Category: Protest

Here is the news from the US: Woke 1.0 is over. But what did progressives do wrong? | Nesrine Malik

A movement with safety, dignity and equality at its heart may now be blamed for the rightwing backlash. But within it were principles worth carrying forwardsEvery once in a while, the discourse gods send a tablet down to the...

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‘They made us say he was a martyr’: families at Iran’s largest cemetery mourn those killed in the January protests

Six months on from the bloody crackdown on anti-regime protesters, families remembering loved ones at their graves at Behesht-e Zahra in Tehran tell their storiesFamily members gather to mourn Sepehr, who was 25 when he was...

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The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? | George Monbiot

The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives“If you are targeting people on the basis of the colour of their skin,” the Northern Ireland secretary,...

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Cars burn in Belfast, bricks fly in Southampton – and the ubiquitous cry of ‘civil war’ goes up again | John Harris

For most, what we see in real life is mundane. But those who wish to fan the flames of anti-immigrant feeling share a different image onlineIt was the summer of 2024 when it all decisively started, with the horrific murders in...

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Tens of thousands march through London for far-right and pro-Palestine protests – live

Police say 11 arrested ‘for a variety of offences’ as far-right and pro-Palestine marches take place in LondonCommenting on today’s policing operation in London, the Met Police said they had made two arrests near Euston...

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