Through fundraising and direct action, we stand in solidarity with all migrants. We build on a proud history of queer solidarity to say: no one is illegal.
Queer activists just held a die in and halted Pride in London for 23 minutes, one minute for every person who has died in police custody in England and Wales since the start of 2021.
WE DEMAND NO COPS AT PRIDEโ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
๐Hi Barbie!
Happy Barbie day everyone๐๏ธ๐
This week not only marks the cinematic event of the summer, but the Illegal Immigration Bill also passed a few days ago and it looks as though someone has been doing some alternative promo ๐
(๐งต1/3)
We have hacked 100s of Tube ads across central London urging people to take action to stop deportations on commercial flights for
#InternationalMigrantsDay
Uhhh,
@prideinlondon
- wtf are these organisations doing in your parade? ๐ค
We were a bit confused, so we thought we'd bring some โจsparklesโจ to the parade and pipe up... (๐งต 1/6)
Pride is a fucking protest! We broke down the barricades of pride and were joined by 2000 beautiful marchers in solidarity with queer people seeking asylum, homeless queer people & migrants โ๐ฅ๐
Today hundreds of us showed up to make the far right look pathetic in Honor Oak, where a handful of fascists were trying to protest a drag queen storytime. These are the same type of extreme right-wingers who also show up to target migrants in hotels with their racist hate
๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ NO PRIDE IN COPS ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
@PrideInLondon
has forgotten that Prideโs history is rooted in resistance against police violence. So weโve sent them an open letter demanding no police participation in this yearโs parade!
๐งต1/5
Good morning from the London Underground! We have taken over ad spaces on the lines most often used to travel to airports, to send a message to
@British_Airways
: all we want for Christmas is for you to stop deportations!
#DearBA
This governmentโs treatment of migrants and asylum seekers is an outrage that violates human rights and fails to protect those fleeing from persecution and conflict. It will make life even more dangerous for people on the move.
(๐งต2/3)
After sustained pressure
@VirginAtlantic
committed to no longer deporting migrants yday. We call on
@British_Airways
to do the same + announce an immediate end to their involvement in all deportations. RT + email BA CEO alex.cruz
@ba
.com to tell him there's
#NoPrideInDeportations
It's pathetic and dangerous to see
@UKLabour
reinforcing this govt's racist narratives on migrants. We won't be distracted by scapegoating, instead we must come together to demand safe crossing, housing and healthcare for all.
'This is a problem made under their watch'
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP says that illegal immigration has been on the increase whilst Conservatives have been in government and calls the lack of deportations "12 years of Tory failure"
๐
๐บ Sky 501
Lil behind-the-scenes clip from our tube activities this morning. Join us in calling for
@British_Airways
to end their contracts with the Home Office!
All we want for Christmas is for British Airways to stop deportations!
#DearbA
We may not all be barbie girls, but we do live in this Tory world. The UK government targets and scapegoats asylum seekers, migrants and trans people, and fabricates fear to distract us all from their farcical failure to serve the people. (2/4)
@PrideinLondon
admitted yesterday that policing presence makes many members of our community feel unsafe by asking cops to not wear uniforms
However the cops are still here !!
๐ซ THIS IS NOT ENOUGH ๐ซ
While Shell announces annual profits almost 10X their last, around one in five (20%) of our population live in poverty. Now just this morning the Tories have issued 100 new oil and gas licences. Make it make sense. ๐คท (3/4)
โ๐ข SOLIDARITY WITH YARL'S WOOD DETAINEES โ๐ข
Today we went to Yarl's Wood to demand an end to the appalling treatment of detainees and help amplify the demands of the people inside.
๐ต๐ธThe vigil on camberwell green turned into a March where the people took over half the road to Peckham stopping all eastbound traffic. None of us are free until all Palestinians are free. Act now! ๐ฅ
๐ด SHUT DOWN BAE SYSTEMS ๐ด
Today we joined comrades across the labour movement and
@workersinpalestine
to shut down one of the key weapons manufacturers for Israel.
Workers up and down the country are protesting today at arms factories supplying Israel with weapons.
Weโre being rinsed, financially and politically, now and for generations to come.
