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Immigration raids disrupted in Bristol and Peckham

November 10, 2016 news

Bristol Submitted anonymously “A couple of weeks ago the Home Office once again sent their uniformed bullies into Easton. This time things did not go smoothly for them. Early evening on a weekday in mid-October: word spread that ‘immigration enforcement’ vans had been spotted near an off-license in the backstreets … Continue reading

Brick Lane raid seen off - it just takes a few neighbours…

August 2, 2016 ideas, news

preferably a few neighbours looking a little like this...

From the Anti Raids Network Last week on Brick Lane we saw, once again, that sometimes all it takes to see off an immigration raid is a handful of people raising their voices. Monday 26 July, early afternoon, a blue-and-yellow-striped Immigration Enforcement “racist van” is spotted parked up on Old … Continue reading

South London: cops organise sting operation with ‘bait immigration van’

August 2, 2016 news

From the Anti Raids Network On Thursday 28th July, the Anti Raids Network received and shared a verified alert that immigration officers were carrying out an operation on Deptford High Street. Locals report that officers entered businesses but informed shopkeepers that they did not intend to arrest anyone, merely to … Continue reading

Anti Raids: “Building an anti-fascist culture post-Brexit”

July 3, 2016 ideas

Repost from Anti Raids Network. This text was written by some people involved in the Anti Raids Network – it doesn’t represent the position of the whole network. A vast amount has already been said about ‘Brexit’ and the general climate of nationalism and xenophobia in which the vote took place. We … Continue reading

New Whitechapel Anti Raids group

July 2, 2016 news

From Whitechapel Anti Raids (WAR) The border regime manifests itself in our everyday lives. Home Office “Immigration Enforcement” teams - working hand-in-hand with the police and local authorities – attack us on our streets, in our homes and workplaces. Whitechapel – and Tower Hamlets more generally – is one of … Continue reading

“We will fight back!” Posters up in Deptford after raid resistance

June 16, 2016 news

On Monday (13 June) people chased off an immigration raid targeting shopworkers on Deptford High Street, and refurbished a van left behind by Immigration Enforcement cops as they fled the scene. The next night, posters went up all along Deptford High Street to spread word of what had happened. It’s … Continue reading

Immigration raid chased off on Deptford High St, “racist van” trashed

June 15, 2016 news

On Monday afternoon the neighbourhood of Deptford, South East London, chased away a Home Office “Immigration Enforcement” raid team. The Home Office bullyboys had reportedly been spotted several times in the previous week doing so-called “intelligence gathering”. I.e., trying to harass shopkeepers into giving them permission to carry out “operations” … Continue reading

Dissident Island interview with anti raids comrades

March 13, 2016 news

From the Anti Raids Network. Some people involved in local anti raids projects were interviewed on Dissident Island Radio. Have a listen here.

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