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‘The solution to this hate will always lie in our communities’
Thousands of anti-racism protesters take to the streets across Britain
THOUSANDS of members of the public, trade unionists and campaigners protested against racism and the far right in towns and cities across Britain at the weekend.
In the last two weeks Islamophobic and racist violence escalated across the country after the far right exploited the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport to incite riots.
But this weekend in London, over 5,000 people gathered outside the Westminster headquarters of the far-right party Reform, whose racist rhetoric has helped fuel the hate seen on the streets.
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