Antonia Michel is a single parent living in Westminster, central London. She spoke to Socialist Worker about the pressures facing black boys at school and college – and how racism in the education system and job market impacts on their lives.
Asif Karim is one of three Respect councillors in the Green Street West ward of Newham, east London.
The great irony of most modern societies is the enormous disjuncture between their official rhetoric and how actually existing capitalism functions. Nowhere is this irony more evident than in the Irish republic today.
On 18 April 1980 the Union Jack was pulled down, the Zimbabwean flag raised and Bob Marley and the Wailers played live to thousands. Zimbabwe was independent.
"Reading opens up a world of opportunities, and books are the foundation on which we can build learning. Reading should be a source of pleasure in itself as well as an essential support for increasing the life chances of young people."
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released last week makes for stark reading. It examines the consequences of climate change for people and the ecosystems we live in.
My last column ended with a question. I find two commodities – a newspaper and a pint of milk – on sale in a shop at the same price.
For decades the names of Charing Cross Road and Bloomsbury in central London have been synonymous with independent bookshops. But in recent years these stores have been squeezed by increasing financial pressures.
More than 60 years after the genocide of between 11 and 12 million people, the Nazi Holocaust remains a critical part of the human experience. The recorded testimony of it by eyewitnesses and victims has been turned into thousands of books – virtually all the literature is moving and important.
The 5th Cairo anti-war conference, held in Egypt last week, was a demonstration of the growing resistance in the Middle East and its links to the worldwide anti-war movement.
The Cairo Conference took place after a series of inspiring mass strikes that have spread across Egypt.
Osama Hussein Nasr, known as Abu Omar, is an Islamic preacher who was kidnapped by the CIA in 2003.
