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Undercover at a secret ‘neo-Nazi’ meeting with Holocaust denier David Irving
Holocaust denier David Irving spoke alongside other anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists at a secret meeting of the “neo-Nazi, white supremacist” London Forum, where it was claimed Auschwitz is “like Disneyland” and that the Holocaust was “gossip”, “propaganda” and a “rumour", The Independent can reveal.
Mr Irving, whose defeat in a libel trial is dramatised in 2017 blockbuster Denial, began by praising the organisers for ensuring there were “only white faces in the audience”.
Fellow speakers de...
We Visited One of Britain’s Most Muslim Areas to See If It’s Really an Islamist Ghetto
We Visited One of Britain’s Most Muslim Areas to See If It’s Really an Islamist Ghetto
The Druze of Golan: Caught between a rock and a burned place
The Druze of Golan: Caught between a rock and a bur...
The Tory War on Roma, Gypsies and Travellers | VICE | United ...
The Tory War on Roma, Gypsies and Travellers | VICE...
‘Racist and illegal’ fast-track deportations target North African and Asian refugees in Greece
In-depth: The Greek authorities are deporting migrants on the Greek islands to Turkey in an expedited process - raising concerns over potentially illegal and prejudiced practices, reports Matt Broomfield.
Refugees from so-called "undesirable" countries are being jailed upon arrival to the Greek islands, before being put through a summary fast-track asylum procedure and returned to detention in Turkey within a matter of weeks, it has emerged.
Individuals from North Africa and South Asia are be...
Queer refugees on Lesvos are crying out for help
In-depth: The New Arab has spoken with LGBTQI+ refugees on the Greek island of Lesvos to learn of their experience in the Moria refugee camp.
From the gay Iraqi who saw Isis militants throw his lover from the tallest building in Mosul to the couple who escaped persecution to rendezvous for the first time in a refugee camp, each of the LGBTQI+ refugees trapped on the Greek island of Lesvos could fill a book with their own personal stories.
But these disparate voices – whether lesbian, gay, bis...
The English Defence League LGBT division: the dark side of the rainbow
Mostly male, shaven-headed and white, they can be found in almost any of Britain’s urban centres - a jostling crowd beneath a thicket of placards and Crosses of St. George....
Why you should give money directly and unconditionally to homeless people
Who are you to judge what they do with that cash?
Give your cash directly and unconditionally to homeless people.
Don’t just buy them a sandwich from Pret. They’re not four. They have the right to spend their money as they choose – and it is their money, once given. Don’t just give to people performing, singing, or accompanied by a cute dog. Buskers deserve a wage too, of course. But homeless people are not your dancing monkey and they shouldn’t have to perform to earn your pity.
Don’t second...
Inside a settler-run tour of an East Jerusalem tourist trap | The ...
Inside a settler-run tour of an East Jerusalem tour...
Meeting 'Les Mijeurs' – the Refugees Trapped in an Extra Level of Limbo
Meeting 'Les Mijeurs' – the Refugees Trapped in an Extra Level of Limbo
The British-Born Kids Who Can't Afford to Be British - Vice
The British-Born Kids Who Can't Afford to Be Britis...
Future of PA tested in West Bank's lawless alleys | The Electronic ...
Future of PA tested in West Bank's lawless alleys |...
EU pays Sudan blood-money to stop migrant routes
EU governments are silencing their internal concerns over massive human rights violations in Sudan while paying out money to prevent the flow of migrants into Europe.
The European Union is paying Sudan to stem the flow of migrants into Europe - despite internal worries the money will help Khartoum commit atrocities against its own citizens.
Internal government correspondence, seen by The New Arab, clearly shows the UK's desire to choke off migration flows into Europe is being prioritised over...
I'm from Palmyra, and can tell you – the Assad regime is no better ...
My interview with an activist tortured by the Assad regime
Resisting Eviction with London’s Anti-Capitalist Squatters - VICE
Resisting Eviction with London’s Anti-Capitalist Sq...