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They are disgusting Nazi fascists and we need to cut all their throats and get rid of them all.
The councillor from Dartford, Kent, was arrested yesterday after a video showed him telling a crowd of thousands through a public address system It’s a reminder to make sure you stand for the things that you care about, and the places that are close to you,
Although they are a minority, we recognized that the far-right have got highly paid, well-organized people now, so it was necessary for us to bring all those forces together,
It felt like I could get into a full on scrap, and people were cautious of that but still ready,
says Provhat Rahman, a co-founder of Dialled In, an annual South Asian-run music festival which often takes place in Walthamstow I’m able bodied and white, and I have all this privilege so I might as well use it for those who can’t,
I haven't had much faith in England for a long time, ... but I did yesterday.”
Our aim was to bring people together,
says Weyman Bennett, co-convenor of Stand Up To Racism, a British anti-fascist group who helped to organize many of Wednesday’s counter protests They’ve certainly been deterred. They’ve certainly received a message from communities. But there’s no complacency at all in our mind that we [don’t] need to be prepared for the days and particularly the weekend ahead.”
There are many potential events still being advertised and circulated online and those intent on violence and destruction have not gone away,
said Gavin Stephens, the chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC). I suspect the weekend will see the extreme right wing push for larger numbers at fewer locations. It may present an opportunity for us to snuff things out more completely I hope,
This is a prime example of where this hateful incitement online crossed dramatically over into the real world and made communities feel less safe. And I hope that this is a lesson for all of us that the system needs to change, that behaviour online needs to change, and where the behaviour online is criminal that there are means of dealing with it,
Last Saturday, I had planned to go to the movies, but after seeing the news about the riots, I didn't dare go out, as it was the first time that I had heard of large-scale riots happening in Nottingham."
Shang Guanjia, a Chinese postgraduate student currently studying at the University of Nottingham, said Please pay close attention to the continuous safety alerts issued by the Embassy and Consulates and take practical measures to enhance personal safety. In case of an emergency, promptly seek help from the police and contact the Chinese Embassy or Consulates in the UK,
read the notice, which also listed hotlines for consulate services and emergencies This is not protest. It is organized, violent thuggery,
It’s good that we didn’t see the level of disorder and criminality on our streets that we have in previous days,
They’re thugs and criminals,
I think it will all come down to the intelligence, it will come down to the engagement we have with communities,
she told BBC Radio 4’s Today program on Thursday When [protesters] say they’re recreating Cable Street, you think — the point is we never wanted to get to Cable Street in the first place.”
However, Walthamstow’s Labour MP Stella Creasy told POLITICO We need to have a national conversation about what is feeding that toxicity, because that isn’t social media in itself. Social media is just another realm in which it is happening.”
We’ve seen violence on both sides, but let’s be frank, more thuggery from young white youths than Muslim gangs. However, policed very differently,