Anti-racism

Racist moral panic behind the Blue Story cinema ban

Vue cinema banned Blue Story— a powerful film against violence—last week. It exposed the establishment’s fear of young black people

What's behind antisemitism slurs?

The Tories and the Blairites within the Labour Party quickly realised after Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader that the antisemitism slur was their most effective weapon against him.

Brexit Party wants tax cuts for rich, and racism

Nigel Farage unveiled the Brexit Party’s “contract with the people” last week. The document is effectively the party’s general election manifesto.

Antisemitism fuelled by the right—not Labour

Antisemitism is “sanctioned from the top”—but not, as the Chief Rabbi wrote this week, from the top of the Labour Party.

Tories expose their racist rot in general election campaign

Boris Johnson has announced a huge rollback of migrants’ rights in a bid to divert blame for the Tory-made crisis in the NHS and public services.

Labour set to bow to McCluskey demand to drop free movement from its manifesto

The Labour Party looked almost certain to ignore party members’ demands to include defending freedom of movement in its manifesto, set for publication this week.

McCluskey’s opposition to Labour’s free movement policy gives into racist myths

15 November 2019
As Labour prepares its election manifesto, Unite union general secretary Len McCluskey has insisted that freedom of movement for migrants won’t be in it.

Vote for far right Vox rocks elections in Spain

12 November 2019
Elections in Spain last Sunday produced almost the same result as in April—except for a very disturbing rise for the far right party Vox.

Avenge their deaths

29 October 2019
We have to make the Tories pay for the thousands of people who have been killed by their rule.

‘I could’ve been one of the 39 who died’—refugees speak out over lorry deaths

25 October 2019
The horrific deaths of 39 people found in the back of a lorry in Essex brought back terrible memories for many refugees.

Refugees condemn system that led to deaths of 39 people

24 October 2019
'When you have no options, you do whatever you need to do,"

Tories have blood on their hands of the 39 people found dead in Essex lorry

23 October 2019
The bodies of 39 people were found dead in the back of a lorry on an Essex industrial estate in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

LETTERS - The racism in football is not only about Bulgarian Nazis

22 October 2019
The racist behaviour by Bulgarian fans against black English footballers was disgusting.

Stand Up To Racism conference unites struggles for the urgent battles ahead

19 October 2019
A major conference debated how to fight racism as the prospect of a general election campaign against Boris Johnson looms.

1919 race riots in Britain—a legacy of empire

15 October 2019
One hundred years ago Britain was gripped by huge workers’ struggles but also horrific race riots. Ken Olende looks at how the racist violence was unleashed—and how some of the left organised against it

New Tory immigration policies spark outrage from migrants

15 October 2019
The Tories’ plans will mean some people will be forced to leave Britain under the new scheme. Anti-racists should rip apart the racist border system, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Bootle anti-racist postal walkout ends after bosses use strikebreakers and injunction

09 October 2019
An unofficial strike over alleged racism and victimisation has ended after Royal Mail bosses used strikebreakers and a court injunction.

LETTERS - Islamophobia from the Tories, but also from a shocking source

07 October 2019
At the Tory party conference in Manchester last week its racism and reaction was on show.

Unofficial post walkout in Merseyside in anti-racist solidarity with Muslim worker

02 October 2019
Postal workers in Merseyside walked out on unofficial strike on Wednesday over claims a manager made a racist comment to a Muslim worker.