{"id":10418,"date":"2019-12-10T14:59:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=10418"},"modified":"2019-12-10T14:59:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:59:05","slug":"antifa-benefit-and-brhg-pamphlet-launch-facing-up-to-the-fascists","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/antifa-benefit-and-brhg-pamphlet-launch-facing-up-to-the-fascists\/","title":{"rendered":"Antifa Benefit and BRHG Pamphlet Launch: Facing up to the Fascists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AltBris_Dec14_Plough-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10419 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AltBris_Dec14_Plough-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"722\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AltBris_Dec14_Plough-2.png 722w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AltBris_Dec14_Plough-2-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AltBris_Dec14_Plough-2-604x314.png 604w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AltBris_Dec14_Plough-2-100x52.png 100w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AltBris_Dec14_Plough-2-270x140.png 270w, https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AltBris_Dec14_Plough-2-150x78.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Saturday there\u2019ll be post-election fun and games with a serious edge at this event \u2013 a fundraiser for <strong>Bristol Antifascists<\/strong> and the launch of a new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/pamphleteer\/facing-up-to-fascists\/\">BRHG pamphlet<\/a><\/strong> plus a seasonal knees-up \u2013 all in one night.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s on <strong>Saturday 14th December, from 7.30pm, \u00a33 suggested donation on the door, at The Plough, 223 Easton Road, Bristol, BS5 0EG<\/strong> \u2013 see <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/network23.org\/bristolantifascists\/2019\/12\/02\/fundraiser-and-pamphlet-launch\/\">Bristol Antifascists website<\/a><\/strong> and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/635238467233633\/\">FB event<\/a><\/strong>. The Bristol Radical History Group are asking their followers\/supporters to come along at 7.30pm for the <strong>pamphlet launch at 8pm<\/strong> \u2013 author Colin Thomas will speak about his pamphlet, and will be followed by a speaker from Bristol Antifascists. From <strong>8.30pm onwards until 2.00am, there\u2019ll be a crew of local DJ\u2019s<\/strong> playing \u201ca liberated mix of punk, ska, 80s\/90s classics and jungle!\u201d Organisers are asking for a suggested donation of at least \u00a33 on the door, to help fund the ongoing activities of antifascists (travel costs, legal costs &amp; fines, antifascist info &amp; publicity etc). If you can\u2019t come on the night, you can donate to this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-antifascists-from-bristol\">Bristol Antifascists online fundraiser<\/a>. Thanks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"left-area\">\n<article id=\"post-23899\" class=\"et_pb_post post-23899 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-speakers-corner tag-1970s tag-1980s tag-anl tag-anti-fascist tag-anti-racist tag-bristol tag-fascists tag-nazis tag-racists tag-rar tag-resistance tag-respect tag-solidarity\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Colin Thomas\u2019s pamphlet <strong>\u2018Facing Up To The Fascists \u2013 Confronting The National Front in Bristol\u2019, <\/strong>covers the campaigns of the 1970s and early 1980s, tracing the reasons for the setting up of the Anti-Nazi League (ANL) and Rock Aganist Racism (RAR), and some of their key protests and actions at that time. It pulls no punches either as it identifies the origins of the NF going back to the 1930\u2019s; the situation of people from the West Indies and the racism they faced, and how they bravely responded; and the support the NF and others attracted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday there\u2019ll be post-election fun and games with a serious edge at this event \u2013 a fundraiser for Bristol Antifascists and the launch of a new BRHG pamphlet plus a seasonal knees-up \u2013 all in one night. It\u2019s on Saturday 14th December, from 7.30pm, \u00a33 suggested donation on the door, at The Plough, 223 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[198,185,189,432,190],"tags":[234,1255,913,1256,1210,1208],"class_list":["post-10418","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activism","category-anti-fascism","category-modern-history-post-world-war-ii","category-race-racism","category-radical-bristol","tag-1970s","tag-anti-fascism","tag-bristol","tag-fascists","tag-national-front","tag-rock-against-racism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Antifa Benefit and BRHG Pamphlet Launch: Facing up to the Fascists - Bristol Radical History Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/antifa-benefit-and-brhg-pamphlet-launch-facing-up-to-the-fascists\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antifa Benefit and BRHG Pamphlet Launch: Facing up to the Fascists - Bristol Radical History Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This Saturday there\u2019ll be post-election fun and games with a serious edge at this event \u2013 a fundraiser for Bristol Antifascists and the launch of a new BRHG pamphlet plus a seasonal knees-up \u2013 all in one night. 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