Opinion: Insisting Jews Don’t Count Helps Nobody
by Rivkah Brown
By demanding solidarity without offering it, David Baddiel isolates Jews from our natural allies, writes Rivkah Brown.
Tag: anti-racism
Opinion: Direct Action is Just What the Doctor Ordered
by Moya Lothian-McLean
From anti-raids blockades to arms factory occupations, direct action is on the rise. That can only be a good thing, writes Moya Lothian-McLean.
Report: The Inside Story of Keir Starmer’s Farcical Diversity Audit
by Oliver Eagleton
As Black Lives Matter drove a clamour for institutional change in 2020, Labour promised to respond. A year later, party insiders speak of union busting and double-standards in the name of diversity. Oliver Eagleton reports.
Novara FM: Red Flag, South Bank
Owen Hatherley joins James Butler to argue that it's time to reclaim the Red Metropolis.
Opinion: Labour is an Obstacle to the Anti-Racist Movement
by David Wearing
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.
Opinion: Trump’s Police Crackdown is Part of a Global Whitelash
by David Wearing
The police riot on protestors in the US is the latest expression of a politics of white racist reaction that’s been growing across the West since the 1960s. However, the events of the last fortnight have exposed tensions the anti-racist left can exploit, argues David Wearing.
The Burner: The Burner #245: Two Pandemics
Ash Sarkar goes to the Black Lives Matter protest in London, and talks to the protestors on the new front line of antiracist struggle in the UK.
Opinion: George Floyd is Now a Household Name in Britain. Why Isn’t Jimmy Mubenga?
by Aaron Bastani
The killing of George Floyd has prompted outrage worldwide - including from some unexpected parts of the British media. Aaron Bastani asks why many Brits will happily acknowledge racism across the Atlantic but ignore it here at home.
The Bastani Factor: Why Are Labour’s Lords Attacking Jeremy Corbyn?
Over the last two weeks attacks on Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour left have intensified. But what is the reality of the more than 60 Labour Lords who ‘called out’ his anti-racism? Who are they and what do their own records look like?
4 Reasons to Support Kurdish Hunger Strikers
by Elif Sarican and Iida Käyhkö
Since November 2018, thousands of Kurdish people across the world have joined an indefinite hunger strike to demand an end to the isolation of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. Elif Sarican and Iida Käyhkö lay out the reasons for supporting them.
No, Labour Hasn’t Always Been an Anti-Racist Party
by Aaron Bastani
In recent weeks, many on the Labour right have suggested the party has always been anti-racist, but that under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership this has changed. Aaron Bastani takes a look at the history of New Labour and argues this couldn’t be further from the truth.
5 Reasons We Don’t Need Detention Centres
by Freed Voices
Detention centres seem inevitable. In reality, they are an invention of an inhumane immigration system. Here's five reasons we don't need them.
‘Pas de justice, pas de paix’: The Movement Against Police Violence in France
by Gabriel Bristow
Police violence and racism are part of the daily reality in many French suburbs. Drawing inspiration from a history of antiracist struggle in France and its former colonies, as well as Black Lives Matter in the US, a contemporary movement is growing to demand justice.
OMFG Sarkar: Should We Trust a “woke” Theresa May on Race?
Ash Sarkar assesses May’s pledge to release data on the racial pay gap, and explains why austerity is an anti-racist issue.
Make Fascists Afraid Again: (Neo)fascism, Feminism and Antifa
On #KilljoyFM, Ray Filar is joined by Rosa Soros and Soof to discuss current fascisms, how feminism and fascism relate, and gender within antifa movements.
OMFG Sarkar: Interview with Malia Bouattia
Ash Sarkar is joined by Malia Bouattia for a discussion on antiracist organising, hip hop and more.
Feminism, Fascism, and the Folly of a ‘Fair Fight’
by Rosa Soros
Liberalism, alongside fascism, would have us shying away from physical confrontation on the grounds of identity. But a radical analysis of political power reveals that we must fight by any means necessary.
From the Women’s March to the International Women’s Strike
by Cinzia Arruzza
Cinzia Arruzza, author of Dangerous Liaisons: the Marriages and Divorces of Marxism and Feminism, explains the potential of the Women's Marches against Trump to grow into a powerful mass movement linked to wider struggles against oppression and exploitation.