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Michael Magee retweeted
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Belfast's protest against racism.
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Michael Magee retweeted
Belfast ranks 32nd per capita for asylum seekers in the UK.
Northern Ireland hosts 2,379 in total. That’s 0.1% of its population.
NI is 97% white.
Asylum seekers are not “illegal migrants”; they’re going through a legal government process.
factcheckni.org/articles/imm…
Jun 12
Belfast houses more asylum seekers per capita than almost any other place in the UK.
One in 200 people in Belfast is an illegal migrant.
Who could possibly have foreseen civil unrest?
It’s the immigration, stupid.
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Michael Magee retweeted
Jun 12
In Britain, you're a terrorist if you try to materially stop a genocide. If you join a pogrom, you're just "fed up".
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Michael Magee retweeted
This was the case in 1969 when violent mobs targeted families across Belfast.
The @officialgaa came together then, to help those who were "Burnt Out".
We have documented this in the only detailed analysis to have been published.
Get it here: share.google/uAC0zmphE19zDoH…
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Jun 12
Belfast GAA clubs rally to provide shelter and support for families displaced by race riots irishnews.com/news/northern-…
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Michael Magee retweeted
Jun 12
A lot of phoned-in pieces and dubious commentary re: NI's racially-motivated attacks and wider unrest this week.
For @AJEnglish, I was able to speak w/ someone evacuated from a Belfast flashpoint by community groups plugging the gaps of official responses
aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/12…
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Michael Magee retweeted
Jun 12
If you only read one thing about the past few days in Belfast, make it this piece by the excellent @michaelmagee__
Jun 11
somehow managed to get both the Belfast pogroms in 1920 and the burning of Bombay Street into an 800 word article for the Independent
i wanted to make a very clear connection between what we’re seeing happening to ethnic minorities in Belfast and across the six counties with the experiences of our parents and grandparents living under the repressive auspicious of the orange state mostly because I wanted to remind people who might be lured into the traps of racist ideology that our history, and the history of our people, is very much structured by an opposition to those same mechanisms of oppression
i knew when all this kicked off that people in West Belfast wouldn’t take the bait, that the anti-colonial, anti-racist politics that runs through the collective consciousness is too firmly ingrained (also fuck the loyalists and their bigotry etc)… but that’s not to say that this can’t change, that the very marginal voices sowing hatred in the community won’t find a foothold (they already have, in all sorts of ways)
i basically wrote this article for the people of West Belfast, to reassert our radical opposition to the bigotry and racism that underpins loyalism and make sure that the people who have come here to build lives for themselves know they are not alone, that they won’t be abandoned the way our parents and grandparents were, and that we stand by them in love and solidarity
independent.co.uk/voices/bel…
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Michael Magee retweeted
Jun 12
Great feature by a great writer, Michael Magee, in the INDEPENDENT (London) - archive.ph/XuKj1
Jun 11
somehow managed to get both the Belfast pogroms in 1920 and the burning of Bombay Street into an 800 word article for the Independent
i wanted to make a very clear connection between what we’re seeing happening to ethnic minorities in Belfast and across the six counties with the experiences of our parents and grandparents living under the repressive auspicious of the orange state mostly because I wanted to remind people who might be lured into the traps of racist ideology that our history, and the history of our people, is very much structured by an opposition to those same mechanisms of oppression
i knew when all this kicked off that people in West Belfast wouldn’t take the bait, that the anti-colonial, anti-racist politics that runs through the collective consciousness is too firmly ingrained (also fuck the loyalists and their bigotry etc)… but that’s not to say that this can’t change, that the very marginal voices sowing hatred in the community won’t find a foothold (they already have, in all sorts of ways)
i basically wrote this article for the people of West Belfast, to reassert our radical opposition to the bigotry and racism that underpins loyalism and make sure that the people who have come here to build lives for themselves know they are not alone, that they won’t be abandoned the way our parents and grandparents were, and that we stand by them in love and solidarity
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Michael Magee retweeted
In Feb 1992 Anne Marie Smyth, a Catholic, was severely beaten and then had her throat cut to the point of decapitation. The DUP which is now cynically exploiting a knife crime to overturn the GFA is well aware of this dismembering sub culture within loyalism. See Lost Lives below
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Michael Magee retweeted
Maith thú @michaelmagee__
My Granda was burnt out at aged 7 in 1922 following the Weaver massacre when B specials threw a bomb at children playing. His cousin Kitty Kennedy died.
