You don’t get to stoke the fire at the beginning of the tournament by labelling our anti-racism message as ‘Gesture Politics’ & then pretend to be disgusted when the very thing we’re campaigning against, happens.
On election eve, on the @MehdiHasanShow tonight, I tried to summarize the awfulness, and low points, of Trump's four years in office in just... TWO MINUTES flat.
120 seconds exactly.
(I had to speak very fast.)
Start the clock:
We came across this Black Lives Matter artistic response by Jaquline Briggs at Eden Court theatre in Inverness. A part of the Scotland wide Black Lives Matter mural trail.
#pleaseholdustoaccount
https://t.co/4U8A3JmP9B
If you live in Glasgow, you’re Glaswegian. If you seek refuge in Glasgow, you’re Glaswegian. If you’re Black, or Asian, or Syrian, or Afro-Caribbean, or any other ethnic minority, and you live in Glasgow? You’re Glaswegian. And you are welcome here.
@woodfarmboy@policescotland They didn't do anything and were engaged in the protest peacefully like everyone else. Why would the protesters get rid of them?
The scottish cops have encircled a large chunk of the peaceful anti-racist protest in #georgesquare with horses, packing them in like fucking sardines. Pretty different from how they treated the fascists on Wednesday
"The events in George Square last night bring shame to a city with a proud anti-fascist record."
@SourceScot analysis of the events in Glasgow last night.
Solidarity to refugees and asylum seekers & @no_evictions
https://t.co/2m1peIlqAV
We strongly condemn the violence and organised targeting of this evening’s peaceful protest in George Square. The small demonstration was initially organised by people who have been living in in hotel accommodation during Covid-19.