https://www.nytimes.

com/2019/01/25/nyregion/metropolitan-republican-club-
trump.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSociety

anti fascisim and far right group: Proud Boys

after Gavin McInnes spoke at the club, vandalism ensued

the fight mirrors broader tensions within the Republican Part

pitting far-right conservatives energized by President Trump against a

Republican establishment that was once a bastion of New York
moderates like John V. Lindsay and Nelson A. Rockefeller.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/24/almost-2m-people-will-lose-1000-a-year-with-
universal-credit-study

Following the switch to universal credit, United Kingdom's social security payment that has six means-
tested benefits: income-based Employment and Support Allowance, income-based Jobseeker's
Allowance, and Income Support; Housing Benefit; and Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, 2 million
people will lose more than £1,000 a year. Specifically, those lower-income families are the most affected
by the policy, the Institute for Fiscal Studies study concluded, as the government aims to complete one
of the biggest overhauls of the benefits system since the introduction of tax credits in 2003.

The issue with universal credit is if workers don’t take a temp role, they will get sanctioned, hence lose
money for six weeks if they don’t take it. This pressures workers to work in a perpetual cycle of having to
do multiple contract works which prevent workers from having a permanent and sustainable jobs. In
addition to the tight requirements, design flaws and administrative glitches have put poorer claimants at
the heightened risk of debt and rent arrears, ill-health and homelessness. Food banks, for example, have
reported that significantly when universal credit is introduced into the local area.

As a result, it turns out that although the theory behind universal credit seems beneficial, universal
credit still hits the persistently poor the hardest on average. To avoid this, Team Proposition stands
strong by the notion that universal credit does more harm than good.

Racial inequality

Donald Trump has reacted angrily to the NFL allowing players to continue their ongoing protest against
inequality in America.

The president has made the protests, mainly acted out by kneeling during the pre-game national
anthem, a central part of his nationalist rhetoric in recent weeks as he attempts to reframe the quest for
equality as an anti-patriotic gesture.

He even ordered vice-president Mike Pence to leave the game between the Indianapolis Colts and the
San Francisco 49ers early after players knelt for the anthem, a move later exposed as a calculated
publicity stunt by Pence. Meetings between the league owners and players on Tuesday were described
as extremely productive, and while Colin Kaepernick was among the players invited to the meeting in
Manhattan, he did not attend as he did not want to provide a distraction and is currently pursuing legal
action against the league.

Eleven team owners and 13 players were in attendance, and a joint statement from the NFL and the
players' association (NFLPA) ensured the focus was on facilitating change in society.

Trump links NFL kneeling protests to Hillary Clinton's election loss

"Today owners and players had a productive meeting focused on how we can work together to
promote positive social change and address inequality in our communities. NFL executives and owners
joined NFLPA executives and player leaders to review and discuss plans to utilize our platform to
promote equality and effectuate positive change.

"We agreed that these are common issues and pledged to meet again to continue this work together.

"As we said last week, everyone who is part of our NFL community has a tremendous respect for our
country, our flag, our anthem and our military. In the best American tradition, we are coming together
to find common ground and commit to the hard work required for positive change."

But on Wednesday morning Trump hit back, tweeting: "The NFL has decided that it will not force players
to stand for the playing of our National Anthem. Total disrespect for our great country!"

This is not the first time that Trump has tried to paint the push for equality and positive change as an
insult to the flag, with the NFL forced into releasing a statement last week clarifying that it would not
enforce standing during the anthem after Trump had erroneously claimed victory.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has told his players that they will be benched if they do not stand for
the national anthem, but Jones, a Trump campaign donor, is the only one of the league's 32 owners to
take such a stand.

Jed York, the owner of the San Francisco 49ers, and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank both said that
they don't fear Trump's reaction and will continue to go about their business.

nfl-meeting-protest.jpg

Protestors outside the NFL league meeting on Tuesday in Manhattan (Getty 2017)
“We need to be above it,” York told Sports Illustrated's Peter King. “We need to be above petty attacks
from anybody, because racial and socioeconomic inequality have existed in this country for too long.
You’ve got to block out the noise and do your job.”

“You know what I have learned in 75 years?” Blank said. “Control what you can control. Be responsible
for what you say and do. In the NFL, our values have to respect the shield. We always have had a
partnership with our players and now we have to stand with them on these important issues.

"This is not doing three media events and we’re finished. This is a long-term commitment that we have
to make. These issues have to pass from one generation to the next. It’s hard work and it will take time.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/national-football-league/donald-trump-nfl-players-
protests-racial-inequality-kneel-anthem-colin-kaepernick-a8006806.html