From the 1917 Balfour Declaration to today’s F-35 sales, Britain’s historical responsibility has now evolved into support for the present-day outright genocide. But our solidarity movement is growing too, writes BEN JAMAL
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Unions need to be doing more to eradicate racism
As far as many black workers are concerned, not enough is being done within the labour movement to address racial discrimination, says ROGER McKENZIE
NO TO HATE: People take part in a Take The Knee event outside the Guildhall, Southampton, as part of a TUC and Stand Up To Racism week
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Ben Chacko talks to ALAN MARDGHUM of the Durham Miners Association about Reform UK‘s dangerous inroads into Durham’s long-standing Labour county council; why he cancelled his party membership; and the political class’s disconnect from working people
Speaking to a CND meeting in Cambridge this week, SIMON BRIGNELL traced how the alliance’s anti-communist machinery broke unions, diverted vital funds from public services, and turned workers into cannon fodder for profit
We’ll be developing a people’s manifesto for the 2026 local elections. We’ll network, learn, inspire and support each other and chart a future path for socialist politics, writes JAMIE DRISCOLL
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IN COMMON with much of the last year, October is a prime month for tokenistic gestures.
It is a month when some white people who for the rest of the time treat black people with contempt turn up for their annual dose of black history and food.
Some are even invited to make a speech or two to underline their “against racism” credentials and to say how much they believe that black lives matter.
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