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.
Still getting it wrong
28 Sep 2023
Diane Abbott has finally spoken out on Labour’s ‘fraudulent’ disciplinary process. But, asks Carla Roberts, is Sir Keir’s refusing to allow her to stand as a Labour candidate the result of racism?
Elephant in the room
21 Sep 2023
It is Zionism, not anti-Zionism, that is joined to anti-Semitism. Tony Greenstein calls out the CPB’s resident Zionist, Mary Davis
Forms of popular frontism
14 Sep 2023
Repeating calls for ‘no platforming’, calls to line up behind reactionary nationalists are, argues Mike Macnair, modern forms of madness. We favour free speech
Placing anti-Semitism in context
07 Sep 2023
Supposedly demanding free speech for everyone is mere infatuation. Tony Greenstein defends David Miller and upholds no-platforming as a fundamental principle
Anti-Semitism of useful idiots
31 Aug 2023
We need a principled defence of free speech and a firm grasp of geo-strategic realities. Mike Macnair discusses the case of David Miller
No call for staying calm
20 Jul 2023
Paul Russell looks back at the disgusting record of police savagery and gives his take on the challenges faced by the left in the next presidential election
Cross-party yellow peril
20 Jul 2023
Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has produced a lurid account of the challenge represented by China. Mike Macnair argues that the UK is playing catch-up with the US hegemon
Silence on the alternative
13 Jul 2023
Crimes, prejudice and sheer incompetence give added weight to the traditional republican slogan of a people’s militia, argues Mike Macnair. So why is the left so reluctant to make the call?
Enemies of the people
06 Jul 2023
Kevin Bean asks why delays, objections and challenges to the Illegal Migration Bill are far from unwelcome to the Tories
Cost of Fortress Europe
22 Jun 2023
Those who horrifically drowned off the Greek coast were fleeing intolerable conditions. Eddie Ford argues for free movement, citizenship rights and effective trade unions
Race, prejudice and stupidity
27 Apr 2023
Diane Abbott’s version of identity politics has proved to be a gift for Sir Keir and his drive to complete the marginalisation of the left, argues Kevin Bean
Not a minor issue
02 Mar 2023
Marching with Zionists, excusing Zionism and standing in solidarity with Palestine. Tony Greenstein investigates the contradictions generated by crass opportunism
Stoked by government ministers
16 Feb 2023
Kevin Bean reports on the Knowsley riot, its causes and the inadequacies of the economistic left’s responses
Truth must be silenced
09 Feb 2023
BBC2’s documentary about the 2002 Gujarat pogrom has caused a storm. Modi’s government and its friends abroad have made accusations of insensitivity, racism and colonial attitudes, reports Bill Goodridge
Diminished responsibility
08 Dec 2022
The high-profile cases of Lady Susan Hussey and Kanye ‘Ye’ West highlight the limits of official anti-racism, argues Paul Demarty