Who we are

Trade Unions Fighting the Far Right was set up in January 2026 as a network of tenants and workers that believe it is the duty of our movement to resist the rise of the far right. We are primarily organising in London and the South East but are actively building links with antifascist initiatives and activists around the country.

For years, toxic discourse against marginalised groups has dominated mainstream politics in Britain. Not only have politicians and their parties failed to challenge it, they've recklessly fanned the flames - and if Reform enter government at the next general election, it will be a catastrophe for working class people.

Refugees on small boats are not why our country is failing us. Years of neoliberal economics and a decade and a half of crushing austerity have damaged our living standards and crippled our public services.

Unions must offer an alternative, better vision for society - we must take on the rich and powerful, building homes, providing good jobs and investing in our public services, and not compromising an inch on the rights of migrants, trans or disabled people.

We need the kind of leadership that defeated the British Union of Fascists at Cable Street and the British National Party on the Isle of Dogs. We need union membership drives in our towns and cities; to produce our own materials to oppose far right lies; and to mobilise seriously and safely for counter-demonstrations with our own defensive stewarding.

But for decades, our unions have outsourced the fight against the far right to external organisations - offering financial support and public comms, and speaking at rallies, but failing to mobilise or educate our members.

TUFF was set up to change things. We are building from the work local activists are already doing to coordinate action across our unions, counter far-right talking points in our workplaces, mobilise against the fascist street movement and demand that union leadership step up and offer a political response to the far right.

We meet fortnightly, and representatives from all supporting branches are welcome to attend, as are other activists. At these meetings we plan our campaigning activity - to push our national leaderships to action, and to self-organise at the grassroots.

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