Never Again is Now, Never Again Includes All Peoples

Some grave news from The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and The Quakers: Not that I want to be alarmist, but the UK is at "watch" level on Genocide Watch... Targeted Groups: Gypsies, Roma and Travellers, Refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants, Muslims and Jewish people, and Trans people "Since 2010, the U.K. has become increasingly hostile to minorities, with the government and far-right parties demonizing refugees, immigrants, and the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) community. GRT people face high levels of normalized racism and discrimination. The government has now passed a law that not only cracks down on protests but also criminalizes aspects of many GRT people's nomadic identity and way of life. Additionally, the government has made multiple attacks on the rights and safety of refugees, including by signing a deal with Rwanda to offshore asylum processes for refugees considered "illegal." In the 2010s, the policy to create a "hostile environment" for "illegal" immigration caused damage for many people originally from the Caribbean in the Windrush Scandal. The U.K. has also seen high levels of transphobia in the media and political discourses, making life less safe for trans people. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland's peace process and recovery from "The Troubles" has been threatened by the U.K.'s exit from the European Union." - Genocide Watch We also know off hand plenty of almost and already genocidal situations across the globe. Let us truly remember the horrors of past and present. Let us as a species repent of our darkness and evil! The Prince of Peace and God of love be with us as we dream and carve out better futures. Lord fogive us for complicity or failure in these matters. Lead us in thy way, light our paths, guide us to freedom. Amen.