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Following on from the fascists in Knowlsley, there were two more “protests” of the same kind in Newquay and Skegness. In Skegness, it doesn’t seem like there was any kind of meaningful antifascist action (please correct me if I am wrong on this), but in Newquay there were at least as many anti-fascists there as fascists, and as we all know, fascists are cowards, which means that they weren’t able to intimidate refugees in the way they would like to.
And we know the refugees in Newquay really appreciated the support.
It’s very likely these groups will try the same thing elsewhere soon- so what should you do?
1) Keep an eye out for these events being organised. Stuff is often shared on social media.
2) If you see something being organised, try to find a local antifascist group on social media (a lot are on twitter and instagram). If you can’t find them, try looking for an IWW branch, a local anarchist group, or if you’re really struggling, try a tenant’s union or another trade union as they may have links locally. Make them aware of what’s being organised without sharing widely.
3) Hopefully, you will find a group with experience of organising counter protests. If you want to get involved with a counter protest, great. If you don’t feel safe doing so (also valid) you can support these groups by donating- cash, lifts to a protest site, burner phones and wood are often welcome.
4) Share details of counter protests far and wide and make it clear you, as a local person, do not support the fascists, and that the antifascists are the ones who speak for you.
5) Following the protest reach out to refugees in your local community, and let them know they are welcome. You could also donate to a local refugee support centre- many refugees are in massive need of basics like food, clothing and the ability to communicate home.
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supporting communities & people impacted by the Southport attack and the far-right riots in the UK
here is a list of community fundraisers I found, starting with those aiming to support the Southport community after the appalling attack at a children dance party, to the fundraisers helping those affected by the subsequent racist and Islamophobic far-right/nazi riots
Edited on 5 August to include Middlesbrough fundraisers. Edited on 6 August to correct the link on the Books for Spellow Lane fundraiser, to adjust the name change for the Belfast fundraiser, and to adjust the wording in the second last paragraph.
Southport:
Southport Strong Together Appeal - organised by the community foundation for Merseyside, for those affected by the Southport knife attack
United for Southport families - the funds will be distributed among the nine families of the children who were at the party
Swifties for Southport - a fundraiser for the Alder Hey Children's charity, which supports the victims and the affected families, as well as first responders and clinicians. Extra funds will also support the wider Southport community
Fundraiser for the Southport Mosque - a fundraiser to aid rebuilding or possibly re-locating the Southport Mosque after the damages it suffered during the riots
Rebuilding Windsor Mini Mart - fundraiser to rebuild the locally-owned grocery store that was targeted during the attacks, broken into, and looted
Liverpool:
Fundraiser for the Spellow Hub - the Spellow Hub was broken into, looted and set on fire at night during the riots. The Spellow Hub is a newly created one-of-a-kind (in the UK) institution, which consists of a library as well as a community centre with a mission to help people get education and pathways to work
Books for Spellow Lane - another fundraiser for the library in the Spellow Hub, to replace the books and rebuild the library there edit: included the correct link
Hartlepool:
Fundraiser for the Nasir Mosque - the Nasir Mosque was attacked following Southport riots; this fundraiser is organised by Hartlepool citizens to help the mosque deal with the damages as well as to show appreciation for the role of the mosque in the community. edit: the funds will be also distributed to the local community!
Rebuilding the Farm Shop - the shop was targeted during the riots, and when the owner and his son tried to protect it, they were also violently attacked. The fundraiser is to help fix the damages to the store.
Sunderland:
help rebuild Citizens Advice Sunderland offices after arson - two of the Citizens Advice Sunderland offices were set on fire during the riots, and one of them is completely destroyed.
