Stand Up To Racism - Edinburgh

20/10/2026

Join Stand up to Racism Edinburgh’s Unity Festival this Sat for an afternoon of music, food, art, dance and culture. Come along and meet new people.

Anti racism is not just about opposing racism when it appears. It’s about building the kind of communities where we know our neighbours, understand one another and are ready to stand together when any of us come under attack.

Everyone is welcome in Edinburgh!

🎉 Sat 24th Oct, 11.30am -3pm Castlebrae Community Campus, Craigmillar

Unite Against Fascism

12/10/2026

08/10/2026

City of Edinburgh Council was forced to remove unauthorised flags from the capital’s streets under the cover of darkness due to fears of potential violence.
Documents obtained via Freedom of Information(FOI) legislation reveal that multiple contractors declined to take down the Saltires amid safety concerns.

Their main area of concern is the fear of backlash not only to their employees but also to their families (arising from the influence of social media) after the event."

The FOI bundle also reveal that the local authority spent £11,520.79 on removing 168 unauthorised flags on several occasions between June 2025 and October 2026.

Reacting to the successful operation, Edinburgh Greens equalities spokesperson Alys Mumford told The Herald: “We know that lots of people have been really distressed by flags appearing in their neighbourhoods which seem to be an attempt to tap into a racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric.

"And I’m grateful to Edinburgh residents who have been quick to report them and request their swift removal in line with council guidance.
She aded: "It’s really unfortunate that flags - which many people use to express pride in their identity or support their national team - have been co-opted by bad actors, and it is right that the council takes action to remove them where people request this."

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Unite Against Fascism

Documents obtained via Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation reveal that multiple contractors declined to take down the Saltires amid safety concerns.

08/10/2026

Join us this afternoon is Solidarity with all Mulism women ✊

📅 Thursday 8th October @ 4PM
📍 Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh

MSPs are debating a so-called burqa ban - some are using the veneer of women’s rights to stoke division and harm. Criminalising women’s clothing is misogyny.

Say NO to Islamophobia.
Say NO to the weaponisation of violence against women and girls.
Say NO to attacks on Muslim women.
Say NO to ALL forms of misogyny.

Called by Women Against the Far Right Scotland, supported by Sutr Scotland

06/10/2026

Save the date! A very exciting pop-up shop is coming to Leith this November, featuring antiracist designs, merchandise, crafts, home-baked goods and so much more! 🛒 Come and do some early Christmas shopping with us and support Stand Up to Racism Edinburgh’s activities. Our new festive jumpers (extras from our successful Kickstarter) will also be for sale, but at very limited numbers!
Where: Edinburgh Pop-up shop, 27 Albert Pl, Edinburgh EH7 5HN
When:

20th November -Opening Evening (times tbc)

21st and 22nd November - 10am to 5pm
Keep an eye out for info on an opening night celebration too! See you there! ✊

06/10/2026

This is ‘Daffy’, unmasked! He’s a far-right agitator, bully and rage baiter who harassed and antagonised two young refugee men this weekend in Perth. Their ‘crime’ was being brown in public. Daffy’s vile rage-bait was shared by chief N**i grifter Tommy Robinson who invited a vile racist pile on, threatening the safety of the young men who dared to challenge Daffy’s racism.

On one far-right page where the rage bait video was shown, the hysterical racist online lynching that followed was violent, threatening and grotesque, including calls to ‘Hang the black b*stards’, ‘These people need to be fu**ed up and sent back’ and ‘F**k off you sand eating f**k’.

Their hate speech has no place in a civil society.

Daffy is not some ‘concerned citizen’, he joined N**is from ‘Scottish Freedom Patriots’ to attack a peaceful antiracist rally in Falkirk last August, which included throwing projectiles, misogynistic abuse and threats towards women and kids. Women were called “f**king cows” and “Fat hofer”.

Daffy is co-founder of newly formed vigilante group Perth Safeguarding and Awareness group, allegedly formed to protect women and children in the area.

What is clear by now, is the far-right don’t care about women and their safety, instead they exploit people’s concerns over the issue to build their racist movement. Indeed, it is the far-right who are a threat to women and the wider community.

He was also involved with Alba Defensor and their paramilitary style protests that we have seen, supported by far-right Restore’s Craig Houston.

The sense of impunity and entitlement by the far-right to racially harass, threaten or intimidate black and brown people going about their daily life is extremely worrying and unacceptable. It should be rejected and condemned by all.

The far-right dream of building up a racist street movement to wield violence against migrants, refugees and any one who opposes them. This targeting has been facilitated by the fear mongering and mainstreaming of racist ideas by far-right parties like Reform UK who seek to scapegoat the most vulnerable in our society for the problems caused by the interests of the richest people who run this country.

We need people, every single person that objects to racism to stand up and reject this narrative of violence and division in our city, our community.

We all have the right to live our lives in peace without intimidation or fear of violence. Join us to oppose the far-right.

If you know Daffy’s name and any other info of interest, please DM us.

Unite Against Fascism

05/10/2026

WOMEN'S groups are set to protest outside Holyrood as MSPs debate a Reform UK motion they say would "criminalise" Muslim women's clothing.

‘Campaigners will gather outside the Scottish Parliament at 4pm on Thursday, October 8, as MSPs debate a motion lodged by Reform MSP Thomas Kerr on "Face Coverings in Public Places".

The demonstration has been organised by Amina – the Muslim Women's Resource Centre, Women Against the Far Right Scotland, Stand Up To Racism Scotland and Sisters Against Cuts.

Mariam Ahmed, chief executive of Amina, previously told The National that Kerr was "weaponising Muslim women's garments" and "playing into" existing Islamophobia.

"Muslim women don't need to be rescued from their choices," she said.

"We're not in the business of policing what women wear, and we shouldn't be policing what women wear."

She also warned that Muslim women were already facing fear and hostility, saying some were "terrified to use public transport" or walk down the street.

"There's already such a big rise in Islamophobia," she said.

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WOMEN'S groups are set to protest outside Holyrood as MSPs debate a Reform UK motion they say would "criminalise" Muslim women's clothing.