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.
The obligation and means to resist tyranny
15 Apr 2010
Eddie Ford disagrees with the preaching of pacifism and legalism dressed up in anti-fascist clothing
Police ran riot in Bolton
25 Mar 2010
The mobilisation against the English Defence League was attacked and kettled by a well planned police operation. Sinead Rylance and Chris Strafford report
Football fan nationalism and ‘anti-fascist’ theatre
05 Nov 2009
Melvin Dawson witnesses collaboration between the UAF and the police
Racism or nationalism
07 May 2009
Much of the left continues to experience a great deal of difficulty in coming to terms with the British state's now highly developed official anti-racism, writes Peter Manson. The fact is that the state has colonised the left's anti-racism and turned it into its dialectical opposite - anti-racist national chauvinism
'Official anti-racism' cracks again
18 Sep 2008
The accusations of Tarique Ghaffur against the Metropolitan Police have given the lie to the state's 'liberal' PR, argues James Turley
Cut across ethnic divide
17 Jan 2008
It is class interests arising from the legacy of British rule that underlie Kenyan rivalries. Nick Rogers looks at the background to the current chaos
Oxford Union and 'free speech'
29 Nov 2007
The decision by the Oxford Union debating society to give a platform to BNP leader Nick Griffin and holocaust denier David Irving provoked national controversy. James Turley digs through it all and argues for a particular application of the 'no platform' tactic
Legitimating racism
11 May 2007
Dave Landau of the No One is Illegal campaign makes the case for open borders
Being called a 'black bastard' should not be normal
15 Mar 2007
In a certain sense, the recent comments by the now disgraced Tory MP, Patrick Mercer, can be welcomed, says Eddie Ford
SWP 'racism' fig leaf
23 Feb 2006
The furore following the Danish cartoons has not subsided, writes Peter Manson. But the position of many islamic groups - backed up by the Socialist Workers Party - plays into the hands of islamophobes
What's principle got to do with it?
02 Feb 2006
At the 'Defy section 9' conference in Manchester, the comrades from the SWP again tried to prevent the meeting from taking principled positions on the question of immigration, reports Dave Isaacson
Hijab: the protests ...
22 Jan 2004
Though we are critical, the OFWI still deserves the support of all socialists for its political opposition to the oppression of women through the imposition of sharia law in Iraq, says Manny Neira
Face up to the fight
22 Jan 2004
John Hutnyk reviews: Tariq Mehmood, 'While there is light', Manchester, 2003, Comma Press, pp220, £7.95
In their own words
22 Jan 2004
Doaa Al-Rani (19) took a leading role in the protests. Though not an MAB member, she led the chanting, rallying a group of women around her
Unsure what to think
15 Jan 2004
Alliance for Workers' Liberty sits on the fence