votes in.

Aye, but it is and isn't. In the Scottish parliament it is Glasgow Southside whereas in Westminster it is Glasgow Central. Obviously.......