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Reparations are needed to combat resurgent racism
As Black History Month brings renewed focus on the fight against racial inequality, LUKE DANIELS argues that understanding slavery’s legacy and demanding financial reparations are key to defeating modern racism
RESISTANCE: People take part in an anti-racism march in central London organised by Stand Up To Racism and trade unions earlier this year
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
White racist rioting has many an infamous precedent in Britain, writes DAVID HORSLEY
The SNP might dissemble over the meaning of ‘nationalism,’ but it can’t disguise the fact that it is no left-wing party, says ELAINE SMITH
Castro became one of the first leaders to denounce Israeli genocide against Palestinians at the UN, comparing zionist persecution to Nazi crimes while Cuba trained PLO cadres and awarded Arafat state honours, writes PABLO MERIGUET
The summer saw the co-founders of modern communism travelling from Ramsgate to Neuenahr to Scotland in search of good weather, good health and good newspapers in the reading rooms, writes KEITH FLETT
AS Black History Month 2024 is celebrated, we in the anti-racist, anti-fascist movement can allow ourselves a pat on the back for routing the racist Tommy Robinson and his ilk, not only in Walthamstow but all over the country.
The unfortunate and brutal murder of three innocent white girls in Stockport was exploited by the fascists to spread racist propaganda, leading to widespread attacks on mosques, hotels housing refugees and the homes of black people.
The Labour government, quick to praise the police for their role in routing the fascists, ignored the mobilisation by the trade union movement, anti-racist organisations and the outrage of ordinary citizens, forcing the fascists off the streets.
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On the anniversary of the implementation of the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act, ROGER McKENZIE warns that the legacy of black enslavement still looms in the Caribbean and beyond
The Labour leadership’s refusal to even consider the widely accepted case for Britain to pay reparations for its part in the transatlantic slave trade is a sign of its imperialist worldview, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
The anti-colonial pressure group LIBERATION responds to the Prime Minster’s refusal to consider reparations, arguing that Britain still benefits from the wealth generated by the transatlantic slave trade three centuries ago