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Nailing the lie that only the right is racist
We need more than gestures like taking the knee and wearing BLM badges, writes ROGER McKENZIE. We have the ability to create a black-led anti-racist movement — but the white left is still wary of losing its leadership position
George Floyd protest
Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right
The money tap to anti-Cuban agitators will never be shut off under Trump
Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
THERE is a problem on the left in terms of anti-black racism. We just have to be honest about this if we are to make any progress in dealing with racism.
In the years that I have been around the trade union and labour movement I have continually heard statements such as “we have a proud record of fighting against racism.”
We have to be more truthful than that. The fact is that some people within the trade union and labour movement have a proud record of fighting against racism while others do not.
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