Events

Un programme d'événements a été annoncé à l'occasion de l'anniversaire du boycott des bus de Bristol, visant à inspirer un manifeste sociétal pour la ville. • Bristol a longtemps été une ville de militants prêts à œuvrer pour le changement, des disciples de John Wesley au 18e siècle aux citoyens du 21e siècle qui ont renversé la statue du marchand d'esclaves Edward Colston. • Mercredi, une nouvelle campagne a été lancée – à la date anniversaire du début du boycott historique des bus de Bristol en 1963 – avec l'objectif de faire de la ville la capitale des droits civiques du Royaume-Uni. Lire la suite...

Shooting reveals how political violence has become feature of American life on a night dedicated to press freedomAhead of this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner, conversations centered on the role of the media and freedom of the press as journalists prepared to dine with the president.Instead of a speech stacked with heated barbs against the media, the event ended like many in the US do: with gun violence. Continue reading...

Licensed school teacher and one-time police officer among those participating in riot-style gatherings as experts warn of threat to public safetyA network of militant neo-Nazi active clubs from around the US has been participating in riot-style combat events with other white nationalist groups in Virginia as part of what their founder called a “tip-off point for a fascist cultural revolution”.Social media posts and group chats show members of so-called active clubs from Texas, Tennessee and Pennsylvania have in recent weeks and months travelled to Lynchburg, Virginia to train together at a secretive compound. The compound is run by the Wolves of Vinland, which the civil rights watchdog the Southern Poverty Law Center identifies as a neopagan white nationalist hate group. Also present were members of the white supremacist hate group Patriot Front and the neo-Nazi skinhead group known as the Hammerskins. Continue reading...