No mojo dojo case house vibes please, weโve had Kenough. ๐ โโ๏ธ๐๐๏ธ๐๐๏ธ
#climatejusticeismigrantjustice
#ThisBarbieIsACunt
(4/4)
Don't let
@British_Airways
use
#BrightonPride
to pinkwash their image when they profit from deporting migrants - including LGBTQ migrants who should be marching with us on the parade
NO ONE IS ILLEGAL. END DEPORTATIONS.
Read more here:
Many people in our community face police violence on a daily basis. The cops are institutionally racist, sexist, and transphobic โ whether they be straight or gay, in rainbow t-shirts or in uniform.
Our hearts ache for the people, including a baby, who have drowned, as well as those left traumatised in its wake.
European governments continue to deny responsibility for your deaths. Every racist policy denying safe passage is created by an elite with blood on its hands.
SOLIDARITY WITH YARL'S WOOD DETAINEES ๐ข๐ข๐ข
13 people escaped Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre during a protest in April. Since they broke out, everyone inside has faced backlash from authorities and been placed under lockdown. Join us on May 20 to show them our support โ
Today we're launching Tinder bots in airports across the UK to inform airline passengers how to spot and stop a deportation.
We'll be chatting to passengers and sending them a guide on what you can do if someone is being deported on your flight.
50 years ago, a Pride that looks like the one we see today seemed like an impossible dream.
50 years from now we know that weโll be dancing in the streets celebrating a world free from police and their violence ๐ป๐
WOW the bus stop ads along the route of London pride now say ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ No Pride in Cops ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Pride in London's theme this yr is
#AllOurPride
so why are the Met Police, who are under special measures from their own watchdog for being racist, sexist and homophobic, invited to march ๐
๐ขThe people detained in Manston are having their phones confiscated, and refused the ability to communicate with the outside world. We have to try to change this.
๐ฑIf you can donate a phone by dropoff or post, please get in touch with AADD.procurement
@gmail
.com for details
While the
@ukHomeOffice
are celebrated on Pride in London, the LGBT+ migrants that they have dehumanised, detained and forced to live in fear of deportation are forced to watch from the sidelines.
#PrideisaProtest
Artwork by the amazing
@protestencil
HUGE WIN โ๐ฟโ๐พโ๐ผ
Solidarity with everyone who turned up at short notice on a weekday.
This year alone, people have organised to successfully resist the Home Office in Peckham, Glasgow, Dalston and Muswell Hill.
The Home Office is gone for now, but they may be back tomorrow ๐๐
British Airways bosses want us to think they care about children and families by supporting Comic Relief, while their deportation contracts with the Home Office tear families apart. Share if you want
@British_Airways
to
#StopDeportations
EVERY SINGLE DEATH IN DETENTION IS A MURDER COMMITTED BY THE STATE.
We will be holding a vigil outside the Home Office for Frank Ospina, 39, who died at Colnbrook immigration removal centre on 26 March.
๐๏ธWednesday 5th April
๐ 6pm
๐ Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, SW1P 4DF
VIGIL for the victims of last week's shipwreck off the coast of Italy.
The same racist borders kill people by design in the Channel, just as they do in the Med.
Come, whether for the silence or the noise.
๐จToday we marched with thousands of others calling for action on climate change ๐จ Keep reading this tweet thread๐งตto understand why as queers who support migrants, we also demand climate justice!
#COP26
#COP26GDA
Rest in peace Brianna Ghey.
The British press refuse to acknowledge their part in your death. At every opportunity they publish transphobic articles without scrutiny or remorse. They constantly attack our very existence, vilifying us as predators.
Yesterday, a few days before the UKs largest Pride march, an LGBTQIA+ refugee was deported by
@UKHomeOffice
back to a country where they face persecution or worse.
1/8
Each new measure is another tool to make us afraid, to burn us out.
We can win, growing power to protect each other through solidarity. Resistance must be built in our neighbourhoods, our workplaces, and in the streets.
Join us on Monday evening to start building it together โ๐ฝ
๐ฃ We're thrilled to announce 'QUEER HOME', an online sale of art prints in support of Lesvos LGBTIQ+ Refugee Solidarity for which fifteen artists and illustrators have donated artworks responding to ideas of queer sanctuary, queer shelter and queer family.
We stand with the Chinatown community as they strike and protest against immigration raids!
As queer people we remember the history of police raids on LGBTQ venues in Soho and we stand with communities facing state harassment
End immigration raids and the hostile environment!
