{"id":8,"date":"2017-02-08T21:53:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T21:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2020-09-30T17:37:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T16:37:14","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stoptrump.org.uk\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stop Trump Coalition was founded after the election of US president Donald Trump to challenge his politics of hatred and division. As a UK-based organisation, it has focused on opposing Trump&#8217;s visits to Britain, as well as the growth of &#8216;Trumpist&#8217; policies here, and the possibility of a trade deal with Trump&#8217;s US that would threaten our NHS and food standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>When Trump twice came to the UK, the coalition mobilised hundreds of thousands of people on the streets, in London and across the country. We organised a carnival of resistance, with a simple message: Trump is not welcome here and we will not be divided by his politics of hate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our protests grew from thousands on the streets at hours&#8217; notice when Trump launched his &#8216;Muslim ban&#8217;, to a quarter of a million for his big visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, as Trump&#8217;s possible re-election looms, and he makes ominous noises about refusing to leave peacefully, we are still fighting Trump and Trumpism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"fb-demo-video\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FStopTrumpUK%2Fvideos%2F1031666406958407%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=400\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Founding signatories<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Owen Jones<br>Brian Eno<br>Lily Allen<br>Dan Howell<br>Frankie Boyle<br>Akala<br>Paloma Faith<br>Caitlin Moran<br>Paul Mason<br>Shappi Khorsandi<br>John Pandit, Asian Dub Foundation soundsystem<br>Gary Younge<br>Meera Syal<br>Bianca Jagger, Council of Europe goodwill ambassador<br>Talha Ahmad, Muslim Council of Britain<br>Shanza Ali, Muslim Climate Action<br>Rizwan Hussain, Jawaab<br>Kalpana Wilson, South Asia Solidarity Group<br>Suresh Grover, The Monitoring Group<br>Nirmala Rajasingam, human rights activist<br>Amrit Wilson, writer<br>Amna Abdullatif, The Women&#8217;s Platform<br>Rajiv Menon QC, NMP<br>Aysha Al-Fekaiki, Iraqi Transnational Collective (London)<br>Saqib Deshmuk, Writer\/campaigner<br>Fizza Qureshi, Migrants Rights Network<br>Baljit Banga, Director, London Black Women&#8217;s Project<br>Halima Gosai Hussain, Inclusive Mosque Initiative<br>Fiaz Ahmed, JUST Yorkshire<br>Andy Gregg, ROTA (Race on the Agenda)<br>Aamer Anwar, Human Rights Lawyer<br>Shabana Mahmood MP<br>Ed Miliband MP<br>Tulip Siddiq MP<br>Claude Moraes MEP<br>Rushanara Ali MP<br>Caroline Lucas MP<br>Mhairi Black MP<br>David Lammy MP<br>Leanne Wood, Leader, Plaid Cymru<br>Hywel Williams MP<br>Clive Lewis MP<br>Tim Farron MP<br>Melanie Onn MP<br>Frances O&#8217;Grady, TUC general secretary<br>Dave Prentis, Unison general secretary<br>Tim Roache, GMB general secretary<br>Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary<br>Mick Cash, RMT general secretary<br>Malia Bouattia, NUS president<br>Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary<br>Kevin Courtney, NUT general secretary<br>Sally Hunt, UCU general secretary<br>Manuel Cortes, TSSA general secretary<br>Dave Ward, CWU general secretary<br>Mary Bousted, ATL general secretary<br>Mark Serwotka, PCS general secretary<br>Ronnie Draper, BFAWU general secretary<br>Christine Blower, President, European Trade Union Committee for Education<br>Paul Mackney, Former UCU general secretary<br>Nick Dearden, Global Justice Now<br>Kate Hudson, CND<br>Luke Cooper, Another Europe is Possible<br>Sujata Aurora, Chair, Grunwick 40 (personal capacity)<br>Hilary Wainwright, Red Pepper<br>Mohammed Ateek, Syria Solidarity Campaign<br>Andrew Burgin, Left Unity<br>Marina Prentoulis, Syriza (UK)<br>Sirio Can\u00f3s Donnay, Podemos (London)<br>Nicolo Milanese, European Alternatives<br>Prof Mary Kaldor<br>Salma Yaqoob<br>Neal Lawson, Compass<br>Hamza Hamouchene, Algeria Solidarity Campaign<br>Michael Collins, Right to Remain<br>Adam Klug, Momentum<br>Emma Rees, Momentum<br>Zoe Gardner, Refugee rights campaigner<br>Michael Chessum, Campaigner and journalist<br>Andrea Pisauro, Sinistra Ecologia Libert\u00e0<br>Bruce Kent, Pax Christi<br>Olly Alexander<br>Salman Shaheen, Journalist<br>Gracie Mae Bradley, Against Borders for Children<br>Hugh Lanning, Alliance for Free Movement<br>Neil Faulkner, Archaeologist<br>Jerome Phelps, Detention Action<br>Daniel Voskoboynik, This Changes Everything UK<br>Carolina Gottardo, Director, Latin American Women&#8217;s Rights Service<br>Shaista Aziz, Journalist\/Everyday Bigotry Project<br>David Rosenberg, Jewish Socialist Group<br>Potent Whisper, Poet<br>Paula Peters, Disabled People Against Cuts<br>James Moulding, Newspeak House<br>Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants<br>Campaign Against Climate Change<br>Liv Wynter, Artist<br>Liz Fekete, Director, Institute of Race Relations<br>Gurnik Bains, Founder, Global Future<br>Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International Relations, SOAS<br>Denise Dobson, Holler4\/Songworks Choir<br>Kerry Abel, Abortion Rights<br>UK Student Climate Network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop Trump Coalition was founded after the election of US president Donald Trump to challenge his politics of hatred and division. 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