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Far-right, nationalist football hooligans don’t realise who the real enemy is
Sam Diss

Far-right, nationalist football hooligans don’t realise who the real enemy is

What the men marching for Tommy, Nigel and St George don’t see is their true enemy isn’t the migrants they’ve been taught to fear

Community leaders come together to prove city is a place of love, unity and welcomes asylum seekers
Zain Hafeez

Community leaders come together to prove city is a place of love, unity and welcomes asylum seekers

Big Issue Changemaker, Zain Hafeez, writes about a recent week of action in Leicester in the aftermath of the summer riots.

To take on racism in the street, we first need to confront it in the state
Dan Davison and Sacha Marten

To take on racism in the street, we first need to confront it in the state

Confront state racism to tackle street-level racism, argues Dan Davison and Sacha Marten, activists in the Labour Campaign for Free Movement

Letters: There’s hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots
Letters

Letters: There’s hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots

The tinderbox of poverty continues to spark social unrest
John Bird

The tinderbox of poverty continues to spark social unrest

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Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester’s Moss Side
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Riots are not inevitable – just ask the people of Manchester’s Moss Side

UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots
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UK can learn valuable lessons from how this Leeds suburb came together after riots

How a replica Chinese restaurant is changing the narrative on migration after UK riots
Migration

How a replica Chinese restaurant is changing the narrative on migration after UK riots

British children need a ‘digital vaccination’ to tackle tsunami of fake news and disinformation
Mark Mon Williams

British children need a ‘digital vaccination’ to tackle tsunami of fake news and disinformation

Use money from Brits’ dormant bank accounts to rebuild riot-hit communities, government told
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Use money from Brits’ dormant bank accounts to rebuild riot-hit communities, government told

Would banning the EDL actually work? Here’s how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots
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Would banning the EDL actually work? Here’s how to tackle the far-right ideology behind UK riots

Why Labour is giving us the hostile environment – just with a human face
Dan Davison and Sacha Marten

Why Labour is giving us the hostile environment – just with a human face

Government must put things right and lift two-child benefit cap in Autumn Budget, says Labour MP
Kim Johnson

Government must put things right and lift two-child benefit cap in Autumn Budget, says Labour MP

Here’s the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
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Here’s the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots
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How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and ‘scared to go out’ in wake of UK riots
Our vendors

Big Issue vendors left feeling anxious, frightened and ‘scared to go out’ in wake of UK riots

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars
Homelessness

Asylum system is completely broken, campaigners say, as number of refugees facing homelessness soars

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight
Ian Acheson

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight

Enough with ‘legitimate concerns’. There’s a much better way to talk about immigration
Sunder Katwala

Enough with ‘legitimate concerns’. There’s a much better way to talk about immigration

We need immigrants in this country – that’s a clear and simple fact
Paul McNamee

We need immigrants in this country – that’s a clear and simple fact

We protect migrants and their rights – now we’re being targeted by the far-right
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

We protect migrants and their rights – now we’re being targeted by the far-right

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Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together
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Social media helped the far-right mobilise quickly – but it can also bring the rest of us together

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots
Libraries

Over 150 authors donate their books to Liverpool library burned during far-right riots

How to help asylum seekers and refugees after riots across UK
Asylum seekers

How to help asylum seekers and refugees after riots across UK