How can we keep up this anti-fascist momentum?
Mass protests may have put fascists on the back foot for now, but Nigel Farage and Reform UK are fanning the flames of a dangerous new racist offensive, warns WEYMAN BENNETT, announcing Stand Up to Racism’s new campaign
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
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THE last few weeks have changed British politics. We face a new, urgent far-right threat. But we have also seen how anti-racists can turn the tide.
The protests that took place on Wednesday August 7 and Saturday August 10 show what a mass movement against racism looks like.
In response to far-right riots, pogroms against migrants in hotels and attacks on mosques, the anti-racist movement roared back. Because people organised, mobilised and took to the streets we pushed the far right back — and shaped a crucial juncture in British politics.
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