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
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
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
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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