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Letters: The far right needs to accept asylum seekers aren't just going to disappear
Letters

Letters: The far right needs to accept asylum seekers aren't just going to disappear

Asylum protests have been a gift to the far right, say readers
Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity
A woman holding a sign calling for people to 'Hear us' and 'Believe us'. Image: Simon Tang/ Women for Refugee Women
Memory

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity

We need to stop turning on migrants and understand where the real power and blame lies
Dr Shabna Begum

We need to stop turning on migrants and understand where the real power and blame lies

Asylum hotel protests aren't 'legitimate concerns'. They’re a failure to combat far-right narratives
Griff Ferris and Sadaf Ahmed

Asylum hotel protests aren't 'legitimate concerns'. They’re a failure to combat far-right narratives

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics
Carenza Arnold

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Comedian Hasan Al-Habib: 'We need to talk about white privilege'
Hasan Al-Abib

Comedian Hasan Al-Habib: 'We need to talk about white privilege'

One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?
Politics

One year on from the riots, what can Kent tell us about the state of the UK?

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: 'They're not going to beat us'
Community

How fitness and defiance helped Sunderland bounce back from the riots: 'They're not going to beat us'

I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here's seven things I learned
UK riots: A police riot van burns at a far-right riot in Southport
Far right

I spent a year undercover as a far-right activist. Here's seven things I learned

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope
Volunteering

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope

Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the 'Yookay'?
UK riots

Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the 'Yookay'?

A legacy of tragedy: What has changed one year on from the Southport killings?
UK Riots

A legacy of tragedy: What has changed one year on from the Southport killings?

Closure of pubs and parks created a 'tinderbox' for far-right riots, research says: 'Hate can fill the void'
Youngster throws missile at far-right riot In Rotherham
UK riots

Closure of pubs and parks created a 'tinderbox' for far-right riots, research says: 'Hate can fill the void'

Inside the Big Issue: The UK riots, one year on
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The UK riots, one year on

Our legal system is the last defence against the far right – and it's crumbling
protesters surround a police van
Shameem Ahmed

Our legal system is the last defence against the far right – and it's crumbling

Ely riots, two years on: A Cardiff community pulling itself back together holds lessons for Britain
Ely riots

Ely riots, two years on: A Cardiff community pulling itself back together holds lessons for Britain

'They united the public in opposition to hatred': What have we learned six months on from UK riots?
UK riots

'They united the public in opposition to hatred': What have we learned six months on from UK riots?

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
Reading

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

Elon Musk fanned the UK riots. Now he's trying to reshape British politics
Elon Musk
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Elon Musk fanned the UK riots. Now he's trying to reshape British politics

The root causes of the UK's racist riots remain. The government must be brave and destroy them
Tim Naor Hilton

The root causes of the UK's racist riots remain. The government must be brave and destroy them

10 acts of violence and far-right 'activism' police ignored ahead of summer riots
protesters surround a police van
UK riots

10 acts of violence and far-right 'activism' police ignored ahead of summer riots

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Far-right, nationalist football hooligans don't realise who the real enemy is
Sam Diss

Far-right, nationalist football hooligans don't realise who the real enemy is

Community leaders come together to prove city is a place of love, unity and welcomes asylum seekers
25 community leaders in Leicester came together as part of a Citizens UK initiative to show support and compassion for asylum seekers housed in local hotels.
Zain Hafeez

Community leaders come together to prove city is a place of love, unity and welcomes asylum seekers

To take on racism in the street, we first need to confront it in the state
Dan Davison and Sacha Marten

To take on racism in the street, we first need to confront it in the state

Letters: There's hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots
Letters

Letters: There's hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots