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.
Border controls: Reactionary by nature
04 Apr 2014
The issue of open borders has provoked some controversy in the WW letters page. This motion from the Stuttgart Congress of 1907 is part of the proud history of our movement on this question
IS Network: Self-flagellation and the ‘kinky split’
13 Feb 2014
Charlie Winstanley was recently commissioned by the Anti-Capitalist Initiative to write this article. However, the piece split the editorial group and it was deemed too sensitive to publish
Art: Postmodernism, fetishism and Marxism
06 Feb 2014
Libertarianism is no substitute for a Marxist critique, writes Rex Dunn, as the racist chair controversy continues to rage
ISNetwork: Bondage and bigotry
30 Jan 2014
The International Socialist Network has split - over a work of art. Paul Demarty is bemused
Across nations and issues
31 Oct 2013
As Black History Month closes, Mike Belbin argues that black feminist communist Claudia Jones (1915-64) is only too relevant to today
Daily Mail: Fear of everything
10 Oct 2013
After its latest brush with notoriety, Paul Demarty examines the Daily Mail
Daily Mail: Patriotism and the sins of the father
10 Oct 2013
Communists hate the Daily Mail even more than Ed Miliband, writes Eddie Ford, but reject Leveson and any moves towards state regulation of the press
Oppression and opportunism
18 Jul 2013
Peter Manson looks at questions of race, sex and nation raised by SWP speakers at Marxism
Anti-Semitism: Churchill and the Jewish question
30 May 2013
Paul Flewers replies to Eddie Ford
Tarantino and Spielberg reviews: Abolition and emancipation
21 Feb 2013
Mike Belbin reviews: Steven Spielberg (director) Lincoln, Quentin Tarantino (director) Django unchained
Football through the looking glass
19 Jul 2012
The John Terry racism trial has made for a sorrier spectacle than the average England match, writes Harley Filben
Antifa, nationalism and democracy
26 Apr 2012
Maciej Zurowski interviews Freerk Huisken - until his recent retirement a lecturer at the University of Bremen - about his new book
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.
Police try to stop anti-fascist book launch
22 Mar 2012
Despite the clearly political intervention of the police, cowardly Quakers, and a handful of EDL youth, there was no stopping Tony Greensteins book launch in Brighton.
A load of old balls
12 Jan 2012
Racism persists in society - but, as recent scandals show, serious analysis has been replaced by moral hysteria, argues James Turley