On Saturday the 20th of February the rascist "Scottish" Defence League attempted to hold a demonstration in Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Anti-Fascist Alliance formed to confront them, and Scotland United held a rally in Princes Street Gardens.

 Yesterday the facsist SDL (alligned with casuals united, a online forum for football hooligans) propsed to meet in Edinburgh to protest agains islamic extremism and to publicise their anti islamis message of hate. After their failed march in Glasgow last year SDL always propsed to march through the streets in Edinburgh. After this announcement there was a call by certain activists to organize a counter demonstration. The Edinburgh Anti Facsist Alliance was born a group of like minded people ,from various organisations including the SSP, opposed to the SDL and facsism in any form. After discussionj it was agreed that the EAFA would confront the SDL and stop their proposed march.

On 6th February 230 civilian Zapatistas took part in an action to retake control of their “reclaimed lands” at Bolon Ajaw, Chiapas, Mexico, which had been invaded and taken over since 20 January by the paramilitary group OPDDIC, report the human rights group Fray Bartolome de Las Casas. The 25 Zapatista families of Bolon Ajaw, part of autonomous municipality Comandanta Ramona, were given solidarity by Zapatistas from further afield in Chiapas.