#englandriots — Public Fediverse posts

#TheGuardian editor seems to think staying on a #facist run platform is ok & doesn't acknowledge the #Fediverse in their opinion piece about whether #Labour should leave #Twitter / X

They conclude:

"The uncomfortable reality is that no other platform offers quite the same immediate access to influential figures or acts like a breaking news network in the same way. "

There is no justification for staying on Twitter, it only supports the fascists.

#Riots
#EnglandRiots
#AntiFacism

The way it is.

This video deserves being seen by more.

@DoubleDownNews

#racism #EnglandRiots #immigration #RefugeesWelcome #veterans #Tories #RedTories #Farage

https://www.doubledown.news/watch/2024/august/8/former-british-soldier-exposes-uk-riots

Thousands of #AntiRacism #protesters take to streets across #England to counter far-right rallies

Demonstrators form human shields in towns and cities, after 6,000 police drafted in to tackle disorder
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/07/thousands-of-anti-racism-protesters-take-to-streets-to-counter-far-right-rallies
#EnglandRiots

Thank you to all #antifascists in #England today! This is how you do it!

WHOSE STREETS! OUR STREETS!

:antifa:

#antifascism #antifa #EnglandRiots #UKriots #EDL #fascists #fascism

#Newcastle #FuckTheFash #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #EnglandRiots

'#EnglandRiots live: #CounterProtesters gather as police brace for more unrest

Hundreds of people on to the streets in towns and cities across the country as police and businesses prepare for violence'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2024/aug/07/uk-riots-far-right-latest-unrest-southport-stabbings-politics
#Riots

Can it not just be called ‘extreme right’ instead of ‘far right’ - it IS extremism after all . #englandriots

It needs to be said over and over again, especially in times like these. #ukpol #UKriots #EnglandRiots #keepenglandmulti

I didn't yet read all of this, but what I read looks helpful for our antifascist movement.

thinking, doing, changing: *Responding to the racist UK riots*

"Over the last week horrific Islamophobic and racist violence has broken out across England and also in Belfast – crowds destroying libraries and advice centres, attempting to set fire to hotels housing people seeking asylum in the UK, and attacking Muslims and people of colour in the street. It’s deeply disturbing for folks of colour across the country wondering if they and their loved ones are safe, and what safety precautions they might need to take to just go about living their lives. For everyone who has experienced racism, it is triggering painful memories and racial trauma on top of these latest threats. No-one should feel under threat simply for existing. …"

https://thinkingdoingchanging.com/2024/08/07/responding-to-the-racist-uk-riots

#EnglandRiots #UKriots #England #UK #fascists #fascism #farright #EDL #antiFascism #antifa

Have felt utterly heartbroken in recent days by the situation in my hometown of #Middlesbrough… but also heartened by how the community has come together to reassure, restore and recover.

The contrasts of humanity, eh? Massive appreciation for those who helped with the clean-up, and who showed that the first picture here, of damage to a beloved heritage asset and valued place of learning, is *not* who we are. 🙏

#Teesside #NorthEastEngland #Riots #EnglandRiots

Following the riots in England - it’s all over the news- I wonder whether arrested people should have their DNA taken? Then as a matter of course there could be analysis done to find out where they were originally from? Just an idea. #englandriots

From African Stream:

"A third of people from ethnic and religious minorities in Britain have experienced some form of racist assault. That’s according to research published by experts from three UK universities last year.

As for the cause, renowned rapper and activist Akala lays out its historical origins and blames colonial elites. He was responding to English far-right activist Tommy Robinson during a public debate.

Akala also gives a powerful example of how racism manifests itself in society. Christopher Alder was a former Black British paratrooper killed in UK police custody in 1999. Footage later revealed British police officers laughing and making monkey noises over his dead body.

To add insult to injury, authorities then gave Christopher's family the wrong body to bury and only told them about it more than a decade later.

His appalling treatment was 25 years ago; has much improved since then?"

#UK #England #UKriots #EnglandRiots #Akala #TommyRobinson #racism #fascism #EDL