Progressive Political News

Sayeeda Warsi, former Chair of the Conservative Party Should you switch on any mainstream news program or read any mainstream news articles you would be mistaken for thinking that the Labour Party was a cesspool of anti-semitism and racism, with figures such as Alan Sugar ridiculously comparing Jeremy Corbyn to former German leader, Adolf Hitler.  While any leftist criticism  of Israel and its policy regarding Palestine is spun and twisted to suggest that anytime you speak up for Palestinian rights or a two-state solution is anti-semitic, those who throw around accusations of anti-semitism and racism clearly have issues regarding racism and in this instance, Islamophobia in the UK Conservative Party. There are genuine instances of anti-semitism surrounding the Left, with George Galloway's  "no Israel flags"  tweet during last year's Champions League Final coming to mind - this is was deemed a hateful statement by losing finalists Tottenham Hotspur FC, a cl...

Facebook post by Far-Right Group, Britain First. You may be familiar with the Far-Right group Britain First as they have recently attracted a large amount of headlines. The media attention directed at the hate group was a result of sitting US President Donald Trump retweeting three of their videos which allegedly depicted ISIS members attempting to kill a young man, another Muslim male smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary and a young group of Muslim males attacking a disabled boy. However, the third video of the attack against the disabled boy wasn't perpetuated by a Muslim, according to the Independent. The video in question was titled "Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!" The Independent links to a dutch website called 'No Style' which  states that the attacker is a Dutch man , and not a Muslim migrant like hate-filled individuals such as Donald Trump and Jayda Fransen want us to believe. So, as you can see, the Britain First organisation is ...