Society & Culture > Racism
Racism as thoughtcrime
05 Apr 2012
In the light of the jailing of Liam Stacey for making racist comments on twitter about footballer and recent heart attack victim Fabrice Muamba , Paul Demarty takes a look at official ant-racism and the attitude of Marxists.
Beyond whose pale?
06 Aug 2026
Pauline Hanson’s far-right One Nation is on the rise. Its politics are undoubtedly bigoted and vile, but are they that different from the bourgeois mainstream? David Lockwood warns against simplistic responses
They will keep coming
06 Aug 2026
Driven by lack of opportunity, poverty, wars, social chaos and climate change, millions of Africans head north in the hope of eventually getting to Europe, Ceuta being just an extreme example. So, asks Eddie Ford, how should the workers’ movement respond?
Sleaze at the seaside
30 Jul 2026
Can Farage get out from under the mounting corruption allegations against him and his party? As bad as it looks, don’t bet against him, warns Paul Demarty. For certain, negative SWP campaign won’t make an iota of difference
Politics of restoration
18 Jun 2026
Challenging Reform UK from the right, Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain not only has open fascist support, it is finding a real resonance for its promise to reverse mass migration and hold a binding referendum on the death penalty, writes Eddie Ford
Explaining Henry Nowak
11 Jun 2026
Far-right demagogues exploit the murder of a young man to attack migrants. But the left would be wrong to line up behind multicultural liberalism and the police, argues Paul Demarty
Never let a crisis
07 May 2026
No time has been lost in exploiting the Golders Green stabbings. The whole establishment is being mobilised to clamp down on so-called anti-Semitism. Paul Demarty calls for a robust defence of our right to protest and, hand‑in‑hand with that, a new culture of free speech on the left
Reform at the crossroads
26 Mar 2026
Have we reached ‘peak Farage’? Perhaps, argues Paul Demarty. But, whatever the fate of Reform, the drift to the right is likely to continue. Lining up with the centre is no answer - independent working class politics is needed
Spreading panic and confusion
12 Feb 2026
Alex Callinicos is playing a cynical opportunist game when he compares the situation in Minneapolis with fascist terror in Italy. He wants to excuse the Together popular front, writes Eddie Ford
March to the right
22 Jan 2026
Robert Jenrick’s defection, Reform UK’s consistent lead in opinion polls and talk of Nigel Farage being the next prime minister - all pose urgent challenges for the left. Going ever broader, tailing celebrities, joining a Stop Reform coalition will not do, writes Eddie Ford
Drawing a clear red line
15 Jan 2026
Zionism is an inverted form of racism. Pro-Zionists should not be in an explicitly anti-Zionist organisation. Jack Conrad urged the Socialist Unity Platform to stand by its agreed principles
Man of his times?
08 Jan 2026
The ascendancy of a young, sexless neo-Nazi with legions of internet fans has caused a political crisis in the American right. What explains the rise of Nick Fuentes and his ‘Groypers’? Paul Demarty investigates
Uses and abuses of murder
09 Oct 2025
As Israel’s popularity in the west craters, Sir Keir Starmer and the entire establishment cynically use the attack on Manchester synagogue to abuse and further criminalise protest against genocide, argues Paul Demarty
Fear and loathing in Liverpool
02 Oct 2025
Can Sir Keir and his gormless front bench turn things around? Paul Demarty reports on Labour’s conference, Andy Burnham, bashing migrants and the risky strategy of talking up Farage and Reform UK. It could all horribly backfire
Nigel prepares for power
11 Sep 2025
Reform’s so-called conference saw its big beasts play the hits and rile up the base. But Paul Demarty wonders how long they can keep their lead over the historically established Tory and Labour mainstream
Trying to capture the flag
04 Sep 2025
Groups of rightwing men want to plaster their towns with the Union Jack and St George’s Cross flags. Should the left respond, asks Harley Filben, by inventing its own version of patriotism?