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From Southport to Epping, social media’s failure to act is fuelling racist violence
Naema Malik

From Southport to Epping, social media’s failure to act is fuelling racist violence

With social media once again fuelling racist violence, we must hold the platforms to account

Letters: The far right needs to accept asylum seekers aren’t just going to disappear
Letters

Letters: The far right needs to accept asylum seekers aren’t just going to disappear

Asylum protests have been a gift to the far right, say readers

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity
Memory

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity

Memory, a refugee living in the UK, writes about her experiences over the last year following riots and rising right-wing rhetoric. She calls on people to speak out and stand in solidarity, to create a movement supporting refugees

We need to stop turning on migrants and understand where the real power and blame lies
Dr Shabna Begum

We need to stop turning on migrants and understand where the real power and blame lies

Asylum hotel protests aren’t ‘legitimate concerns’. They’re a failure to combat far-right narratives
Griff Ferris and Sadaf Ahmed

Asylum hotel protests aren’t ‘legitimate concerns’. They’re a failure to combat far-right narratives

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One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics
Carenza Arnold

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics

Comedian Hasan Al-Habib: ‘We need to talk about white privilege’
Hasan Al-Abib

Comedian Hasan Al-Habib: ‘We need to talk about white privilege’

One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?
Politics

One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: ‘They’re not going to beat us’
Community

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: ‘They’re not going to beat us’

Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the ‘Yookay’?
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Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the ‘Yookay’?

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope
Volunteering

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope

I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here’s seven things I learned
Far right

I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here’s seven things I learned

A legacy of tragedy: What has changed one year on from the Southport killings?
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A legacy of tragedy: What has changed one year on from the Southport killings?

Inside the Big Issue: The UK riots, one year on
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The UK riots, one year on

Our legal system is the last defence against the far right – and it’s crumbling
Shameem Ahmed

Our legal system is the last defence against the far right – and it’s crumbling

Ely riots, two years on: A Cardiff community pulling itself back together holds lessons for Britain
Ely riots

Ely riots, two years on: A Cardiff community pulling itself back together holds lessons for Britain

‘They united the public in opposition to hatred’: What have we learned six months on from UK riots?
UK riots

‘They united the public in opposition to hatred’: What have we learned six months on from UK riots?

Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
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Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

Elon Musk fanned the UK riots. Now he’s trying to reshape British politics
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Elon Musk fanned the UK riots. Now he’s trying to reshape British politics

The root causes of the UK’s racist riots remain. The government must be brave and destroy them
Tim Naor Hilton

The root causes of the UK’s racist riots remain. The government must be brave and destroy them

10 acts of violence and far-right ‘activism’ police ignored ahead of summer riots
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10 acts of violence and far-right ‘activism’ police ignored ahead of summer riots

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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

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

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

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

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