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.
Cabinet of curiosities
21 Nov 2024
Warmongers, kleptocrats, sex pests - but above all cronies. Paul Demarty looks ahead to an already fractious Trump front bench that will, in all probability, churn with remarkable speed
An unpalatable choice
21 Nov 2024
With a February 23 general election agreed, German society is set to move right, reports Carla Roberts
Racists against racism
31 Oct 2024
Marching with Zionists in opposition to racism in general and marching against Zionism over Israeli state racism is a circle that cannot be squared. Beset by internal divisions, the central committee is under increasing pressure, reports Paul Demarty
Nine lives of Manifesto man
24 Oct 2024
From drunken apprentice to EDL street fighting, from apology tour to Cypriot exile. Paul Demarty charts the career of Tommy Robinson and warns that the main danger comes not from this celebrity far-right influencer, but the increasingly reactionary Lab-Con elite
Missing a trick
19 Sep 2024
Gaby Rubin reviews Paul du Toit (writer/director) The unlikely secret agent Marylebone Theatre
Fight ideas with ideas
22 Aug 2024
Labour has vowed to crack down on ‘hateful beliefs’ associated with the far right and extreme misogyny. But what about anti-Zionism, asks Eddie Ford, which we are told equals anti-Semitism?
Combat the far right online
22 Aug 2024
Social media and encrypted messaging are being used by the far right to shape politics. How should the left respond? Carl Collins thinks we should consider throwing away our leaflets and take to our keyboards
After the riots
22 Aug 2024
Racist violence erupted in almost every part of Britain. We need a better response than liberal hand-wringing and blinkered economism, argues Paul Demarty
Locusts versus vampires
25 Jul 2024
As a matter of basic principle, Maciej Zurowski opposes the ban on the anti-establishment news magazine Compact. However, it is clear that those advocating a bloc of two classes, workers and industrial capitalists, have momentum behind them. The forces of liberalism, including the liberal left, are in a panic
Nigel’s me too moment
04 Jul 2024
Reform UK attracts bigots like flies to shit. Meanwhile, the mainstream parties parade their anti-racist credentials and compete over who can be most beastly to migrants. The irony is not lost on Eddie Ford
New old popular frontism
20 Jun 2024
Marine Le Pen’s RN is predicted to make big gains, the centre is not holding and what passes for the left has cobbled together an electoral front. Bariş Graham looks at the possibilities of a cohabitation regime
We’ll always have Parris
13 Jun 2024
Sir Keir is now open to charges of dithering after Diane Abbott was allowed to stand, writes Eddie Ford. But the suggestion that he has ‘lost control’ over the Labour left is risible
Muddying the message
06 Jun 2024
In the end, Sir Keir bottled it and allowed Diane Abbott to stand, writes Eddie Ford. But will he have to pay a political price? Almost certainly, Sunak will exploit his dithering
Alice in Wonderland
30 May 2024
Record numbers have come over in small boats so far this year, while the Rwanda scheme seems like a dead duck. But, asks Eddie Ford, should the left support immigration controls, even if they are sugared as ‘non-racist’ immigration controls?
Interview with an opportunist
09 May 2024
Sahra Wagenknecht offers no real alternative to global capital, argues Paul Demarty. But moralism is no response