nando161, 1 year ago to random "HAPPY #ERICCANTONA #DAY! Twenty-eight years ago today, at a match against Crystal Palace, #Manchester United star Eric #Cantona #responded to #racial #abuse he was #subjected to from sieg heiling #NationalFront/#BritishNationalParty supporter #MatthewSimmons by #delivering a #flying #kick to his #head from the #pitch. Asked about the #incident two decades later, Cantona said “I didn’t #punch him strong enough. I should have #punched him #harder.” Still a #dedicated #humanitarian and anti-racist, Cantona pledged in September to personally house and feed a #refugee #family in his own home for two years." via @antifaintl @antifaintl
"HAPPY #ERICCANTONA #DAY!
Twenty-eight years ago today, at a match against Crystal Palace, #Manchester United star Eric #Cantona #responded to #racial #abuse he was #subjected to from sieg heiling #NationalFront/#BritishNationalParty supporter #MatthewSimmons by #delivering a #flying #kick to his #head from the #pitch.
Asked about the #incident two decades later, Cantona said “I didn’t #punch him strong enough. I should have #punched him #harder.”
Still a #dedicated #humanitarian and anti-racist, Cantona pledged in September to personally house and feed a #refugee #family in his own home for two years." via @antifaintl @antifaintl
thejapantimes, 1 month ago to worldnews Just how dangerous is Europe’s rising far right? Anti-immigration parties with fascist roots — and an uncertain commitment to democracy — are now mainstream. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/06/world/politics/how-dangerous-europe-far-right/ #worldnews #politics #eu #europe #italy #poland #hungary #france #germany #jordanbardella #marinelepen #nationalfront #giorgiameloni #sweden #netherlands #geertwilders #viktororban
Just how dangerous is Europe’s rising far right? Anti-immigration parties with fascist roots — and an uncertain commitment to democracy — are now mainstream. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/06/world/politics/how-dangerous-europe-far-right/ #worldnews #politics #eu #europe #italy #poland #hungary #france #germany #jordanbardella #marinelepen #nationalfront #giorgiameloni #sweden #netherlands #geertwilders #viktororban
alexanderhay, 15 days ago to news As an aside, this has been a cornerstone policy of the #BNP and #NationalFront for decades. "Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory national service "...It said 18-year-olds would have a choice of either joining the military full-time, or volunteering one weekend every month..." "...#RishiSunak said he believed [this] would help foster the "national spirit" that emerged during the pandemic..." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpddxy9r4mdo #News #UKPolitics #GeneralElection2024 #UKNews
As an aside, this has been a cornerstone policy of the #BNP and #NationalFront for decades.
"Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory national service
"...It said 18-year-olds would have a choice of either joining the military full-time, or volunteering one weekend every month..."
"...#RishiSunak said he believed [this] would help foster the "national spirit" that emerged during the pandemic..."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpddxy9r4mdo
#News #UKPolitics #GeneralElection2024 #UKNews