What's causing the Islamophobic riots across the UK, and why now?See also:
These are largely protests against mass migration. There are some hooligan elements, and likely there are also agent provocateurs.
1. The riots have been instigated by the Zionist asset Stephen Yaxley-Lennon ('Tommy Robinson'), who has been working for the State of Israel since 2009 as part of the so-called 'counterjihad' Islamophobia movement established by that state. When his organisation, the English Defence League, was incorporated in 2011, two years after its inception, it was named the English & Jewish Defence League. The Jewish Defence League, a Zionist terrorist organisation, has been a key part of violent Islamophobic street thuggery in the UK over the past decade.
Indeed, Robinson's support for Israel is telling, more so because of the popular support he receives from many in the general public for his anti-mass migration views.
2. Yaxley-Lennon is one of the most high-profile actors in the State of Israel's Online Influencers Programme in response to Operation Al-Aqsa Storm. He and others, like Oli London, Noa Tishby, Hen Mazzig, Arsen Ostrovsky and Emily Schrader (and many others) are paid to distribute Zionist propaganda, of which pushing back against pro-Palestine protests and sowing Islamophobia are two important and interlinked aims.
3. The recent Islamophobic riots in the UK should be seen as the latest phase of the State of Israel's war on British Muslims, who it sees as originating the protest movement in the UK. These riots are designed to punish Muslims for their anti-Zionist sentiment after various other methods to suppress opposition to Zionism by the State of Israel have been thwarted.
It's not just British Muslims that were protesting against the genocide, however it is true that the largely Muslim communities demonstrated their position by mostly voting for anti-genocide candidates in the recent UK elections.
The State of Israel's attempts to use its assets and operatives in the British political and media class — such as Suella Braverman and Michael Gove — to thwart pro-Palestinian protests have failed. Zionist counter-protests have failed to mobilise significant numbers. Sporadic Zionist thuggery and the use of other assets — such as Iranian secularist extremists — have also failed to intimidate Muslims.
Counter protests were indeed poorly attended, and there were people carrying flags which are used to symbolise allegiance against the current Iranian government.
So now the State of Israel is weaponising its cannon fodder on the white nationalist far-right, who have greater numbers than either Zionist street thugs or Iranian monarchists and secularist extremists.
What is clear is that the government's propaganda media are using the more extreme elements to obfuscate the real issues.
4. Finally, there are also questions about which actor authored the idea that Muslims were responsible for the ostensible triggers for these events. MI6 and its assets (eg Paul Mason) are desperately trying to pretend this was a Russian disinfo op. But the original stories did not come from Russia. Where did they come from?
Global markets slump on US recession fears as FTSE 100 tumbles and Amazon shares crashFX Street reports on gold:
Global stock markets have been rattled by mounting concerns over a potential US economic downturn, leading to widespread sell-offs.
The S&P 500 dropped 1.4 per cent in the latest session and has seen a decline of over three per cent in the past three weeks, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq plummeted by 2.3 per cent and the Russell 2000, which tracks small-cap stocks, fell by three per cent.
China's Shanghai Stock Exchange also felt the pressure, dipping by one per cent, alongside Australia's ASX 200, which slid over two per cent.
European markets were not immune to the tremors, as the FTSE 100 declined by 1.6 per cent since yesterday afternoon amid growing trepidation regarding US economic health, and the pan-European Stoxx 600 retreated by 2.3 per cent from the same point, as reported by City AM.
"The prospect of the US experiencing an economic slump has far-reaching consequences, which is why stock markets were weak around the world on Friday," commented Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.
Meanwhile just a few days earlier in Israel: Israeli Shekel crashes after Iran assassination, 2nd worst depreciation in the world right now
The unease was sparked by disappointing US purchasing manufacturer index data released yesterday, indicating a contraction in new orders for the first time in three months and only marginal output growth.
Adding to the market's woes, a series of lacklustre earnings reports from major US tech companies further dampened investor sentiment.
From January: Another wave of layoffs begin at Google, Amazon - tens of thousands of workers fired since 2022
Amazon's shares took a seven per cent hit in after-market trading as the e-commerce behemoth's earnings report revealed missed revenue estimates and issued disappointing guidance for Q3.
In another tech sector blow, Intel saw its stock plummet by a staggering 19 per cent following the announcement of plans to slash over 15,000 jobs in an effort to "resize and refocus" its operations.
While these tech results could be seen as isolated incidents, they reflect broader market concerns that the unexpected robustness of the US economy may be starting to falter.
Tech giant Nvidia has been the hardest hit by this wave of panic, with its shares falling 6.7 per cent yesterday and nearly 20 per cent over the past three weeks.
"Corporate results are only the tip of the iceberg," commented Pierre Veyret, an analyst at Activtrades. "Indeed, many investors are losing confidence after the Fed held interest rates unchanged during the latest FOMC meeting earlier this week."
With fears of a US economic slowdown, or even a recession, markets are hopeful that the Federal Reserve will start to cut interest rates, despite inflation remaining high.
Market predictions now anticipate a rate cut at every Fed meeting for the remainder of the year, with a 32 per cent chance that one of those three will be a 50 basis point cut, up from just seven per cent a week ago.
The likelihood of a 50 basis point cut at the Fed's next meeting in September has also doubled, from 11.5 per cent to 27.5 per cent, according to data from CME Group.
"As usual, whenever uncertainty rises and confidence drops, investors tend to reduce their exposure to riskier assets and seek safety, which explains the current stock sell-off and increased appetite for treasuries," noted Veyret.
Reflecting this trend, US treasuries experienced a surge in demand throughout the week, with the two-year yield dipping to its lowest point since May 2023 as market participants gravitate towards the security of bonds and anticipate rate reductions by the Fed.
"The list of worry points for the market is growing. On top of geopolitical tensions between the West and China, ongoing Middle East violence and the US presidential election, we've now got recession fears and that will stoke debate over whether the Fed has acted too late with cutting interest rates," observed Mould.
Daily digest market movers: Gold price soars on weak US NFP, escalated geopolitical tensionsBack in May: China buys huge £135billion stockpile of goldA fresh upside would appear if the Gold price breaks above its all-time high of $2,483.75, which will send it into unchartered territory.
- Gold price jumps above $2,470 in Friday's New York session session. The precious metal aims to recapture all-time highs above $2,480 as market speculation for the Fed to begin reducing interest rates in September appears to be certain amid deteriorating labor market conditions.
Senior NED management is currently in complete disarray, with two high-ranking staffers fired due to their handling of The Grayzone's phone call, and founding president Carl Gershman isolated and marginalized by those who took his place.Read a collection of the NED files exclusively obtained by The Grayzone here.
What began as a bitter dispute over the decision to engage with The Grayzone ultimately devolved into a full-fledged culture war that pitted the group's neoconservative founders against its more liberal recent hires, derided by the neocon old guard as "woke flakes" obsessed with "microaggressions" and compulsory DEI trainings.
One of the fired NED staffers, neocon Michael Allen, accused his progressive boss of a "clear campaign of harassment, marginalization and victimization," and fretted over her allowing NED staff to attend pro-Palestine rallies. He was so incensed by his dismissal that he threatened to reveal the details of his firing to the "many mailing lists of key decision-makers and opinion-formers that I have built and retained over the years" if he did not receive a substantial settlement.
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