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We need to rise to the task of defeating the global rise of racism
There must be no concessions to any form of racism or anti-migrant scapegoating, says SABBY DHALU
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
AS many of us watched in horror last Monday as England football players faced racist chants and nazi salutes, it provided a chilling microcosm of what has taken place across Europe and the US — the growth of an emboldened and ever more vicious far right alongside an epidemic of hate crime.
Just as in Britain, where the “Democratic” Football Lads Alliance marches were followed by attacks on places of worship, the evidence in Vasil Levski Stadium of an organised group of fascists intent on spreading hatred was all too clear.
The horrific attacks in Christchurch, Pittsburgh and, most recently, at a synagogue and a Turkish shop in Germany on Yom Kippur, are just a few examples of anti-semitic and Islamophobic far-right terrorist attacks that have now become regular.
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The Tories are pouring fuel on the fire of racism, which it is vital to resist, warns SABBY DHALU ahead of a protest at Tory Head Office today
The government has been incessantly stirring up racism in order to encourage some sections of society to blame migrants, asylum-seekers and other vulnerable people instead, warns SABBY DHALU ahead of Stand Up to Racism’s national organising conference
