I've been collecting data on loyalist bonfires for a decade now and have done a handful of stints of fieldwork in Belfast and the Irish North, so I wanted to collect some thoughts about likely loyalist coordination and participation in the pogroms this week.
You can read it on the blog here:
Prior to the violence in Belfast this week, a flyer circulated all across Northern Irish social media and in group chats, which identified 26 “road closures.”
The flyer, which appears AI-generated du...
