Islamophobia
05 October 2010
The Unite Against Fascism (UAF) national demonstration against racism, fascism and Islamophobia in London on 6 November is a vital part of the struggle to drive back the threat of racism.
28 September 2010
The We Are Bradford group planned a meeting on Thursday of this week to discuss resisting Islamophobia.
21 September 2010
An important meeting of school students will take place this weekend.
14 September 2010
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in New York on 11 September to demonstrate against Islamaphobia and racism. Their counter-demonstration was called in response to a racist rally against the proposed building of an Islamic community centre, held in the city on the same day.
14 September 2010
Bad week for bomber Blair
Protests forced Tony Blair to back out of a series of events last week.
07 September 2010
Saturday 6 November is a key date for every activist as it will see the most broadly-based demonstration against racism, Islamophobia and the Nazis for many years.
24 August 2010
The TUC has given its backing to the national demonstration against racism, fascism and Islamophobia on Saturday 6 November in London.
27 July 2010
Unite Against Fascism (UAF) and the Muslim Association of Britain have called a national demonstration—"No to racism, No to Islamophobia"—on Saturday 6 November in central London.
20 July 2010
Recent attacks on Muslim women wearing face coverings are simple Islamophobia.
20 July 2010
The French parliament voted last week to outlaw the wearing of full-face veils, like the burqa or niqab, in public. Only one deputy voted against, with the Socialists and Greens abstaining.
13 July 2010
Joe Glenton, the British soldier who refused to fight in Afghanistan, was released from military prison on Monday after serving four months for going absent without leave (Awol).
13 July 2010
The government has announced an inquiry into the British security services and torture. It is too little too late.
13 July 2010
The European Court of Human Rights ruled last week that, after six years in prison without charge, Babar Ahmad should not be extradited to the US. Judges ruled that his extradition should be temporarily frozen due to deep concerns regarding possible "cruel and unusual punishment".
06 July 2010
‘We live in dangerous and unpredictable times. If anyone had suggested 30 or 40 years ago that one of the central issues we would be discussing was Islam or religion, we would have laughed.
29 June 2010
Adil has faced state racism in Britain from an early age. "The police harassment started when I was a kid.", he said. "In 1996 me and my brother went to martial arts classes at an Islamic Centre.
29 June 2010
The Tory-Lib Dem coalition has renewed New Labour’s policy of 28 days’ detention without charge for terror suspects. It shows its claim of being in favour of greater liberties is a sham.
29 June 2010
A young man who had initially been accused of encouraging the murder of Gordon Brown and Tony Blair was jailed for five years last week.
22 June 2010
A dangerous precedent of climbing down in the face of pressure from the EDL was set last week.
11 May 2010
The British government is scrambling to keep more evidence of its complicity in torture under wraps after judges dismissed an attempt to suppress it.
27 April 2010
Martin Askew, who was arrested at the London protests against the Israeli invasion of Gaza, was found guilty on two counts of violent disorder on Tuesday. He will be sentenced on 28 May.