Belfast Anti Racism Vigil

antrim | rights, freedoms and repression | news report Thursday December 11, 2003 11:39 by Anti facist

The Belfast Anti Racism Network held a vigil last night

The Belfast Anti Racism Network vigil at Belfast City hall last night had about 120 people at it with loads of media coverage this morning. Loads of organisations were there with community leaders, politicans , trade unionists, student groups, human rights organisations, socialists,anarchists and others. The ethnic minority groups and support organisations were there in plenty. I think all of them were there. The Multicultural resource centre, the refugee action group, the CYAR, embrace, the Zambabwe solidarity movement, the Columbian solidarity campaign, the one world centre, the IPSC, The belfast Islamic Centre, Chinese Welfare association, The Indian community organisation, African solidarity, justice not terror, the Belfast anti war movement , the belfast travellers support groups, NICEM, the Islamic students association, I think thats nearly twenty ethnic minority support or solidarity campaigns. and there may have been more They are to hold gigs starting after christmas all around the North. A united campaign like this is what is needed that links up all groups across working class communities