The crew of the Freedom Flotilla boat, Handala, warned Israel to obey international law but are now in captivity, reports LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
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Why it’s time for a resurgence of black self-organisation in Britain
Black activism has always been about changing the movement and then the world, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Stormzy's comments about racism were widely distorted
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DAVID HORSLEY remembers communist seaman Bill Bailey, the ‘Kid from Hoboken,’ whose heroics in tearing down a swastika flag from a ship’s mast inspired early anti-fascist resistance
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
I went to bed planning for university, but woke to bombs falling on Gaza, losing my home, best friend, and nearly my hand — yet I am unbroken, and still dream of writing to carry Palestinian voices worldwide, writes EMAN GHASSAN ABUZAYED
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
RECENT incidents in football stadiums and the ridiculous furore over Stormzy’s comments about the prevalence of racism in Britain have once again shown that one can never take for granted that real progress has been made as perhaps many thought.
Racist incidents are of course not new and are not confined to one part of the country.
Back in 1987 I was living in a northern city when a general election was called. I was already an activist and, by that time, one of the leaders in the Labour Party Black Sections movement.
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