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SUMMARY:Challenging the Far Right: Rebuilding Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Challenging the Far Right: Rebuilding Solidarity – 25\, 26\, June 2026\, In Person\, Quorn Loughborough\, National residential course \nRebuilding Solidarity is a new course for UCU Reps and activists which will help participants to address and challenge far right narratives with knowledge and confidence\, both in the workplace and wider community settings. Rebuilding Solidarity is being delivered in partnership with the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) and will include a wide range of contributors including academics and activists. \nPlease note: Applications for this course will close at 12 noon on Monday\, 15\, June\, 2026. This is to allow all logistic\, accommodation\, adjustments and requirements to take place in good time. Application post the cut off date risk not being considered. \nCourse content: \nParticipants will be able to: \n\nunderstand who is being drawn to the far right\, what their key concerns are\, where opportunities for relationship-building lay and solidarity exist. The course will use analysis and modelling undertaken around and since the 13 September 2025 ‘Unite the Kingdom’ demonstration in London and more recently\, including the upcoming local and devolved authority elections\nbe able to identify the importance of a multi-layered approach to tackling divisive ideas\, including the role of dialogue\, education and community organising\nknow and describe the real causes of insecure work and housing\, following an interactive session with an economist from SOAS University of London on the economic foundations of insecurity in Britain and how false narratives distract from structural causes of inequality\nbe able to challenge a range of myths related to migration\, including identifying the key role these falsehoods play in dividing our communities and how social media works to maximise this\nbuild skills and confidence in reframing these issues to promote solidarity\, through dialogue and conversations in work and in communities\nidentify the specific role and function trade unions can play in providing alternative explanations for social and economic failings and offering a more hopeful future build on unity\n\nRebuilding Solidarity is being delivered in partnership with the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) and will include a wide range of contributors including academics and activists. \nThis course is not a lecture and will require some participation from all attendees. \nMore info and to register: https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/13777/Challenging-the-Far-Right-Rebuilding-Solidarity—25-26-June-2026-In-Person-Quorn-Loughborough-National-residential-course
URL:https://ucu.lboro.ac.uk/event/challenging-the-far-right-rebuilding-solidarity/
LOCATION:GFTU Head Office\, Quorn Grange\, Loughborough\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Training
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