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.
Unity with whom?
22 Mar 2018
SWP’s Stand Up To Racism represents the politics of popular frontism, argues Eddie Ford
Triumph of right populism
15 Mar 2018
Election marks the worst ever performance of the post-World War II left, writes Toby Abse
Racist by definition
15 Mar 2018
Tony Greenstein explains why Israel’s government is introducing a Jewish nation-state law
Anti-fascists on the march
01 Mar 2018
As the far right becomes more emboldened, Toby Abse reports on the disgraceful attempt of the PD leadership to ban leftwing protests
Further into farce
22 Feb 2018
How much longer can Ukip limp on, wonders Paul Demarty?
Being black is their only crime
01 Feb 2018
Thousands of Israelis are attempting to stop the deportation of African refugees, reports Tony Greenstein
End the witch hunt
25 Jan 2018
Stan Keable, secretary of Labour Against the Witchhunt, reports on a successful lobby of Labour’s NEC
Chuck Schumer’s long lunch
25 Jan 2018
It is the paralysis of rightwing Democrats which the three-day government shutdown exposes, not the White House, argues Paul Demarty
Is Trumpism the future?
18 Jan 2018
Yes, the US president is widely derided, writes Mike Macnair, but does he represent an alternative to the neoliberal ‘equalities’ agenda?
Anti-Semites not welcome
14 Dec 2017
Tony Greenstein explains why Socialist Fight must be excluded from Labour Against the Witchhunt
Farcical and malicious
07 Dec 2017
The December 2 Labour Against the Witchhunt meeting included an important contribution by black activist Marc Wadsworth. Alan Fox reports
Zionism and holocaust abuse
30 Nov 2017
It is completely legitimate to draw comparisons with the Nazis, insists Tony Greenstein
Quoting Nazis to damn ‘the Zionists’
16 Nov 2017
From Solidarity November 8 2017
Both sides of the witch-hunt
16 Nov 2017
It is not anti-Semitic to refer to the mutual praise exchanged between the Nazis and Zionists. Tony Greenstein examines the AWL’s political schizophrenia
Rising to the challenge
16 Nov 2017
Could the FLA develop into a fully-fledged fascist movement? That depends on the scale of forthcoming crises and the response of the left, argues James Harvey