Hawzah News Agency – As Shami Chakrabarti has argued, Boris Johnson’s Conservatives are following a classic far-right playbook, bringing in new police powers to crush dissent, rendering people whose ancestors came from other countries second class citizens and slipping through a range of other anti-democratic measures outlined below.
There is little sign of robust opposition from Keir Starmer’s Labour Party.
But a grassroots movement is taking shape as a multitude of civil society organisations come together to challenge the threatened legislation in Parliament, to educate and mobilise communities and to mount public protests in the streets.
Jewish Voice for Labour has joined one such grouping, the Citizenship Is A Right coalition, which has called a national day of action on Sunday February 27, as advertised in the poster on top of this article.
We are also among a plethora of organisations backing the movement to “Kill the Bills.” Go to ktbofficial.org for helpful campaigning tools and information.
March 12 has been earmarked by KTB and Sisters Uncut for further protest against both bills.
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants has issued a comprehensive briefing.
WHEN: Sunday, 27 February 2022, 12.30pm
WHERE: assemble at Home Office, SW1P 4DF – march to Parliament Square
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