UK RIOTS 2024

Riots and unrest fueled by fake news and rightwing propaganda after a fatal stabbing in England by a suspected immigrant were met with anti-racism protests

• On Saturday the country stood up to racism – but was it right, and is it enough? - Canary 12.08.24 428015
• After far-right riots, Brits of color contemplate their safety - Washington Post 12.08.24 427614
• ‘Why the Online Safety Act Won’t Stop Type of Misinformation that Sparked Riots – the Government Must Create New Legislation’ - Byline Times 12.08.24 427594
• Were UK protests against far right anti-thugs or anti-racist? The answer will tell us much about our nation - Guardian 12.08.24 427620
• End UK riots, parents of murdered girl urge at her funeral - Dawn 12.08.24 427775
• Tweet:#15 London's Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley warns that officials will not only be cracking down on British citizens for commentary on the riots in the UK,… 427779
• Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief - Guardian 12.08.24 427628
• Tensions Simmer As Police Clampdown on Far Right Protest - Novara Media 12.08.24 427860
• What Do the Riots Say About Britain? - Novara Media 11.08.24 427863
• Riots show UK has lost respect for police, warns Home Secretary - Telegraph 11.08.24 427780
• UK riots expose double standards on far-right and Islamist violence - Guardian 11.08.24 427777
• ‘Two-tier’: UK treats far-right attacks less harshly than Islamist violence, says thinktank - Guardian 11.08.24 427608
• 69-Year-Old Retired Widower Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison over Anti-Mass Migration Riots - Breitbart 11.08.24 427781
• Thousands turn out at anti-racist counter-protests to ‘stop the far right’ across the UK - Independent 11.08.24 427532
• Ella Baron on Banksy’s animals appearing as the UK riots subside – cartoon - Guardian 11.08.24 427776
• Schools to teach children about spotting fake news online in curriculum overhaul after UK riots - Independent 11.08.24 427533
• Video: U.K. Riots - Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan 11.08.24 427501
• Tweet: Keep safe & keep fighting the good figt. My thanks to all who've reached out to see how I'm doing & checking I'm safe - @SholaMos1 11.08.24 427449
• Minister warns justice system will feel impact of riots for years as offenders risk up to a decade in jail - Independent 11.08.24 427534
• Tweet: Lots of headlines about Charles Windsor responding to #UKRiots. I thought this meant he had made a statement at last. It turns out he said a couple of sentences in a p… 427448
• Tweet:Sunday's @thetimes cartoon - @EBaronCartoons 11.08.24 427446
• Anti-racism protesters take to UK streets following far-right riots that swept nation - Euro News 11.08.24 427502
• UK teens who lived through racist riots want change - DW 11.08.24 427432
• Starmer will be judged on how he tackles root causes of riots - BBC 11.08.24 427992
• Examples of anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric in right-wing press that led to reprimand - LFF 11.08.24 427836
• Thousands of anti-racism protesters rally across UK - BBC 11.08.24 427436
• King Charles breaks his silence on riots in UK - Royal News 11.08.24 427434
• Far-right rallies abandoned amid warnings of 10-year sentences - Guardian 11.08.24 427623
• The UK’s far-right riots are the violent spasms of a dying British society - Middle East Monitor 11.08.24 427433
• Hatred and division in deep England - New Statesman 10.08.24 427827
• UK: Thousands join anti-racism rallies, far right stays away - DW 10.08.24 427606
• Cocaine helped fuel the riots – but there’s more to the story - Independent 10.08.24 428277
• Video: UK riots: Man jailed for 32 months for smashing TK Maxx - Telegraph 10.08.24 428284
• ‘Terrifying’: How has the European media reacted to the UK riots? - LFF 10.08.24 427838
• UK's worst riots in years were incited by online disinformation about asylum seekers - NPR 10.08.24 427599
• Thousands across UK protest against racism as Reform HQ targeted - Telegraph 10.08.24 427624
• Top Tories fuelled riots with ‘divisive language’ on immigration, say party grandees - Guardian 10.08.24 427607
• There can be no excuses. The UK riots were violent racism fomented by populism - Guardian 10.08.24 427437
• Video: King Charles calls for unity following UK riots - Channel 4 News 10.08.24 427500
• How did rioting constituencies vote? - New Statesman 09.08.24 427829
• How the Hell Did Police Think There Would Be 100 Riots? - Novara Media 09.08.24 427862
• You know who else should be on trial for the UK’s far-right riots? Elon Musk - Guardian 09.08.24 427539
• Tweet: Former British Soldier EXPOSES UK Riots - @DoubleDownNews 09.08.24 430970
• UK riots show how social media can fuel real-life harm. It’s only getting worse - CNN 09.08.24 427595
• How an unholy alliance between fascists and far-right Zionists fuelled UK riots - MEE 09.08.24 427610
• No, Keir Starmer – Managerialism Won’t Beat the Race Riots - Novara Media 09.08.24 427861
• ‘I feel fear’: Muslims in the UK question sense of belonging after riots - Al Jazeera 09.08.24 427452
• UK court jails man for stirring ‘racial hatred’ amid anti-immigrant riots - Al Jazeera 09.08.24 427451
• Video: Is far-right violence in the UK in retreat? - Al Jazeera 09.08.24 427395
