Unite Against Fascism

Unite Against Fascism
AbbreviationUAF
Formation2003; 21 years ago (2003)
TypeAnti-fascist
HeadquartersLondon, England
Key people
Chair – Steve Hart, political officer, Unite

Vice chair – Christine Blower, general secretary, NUT
Vice chair – Hugh Lanning, deputy general secretary, PCS
Vice chair – Azad Ali
Vice chair – Jennifer Moses, national official for equality and training, NASUWT
Treasurer – Jane Loftus, president, CWU
Joint secretary – Weyman Bennett
Joint secretary – Sabby Dhalu
Assistant secretary – Brian Richardson
Parliamentary Officer – Peter Hain, Baron Hain
European officer – Claude Moraes (former MEP)

European officer – Glyn Ford
UAF members outside the BBC Television Centre protesting against the appearance of BNP leader Nick Griffin on Question Time.

Unite Against Fascism (UAF) is a British anti-fascist group.[1][2][3]

Its joint secretaries are Weyman Bennett and Sabby Dhalu, formerly of the National Assembly Against Racism (NAAR). Its chair is Steve Hart of Unite the Union and its assistant secretary was the late Jude Woodward of Socialist Action.[4]

Since 2013, UAF has mainly operated in partnership with its sister organisation Stand Up To Racism,[5] which has many of the same officers as UAF: Bennett and Dhalu as joint secretaries,[6] Diane Abbott as president[7] and co-chairs Dave Ward of the Communication Workers' Union and Talha Ahmad of the Muslim Council of Britain.[8][5]

  1. ^ "EDL Birmingham demo location moved by police". BBC News. BBC. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2011. Anti-fascist group Unite Against Fascism (UAF) is one of a number of groups taking part in a 'Unity' community event at the weekend to demonstrate the diversity of the city.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbc-griffin-eggs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference UAF1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Our Officers". Unite Against Fascism.
  5. ^ a b Martin Thomas Corbyn under fire, Workers Liberty, 12 October 2016
  6. ^ "Stand Up To Racism National Conference 10th October 2017"
  7. ^ "Stand Up To Trump Statement Launched", SUTR website, 16 January 2017
    - Damien Gayle, "Corbyn under fire for speaking at anti-racism rally with links to SWP", The Guardian, 10 October 2016
  8. ^ http://www.standuptoracism.org.uk/
    - "As tens of thousands march — we can keep Trump out", Socialist Worker, 7 February 2017