Far-right activist James Allchurch, described as a supporter of Adolf Hitler, has been found guilty on ten counts of distributing audio material to stir up racial hatred over a two-year period through a “highly racist & antisemitic” podcast station called 'Radio Aryan'.
But where would anyone in Britain get the impression that it's OK to stir up racial hatred or use antisemitic tropes & conspiracy theories? Surely no-one in the media or public eye - nor God-forbid anyone in Government - would fuel racism or antisemitism?
The jury heard how the charges relate to audio files uploaded between 17 May 2019 & 18 March 2021 to a public website called Radio Aryan, later renamed Radio Albion: the content of the episodes is said to be “highly racist & antisemitic”, & “white supremacist in nature”.
On the recordings (titles include 'Rivers Of Blood' & 'the Leftist Supremacist Mindset') Allchurch is heard being “threatening, abusive & insulting” about ethnic minorities, & perpetuating the idea that people in Britain are engaged in 'a race war'.
A cartoon had the caption: "Anything you say can & will be used against you by the Jewish press." The podcasts included talk about hanging black & Jewish people, & Allchurch denied there was racial hatred within a comment that white people were "superior in most measurable ways".
James Allchurch was the owner of the website, the main host, & was responsible for distributing the audio recordings, despite often being joined by co-hosts & guests such as National Action co-founder Alex Davies.
Davies, 27, from Swansea, was jailed in June last year for eight and a half years for being a member of the banned far-right organisation.
Other guests included Laurence Nunn, also known as Max Musson, & American neo-Nazi Daniel Kenneth Jeffries.
Allchurch & his guests referred at times to the well-known far-right organiser and anti-Islam activist, Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who founded the English Defence League as “too moderate”.
Prosecutor Jonathan Rees KC, said Radio Aryan spread #propaganda about racial conflict: Allchurch “was building up a community of ‘positive-minded individuals”’.
A divisive propaganda channel that appeals to 'salt of the earth people'? Sounds familiar.
Themes in a number of episodes include negative stereotypes of black & Asian people, & the idea that “non-white” people are responsible for all the crime, violence & sexual violence in the UK.
Now where else might we look to find negative stereotypes?
There was discussion of 'the great replacement conspiracy theory' (which GB "News" presenter Laurence Fox appears to subscribe to) with Allchurch suggesting using violence to “protect white people” in the fight against (echoing Braverman) “the #invasion”.
In the #propaganda channel's 'Rivers of Blood' episode, Allchurch defended former MP Enoch Powell’s anti-immigration speech delivered in 1968, claiming “everything he said has come true” & that areas of the UK have become “overthrown” by minorities.
Judge Huw Rees told Allchurch to expect a custodial sentence "that will not be measured in months", for "using vile & inexcusable language which I regard as a stain on humanity. NO-ONE should express themselves this way."
Allchurch will be sentenced on 28 April.
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Americans who care about democracy, justice & the planet have to come together to prevent another Trump administration, which would attempt to introduce the regressive, antidemocratic & dangerously irresponsible policies laid out in the Heritage Foundation's #Project2025
Biden has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the nominee.
Before outlining some essential information about Harris, I'll quickly summarise the process be for choosing the Democratic nominee as described by Newsweek.
In a statement emailed to Newsweek, Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Jaime Harrison said that the party would "undertake a transparent and orderly process to move forward as a united Democratic Party with a candidate who can defeat Donald Trump in November."
Professor of History & Public Policy at Duke University & author of the terrifying award-winning bestseller 'Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America', Nancy MacLean, recently discussed #Project2025.
Law professor & social critic Kimberlé Crenshaw interviewed MacLean about what the prescriptions in the Heritage Foundation’s #Project2025 mean for parents, public schools, & for multiracial democracy.
CRENSHAW: These wars on curricula are not new, of course; they go far back in our history. What folks might not know is that the Heritage Foundation, the main convenor of #Project2025, cut its teeth on curricular wars in the 1970s.
'The Republican blueprint for power contains the seeds of its own demise. It is not too late to stop the descent of the American political order into tyranny, oligarchy or anarchy', writes Timothy Snyder.
Pete Buttigieg is an American politician and former naval officer who is serving as the 19th United States secretary of transportation. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 32nd mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020, which earned him the nickname "Mayor Pete".
Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Oxford, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. From 2009 to 2017, he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant.
Hitler survived assassination attempts. We know what that led to. Reagan & Thatcher survived assassination attempts. They gave us neoliberalism. Trump survived. He's chosen JD Vance as his running mate. If elected, America will become a dystopian free-market kleptocracy.
The 0.01% is gearing up to all but destroy US democracy.
Leading the charge & donating tens of millions of dollars to Trump's campaign are Silicon Valley's libertarian Tech billionaire extremists, led by Peter Thiel & Elon Musk - two of the most dangerous men on earth.
What's unfolding right now is like something from a dystopian sci-fi novel.
Except it's not fiction - it's real.
And it's a fucking nightmare assault on truth, fairness, equality, minorities, women's right, the environment & humanity, which democracy will struggle to survive.
"What first made Reform UK's white, privately educated multimillionaires Farage, Tice & Rupert Lowe oppose DEI?"
'Diversity Equity Inclusion' is a framework which promotes the fair treatment & full participation of ALL people, but particularly underrepresented groups...
Many people know that the term ‘DEI’ is being weaponized as a racist dog whistle (a coded, deniable bit of language that allows people to communicate ideas that would be too offensive if done explicitly).
There’s nothing new about using racist dog whistles. But the way DEI is used to play into racist sentiments is uniquely powerful, & may well be much more potent than other culture war terms.