Thousands rally in London against far-right racism

Supporters of far-right activist Tommy Robinson were holding a rally in the British capital while thousands from across the UK took to the streets of central London in a counter-demonstration against right-wing extremism.

We've come down from Glasgow today to stand in solidarity with other trade unionists and anti racists and anti fascists against the mobilization of the far right.

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• Thousands rally in London against far-right
  

  Thousands rally in London against far-right

  Thousands of anti-racism protesters hold a rally in the city of London, slamming a rise in Islamophobia in the UK.

Not far from the counter-demonstrators, those who find immigrants the reason behind the socio-economic woes of white working-class Britons are marching.

Their detained leader, who goes by the alias Tommy Robinson, was behind the violent race riots this summer. Ahead of the March, he was arrested by the police upon his return from abroad under counter-terrorism legislation.

• Tel Aviv, Tommy Robinson and Islamophobic riots
  

  Tel Aviv, Tommy Robinson and Islamophobic riots

  The Islamophobic riots that swept across England and the north of Ireland at the end of July and the beginning of August shocked the world.

He is an Islamophobe and he is stirring up hatred, particularly towards Muslims, but also refugees.

He's trying to build a far-right Street movement behind him, and that movement supports Nigel Farage and Reform UK.

So it's a very dangerous movement that could drag (British) politics to the right.

Sabby Dhalu, Stand Up To Racism

Right wing populism at the top; to those in politics, that's where the problem begins.

The language of Parliamentarians over the last 10 years has become more and more divisive, more and more racist, more and more aggressive towards minority communities, and communities of faith, and this has been a distraction or a deflection from their failures.

Iqbal Ahmed, Independent MP

• Far-right riots raise specter of civil war in UK
  

  Far-right riots raise specter of civil war in UK

  Britain is facing a national crisis in the face of the worst rioting in 13 years. The violence was sparked by the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport last week and stoked by misinformation on social media.

Those failures include falling living standards and a housing and cost of living crisis, one of the issues that the far-right leaders claim to be addressing.

They have that claim, and I believe that the way that you expose that is by trade unions, I'm a trade unionist, stepping up, coming together, making in our workplaces and in our communities, sort of creating the environment for an anti-racist movement.

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• Reform UK anti-immigrant party deemed a threat
  

  Reform UK anti-immigrant party deemed a threat

  In one of Britain

The rise of the far right is not limited to the UK, where the right-wing Reform UK Party, led by Nigel Farage, won five seats in parliament in the general election held in July 2024. The threat of the far right, campaigners say looms large on British society.

Lessons from the rest of Europe show the growing danger of disillusionment with politics and pandering to the racist agenda of the far right when it comes to immigration and Islamophobia.

The collective action by these protestors aims to counter such a turn of events coming to pass in the United Kingdom.

• Islamophobia sponsored by Zionist think tanks
  

  Islamophobia sponsored by Zionist think tanks

  Douglas Murray, an apologist for the Gaza genocide, was planning to raise funds for Zionist soldiers perpetrating the Gaza genocide, until his well laid plans fell apart due to a boycott by ordinary workers who refused triple wages to attend.

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