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KEITH FLETT looks at how social movements like Black Lives Matter can effect systemic and lasting change in society beyond removing statues and taking the knee
Black Lives Matter demonstrators take a knee during a 'Kill The Bill' protest against The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill in St Peter's Square, Manchester in March 2021
by Roger D Harris and John Perry
VINCE MILLS says Scottish Labour has adopted better positions than its Westminster counterpart — but unless it starts to fight for them that will count for nothing
Labour MSP CAROL MOCHAN calls for Britain to follow France’s lead and recognise the Palestinian state as part of efforts to end this war
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
A YEAR after the murder of George Floyd, there is no longer any question that Black Lives Matter is a movement and not just a moment in historical time.
That removal of doubt applies both to those who oppose racism in all its forms and those who see nothing fundamentally wrong with discrimination continuing to exist.
Arguments remain over statues, with the fallen statue of slaver Edward Colston now on display in a Bristol Museum awaiting a decision on its final resting place.
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