The Edinburgh RIC banner was at the protest against the Nationality and Borders Bill in Glasgow on the 17th July. This protest was organised by the organised by the No Evictions Network.
A full report, written by Maria Elena Carpintero Torres-Corvedo by can be seen on bella caledonia.
The following poem by Ewan Girvan was read out on the Buchanan Street steps
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THE NATIONALITY AND BORDERS BILL
This Immigration Bill is a spell
Cast by callous Johnston and inhumane Patel
Their logic is all tapsalteerie
They peddle truth most insincerely
We a’ want tae bring
Human smuggling tae an end
But what they want is
No welcome whatsoever and to send
Everyone back across the channel
Or imprison them for years
No this bill is concocted
Of veiled threats and tears
Ah mean, if your hoose wiz bombed tae bits
Or your sexuality wiz questioned
Or ye were raped and tortured
In a regime of repression
According tae this evil bill
What ye have to dae
Is tae pipe up here and then
We hiv just to say
And ask yer torturer” Could you be so kind
To describe your cruel mistreatment
And if you do not mind
Prepare my immigration documents
It’s for the UK government
I hope you understand
They won’t let me seek asylum
Unless I have my papers in hand”
No it appears to me that the only thing illegal here
Is this Bill that traumatises the traumatised with fear
Cast by the callous inhumanity of Johnston and Patel
We must deft this bill, Let’s break this spell
Edinburgh Radical Independence Campaign 