Kicking off in Leicester 17/9/22

[Jeff Robinson]

#Leicester trending on twitter. Seems to be mainly hindutva shit-stirrers and their white nationalist allies.

 

[hitmouse]

Not listened to it yet, but here's a podcast interview with Amrit Wilson:

 

[hitmouse]

Here's another podcast interview I've not got around to listening to yet, with Amardeep Dhillon:

 

[Ax^]

hmm bbc doco on Modi tonight well this kick off again

 

[hitmouse]

hmm bbc doco on Modi tonight well this kick off again

Modi's got the doc banned on twitter and youtube:

Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi

Officials from India’s ruling right-wing party said American tech companies like Twitter and YouTube complied with demands to remove the documentary.

theintercept.com

(non-paywalled version here)

 

[teqniq]

People have apparently posted it on Telegram also it is available via bitorrent (I checked). It would appear they've shot themselves in the foot over this.

 

[hitmouse]

New audio interview with Maia Ramnath, author of an essay on "Fighting Hindu Fascism in the South Asia Diaspora":

Maia Ramnath on Resisting Hindutva | The Final Straw Radio Podcast

thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org

Should be a transcription up soonish.

 

[pbsmooth]

Related?

Local elections 2023: Religion was weaponised, says mayor

Despite gains on Leicester City Council, the Conservatives lost seats across the county.

www.bbc.com

 

[Duncan2]

Related?

Local elections 2023: Religion was weaponised, says mayor

Despite gains on Leicester City Council, the Conservatives lost seats across the county.

www.bbc.com

Sounds interesting but Soulsby so circumspect its a job to know what is being suggested?

 

[Serge Forward]

Info here... Labour pains in Leicester
The religion angle is overblown but Soulsby is a cunt.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[Serge Forward]

Also in Leicester, recent news from the Elbit siege: Elbit: the siege continues

The Leicester filth have tended to be relatively easy going compared to wankers like the Met and GMP, but recently they've taken off the velvet glove with the Elbit protestors.

The video has some decent interviews too.

 

[a_chap]

Being related to a member of the Leicestershire filth, I cannot express sufficiently how much I detest them.

 

[Serge Forward]

On religious sectarianism in Leicester: Weaponising religion