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Kenmure Street documentary 'reawakening' fight against anti-immigration rhetoric

AN AWARD-WINNING documentary about how a Glasgow community came together to resist a Home Office immigration raid has “reawakened” people’s…

The National (Scotland) · May 24

Everybody to Kenmure Street: how a feisty Glasgow neighbourhood beat a ‘secret’ immigration raid

The kind of protests that loom large in the collective imagination tend to be compact and dramatic. Everybody to Kenmure Street, Felipe Bustos Sierra’s energising and inspiring film about a spontaneous act of collective civil disobedience in Glasgow, documents just such an event.

The Conversation · Mar 12

Everybody to Kenmure Street review – community triumphs in inspiring retelling of 2021 Glasgow protest

Emma Thompson voices the anonymous ‘Van Man’ in a documentary about local people standing their ground against heavy-handed immigration enforcement

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25

Let's be the 'Scotland of Kenmure Street not Downing Street', Slater tells Yes rally

SCOTLAND doesn’t have to be the country of Downing Street but can be the “Scotland of Kenmure Street”, Lorna Slater told the Edinburgh Yes…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 2, 2023

Glaswegians urged to take part in Kenmure Street protest documentary

The director of the renowned documentary Nae Pasaran is behind this new project which looks at the historic events in Glasgow's South Side on May 13, 2021 which hit headlines worldwide.

Glasgow Live · Jul 10, 2022

Glasgow Kenmure Street protesters facing court launch campaign to have charges dropped

Three people arrested during the mass demonstration in Pollokshields last year face trial in August and have a petition calling on the charges to be dropped completely, as well as appealing for any evidence that could help their defence.

Glasgow Live · Jun 6, 2022

Anger as protesters who blocked UK immigration raid face day in court

Trio arrested for resisting removal of two Indians in Kenmure Street, Glasgow in move that became byword for community spirit

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022

Glasgow south side dessert cafe A Loada Waffles opens with the community at its heart

A Loada Waffles has just wrapped up its first week in their shop on Kenmure Street and has thanked customers for their 'overwhelming support and feedback'.

Glasgow Live · May 15, 2022

Festival marks day Scottish community stood up to Home Office

THE Kenmure Street Festival of Resistance was held on the Southside of Glasgow on Friday and yesterday.

The National (Scotland) · May 15, 2022

One year on from the Glasgow Kenmure Street protest that saw an eight-hour stand off with police

A year ago today an immigration enforcement van entered a Pollokshields street on a routine operation known as a 'dawn raid'. Eight hours later, the operation ended with the van surrounded by hundreds of protesters.

Glasgow Live · May 13, 2022