MANY OF us here have watched with disgust how the French government has said it wants to ban Muslim women from wearing the headscarf in schools. However, we should not be complacent about Britain.
ASYLUM SEEKERS are a vulnerable group who are being scapegoated.
THERE WERE three events last week which emphasised Labour's continuing failure to address the horror of child poverty in this country.
The Israeli state’s racist policies are not in our name The British press has been full of stories lately about the reported rise of anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews, throughout Europe. It has said that criticism of Israel’s policies towards the Palestinians equals anti-Semitism.
THE CONSULTATION on one of the most cynical government Green Papers ever closes on 1 December. Yet there has been virtually no public debate about its contents. "Every Child Matters" is meant to be a response to the killing of Victoria Climbie, and the subsequent Laming Report.
WE ARE primary school teachers in south London. Next week we will begin balloting to boycott the SATs tests.
THE SERIAL liars in the US administration keep telling the world and an increasingly sceptical US public that "the security situation in Iraq is improving and everything is returning to normal".
EUROPEAN countries are stepping up their war against asylum seekers with plans to establish a new list of safe countries.
I WORK for £5.20 an hour in a call centre. Recently the Unifi union has started to hold regular stalls at my workplace.
AROUND ELEVEN million people are facing hunger in the African country of Ethiopia in 2003. But the huge multinational Nestlé has caused outrage by demanding $6 million from the Ethiopian government. It is claiming compensation for a company that was nationalised 27 years ago by the military government and later bought by NestlŽ. Nestlé is one of the world's largest food companies. It makes $6 million profit every hour.
