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On June 8th, a knife attack took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the UK, which was seen on video. The assailant was an African asylum seeker, and the victim was a local white resident. In the following days, mobs of white men began attacking Black and brown migrants, setting fire to their homes, and families had to literally flee for their lives. Roger McKenzie is the international editor of the UK-based Morning Star, the only English-language socialist daily newspaper in the world. He joins us from Oxford to discuss this incident and what it tells us about politics and racism in Britain.

Racist Mob Attacks in Britain

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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley

bareditors Fri, 06/19/2026 - 05:56

On June 8th, a knife attack took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the UK, which was seen on video. The assailant was an African asylum seeker, and the victim was a local white resident.  In the following days, mobs of white men began attacking Black and brown migrants, setting fire to their homes, and families had to literally flee for their lives. Roger McKenzie is the international editor of the UK-based Morning Star, the only English-language socialist daily newspaper in the world. He joins us from Oxford to discuss this incident and what it tells us about politics and racism in Britain.

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