Whilst the far right in the UK wander about cluelessly referring to themselves as ‘foot soldiers’ with their daft ‘FCK ISIS’ and ‘Taliban Hunting Club’ t-shirts, pretending that they care about the Islamic repression of women, here are some men and women who have actually fought against Islamic extremism as well as other forms of tyranny.

First, we salute the members of the Bob Crow Brigade fighting in Syria 

and the anti-fascists flying the AFA flag in Syria

and the Ukrainian anti-fascists flying the AFA flag

& the young YPJ Kurdish Fighter RIP

But let us not forget the thousands of women who also fought against racism, fascism imperialism and patriarchy in Bosnia …

In Columbia with FARC

‘Hey Fascist! Don’t mess with me, Pandejo!’

and the Nicaraguan Sandinistas

and Vietnam

and Cuba

and Hungary against Soviet aggression

and the women who fought in the French Resistance

and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

and Italian anti-fascist women

and all those who fought in Spain

We remember you and all our sisters who fight against racism and fascism across the world.