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Jon Mulhall (Hope not Hate) on the claims that the weekend's riots were an expression of 'legitimate concerns':
'There is nothing “legitimate” about trying to burn down a hotel with asylum seekers inside. There is nothing “legitimate” about hurling bricks at mosques or attacking people of colour. This is far-right violence, motivated by a climate of hate and prejudice, and all of those responsible must be held accountable'!
Absolutely right!!!
Some are calling these far-right riots an outpouring of legitimate anger. They are not
There is a deep well of poison behind this racist violence. Those fuelling and perpetrating it must be held to account, writes anti-fascist researcher Joe MulhallJoe Mulhall (The Guardian)
UK probes whether ‘state actors’ stoked far-right riots
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-probes-whether-state-actors-stoked-far-right-riots/
UK probes whether ‘state actors’ stoked far-right riots
False claims about the identity of a murder suspect have spread far and wide online.Matt Honeycombe-Foster (POLITICO)
"The riots that have spread across the UK from Southport since Tuesday are the effect of a cocktail of anti-immigrant, far-right views mixed with lies about a traumatic news event, gulped down by violent thugs. It is hard to unpick precisely how falsehoods, including that the attacker was a Muslim asylum seeker, were invented and spread. But there is no doubt about the malign role of public figures including Nigel Farage."
~ The Guardian
The Guardian view on the online far right: thugs have brought devastation
Editorial: A cocktail of anti-immigration politics and misinformation about viscerally upsetting news has led to riotsEditorial (The Guardian)