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Tomorrow Sunday antifascist counter-rally against the racist, anti-immigrant Australia Marches.

Hate marches that antagonise against immigrants are not welcome in this Indigenous, immigrant pro multiculturalism city.

It is simple: Making immigrants the punching bags of economic problems is unacceptable and will not be accepted.

The rally is organised by a coalition of groups under the banner of Unite Against Racism.

Join us at 11am at the State Library of Victoria.

The counter rally has ASU Vic/Tas endorsement.

The Liberals and One Nation are campaigning on an anti-multicultural platform. Whether Labor keeps or loses the Vic election, racist political forces are shaping Australian politics.

Migrant workers played a significant role in the tearing down of the White Australia Policy. It is again our duty as thousands and millions of immigrants to stand up, fight back and defend ourselves against racist policies.

We stand with First Nations. We stand with refugees. We stand with new arrivals. We stand with international students and visa holders. We stand with Africans, Indians, Muslims and Palestinians who are vilified daily. We stand together against a xenophobic white colonial capitalist system.

We need to take the streets and then take the political culture - no room for racism, no platform for racism, not an inch and not a microphone to promote disgusting vile hatred that leaves us dead at the hands of white supremacists.

We remember Christchurch. We remember the attack on Camp Sovereignty. We remember Cronulla. We remember the attempted bombing of Invasion Day Perth protest. We remember attacks on Indian students. We remember attacks on Chinese restaurants. We remember attacks on Italian Lygon St. And we fight back.

It is our right to defend our lives and our futures. If we don't fight back, we lose.