Rebuilding Solidarity

About The Course

The aim of this course is to train union reps, activists and members on how to challenge far-right narratives at work and in the community through dialogue. The intended outcome is a network of trained union reps across different sectors, linked together in peer networks.

The course will cover:

• Why challenge divisive ideologies through dialogue?
• Factors driving the rise of the far right
• Myths about Migration
• What are the real causes of insecure work and insecure housing?
• Speaking to workers about their concerns

The training is delivered by the General Federation of Trade Unions Educational Trust, in collaboration with Stand Up to Racism, Anti-Racist Movement, ACORN, Living Rent, the economics department at SOAS, University of London, and data modelling organisation Bombe.io.

The training will draw on new data produced by the GFTU in collaboration with machine learning and AI data modelling company Bombe.io on factors driving the rise of the Far Right.

This data includes:

• Postcode-level mapping of support for the Far Right.
• Key drivers behind that support – including social media influences, news sources and wider social attitudes.
• Current concerns about immigration– what’s fuelling them and why.