As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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We should all ‘stand up to racism’ now the Tories are on the offensive
Organising a conference against racism is crucial with an increasingly reactionary government introducing vicious legislation against refugees and migrants and ignoring the unequal impact of Covid, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
STANDING UP: Diane Abbott addresses an SUTR rally in solidarity with black England football players, July 2021
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
THIS government is pursuing a broad-based racist offensive that is almost dizzying in its scope and pace.
While Enoch Powell and his followers only talked about “sending them back,” this is government is doing just that, including deportation flights carrying those who were born here and others who are the victims of modern slavery and people-trafficking.
This country helped to draft the international laws regulating conduct at sea, yet this government is now pursuing an illegal policy of pushing back desperate asylum-seekers in the Channel.
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KEVIN COURTNEY of Stand Up to Racism and JOHN PAGE of the Ella Baker School of Organising announce a joint project aiming to unite trade unions and social movements in creating new narratives to fight the divisive rhetoric of the far right
Farage's far-right party seek to scapegoat migrants to weaken workers' rights, Stand Up to Racism conference warns
You only have to look at the dire polling of Labour’s sister parties in Europe to see that aping the hard right on migration leads to spectacularly bad results, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP