Throughout its history, the Labour party has been structurally enmeshed in British racism. David Wearing argues that the burgeoning anti-racist movement faces obstacles on many fronts - and that Labour, sadly but predictably, will be one of them.
The police play a disproportionate role in the UK's mental health system, replicating the same violent, racist logics that underpin its work. Far from expanding its role, not only the institution, but the very act of policing must be abolished, argues Ed Kiely.
For more than a decade, a different kind of economy has been emerging all around us. Calls for ‘jobs jobs jobs’ fail to recognise that far from just creating temporary problems for businesses, coronavirus is accelerating changes which were already coming, argues Aaron Bastani.
With health professionals fleetingly elevated to the status of heroes during this pandemic, we must capitalise on this moment to ensure that meaningful steps are taken to build on the Black Lives Matter movement and dismantle racism in our healthcare system, argue junior doctors Jo Dobbin and Rahma Abdi.
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