"Two out of every five people arrested after participating in last summer’s riots had been previously reported to the police for domestic abuse."
"Two out of every five people arrested after participating in last summer’s riots had been previously reported to the police for domestic abuse."
Socialist historian KEITH FLETT traces the parallel evolution of violent loyalist rampages and the workers' movement's peaceful democratic crowds, highlighting the stark contrast between recent far-right thuggery and mass Gaza protests
George Monbiot
10. The result is a cadre of young men, like those of a century ago, who think they are sticking it to The Man, when in fact they are following his orders. Many of them now call themselves “heterodox”, which is kind of ironic, as they all seem to believe the same things.
11. These “heterodox” beliefs are roughly what their conservative grandparents believed, and what previous generations of young people rebelled against... 🧵
Good piece from Mike Wild on the #RacistRiots. Focusses on those at the receiving end of the hatred and asks us all to keep being defiantly kind.
Love Will Always Win | #Manchester Community Central
https://manchestercommunitycentral.org/love-will-always-win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU--znq8hEg
#TurnLeftMedia 19 minutes ago
"'Nick Tenconi, who is the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and a Reading-based businessman was seen in social media footage at an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration in Aldershot last week."
"Mr Tenconi justified claims of 'offensive chants' by arguing that he was allying with 'patriots' against what he called 'far left' counter-protesters."
https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24512641.reading-based-ukip-leader-replies-offensive-chants/
#UKIP #politics #UK #racism #FarRight #racistriots #NickTenconi #Aldershot #Hampshire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsot6d9NTts
What Do The #RacistRiots Say About #Britain?