Hull:
Hull Help for Refugees - a local fundraiser to support the Hull Help for Refugees charity, the donated money will be re-distributed to community members affected by the riots
Fundraiser for Hull Help for Refugees and Welcome House in Hull - collected money will be donated to the two charities
Belfast:
help fix racially motivated damages - originally the fundraiser for the Sahara Shisha Cafe which was targeted by the far right in Belfast during the riots, now a fundraiser for all affected businesses in the area. edited to reflect the change of the name of the fundraiser to avoid any confusion
Middlesbrough:
Supporting residents after the riots - Middlesbrough has suffered so much during the riots, lots of businesses as well as just regular family homes were vandalised, had their windows smashed or even were broken into. This fundraiser wants to distribute the funds between affected people to help them fix the damages, and to generally support the local community. the newest fundraiser, imo potentially the most urgent one
Fundraiser for a Care worker's car which was set on fire - a car belonging to an employee of a care agency was set on fire during the riots while he was on shift at a care home.
If you want to donate locally but there is no fundraiser to support where you live, consider donating to your local charities oriented towards Muslim or PoC communities, or towards anti-racist and refugee organizations! And go support your local Muslim/Arab/Black/Asian/Refugee owned businesses!
If you have any information about other local fundraisers, feel free to add to the post or don't hesitate to let me know and I will add them here! We have seen so much hate in the past few days, we have to stay strong and keep supporting each other!
Stay safe everyone 💛
#uk riots community fundraising#there is a lot more fundraisers for Southport but these are the major ones#it's difficult to find more local riot damages fundraisers however because those tend to be shared locally only and it hasn't been long#since the riots so i assume more will be created in the next few days#so if you know about any and want to add them here please feel free to drop me a link! It'd be good to have them in one place#tumblr has a decently sized uk community so if this post finds at least one person who learns about a local fundraiser i'd be happy#not that you have to donate locally of course. i encourage eveyrone to donate. you dont even have to be british!#southport#uk#uk riots#england#uk far right#far right extremism#uk news#uk politics#ukpol#racism#islamophobia#nationalism#fundraisers#octarine talks#there are other ways you can support your community through all this and i highly encourage that. i thought about writing about that here#but ultimately this is a fundraiser post and you know your community best - just go talk to people and give your support#or help clean up#or attend the antifacist marches and demos and vigils
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A general update!
So I'm getting closer and closer to finishing the first chapter. With the rewrites mostly done I'll go ahead and announce the major changes to the RO's. I already said it in a comment but some people might have missed it.
So in the original post there were 7 ROs and a poly option. I had also secretly planned an 8th romance, which wouldn't show up until near the end of the book. But I've decided that this was just a smidge too much. I've taken out the poly option and have removed Mitch and Verne as a romance option. I've also moved the secret romance to show up much earlier and I've now made Rebel gender selectable, but still just as feral. I won't be updating the main post with the new options until I actually post the demo, but here are the current ROs.
Dame, Franco, Sigourney, Riley - All stay the same.
Rebel - Now gender selectable.
Harper - New RO. Gender selectable. A friend you've had since you were a child. Your breakup was pretty explosive and they haven't spoken with you since.
Verne and Mitch could potentially be sub-romances but I would not hold out hope for it.
#I'm only sitting at 65k right now for the demo#which isnt as far as i'd like... we still got a bit to go! thanks for your patience.#god syndicate#Verne HURT to remove but unfortunately them and Mitch did not play a big enough role in the story to justify keeping them as ROs#Sorry to anyone who was hoping to get Mitch or Verne action
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look! i'm a pirate 😼
#ata 2 demo is out RIGHT NEOWWWW#very good so far#amanda the adventurer#digital art#fanart#digital artist#fanartist#ibispaintx
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The latest in my series of protest placards x
#I spent Saturday at an antifa counter demo in Glasgow#and I have a lot of thoughts about the people who turned up for the ‘pro uk’ protest#there were a lot more of them than I would have liked#and I think it was badly organised by them - with bette organisation I’d think they could easily double their turnout#and that is highly worrying#but what was really apparent to me was the mix of hardcore fascists and what I think of as your staunch Scottish racists#the latter are folk radicalised by their environment who channel their anger into hatred at people more oppressed than them#and in the uk generally a big part of that is to do with housing#one of the things I am v interested in but can’t get to the bottom of is the difference in far right views in the uk v bits of Europe#I’m not interested in generational politics generally#but in the uk younger people tend to be more left wing as a group#in a lot of Europe younger people have been really driving far right growth#and I’m curious as to just why that is
