Anti-racism

Thousands flock to Love Music Hate Racism festival in Ramsgate

21 June 2011

New book will defend multiculturalism

14 June 2011
The Prevent document makes fantastical reading.

Will there finally be justice for Stephen Lawrence?

24 May 2011
Two of the racist gang members suspected of murdering black teenager Stephen Lawrence are to go on trial this November—18 years after his death.

The murder that revealed extent of police racism

24 May 2011
The battle to find the killers of Stephen Lawrence transformed public opinion about the police and state institutions.

Hundreds gather to oppose Islamophobia

24 May 2011
Hundreds of people took part in a conference on confronting anti-Muslim racism on Saturday in east London.

At last an end to the 'wasted years'

10 May 2011
The legendary soul singer Marvin Gaye famously asked, "What’s Going On?" His 1971 album examined the US’s involvement in the Vietnam War.

Fighting for jobs and against racism

03 May 2011
Over 200 campaigners joined a lively march through Stoke called "Defending jobs, Standing up for communities" on Saturday of last week.

A definitive account of Malcolm X

12 April 2011
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable reviewed by Yuri Prasad

Manning Marable: Challenging racism

12 April 2011
When I first came across Manning Marable’s writing around 20 years ago, I had just come badly unstuck addressing a Socialist Workers Party meeting on the US Civil Rights Movement.

Liverpool rallies against racism

05 April 2011
Over 100 people attended the Fighting Fascism & Islamophobia conference organised by Unite Against Fascism and the Unite union in Liverpool last Saturday.

Brixton 1981: the great insurrection

05 April 2011
The poor of Brixton, south London, rose up against poverty and racism 30 years ago this week. Police stations and vans were set alight as thousands poured onto the streets. People were no longer prepared to put up with racist police officers and rising unemployment.

'March for justice for my uncle Smiley Culture'

05 April 2011
David Emmanuel, also known as the reggae artist Smiley Culture, died of a stab wound to the heart during a police raid on his home on 15 March.

A strategy to ‘incorporate’ and head off radical resistance to racism

05 April 2011
The scale of the rioting panicked the ruling class and Margaret Thatcher’s government was forced to respond with a two-pronged strategy.

United action against the EDL in Blackburn

05 April 2011
More than a thousand people demonstrated against the racist English Defence League (EDL) in Blackburn last Saturday.

Protest against racists in Blackburn

29 March 2011
The Lancashire Council of Mosques (LCM) has backed a protest against the racist English Defence League (EDL) in Blackburn this Saturday.

Tory council votes to evict Travellers

15 March 2011
Tory-run Basildon District Council is pushing through the eviction of Travellers at the Dale Farm site.

Thousands sign statement defending multiculturalism

12 March 2011
A petition launched to defend multiculturalism following David Cameron’s disgraceful comments in Munich last month is gathering signatures. Over 5,500 people have signed the statement. It is vital that as many people as possible sign it and pass it on.