Tag: racism
Opinion: No, the United States is Not the Home of Democracy
Aaron Bastani
The attack on the Capitol, some claim, is all the more shocking considering the US is the ‘home of democracy’. Aaron Bastani argues this couldn't be further from the truth - and that it’s only by acknowledging the nation’s real history that we can guard against fascism in our own time.
Report: More Filipino Healthcare Workers Have Died of Covid-19 in the UK Than the Philippines. Why?
Rivkah Brown
Report: Policing of UK BLM Protests Was Institutionally Racist, New Report Finds
Sophie K Rosa
Opinion: Win or Lose, One Thing is Clear: Donald Trump’s Fascism is No Aberration
David Wearing
The US election is still too close to call. But this very fact makes one thing clear: Trump’s 2016 win was no fluke, but the expression of a formidable socio-political force that could take a generation to defeat, argues David Wearing.
Interview: The Brutish Museums W/ Dan Hicks
Britain’s museums are filled with objects from around the world which were stolen. Should they be given back? And what would a ‘decolonised’ museum actually look like? Aaron Bastani is joined by Professor Dan Hicks to discuss his new book “The Brutish Museums”.
Analysis: ‘Spycops’ Are a Quintessentially British Institution – As the Empire Well Knows
Eleanor Penny
Opinion: The Police Will Always Be Susceptible to Far Right Agitation – They Share a History of Violence
Becka Hudson
Black Britannia: The Legendary Congress That Radicalised a Generation
Bryan Knight
In 1967, a radical congress brought together activists, artists and academics from around the world to discuss the most pressing issues of the day. In the final instalment of Black Britannia, Bryan Knight looks at the lasting impact that headlining speaker, American Black Power activist Stokely Carmichael, had on British Black radicalism.
Report: Italy’s Migrants Are Being Attacked From Left and Right. They Aren’t Going to Take It Lying Down
Alice Figes
Report: Labour Is Hemorrhaging Leftwing Activists. Will It Survive?
Harriet Williamson
Report: ‘Land justice is racial justice’: People of Colour Are Reclaiming Their Right to Nature
Yali Banton-Heath
Opinion: Britain’s Channel Crossings Policy Comes Straight Out of Fortress Europe’s Playbook
Chloe Haralambous and Barnaby Raine
The UK government has pledged to make Channel crossings completely “unviable” for migrants. Brexit doesn't mean we're leaving Fortress Europe - it's the birth of Fortress Britain, argue Chloe Haralambous and Barnaby Raine.
Ash Wednesday: The Rule Britannia Brouhaha Is a Paranoid Fantasy
The Rule Britannia brouhaha is a paranoid fantasy – and that’s precisely why it’s such an effective political weapon.
Report: ‘It’s Been Too Long’: The Windrush Compensation Scheme is Setting Victims Up to Fail
Sophie K Rosa
Confronted with a failing compensation scheme offering hugely delayed and "insultingly" low payments, Windrush victims argue they have no choice but to fight for just renumeration. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Report: ‘It’s All Performative, They Don’t Care’: Why Tate Workers Are Going on Strike
Sophie K Rosa
Facing redundancy during a national recession and global pandemic, Tate workers are going on strike, arguing that, despite the art institution’s socially conscious image, it is the lowest-paid and most diverse workers who will be worst impacted. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: Paranoid Hysteria is a Near-Constant Feature of Modern Conservatism
David Wearing
The right’s shrill panic about an ‘invasion’ of migrants reached new heights this week over a handful of refugees in barely seaworthy dinghies. In order to understand the forces we’re dealing with, we need to examine this hysteria itself, argues David Wearing.
Novara Live: Driving While Black (with Dawn Butler)
We speak to Labour MP Dawn Butler about institutional racism in Britain’s police. Plus, BBC breakfast go on a ‘migrant safari’, Andrew Neil is reportedly in the running as the next chair of the BBC, and David Miliband brands Corbyn and the Labour left ‘wreckers’.