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When the far right targets books, it should ring alarm bells for us all | David Gilchrist

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The violent attack on my bookshop Bookmarks at the weekend could never have happened without Trump, and Britain’s ‘hostile environment’
• David Gilchrist is the manager of Bookmarks in London

Just as we were preparing to close up our shop on Saturday evening, about a dozen men invaded Bookmarks bookshop in central London and started knocking over displays and shouting at staff. One was wearing a Donald Trump mask, others wore baseball caps saying Make Britain Great Again. One wore a union jack as a cape. They zeroed in on books about Islamophobia, and ripped up copies of an anti-racist magazine.

Related: Socialist bookshop inundated with support after rightwingers’ attack

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In our #MeToo age, we must hold on to the hope of redemption | Sonia Sodha

This reminds me of discussions saying after just 50 years of renewed civil rights in USA for African-Americans, that we should just forget 400 years of slavery and its institutional effects, give all the racists a break, pretend Trump is not a racist, and discount need for Black Live Matter. So after less than a year of holding men to account for thousands of years of abuse, you want to give guys, you like a break…? If Trump says I am sorry and am a new person – give him a break; believe him? There’s redemption and then there’s just giving those you like a pass go ticket out of being held accountable.

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Disney’s sacking of the contrite James Gunn plays into the hands of people with unpleasant agendas

Since it started trending on social media 10 months ago, two things have come to define the moment. One is the powerful public testimony of women and men who have experienced sexual harassment and abuse in settings from Hollywood to Westminster. The second is the occasional sacking – or bringing down – of the powerful wrongdoer.

For men such as Harvey Weinstein, that loss of status and privilege could not have come soon enough, but the rolling of some other heads has created a sense of unease. Most recently, Disney’s sacking of James Gunn, the director of the Guardians of the Galaxy film franchise, for a series of deeply offensive jokes about rape and paedophilia, has prompted a wave of sympathy. Several of the films’ stars have written an open letter calling for him to be reinstated.

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Far-right protesters ‘ransack socialist bookshop in London’

Nazis hate books, as well as people not themselves.

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Owners of Bookmarks say masked attackers wrecked displays and tore up books

The owners of Britain’s largest socialist bookshop, Bookmarks, have said the store was attacked by far-right protesters wearing masks who wrecked displays and ripped up books and magazines.

Posting on Facebook and Twitter, Bookmarks said staff were closing the shop on Bloomsbury Street in central London on Saturday evening when about a dozen people descended on it.

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Taxi licences are now so worthless some owners are killing themselves

All designed to make digital firms rich and leave non-unionized drivers at whim of digital firms and no further ahead than they were before they began driving for a fee.

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The arrival of ride-sharing apps like Uber and the subsequent deregulation of the taxi industry have rendered a once lucrative investment all but worthless, destroying lives and livelihoods.

Russia appoints Steven Seagal special envoy for humanitarian work

Got Putin Traitor Medal 1st Class!

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Actor granted Russian citizenship in 2016 will ‘facilitate relations’ with US

Russia has appointed action movie star Steven Seagal as a special envoy for humanitarian ties with the United States.

The foreign ministry announced the move on Saturday on its Facebook page, saying Seagal’s portfolio in the unpaid position would be to “facilitate relations between Russia and the United States in the humanitarian field, including cooperation in culture, arts, public and youth exchanges.”

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