Peaceful left-wing protests have been treated as hate, while far-right hate has received kid-glove treatment and even excused by politicians
The Greater Manchester Muslims group has issued a statement calling for the government and police to treat the ongoing far-right riots as the terrorism they are:
Statement by Greater Manchester Muslims
We call upon all politicians to make clear that these Far Right attacks are not just committed by thugs, rioters and criminals, but by “terrorists”.
We have all witnessed over the last few days & nights :
- Brave police officers being attacked
- Mosques being attacked
- Police stations being attacked
- Refugee centres being attacked
- Hardworking and decent people working and living in town centres & their neighbourhoods being attacked
Many of these horrific attacks clearly fall within the legal definition of “Terrorism”, which is the use or threat of actions which includes:
a)serious violence against a person : ✅
(b)serious damage to property : ✅
(c)endangers a person’s life for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause, designed to influence the government, or to intimidate the public : ✅We now expect ;
- Police Leaders to investigate these attacks as terrorism
- All Politicians to condemn these attacks as terrorism related.
While politicians have treated peaceful anti-genocide protests as ‘hate marches’, condemnation of the naked violence and racism of the far-right riots has been muted, with some politicians even justifying it and others going through the motions against a backdrop of their own fanning of racist and anti-refugee bigotry.
Keir Starmer meanwhile, despite his own record of amplifying hate, clearly intends to use the riots as a pretext for a renewed general assault on the right of UK citizens to assemble and protest peacefully.
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They absolutely are terrorism. Pogroms against muslims. My husbands grandfather died in dachau concentration camp after fighting against Hitler with the french colonial army of Morocco. These pogroms are no different to the 1930s.
Also Good morning Britain interviewing Zarah Sultana was abhorrent. Would a Jewish Labour MP be attacked like this by Ed Balls for saying Starmer should have specifically called out antisemitism if these rioters were targeting synagogues? Of course not . Hierarchy of racism and total disrespect for Muslims right there on display.
Well said jillazzouz.
The Starmer Project cannot exist without a hierarchy of racism becoming parts of the Labour party’s DNA.
Clearly, the departure of 200,000+ left-leaning former members when Starmer became Labour leader made it easier for Starmer to encourage racism, sexism, ageism, authoritarianism and bullying in his ‘changing’ party’s DNA. Today those attributes look like key parts of Labour’s personality.
I blame Starmer. Thanks jillazzouz,
The Manchester Muslims are correct.
I have joined the weekly demonstration and march in support of Palestine for the last 10 months.
Every demonstration has been peaceful, good-natured and multi-cultural.
The marches have been well-organised and well-stewarded.
Our relationship with the police has been good.
Last Saturday we were confronted by an ugly mob hurling abuse at us and clearly exhibiting threatening behaviour.
They were fueled with alcohol and hate.
The police struggled to keep them away from us and keep them to their allotted area.
Terrorist behaviour indeed.
Police station that was attacked is shown as closed on Google maps and is not listed as an open police station in its constabulary.
Whole thing seems fishy. Interesting that it happens the day the markets begin to crumble.
…exactly the way that every supermarket had a traffic light system installed above its doors within 36 hrs. of the lockdowns being started. Indeed nvla.
We’re being played?
“As readers, we don’t, as we imagine, “consume” news. Rather, the news consumes us. Or put another way, the media uses the news to groom us, its audience. Properly understood, the relationship is one of abuser and abused.”
NVLA, always thought that you were clever. Your post confirmed it.
Absolutely terrorism from Far Right.
Randomly abusing & attacking Black & Asian UK citizens, attempted murder in trying to burn down hotels with refugees in them, smashing up vehicles, houses and Asian businesses, attacking mosques & looting shops, an apartheid checkpoint set up on road in Middlesborough.
And as Johnsco1 says 40+ Peace For Palestine marches & no arrests, no attacks on police & no criminal damage.
Whilst now Asian & Black people may feel vulnerable.
Imagine getting out of bed to do mental or physical harm to other human beings because they are different when diversity enriches us all.
Diverse workers of the world unite!
Yes, you are quite right. The only problem with it is, that everything you complain of is exactly what you are doing now. Think about it. If you are both right …what is that telling you?
I liked it when the Imam hugged the angry “thug”, “terrorist”. The affect was beautiful.
We are all humans.
In fact we are actually if not brothers; cousins.
Do to others as you would have them do to you, if you really want to calm things down.
I do not have a social media account and I ignore people who tell me what to think, or how to behave. We have all suffered under the last indulgent perverted government: none of us would be here if we had a choice …not even the Imam!
We could all achieve so much more if we worked together rather than against each other. Please.
In the JVL introduction to an article they reposted yesterday it says the following:
The MP for Finchley – Sarah Sackman, even claimed that the antiracist rally in Finchley on August 7th would be antisemitic.
She is of course implying that many left-wingers are on the anti-fascist/racist counter protests, and they ARE of course, totally blowing out of the water and exposing the A/S scam for what it was – ie a gargantuan black op smear campaign conducted by people of a Nazi disposition – who don’t give a fuck about falsely causing concern and consternation in many in the Jewish population.
Here’s a link to the article, and and the JVL introduction:
https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/jews-need-to-be-part-of-the-antifascist-resistance/