The American and British right want you to believe that the Belfast riots are a violent Irish uprising against mass immigration. In reality, the riots are steeped in the complex sectarianism of Northern Ireland, and the riot leaders don’t even consider themselves Irish.
The attempted beheading of an Irish man by a Sudanese migrant set off a wave of unrest in Belfast this week. Less than 24 hours after the attack, gangs of masked men torched more than 60 buildings and vehicles, sweeping door-to-door through the city’s northern neighborhoods in a deliberate attempt to “get the foreigners out,” according to the BBC.
The violence continued on…
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