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Western social democracy's timidity has emboldened the fascists. TONY CONWAY looks at the far right's resurgence in Britain
RACIST RAGE: Holiday Inn Express in Tamworth, Staffordshire - an asylum seekers residence - after a fascist mob attack on August 5, 2024 - note anti-immigrant graffiti

SINCE the general election Britain has seen an increase in racist incidents and anti migrant protests. Such happenings aren’t new of course as over recent years we have regularly witnessed violent protests outside and inside hotels across all our nations.

The flames for this violence have been fanned by the media and politicians who have sought to blame people escaping poverty, war and environmental damage rather than their own failings.

Capitalism and imperialism are the root cause of these failings. Likewise the collapse of social democracy as a system that attempts to ameliorate the worst aspects of mass exploitation continues.

THEY SHALL NOT PASS: Activists from Stand Up To Racism Scotland gather in Glasgow's George Square, in a counter protest to a far-right rally on Saturday September 7 2024
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