Members of parliament and others call for unity against the threat posed by the global rise of racism and fascism

The election of Jair Bolsonaro (Report, 29 October) marks an extremely serious point in the rise of the global far right. It came a day after the shocking antisemitic attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, in which 11 people were killed (Report, 28 October).

Notorious for his attacks on women, black and LGBT+ people, Bolsonaro declared that “leftists will have to leave the country or go to jail”. He said “these red outlaws will be banished from the homeland”, and declared refugees “the scum of the earth”.

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The alt-right is supporting far-right groups in Europe, North America and Latin America, including support for Bolsonaro in Brazil. In Britain, a violent, far-right street movement has emerged, mobilising the biggest numbers in decades. It is receiving political and financial support from Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Steve Bannon and far-right figures across Europe.

The impact of neoliberalism and austerity, and cuts on our working-class communities, has driven the growth of the far right. Racism and fascism are a threat to us all.

We are the many. They are the few. We can drive back this movement. Trade unions, the labour movement, liberals, socialists, Christians, Muslim, Jews, African, Arab, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American, LGBT+, disabled people and all those opposed to the far right and fascism must unite against this. That is why we are urging the biggest, broadest possible turnout at the National Unity Demonstration Against Racism and Fascism on Saturday 17 November.

Diane Abbott MP

John Mcdonnell MP

Kate Osamor MP

Richard Burgon MP

Alf Dubs House of Lords

Rabbi Lee Wax

Shami Chakrabarti

Mark Serwotka PCS general secretary and TUC president

Tim Roache GMB general secretary

Kevin Courtney NEU joint general secretary

Liane Groves Head of Unite Community

Roger Mckenzie Unison assistant general secretary

Harun Rashid Khan Muslim Council of Britain secretary general

Tom Robinson Songwriter & broadcaster

Sabby Dhalu and Weyman Bennett Stand Up To Racism co-convenors

Steve Hart Unite Against Fascism chair

Francisco Dominguez Brazil Solidarity Initiative

Luciana Bazuk Brazilian Workers party (PT), London

Laura Pidcock MP

Marsha De Cordova MP

Dan Carden MP

Emma Dent Coad MP

Catherine West MP

Chris Williamson MP

Ian Lavery MP

David Lammy MP

Lord Peter Hain

Claude Moraes MEP

Julie Ward MEP

Unmesh Desai London AM

Manuel Cortes TSSA general secretary

Mick Whelan Aslef general secretary

Ronnie Draper BFAWU general secretary

Ian Lawrence Napo general secretary

Tony Kearns CWU senior deputy general secretary

Ian Hodson, BFAWU national president

Michael Rosen Poet

Thurston Moore Musician

Louise Raw Author

Alan Gibbons Author

Ged Grebby Show Racism The Red Card chief executive

Simon Woolley Operation Black Vote

Nara Filippon Coordinator of Comite Lula Livre UK – Free Lula

Mohammed Kozbar Finsbury Park Mosque

Shazad Amin Mend CEO

Dr Anas AlTikriti The Muslim Association of Britain

Reverend Steven Saxby

Reverend Canon Joabe G Cavalcanti

David Rosenberg Jewish Socialist Group

Phyll Opoku-Gyimah UK Black Pride executive director

Myriam Kane NUS NEC

Cllr Claudia Webbe Labour NEC member

Shahrar Ali Green party home affairs spokesperson

Artin Giles London Young Labour chair

Lindsey German Stop the War Coalition

Asad Rehman War on Want executive director

Ramona McCartney People’s Assembly Against Austerity

Kate Hudson CND

Salma Yaqoob

Ben Chacko Morning Star editor

Daniel Kebede Anti-racism activist

Balwinder Rana Sikhs Against The Far-Right

Luke Daniels Caribbean Labour Solidarity president

Professor Cecile Wright

Bruce Kent