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Use Windrush fury to turn tide over racism

Theresa May and her cabinet of millionaires face a huge political crisis. We have to make sure that this moment becomes a turning point in the battle against the government and against all forms of racism.

Windrush scandal shows how ‘Britishness’ stinks

The Windrush scandal has revealed a stinking, festering hypocrisy at the heart of “Britishness”.

Get ready to protest if Trump comes to Britain

Bigoted US president Donald Trump has been “pencilled” in to come to Britain on 14 July, according to the Daily Mail newspaper’s “sources”.

Vote Labour on 3 May—but organise action too

Local elections across much of England on 3 May are a chance to deliver a verdict on Theresa May’s regime of racism, austerity and war.

Marx’s insights help us fight against oppression today

One of the greatest myths about the revolutionary Karl Marx is that he had nothing to say about why some people are oppressed.

Koreas are pawns in a much bigger game

Is Donald Trump about to have a “Nixon in China” moment? The signs are that his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may actually deliver a diplomatic success instead of descending into a disastrous war between the two countries.

The Cold War rhetoric is inflated—but there are real risks

There have been claims on both sides that the Syrian crisis marks the most serious confrontation between Washington and Moscow since the Cuban missile crisis

March—and then strike

The Trade Union Congress demonstration in London on 12 May could be a real boost to the resistance against Theresa May’s rotten government.

Fight for the rights of all migrants to stay

The treatment of “Windrush generation” migrants has exposed Britain’s immigration system has been exposed as a racist, bungling bureaucracy.

Scottish National Party’s shift to Kiwi capitalism is a sharp turn to the right

The Scottish National Party (SNP) is poised for a sharp turn to the right.

As Tories attack migrants - put them in a hostile environment, not refugees

Theresa May is fulfilling her 2013 promise to create a “hostile environment” for migrants.

Our rulers’ sickening hypocrisy over Syria

The bluster and grandstanding of Western leaders over horrific deaths in Syria gets ever more hypocritical, ghoulish—and dangerous.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi—a dictator for the west

With Sisi in charge Egypt once more has a dictator that the West and Israel can do business with.

Press wages war on Grenfell survivors to help the Tories

The media wants to undermine stories of Grenfell survivors. It’s part of a push to let the guilty off the hook, writes Alistair Farrow

Rulers fear protest—we need more of it

The best thing to do this week is to defend Jeremy Corbyn – and put tens of thousands onto the streets of Britain in solidarity with the Palestinians.

Challenging the bosses’ system is not antisemitism

Is saying that the bankers are to blame for problems in society veering towards an attack on Jews?

False antisemitism claims must be fought

It’s not a diversion to point out that those who accuse the left of antisemitism support the Tories and the right—and often don’t mind pandering to racism themselves