Ireland is just getting angrier
Anti-immigration rioters in West Dublin have no one to ventriloquise their rage
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The cost of apathy in England’s mining towns
Protesters that once fought deindustrialisation have turned instead on immigration.
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The conflicts that shape us
The sources of rage that boiled over in the riots last summer have not been resolved.
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How do we keep the lid on race-related violence?
A year ago the far right rampaged on our streets. Now officials fear another summer of discord.
By One year on, tensions still circle Britain’s asylum-seeker hotels
A report from Epping and Diss reveals disconnected and resentful communities.
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Labour’s summer of discontent
Unease is spreading across the country and within the party.
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Lucy Connolly is not a political prisoner
Weaponising the imprisoned mother doesn’t help her.
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Southport and the changing face of terror
Keir Starmer is correct: the Prevent programme failed to comprehend Axel Rudakubana’s obsession with violence.
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England’s revolt against change
Dismissing the summer’s riots as mere “far-right thuggery” is a political failing.
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Southport and the rage of England
The violence of the summer has left deep scars, and open wounds, across the country.
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Letter of the week: Racism, riots and reality
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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How Telegram fosters online extremism
The under-regulated platform lacks transparency. The Southport riots remind us why this matters.
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I went to face down rioters but was confronted by my own fame instead
In countering the fash I felt the years roll away.
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Violence against women and girls is a deeper problem than politicians realise
All parents worry about their children from time to time, but now it feels different.
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Why the far right has turned on the press
Recent unrest in England has revealed that intimidation, assault and abuse of journalists is on the rise.
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We must break up the tech platforms that threaten our democracy
We are prisoners of a global online panopticon that knows more about us than we do.
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The parallels between riots in the UK and Ireland are alarming
Since last November’s violence in Dublin, the country’s temperature has changed entirely.
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The history of English rioting repeats itself
Periods of unrest in England are nothing new – and it’s unlikely they will end in 2024.
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A rediscovery of who we are
The new Labour government must do better than just delivering a more efficient immigration system.
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England in pieces
Keir Starmer has imposed order after the riots. But now he must lead a national renewal.
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