colborne.bsky.social
@bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers. Signal: michaelcolborne.01
👤 Joined on 28 abril 2023
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@colborne.bsky.socialUtterly fatuous claims being made on other social media channels that the protests in The Hague were smothered by local football hooligans "defending" the city centre. "We don't tolerate our city being plundered, cultural heritage being destroyed or any other form of vandalism," they blustered.
Show PostFar-right football hooligans fighting against an imaginary enemy, tale as old as time.
Show PostThe annoying thing is: preparations for the non-riots were covered in the media almost as extensively as real riots would have been. So even if there’s no trouble at all, the whole country wakes up to “Hague braced for violent rampage” stories. Heads Wilders wins, tails Wilders wins
Show PostOh it gets weirder. Following publication, "Delta9", the anonymous "third party, not associated with the SoapGirls" who speaks for them anyway, now claim a "third party line with the President" and are proposing to make it illegal for any "current or former Antifa member" to criticize a band.
Show Post"Rather than focus on the hugely damaging impact of the rise of the far-right and the subsequent increase in racist attacks ... over the past few years, the BBC has instead completely detached its collective critical faculties and treated it as being just another Westminster horse race story"
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