• Tweet: New analysis showing ALL tweets mentioning both "Muslim" & "UK" with over 500 retweets since 29 Jul. Graph shows which accounts got most impressions over time. Red/pin… 428278
• More than 700 arrests made and 302 people charged over riots in England - Guardian 09.08.24 430017
• Keir Starmer confronts far-right extremism crisis in UK - The Hill 09.08.24 427611
• UK court jails man for stirring ‘racial hatred’ amid anti-immigrant riots - Al Jazeera 09.08.24 427384
• Tweet:"During that interview, it felt like I was being interrogated as a young Muslim woman of color." - @mehdirhasan 09.08.24 427439
• The enemy of the working class travels by private jet, not migrant dinghy - Guardian 09.08.24 427440
• What do asylum seekers and refugees make of the eruption of far-right violence in the UK? We asked them - Guardian 09.08.24 427615
• Tens of Thousands Rally Against Racism and Islamophobia in U.K. Following Days of Far-Right Rioting - DN! 08.08.24 427547
• Our newsroom planned for more chaos across the UK. Instead, we got hope - Al Jazeera 08.08.24 427675
• As thousands turn out against the far right, were the planned riots actually a red herring? - Canary 08.08.24 428021
• Anti-racism protesters outnumber far-right rallies in UK - Israel Hayom 08.08.24 427626
• Online Safety Act not fit for purpose after far-right riots, says Sadiq Khan - Guardian 08.08.24 427597
• The real story of the news website accused of fuelling riots - BBC 08.08.24 427598
• Powerful video explains how mainstream media and politicians have fuelled the far right - LFF 08.08.24 427468
• We Can’t Ignore the Racism and Islamophobia Fueling Riots in the UK - HRW 08.08.24 427457
• Britain’s Riots Are Designed to Terrorize Muslims - Jacobin 08.08.24 427498
• Podcast: How the UK’s far right used a local tragedy to spur chaos - Vox 08.08.24 427604
• How U.K. Immigration Lawyers Became a Target of Far-Right Riots - Time 08.08.24 427617
• Elon Musk shares fake news about England rioters being sent to Falklands - Guardian 08.08.24 427630
• The night Britain fought back against riots - Politico 08.08.24 427618
• Tweet: UK Riots: Racism & Islamophobia are ingrained in the soul & fabric of British society - its greatest exports. It's not 'pro-British' 'far right thuggery' 'anti-immigra… 427450
• Tweet: Hundreds out in the west end of #Newcastle. Amazing show of support from the local community protecting refugee support services. No sign of the far right here! - @Hug… 427442
• Tweet: We’ve put together some guidelines for journalists - and everyone else - about Big Tech’s role in the far right #riots. Please share. - @PeopleVsBigTech 07.08.24 428276
• More police officers are never the answer. Only we can stop the far right - Open Democracy 07.08.24 428011
• Podcast: The Private Eye Podcast 119: They Predict A Riot - Pod Follow 07.08.24 428279
• Video: Race rionts in the UK - HasanAbi 07.08.24 427499
• Mapping far-right riots in the UK - Al Jazeera 07.08.24 427602
• UK government calls on Elon Musk to act responsibly amid provocative posts as unrest grips the country - AP News 07.08.24 427632
• UK rattled by racist riots fuelled by disinformation - New Humanitarian 07.08.24 427605
• Thousands rally against racism in UK amid fears of far-right violence - Al Jazeera 07.08.24 427503
• Immigration services batten down hatches amid fears they are next targets of far-right violence - Independent 07.08.24 427616
• The link between UK riots and Netanyahu’s gamble with Iran - telegra.ph 07.08.24 431188
• Far right stirs up hatred on social media - Le Monde 07.08.24 427600
• Thousands rally against racism in UK amid fears of far-right violence - Al Jazeera 07.08.24 427625
• Video: Anti-racists outnumber far right on day of defiance after riots - The Times 07.08.24 427627
• UK riots: how does the violence compare with unrest in August 2011? - Guardian 07.08.24 430018
• Far-Right Riots in the UK Are a Revealing Moment for a New Parliament - New Lines 07.08.24 427612
• Far-Right UK Riots Spark 'Stand Up to Racism' Counterprotests - CD 07.08.24 428474
• What is Elon Musk's game plan? - BBC 07.08.24 427631
• Unions issue rallying cry to members in solidarity against the far-right - LFF 06.08.24 427470
• The public reaction to the 2024 riots - YouGov 06.08.24 427504
• Britain’s Far Right Feeds Off Mainstream Political Racism - Jacobin 06.08.24 427510
• Here’s the list of counter demos AGAINST Wednesday’s planned race riots - Canary 06.08.24 427529
• It’s not just racism and Islamophobia. Misogyny is running rife through the race riots. - Canary 06.08.24 427527
• UK riots raise the spectre of racism and evoke haunting memories - Al Jazeera 06.08.24 427622
• The BBC condemns the riots and sanitises the far right in the same breath - Canary 05.08.24 427528
• The BBC condemns the riots and sanitises the far right in the same breath - Canary 05.08.24 427530
• Why are people rioting across England and how many are involved? - Guardian 05.08.24 430509
• No 10 criticises Elon Musk for ‘civil war is inevitable’ post on England riots - Guardian 05.08.24 430508
• Race riots put Britain on collision course with Elon Musk - Politico 05.08.24 427596
• Why are people rioting across England and how many are involved? - Guardian 05.08.24 430019

• Islamophobia
• Islamophobia in France
• Racism & Islamophobia in the Conservative Party
• FAKE News
• Far Right - threat to democracy