{"id":253608,"date":"2024-08-14T10:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T09:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=253608"},"modified":"2024-08-13T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T12:30:47","slug":"the-kindness-of-strangers","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/the-kindness-of-strangers\/","title":{"rendered":"The kindness of strangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The strong public reaction against the small minority of xenophobic, anti-immigrant rioters who thought they had free rein to spread hate and fear is very reassuring.<\/p>\n<p>People have come together to support those who\u2019ve suffered. A small shopkeeper in Southport whose store was looted and wrecked thought he\u2019d lost everything, but next morning found his shop being cleaned and repaired by neighbours and local tradespeople, some of whom he\u2019d never spoken to. Someone set up a crowdfunding campaign that quickly raised \u00a311000 towards repairs and restocking. A few days later he reopened.<\/p>\n<p>So much for those who say that the society of voluntary work and free access that socialists aim for couldn\u2019t work because people are by nature greedy, selfish and self-centred. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-253608","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/253608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}