Thoughts re Tommy Robinson

Tommy Robinson is an English ‘patriot’/nationalist, and a Zionist - he is not a Nazi.

His claimed agenda - to raise awareness of Islamism in the UK - isn’t entirely irrational: there is clearly a notable problem in his hometown of Luton, (and elsewhere in the UK), with Islamist radicalism.

Tommy likes to blame this problem on a culture of political correctness in the UK, and it may well be true that this has contributed to the radicalism being allowed to fester and spread, but the far greater factors at play here are the policies of western governments, both in terms of imperial wars and alliances abroad (including with Islamist Saudi Arabia), and neoliberal reforms at home.

Although not entirely irrational, Tommy’s oversimplification of a complex issue, and his delivery, reek of Islamophobia and racism, (as does his admiration for the racist regime in Israel). In his rhetoric, he consistently tars Islam as a whole, rather than focussing on the radical sects - Wahhabism/Salafism. He has ostensibly acknowledged that he shouldn’t do this - he has said in interviews that the Salafi ideology is his concern and that he doesn’t seek to condemn all Muslims - so why does he?! Why does he keep generalising and smearing the entire religion?! Surely he must realize that by simply blaming 'Islam', rather than the specific sects, this encourages racism towards the entire Muslim community? He’s either dangerously stupid and insensitive, or he’s a liar and a racist. If we give him the benefit of the doubt and deem that he is the former, in any case he is most definitely not the man for the mission!

To demonstrate that his agenda isn’t racially motivated, he must stop generalizing, and he should start attacking the neoliberal system, which is surely the main cause of the breakdown of communities, as has happened in Luton, (and as said, one of the factors that fuels the radicalism). And he should start condemning western imperialism, which has led to a protracted genocide of Muslims, (undoubtably fueling extremism, and thus - blowback), has enabled Wahhabi Saudi Arabia to spread their ideology throughout the UK and Europe, and is the cause of the mass migration crisis. He should also be doing FAR more to denounce the very blatant racism and Islamophobia of his support base.

Whatever Tommy Robinson is, he’s a product of an endemically racist and rigged system; our governments have destroyed communities for the benefit of corporate power, and their foreign policies have destroyed entire Middle Eastern countries, killing some four million Muslims in recent decades, and causing millions of others to flee to Europe, in desperation. Did any western policy makers think that any of this would lead to global and societal cohesion, and peace? Of course not, because their policies, both domestic and foreign, are about profit for the few - not peace and harmony for the many. Our being divided serves the interests of the policy creators - the oligarchy - perfectly.

Tommy Robinson is just another distraction; a useful idiot diverting attention from the real enemy: the ruling elite.