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Sunday, August 5, 2018

Far-right protesters 'ransack socialist bookshop in London'

Owners of Bookmarks say masked attackers wrecked displays and tore up books

The owners of Britain’s largest socialist bookshop, Bookmarks, have said the store was attacked by far-right protesters wearing masks who wrecked displays and ripped up books and magazines.

Posting on Facebook and Twitter, Bookmarks said staff were closing the shop on Bloomsbury Street in central London on Saturday evening when around a dozen people descended on it.

Free speech and independent bookshops - under threat in an age where intolerance and Amazon flourish - should be cherished. Utterly despicable... https://t.co/93Qoh8G1cH

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