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TUC Black Workers Conference serves to re-energise us for the continuing difficult struggle ahead, writes ROGER McKENZIE

The TUC Black Workers Conference opens today at a time of heightened debate about a perceived rise in racism.
I say perceived because many of us have been saying for some considerable time that racism in our lives — whether at work or in the streets — is almost a given.
Of course it’s correct to say that we are seeing much more fascist activity than we have for some years.
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