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re4 demo so good that i bought the entire game on a whim
#it didnt go as far as i expected it to it only went up to leon's dumbass bingo line and then ended#i only died once! because i let myself get surrounded#and! i got shotgun which helped. a TON.#that + just running away + the melee combat was actually a lot of fun#idk i deleted the demo idk if its gonna count saved progress towards the full game#i dont really want to do it again right now aosjdidjfjf
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thick thighs save lives
#haha demo go brrrrr#ignore the giant tit hanging in the far right#that thang thanging fo sure#tf2#tf2 demoman#demoman my belemoman#demoman fanart#tf2 fanart
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i admit i sometimes get weirdly fixated on small details in works of fiction, that doesn’t really matter (like that time i was stressed about the system of governance in an anime gacha game)
and just so you know i’ll be the 1st one to scream about “suspension of disbelief” and cheer for “the rule of cool”, and so i swear i won’t talk about this again
but i realized that i don’t really know and have very little visual reference on how you would fully bandage a hand, with each finger etc and so i went looking
and i guess points to MC for finding what seems like the least convenient way to cover your hands if you aim to prevent skin to skin contact, but the most dramatic one for sure
well I for one can definitely appreciate the diehard commitment to the aesthetic as a canon character trait
i’m traveling to this city, bag full of different sized bandages, no long sleeves and i don’t care how many people i can drive mad as long as i look mysterious as fuck
#yes this is about touchstarved#i finished the demo#but i've been thinking about#'why no gloves' the whole day#which also led me to googling 'history of gloves in fashion'#preferably non-western one (no luck there so far)#which in turn#led me to 2 weird youtube videos#identical in text machine voiced#with different slide shows#i guess they were advertising some scam links or sth#i haven't looked#if u think i'm procrastinating something#u are right#(and yes i want mc to use their curse for evil)
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Finally tried out Ghost Trick tonight
#vu's posts#i downloaded a bunch of demos for interesting-looking games to my switch last month#and that was one of them... it's weird because despite being a long-time ace attorney fan i never thought to check this game out#but honestly? so far it's really good. and no joke i kept saying 'oh yeah i can *see* the shu takumi writing style here'#i really enjoyed great ace attorney (which he also wrote) a year and a half back so i think i'll really enjoy this too#i also tried out... spiritfarer... hyrule warriors... and octopath traveler 2. couldn't get into any of them honestly.#SF falls into the 'cozy' game genre... and i fucking hate that genre. it's so boring.#i could talk about my disdain for that genre as a whole some more 🤢 but i will spare everyone reading this.#hyrule warriors was a letdown because... i guess i just dislike that style of gameplay?#this was my first time trying a dynasty warriors-type game... and i had a feeling that i wouldn't like it. it's a shame i was right though#and as for octopath traveler... i think i'm willing to give it more of a chance? but at the same time...#It's a turn-based jrpg. and between p5 and pokemon i'm kind of burnt out on that genre#i want to give it another chance because i might actually really enjoy the writing... but idk if i can tolerate the jrpg gameplay 😬#OH#i also started on alan wake and death's door last month... so far so good on both.#AW is one of those games that my bslur 1 was OBSESSED with when i was younger. so that's been my connection to it for years#never thought that i'd care about it at all but.. yeah it's actually pretty good so far#death's door is hella fun so far... it was slow at first but i'm really enjoying myself with it now#but yeah. i'm gonna go to bed now... que tenga una buena noche 👋
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KURAS IS SO FUCKING PRETTY I-
#smudgy.txt#touchstarved#HOWWWWW THIS IS SO UNFAIR... KISS ME RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!! BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#sorry i have the#demo opened on one screen & everytime i look at it & he's there i just 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺#i need to get past this part immediately which choices can i make to get him as far away from me as possibvle
