Anti-racism
School exclusions hit Traveller and black students
Exclusions are a product of a broken education system obsessed with exams and directed towards a single model of 'success'
Pandemic was ‘golden ticket’ for cops to harass black people
Black people were more likely to be stopped by cops, threatened or subject to police violence and falsely accused of rule-breaking and wrong-doing during the pandemic.
Brazil’s right wingers on the streets are trying to subvert democracy
Supporters of president Jair Bolsonaro hope their mobilisations and military pressure will keep him in office
Tory MPs want border guards to ‘drop refugees on a French beach’ if they make it to Britain
British border guards could gain the power to stop, board and instantly send back refugee boats in the English Channel.
Anti-racists outnumber fascists in Croydon protests
Trade unionists and anti-fascists rallied in south London to say ‘Afghan refugees are welcome’ and to oppose racism, reports Michael Holland
Migrants, shortages and wages
Some on the left say reduced numbers of migrant workers led pay to rise. Charlie Kimber argues the real cause of low wages and terrible conditions has been the failure of unions to fight for better
Hurricane Katrina—class, race and climate change
31 August 2021As flash flooding and tornadoes hit the north-east United States, Sophie Squire looks at the lessons from Hurricane Katrina in 2005
The Troublemaker —300,000 homes could be built on London golf courses
31 August 2021London’s golf courses make up an area larger than the borough of Brent and there is enough space on publicly owned courses to house 300,000 people, according to new research.
Cruel Tory asylum system awaits Afghan refugees
31 August 2021The situation for Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban and arriving in Britain is becoming ever more critical.
Hunger and fear for people who were deported to Zimbabwe
26 August 2021Men deported to Zimbabwe by the Home Office last month are being forced to live on the streets and are in fear of arrest. Yet Priti Patel wants more mass deportations.
State tried to derail Black Lives Matter
24 August 2021Something of an echo of the establishment panic of the late 1960s is reverberating around the seats of power in Britain and the US.
Don’t be fooled—there is money for refugees
24 August 2021The right is spinning arguments against refugees coming to Britain. They claim there’s “no room” or “not enough money” to take them all in.
Warmongers used racism then and now, say Muslim campaigners
24 August 2021Life for many Muslims changed for the worse when Britain invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago
Babylon’s Burning—music, culture and the fight against fascism
23 August 2021Author Rick Blackman told Socialist Worker about his new book linking three campaigns, from 1958 to today
What’s behind the right’s war on Critical Race Theory?
03 August 2021Why is a low level war raging in the US on the subject of Critical Race Theory?
Almost 200 people died after contact with cops last year
29 July 2021At least 190 people died after contact with the police in England and Wales last year.
Tory ‘summer season’ of deportations shows up brutality of Britain’s immigration rules
28 July 2021The Tories are pressing ahead with a “summer season” of deportations.
Nazi Tommy Robinson loses libel case brought by Syrian teenager
22 July 2021Fascist Tommy Robinson has lost a libel case brought against him by a Syrian teenager who was filmed being attacked at school.
Dorset rally targets Tory’s family’s slave trade past
20 July 2021Around 350 anti-racists joined a lively and noisy rally on Saturday organised by Stand Up To Racism Dorset to demand slavery justice from Tory MP Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax.
Asylum seeker dies as a result of Tories’ immigration policy
20 July 2021An asylum seeker was found dead at a hotel near Heathrow airport on Sunday. This tragedy has occurred just a day before the Tories’ racist immigration bill was due for its second reading in the House of Commons.
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- No clear winner in German election shows crisis of mainstream
- Labour faces two ways on climate action, but Starmer rejects radical measures
- School exclusions hit Traveller and black students
- Labour left debates way forward as it faces losing battle at conference
- Evergrande shows China’s rulers can’t bank on ‘market miracle’ anymore
- Hundreds join vigils after murder of Sabina Nessa
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