Bookmarks that is Britains largest socialist bookshop store was attacked by masked far-right protesters, they ripped up books and magazines and wrecked the display of the store. one of those involved wore a Donald Trump mask, the group carried placards reading “British Bolshevik Cult”.
As a result Bookmarks staffs were closing the shop in Central London, Bloomsbury Street.
According to a Met, a spokesman said: “Police were called at approximately 18:35hrs on Saturday, 4 August to reports of a protest inside a shop on Bloomsbury Street, WC1.
Michael Bradley, from Stand up to Racism, said: “Luckily no one was hurt this time, but this is a sinister development that indicates the growing confidence of the far right who feel they can attack a bookshop in central London in broad daylight.
This happened as a continuation of A far-right protest against censorship of the conspiracy theory website Infowars that took place in central London on Saturday at which protesters have also carried the same placards and wore “Make Britain Great Again” caps.
Bookmarks sell a range of books from politics to economics and from history to fiction. Trades Union Congress’s official bookseller Bookmarks said no one was hurt during the incident: “We will not let this happen! Never Again!” it said., No arrest has been made till now.