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having big thoughts about Sideshow's first two arcs that will mean having to majorly rewrite both of them despite being almost finished w/ the games first draft script......but also these big thoughts are making me recognize fucking HUGE plotholes that i had conveniently ignored the first time around, so again, it feels like needed changes
#os: sideshow#every time im like 'im gonna record some of what ive coded into the game so far to show ppl'#i come to some huge revelation that fixes plotholes that flew right over my head before#🤟😔 siiiiigh#i mean its absolutely worth having to scrap arcs 1 & 2 if it means a more concise story#that ACTUALLY addresses the points i want it to address in a realistic way ya know?#like this game is so heavily about mental health of various flavors#if as a person who has 3 of the 4 main mental illnesses discussed....i dont feel like the way i wrote it is realistic#then maybe its time to revisit those parts and figure out which bits made it feel less personal once they were scripted#also life is not going to allow my gf to be able to heavily work on the game's art any time soon#so there's no point in me holding onto this lackluster script like 'but i want the demo to be playable this yeaaaar 🥺'#rewriting major parts of it not only fixes consistency but also means not accidentally rushing my gf#to draw a bunch when she already has a fulltime job#which like. i wasnt bugging her anyways but this means even less of a chance that i do that without realizing
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Absolute opposite vibes from this blog but I just started playing blasphemous and hoo boy is this going to test my anger management skills
#its so good but alas i am not#i just need to muscle memory learn the keybindings and also how to move my hands right ahsvdcec#only took me four tries to kill the second boss 😎#(he is by far the easiest boss of the game i haven't even tried the 1st one yet)#(walked into the boss area. said hmm this looks like a boss arena and that guy looks like a boss im out. and left sjdvdv)#i died once because i had dodge bound to l shift and my computer gave me the sticky keys things shdvdcex#ive only got the demo but im def gonna buy the full game now
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apartment hunting be like 'that flat is in an inconvenient neighborhood, that building is right next to a massive construction site, that kitchen hasn't been updated since like the 70s and the stove looks like a fire hazard, this apartment has a super inconvenient layout, this hasn't got enough storage, a minimum one year contract...'
#noopa rambles#frigging studio apartments having stupid layouts#esp the trend with new apartments to have the kitchen just along the living space wall is killing me#it makes furnishing the rest of the apartment such a pain#fucking hate that moving seems like a smart option atm#bc there's gonna be construction that will last for years right outside my window soonish#I'll have some time to find a place before it starts#I really don't want to live right next to a construction site for years when I work from home#if I didn't work from home it wouldn't be an issue#ofc I could wait and see just how loud the construction will be when they start doing the demo first#kinda still wanna move cities but the city I wanna move to is so much more expensive#I'd either need a roommate or live far from downtown#which would be super annoying for a side job commute and I'd like a side job#and I don't exactly know anyone I could ask to be a roommate#and let's be real I also wouldn't want to ruin friendships by existing as a roommate#I feel like I'd be a disaster as a roommate#I really like my current flat the layout is sooo good and the location is excellent#I'm lowkey just considering finding a flat in the same group of apartments but a few buildings down#so that there'd be at least a block and two-three buildings between me and the construction#but idk if that'd still do enough to protect from the noise so it might just be pointless to move half a block#but this location is just so good man!!!
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beloved friend sent me a gamerip of the reynatis soundtrack and while i have no interest in the game itself where is the full soundtrack album, let me enjoy a clean version of shimomura's banging tunes
#if you're gonna go that far to crib kingdom hearts's style during the series hiatus#you OWE me a soundtrack#not a 6 track mini ost that's only sold with the deluxe edition of your game#(which i pirated anyway lol)#i'm not saying i'll never play reynatis but right now time + funds are not in favor#there's a demo so hopefully someday i'll have time to check it out
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When I was working at the sex shop I was pulling poverty wages. I loved my job but I was on food stamps and still barely getting by. When they hired the stores first male employee and he started at my pay rate after I’d been there for three years I quit.
I was initially really nervous when I saw the post for the mattress job. It listed a pay scale that I couldn’t even conceptualize and I appeared qualified. When I got an interview I was over the moon but also petrified. Reactions to my line of work often varied but most people were very embarrassed or skeptical. I worried about how I’d address it in the actual interview.