Barely two weeks after their pathetic showing in Honor Oak, TPUK want to be humiliated again.
The drag show they're protesting isn't even real, but they're still turning up.
WE NEED TO BE THERE
It's too dangerous to let's fascists take the streets unopposed. See you Friday! ๐
The judge has indicated that the
#Stansted15
will all receive non-custodial sentences. Defending human rights is not a crime - weโll keep fighting the governmentโs brutal and racist deportations
QUEER DESIRES DON'T FIT IN A (BALLOT) BOX
Currently we are mourning with our friends, family, and loved ones. But soon we will be organising as we always have done โ๐
If you want to join us in this fight for change and resistance come along:
Solidarity with those opposing fascists laying siege to a hotel housing asylum seekers. This violence is a direct result of dehumanising policy and rhetoric towards migrants from successive governments.
Whether in Parliament or on the streets, the fascists will be defeated.
We are tweeting from the hotel thatโs the subject of a far right protest in Knowsley, Liverpool.
We are trapped in the car park, surrounded by hundreds of far-right protestors who have broken through police cordons.
you finally wave goodbye to one racist nightmare demon and another one just pops right up in her place ๐คฎ this is why we continue to resist the hostile environment, whoeverโs in charge
#stopdeportations
#rwanda
The Metropolitan Police are institutionally racist, homophobic and sexist, and their organised presence at Pride makes it unsafe for our community.
We refuse to allow this depoliticised and corporate Pride to exclude members of our community!
๐งต2/5
Commercial deportation flights are when the government charters airlines, such as British Airways, to carry out the brutal removals for them. Recently we managed to get Virgin to agree to stop, time for others to follow suit !!
Since we started campaigning against deportations carried out by BA and other commercial airlines we have had the pleasure to collaborate with many BA workers unhappy about the company's collusion with hostile the environment.
Thanks to the hundreds of people that joined us last night for our online rally to demand the closure of the Napier and Penally barracks. Over the next week, we will continue to share content to put pressure on
@pritipatel
@ukhomeoffice
to close the camps once and for all! โ๐โค๏ธ
Through our campaign against deportations weโve had inspiring solidarity from unionised airline workers. Now they are under attack. We stand with the thousands of workers calling on BA to stop this betrayal of workers. Show your support for BA workers:
Another gem from
@ukhomeoffice
's racist toolbox. Rather than spending money on racist propaganda, maybe you could fund youth clubs, free education and social housing? Just a thought
We are rolling out our
#KnifeFree
chicken boxes in over 210 chicken shops in England and Wales, including Morleyโs, Dixy Chicken and Chicken Cottage. They use real life stories to show people how they can go
#KnifeFree
.
๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฃSHUT MANSTON DOWN๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฃ
CW: self harm
Yesterday, hundreds of people turned up in the rain to demand the closure of Manston, Yarls Wood and all the detention centres that prop up the state's violent cruelty towards migrants.
๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฃ GIVE US YOUR WARM CLOTHES ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฃ
Since Manston processing centre has been emptied, many former detainees have been moved to hotels and detention centres across the country.
Corporate pride marches continue to prioritise their big business sponsors over workers livelihoods
Queer solidarity means supporting striking workers โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
Today we made history, hundreds of LGBT+ activists brokeoff the
@PrideEdinburgh
march due to organisers hostile comments to
@RMTunion
, a fossil fuel sponsor & refusing to sign
@FossilFreePride
pledge
We went to Waverley picket line & the the US Consulate to protest
#WadevsRoe
The sun is shining, the banner is beaming, and we're here at
#transpride
London!
We have water, snacks, suncream, masks, peace and love for everyone ๐๐๐ join us!
Our demand to end police presence at Pride extends to all enablers of the Hostile Environment and those who benefit from it, including the Home Office, the army, security companies and airlines that support the inhumane deportation of migrants.
๐งต3/5
We invaded the stage while
@British_Airways
CEO
@alex_cruz
looked on in horror from the crowd. British Airways enter into contracts to deport migrants. These are often violent with migrants restrained as they are deported back to countries where they may face persecution.
@British_Airways
been responsible for carrying countless deportees, including LGBTQ asylum seekers and members of the Windrush generation, who were illegally marked for deportation, to countries where they risk persecution, or where they have not set foot for decades.