My aunt Kathleen & Bobby Dean burnt out of Bombay st 69.
We’ve seen this movie before 💔
Jun 11
somehow managed to get both the Belfast pogroms in 1920 and the burning of Bombay Street into an 800 word article for the Independent
i wanted to make a very clear connection between what we’re seeing happening to ethnic minorities in Belfast and across the six counties with the experiences of our parents and grandparents living under the repressive auspicious of the orange state mostly because I wanted to remind people who might be lured into the traps of racist ideology that our history, and the history of our people, is very much structured by an opposition to those same mechanisms of oppression
i knew when all this kicked off that people in West Belfast wouldn’t take the bait, that the anti-colonial, anti-racist politics that runs through the collective consciousness is too firmly ingrained (also fuck the loyalists and their bigotry etc)… but that’s not to say that this can’t change, that the very marginal voices sowing hatred in the community won’t find a foothold (they already have, in all sorts of ways)
i basically wrote this article for the people of West Belfast, to reassert our radical opposition to the bigotry and racism that underpins loyalism and make sure that the people who have come here to build lives for themselves know they are not alone, that they won’t be abandoned the way our parents and grandparents were, and that we stand by them in love and solidarity
independent.co.uk/voices/bel…
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Michael Magee retweeted
Jun 11
“I wish I could say that this is not the Belfast I grew up in, but loyalist mobs rampaging through the city is nothing new to us. [..]Instead of contested parade routes, or flag disputes, [..]the orchestrated violence has been redirected towards [..]immigrants & asylum seekers.”
Jun 11
somehow managed to get both the Belfast pogroms in 1920 and the burning of Bombay Street into an 800 word article for the Independent
i wanted to make a very clear connection between what we’re seeing happening to ethnic minorities in Belfast and across the six counties with the experiences of our parents and grandparents living under the repressive auspicious of the orange state mostly because I wanted to remind people who might be lured into the traps of racist ideology that our history, and the history of our people, is very much structured by an opposition to those same mechanisms of oppression
i knew when all this kicked off that people in West Belfast wouldn’t take the bait, that the anti-colonial, anti-racist politics that runs through the collective consciousness is too firmly ingrained (also fuck the loyalists and their bigotry etc)… but that’s not to say that this can’t change, that the very marginal voices sowing hatred in the community won’t find a foothold (they already have, in all sorts of ways)
i basically wrote this article for the people of West Belfast, to reassert our radical opposition to the bigotry and racism that underpins loyalism and make sure that the people who have come here to build lives for themselves know they are not alone, that they won’t be abandoned the way our parents and grandparents were, and that we stand by them in love and solidarity
independent.co.uk/voices/bel…
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Michael Magee retweeted
Jun 11
Great article here looking at the 1920 and 1969 pogroms in Belfast and what’s happening now in 2026, I made this very point on the radio yesterday 👇🏼
Jun 11
somehow managed to get both the Belfast pogroms in 1920 and the burning of Bombay Street into an 800 word article for the Independent
i wanted to make a very clear connection between what we’re seeing happening to ethnic minorities in Belfast and across the six counties with the experiences of our parents and grandparents living under the repressive auspicious of the orange state mostly because I wanted to remind people who might be lured into the traps of racist ideology that our history, and the history of our people, is very much structured by an opposition to those same mechanisms of oppression
i knew when all this kicked off that people in West Belfast wouldn’t take the bait, that the anti-colonial, anti-racist politics that runs through the collective consciousness is too firmly ingrained (also fuck the loyalists and their bigotry etc)… but that’s not to say that this can’t change, that the very marginal voices sowing hatred in the community won’t find a foothold (they already have, in all sorts of ways)
