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在 Bristol 巴士抵制行動週年之際，市府宣布了一項活動計畫，旨在啟發該市的社會宣言。Bristol 長久以來一直是行動主義者的城市，人們在此準備為改變而努力，從 18 世紀的 John Wesley 追隨者，到 21 世紀推翻奴隸貿易商 Edward Colston 雕像的市民。週三，在一場具有里程碑意義的 1963 年 Bristol 巴士抵制行動開始週年之際，一項新運動正式啟動，目標是將該市打造為英國的民權之都。閱讀更多...

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...