Tag: Black Lives Matter

Players, who have dutifully been ‘taking the knee’ before every recent game, also have growing misgivings about @UKBLM, as MailSport revealed yesterday. Their view is summed up by former Wolves player Karl Henry, who said: ‘The majority of the UK has now had enough of that organisation.’ Dissent is also being heard in the commentary… Continue reading UK Culture under Direct Attack Part 20

The stated aims of its cabal of leaders regards BLM– currently anonymous, include wanting to ‘abolish’ both capitalism and the police and close every UK prison. Meanwhile the organisation, which calls itself ‘@UKBLM’, also boasts a questionable – and some say very ugly – record on anti-Semitism. As a result, the Premier League was forced… Continue reading UK Culture under Direct Attack Part 19

It took a good few weeks, but the Premier League seems to have finally twigged that plastering ‘Black Lives Matter’ across the shirts of Britain’s top footballers may end up backfiring. The sentiment behind the gesture was doubtless honourable: In the wake of George Floyd’s death, our national sport wanted both to express revulsion at… Continue reading UK Culture under Direct Attack Part 18

On Tuesday hundreds of people gathered outside St George’s Hall in Liverpool, and according to Black Lives Matter organisers in London, the upcoming demonstrations are expected to be the largest ever seen by the movement in the UK. On Saturday 6 June, people will gather at Parliament Square from 1pm in “peaceful protests against police… Continue reading UK Culture under Direct Attack Part 17

On Sunday thousands of demonstrators gathered in Trafalgar Square for a “Kneel for Floyd” protest, while hundreds marched through Peckham and Brixton in south London on Monday.Placards displayed statements such as “Racism has no place” and “I can’t breathe”, in reference to Mr Floyd’s final words as Mr Chauvin knelt on his neck. Demonstrations have… Continue reading UK Culture under Direct Attack Part 16

Frankie Clarence, 28, a Black Lives Matter organiser, says “I feel we are now in a period where voices don’t need to be voiceless any more.” The family of Belly Mujinga, a black ticket office worker who died from Covid-19, also joined the protests, which concluded at Victoria Station, where she had worked. In an… Continue reading UK Culture under Direct Attack Part 15

June 2020. The arc of history is bending towards the rise of China. As 27 states and at least 200 cities including New York and Washington DC go under curfew in the United States, impacting more than 60 million residents, the collapse of the liberal democratic order in its bastion is happening right before our… Continue reading Jun 2020. Race Riots in the US Considered

Thousands of mourners gathered at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston on Monday to pay their respects to George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis police custody has sparked protests around the United States and across the world. Floyd, 46, grew up in the city’s Third Ward and will be buried in Houston next to… Continue reading Jun 2020. George Floyd Memorial Services

June 2020. Tens of thousands of people attended protests across the UK on Sunday – including one where a statue of a slave trader was pulled down – after a week in which growing numbers defied calls from politicians and police to avoid mass gatherings to rally against racial injustice. In London, thousands gathered outside… Continue reading Jun 2020. Race Protests in the UK Part 1