The sheer number present on the day, estimated at half a million, points to organisational acumen and bodes well for developing the movement, says DIANE ABBOTT
Why it’s time for a resurgence of black self-organisation in Britain
Black activism has always been about changing the movement and then the world, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Stormzy's comments about racism were widely distorted
A packed fringe meeting at the National Education Union conference heard from Iranian teachers, campaigners and journalists
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
MAT COWARD recommends a crop that keeps growing well under drought conditions
Cypriot lawyer and former central committee member of the Progressive Working People’s Party (Akel) TOUMAZOS TSIELEPIS discusses the case for expelling the British military from Cyprus
US aggression has plunged us into an energy price crisis that will spark steep inflation across the board — and the shock will be much worse than in the 1970s, warns MICHAEL BURKE
RECENT incidents in football stadiums and the ridiculous furore over Stormzy’s comments about the prevalence of racism in Britain have once again shown that one can never take for granted that real progress has been made as perhaps many thought.
Racist incidents are of course not new and are not confined to one part of the country.
Back in 1987 I was living in a northern city when a general election was called. I was already an activist and, by that time, one of the leaders in the Labour Party Black Sections movement.
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