i basically wrote this article for the people of West Belfast, to reassert our radical opposition to the bigotry and racism that underpins loyalism and make sure that the people who have come here to build lives for themselves know they are not alone, that they won’t be abandoned the way our parents and grandparents were, and that we stand by them in love and solidarity
independent.co.uk/voices/bel…
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Michael Magee retweeted
Jun 11
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Jun 11
somehow managed to get both the Belfast pogroms in 1920 and the burning of Bombay Street into an 800 word article for the Independent
i wanted to make a very clear connection between what we’re seeing happening to ethnic minorities in Belfast and across the six counties with the experiences of our parents and grandparents living under the repressive auspicious of the orange state mostly because I wanted to remind people who might be lured into the traps of racist ideology that our history, and the history of our people, is very much structured by an opposition to those same mechanisms of oppression
i knew when all this kicked off that people in West Belfast wouldn’t take the bait, that the anti-colonial, anti-racist politics that runs through the collective consciousness is too firmly ingrained (also fuck the loyalists and their bigotry etc)… but that’s not to say that this can’t change, that the very marginal voices sowing hatred in the community won’t find a foothold (they already have, in all sorts of ways)
i basically wrote this article for the people of West Belfast, to reassert our radical opposition to the bigotry and racism that underpins loyalism and make sure that the people who have come here to build lives for themselves know they are not alone, that they won’t be abandoned the way our parents and grandparents were, and that we stand by them in love and solidarity
independent.co.uk/voices/bel…
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Michael Magee retweeted
Jun 11
The people burning down homes and carrying out pogroms have these flags flying in their areas
Jun 9
>be Ireland
>hate Israel as much as Arabs
>get one small taste of what Israelis deal with
>burns everything down
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somehow managed to get both the Belfast pogroms in 1920 and the burning of Bombay Street into an 800 word article for the Independent
i wanted to make a very clear connection between what we’re seeing happening to ethnic minorities in Belfast and across the six counties with the experiences of our parents and grandparents living under the repressive auspicious of the orange state mostly because I wanted to remind people who might be lured into the traps of racist ideology that our history, and the history of our people, is very much structured by an opposition to those same mechanisms of oppression
i knew when all this kicked off that people in West Belfast wouldn’t take the bait, that the anti-colonial, anti-racist politics that runs through the collective consciousness is too firmly ingrained (also fuck the loyalists and their bigotry etc)… but that’s not to say that this can’t change, that the very marginal voices sowing hatred in the community won’t find a foothold (they already have, in all sorts of ways)
i basically wrote this article for the people of West Belfast, to reassert our radical opposition to the bigotry and racism that underpins loyalism and make sure that the people who have come here to build lives for themselves know they are not alone, that they won’t be abandoned the way our parents and grandparents were, and that we stand by them in love and solidarity
independent.co.uk/voices/bel…
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grateful to the British left for their coverage at this time but it’s the north of Ireland
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There was a video going viral earlier of a white smick harrassing a black fella in Ardoyne. The fella was simply carrying shopping bags back to his home. Subjected to horrible racist abuse and threats. The local community rallied and have identified the perpetrator. Night Night x
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Michael Magee retweeted
Jun 11
For anyone unaware of the Belfast riots, thinking this is an Irish revolution then watch this young lad break it all down.
Know who the rioters are!
Loyalist = Loyal to 🇬🇧
Republican = Irish 🇮🇪
These rioters will be burning our flag 🇮🇪 in a few weeks!
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Jun 9
man, woman and child rescued from a house in north Belfast live on Sky News
houses burned all along the street, windows smashed, cars torched, livelihoods destroyed, people terrified for their lives
it would remind you of something, wouldn't it?
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