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"In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist." Angela Davis

No to racism. No to fascism. No to division. Join us!

Together we can make a difference. Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) is a national organisation with local groups that works with the trade union movement and locally with other grassroots anti-racist campaigns to root out racism in all its forms. We are a local SUTR group formed in 2021 to oppose racism and to stand alongside the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people of Eastbourne. A racist offensive is sweeping Europe and the USA, with governments and the right-wing media using migrants, refugees and Muslims as scapegoats for an economic crisis they did not create. Our media in the UK and our politicians continually amplify racist fears against refugees and muslims. The current economic crisis provides fertile ground for racism. We are straying into danger fascist times with the rise of the far right in street movements like Tommy Robinson marches and in the racist narratives of Reform UK. We must unite and organise against this trajectory or will find ourselves back in the 1930s. All welcome to join us. Message us for more information. CONDUCT NOTICE

We are a campaign group that values the rich diversity in our communities be it racial diversity, religions or no faiths, gender roles, sexuality, disabilities, age and all else. Please be mindful not to make discriminatory comments of any kind. We value differences of viewpoints - we are allowed to disagree on issues, this is the human way. But, please be mindful not to make disrespectful comments about persons both on and off this platform. And please mind your language. From time to time the moderators may need to remind us of these expectations. In some cases comments may need to be hidden. NOTE Persistent offenders will be blocked. Our aim is to build a community where respect for and celebration of our differences is valued above all else.

17/10/2026

17/10/2026

04/10/2026

Great night at Chubfest! Really great people and fab music. Eastbourne Music Collective rock. Thanks to Chub for the invite. We look forward to working with you and EMC again.
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04/10/2026

Today marks the 90th anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street.

On 4th October 1936, around 3,000 of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists tried to march through Cable Street, in an attempt to terrorise the local Jewish community.

But the fascists were outnumbered, and stopped, by a mobilisation of thousands more anti-fascists, uniting members of the Jewish community, members of the Irish community, dockers and many other women and men - in what Cable Street veteran Phil Piratin called an "immense human barricade".

With the rise of Hi**er, Mussolini and other fascists across Europe at the time, Cable Street was a pivotal moment in pushing back Britain's fascists.

Anti-fascists at Cable Street said: "They Shall Not Pass!"

Cable Street veteran Alf Goldberg, who Unite Against Fascism had the honour of working with, in the fight against the BNP in Blackpool, wrote about the Battle Of Cable Street:

'The nearer we got to the East End, the denser the crowds grew. I cannot remember seeing so many people massed together in a demonstration. At one point I managed to get a glimpse of the heads of the 3,000 fascists who were flanked by protecting policemen, estimated afterwards to number about 7,000.

Eventually the whole assembly merged into an amorphous mass of humanity, with no-one sure of what was really happening. Reports later estimated the crowds at some 100,000.

Despite the confusion, however, it was obvious that the fascist marchers had been halted and would be going in only one direction, physically and politically - backwards.'

With the advance of fascist organisations ninety years on, it is vital that we carry on the tradition of Cable Street in order to stop them again.

Join the fight against the fascists today.

They shall not pass!
They did not pass;

Courtesy: Unite Against Fascism

03/10/2026

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02/10/2026

SUTR at Green Party conference in Brighton

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Eastbourne Town Centre

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