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Report: London Councillor Defects to Greens From ‘Fascistic’ Labour

Harriet Williamson

Exclusive: A socialist councillor has joined the Green party from Labour after accusing the government of ‘betraying its historic mission’. Harriet Williamson reports.

Feature: How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them

Rivkah Brown

Out of work, unable to get an NHS appointment and furiously angry at migrants and the government – has Keir Starmer ever spoken to the people he’s trying to win from Nigel Farage? Rivkah Brown did, outside Labour conference in Liverpool.

Opinion: The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Any analysis of the political situation in the UK that does not account for the media is so incomplete as to be useless, argues Phil McDuff.

Anti-immigration protestors taunt asylum seekers inside Bell Hotel in Epping, behind a cordon of police. Lab Ky Mo/SOPA Images/Reuters Connect

Report: Far-Right Agitators Are Gearing up for Another Summer of Hate

Simon Childs

Anti-immigration activists are holding protests in Norfolk, London and Essex as rightwing media fans the flames, prompting fears of a replay of last summer's racist riots. Simon Childs reports.

A woman with blonde hair looks into a dark void

Analysis: Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

While some of Labour’s plans give cause for cautious optimism, its glaring lack of ambition risks giving Farage and his cronies even more fertile ground on which to fight future elections, writes Zoe Gardner.

Report: Protesters Block Coach Moving Asylum Seekers, As Resistance to Rwanda Plan Mounts

Charlotte England

Dozens of people blocked a coach in south London to stop it from taking asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm against their will, amid a week of direct action against deportations.

Report: Just Stop Oil Blocks Bus Transporting Asylum Seekers to Bibby Stockholm

Clare Hymer & Richard Hames

Activists blocked a bridge in order to stop the forced return of migrants to the barge.

A hotel used to house asylum seekers in Rotheram.

Report: The Home Office Is Forcing Child Refugees to Share Bedrooms With Adult Strangers

Sophie K Rosa

Unaccompanied children are being made to share bedrooms with adult strangers while waiting for the Home Office to decide about their asylum claims. Sophie K Rosa reports

Refugee families drag luggage along a road

Feature: The Government Is Breaking the Law by Abandoning Children Alone in Hotels

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

The Home Office has placed thousands of refugee children, some as young as ten, alone in hotels. The high court says the practice is illegal - so why is it still happening?

A group of protesters gathered on the grass outside a hotel

Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

A series of asylum-seeker-led protests this year has drawn attention to deteriorating conditions in the overcrowded, poor-quality accommodation refugees are forced to live in.

A woman holding a sign is questioned by police

Opinion: I Was Arrested for Holding a Pro-Refugee Sign in the Street

Tigs Louis-Puttick

Both protest rights and refugee rights are being severely attacked in the UK, says protester arrested for holding a sign.

a woman with bleached blonde hair, red lipstick and black sunglasses is foregrounded with a trans flag in the background

Opinion: The Culture War Doesn’t Exist

Amardeep Singh Dhillon

Why, asks Amardeep Singh Dhillon, do we reduce trans and minority rights to questions of culture as if their impacts weren't grimly material?

Report: The Organiser of an Anti-Migrant Protest to Protect Women Is a Woman Beater

Simon Childs

Philip Milo Gregory spread disinformation about a rape case to promote a protest against an asylum seeker hotel.

A hotel lobby with piles of bags visible through a partially open door

Feature: London Asylum Seekers Are Refusing to Be Flung Around the Country by Profit-Seeking Private Companies

Charlotte England

Exclusive: A second group of asylum seekers is resisting removal out of London, to isolated hotels threatened by the far right.

A far-right protester at a demonstration outside a hotel in Rotherham.

Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right

Charlotte England

A group of asylum seekers has been resisting eviction from a south London hotel for the last three weeks. But layers of outsourcing mean they don't even know who's trying to move them. Charlotte England reports.

Downstream: Immigration: Labour Have Always Been Just As Bad As Tories. Ash Meets Maya Goodfellow

Ash meets Dr. Maya Goodfellow to talk about New Labour's inhumane immigration policies, the problem with the term 'Economic Migrant' and how people, no matter what we're told, will end up falling in love across supposed cultural divides.

Analysis: In Libya, Migrants Are Organising Against Europe’s Border Brutality

Lucia Pradella

Libyan authorities backed by the EU and UK are imprisoning and killing African migrants in their thousands. The victims are organising a fightback, writes Lucia Pradella.

Opinion: Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Without safe ways to come to the UK, migrants will keep drowning in the Channel, writes Zoe Gardner.

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Report: London Councillor Defects to Greens From ‘Fascistic’ Labour

Harriet Williamson

Opinion: The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Report: Far-Right Agitators Are Gearing up for Another Summer of Hate

Simon Childs

Analysis: Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

Report: Protesters Block Coach Moving Asylum Seekers, As Resistance to Rwanda Plan Mounts

Charlotte England

Report: Just Stop Oil Blocks Bus Transporting Asylum Seekers to Bibby Stockholm

Clare Hymer & Richard Hames

Report: The Home Office Is Forcing Child Refugees to Share Bedrooms With Adult Strangers

Sophie K Rosa

Feature: The Government Is Breaking the Law by Abandoning Children Alone in Hotels

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

Feature: London Asylum Seekers Are Refusing to Be Flung Around the Country by Profit-Seeking Private Companies

Charlotte England

Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right

Charlotte England

Downstream: Immigration: Labour Have Always Been Just As Bad As Tories. Ash Meets Maya Goodfellow

Analysis: In Libya, Migrants Are Organising Against Europe’s Border Brutality

Lucia Pradella

Opinion: Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

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Report: London Councillor Defects to Greens From ‘Fascistic’ Labour

Harriet Williamson

Feature: How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: The Mainstream Media Mafia Has Greased Britain’s Slide Towards Fascism

Phil McDuff

Report: Far-Right Agitators Are Gearing up for Another Summer of Hate

Simon Childs

Analysis: Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

Report: Protesters Block Coach Moving Asylum Seekers, As Resistance to Rwanda Plan Mounts

Charlotte England

Report: Just Stop Oil Blocks Bus Transporting Asylum Seekers to Bibby Stockholm

Clare Hymer & Richard Hames

Report: The Home Office Is Forcing Child Refugees to Share Bedrooms With Adult Strangers

Sophie K Rosa

Feature: The Government Is Breaking the Law by Abandoning Children Alone in Hotels

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: I Was Arrested for Holding a Pro-Refugee Sign in the Street

Tigs Louis-Puttick

Opinion: The Culture War Doesn’t Exist

Amardeep Singh Dhillon

Report: The Organiser of an Anti-Migrant Protest to Protect Women Is a Woman Beater

Simon Childs

Feature: London Asylum Seekers Are Refusing to Be Flung Around the Country by Profit-Seeking Private Companies

Charlotte England

Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right

Charlotte England

Downstream: Immigration: Labour Have Always Been Just As Bad As Tories. Ash Meets Maya Goodfellow

Analysis: In Libya, Migrants Are Organising Against Europe’s Border Brutality

Lucia Pradella

Opinion: Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

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