I lived far to the north of their headquarters and drove almost two hours to get there. When I finally arrived it was in the nicest thrift store clothes I could find, but I shrank inside to see a room full of older white men in nice suits waiting to be interviewed for the same job.
Why did I bother? I was decades younger than anyone else in the room, shabbily dressed, and I suspected I was the only afab person in the entire building. I stewed in my insecurities until I was called in.
The second I met my interviewer I was instantly put at ease. The man had the energy of a therapy dog, he was abound with positive, good natured energy. He was also incredibly beautiful. I grinned back at his welcoming smile as we said our pleasantries. But still. This very beautiful polished man seemed very innocent. How would the sex shop question go?
“I see here you worked at STORE?”
“Yes,” I said hesitantly.
“And that was sales? Or you just rang people up.”
“No, it was sales. I’d help people find products, we were encouraged to upsell, there was sales spiffs, and most importantly we educated customers on products to help them find what they liked best.”
He grinned approvingly and asked, “Can you give me an example of a time you successfully upsold a customer?”
I paused, wringing my hands before I asked, “How vague would you like me to be…?”
“Not at all!” He assured me. “Go for it!”
“Well. A man came in looking for something to make his fingers vibrate so when he was touching his wife it would enhance that sensation. We had cheap $10 cockrings that I showed him first. But we had a rechargeable waterproof one made of nicer material, and after I showed him a demo he bought that one.”
“How much was that one?”
“$110”
“Wow! You had an upsell of 100% from what he came in looking for! That’s incredible!”
He was so truly genuinely stoked and not at all embarrassed that for the first time I saw a tiny glimmer of a future where I didn’t have ramen and peanut butter tiding me over between paychecks.
He asked me to wait then came back to tell me he liked me so much that he wanted to send me right into another interview, if that was okay. He didn’t want me to have to drive back later, it was terribly considerate and exciting. I beamed and told him it would be lovely.
I then had the second worst interview I’ve ever had. The worst goes to the time I applied to be a store manager for a pet food place years later. The district and store manager interviewing me passed notes and texted while I was speaking. When the district manager called to inform me I didn’t get the job I told him I’d never have accepted anyway because I’d never had such a disrespectful interview.
The new man sitting behind the desk radiated an aura of a brick wall. As someone with anxiety I’m highly keyed into the emotional states of people I’m talking to. To receive no feedback at all was my personal hell. After a perfunctory greeting he asked me with no inflection to sell him a pen.
I gathered the shreds of my courage and attempted the Herculean task he’d set me. Through my whole improvised spiel he resisted all attempts at engaging him, regarding me with a cold apathy as I touted the benefits of my fictitious pen.
Halfway through I broke into a cold sweat. My smile didn’t waver but it grew strained as I projected friendliness and warmth into the black hole of his heart. My thoughts scattered and my sales pitch grew redundant in the face of his nothingness. I finally concluded with a hard close and he simply nodded.
He glanced at my resume and commented, “You didn’t ask me to touch or hold it. Though I suppose I can understand from your previous line of work why you wouldn’t.” I shriveled and died inside knowing that I encouraged people to touch dildos all day long and had been too frazzled to offer him the pen.
He bid me a cool farewell. I made it to my car before I started sobbing. I had never been so rattled. I couldn’t understand what I’d done to make him so unfriendly or if my threadbare clothes were what had made him treat me like dirt. I drove an hour and a half to get home, weeping intermittently.
I was therefore taken by complete surprise to receive a call the next day inviting me on board for their five week training program. The first man who’d interviewed me gushed on the phone about how the second guy had loved me and that I was going to be fantastic.
I was in shock. When I showed up to training the second interviewer was charming my new classmates, beaming and laughing. He was an utterly different person. To my dismay I learned he was the trainer for my district and would be my point of contact if I made it through training.
He joked with me later that his interview facade was just a tactic to see how people held up under pressure and I filed him into a category of my deepest enmity. I never forgave him for how small he made me feel that day, but I never showed him the depths of my fury.
I aced every test and went on to be valedictorian of the eight people who had survived the rigorous training process to earn a sales position. When I got my first paycheck I bought myself new clothes, the first non-thrifted things I’d owned in years.
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