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Remembering Claudia Jones – a paragon of communist activism
DAVID HORSLEY points to the continued relevance of an inspirational black communist whose 110th birthday anniversary will be celebrated on Sunday
ONE OF A KIND: (L to R) Claudia Jones at her West Indian Gazette desk in the 1960s; a statue of her by Nigerian-born British artist Favour Jonathan in Windrush Square in front of the Black Cultural Archives
[(L to R) NY Public Library/public domain - Matt Brown/CC]
BEN CHACKO speaks with Knesset member OFER CASSIF about rising political violence, the prospects for peace and his continuous ‘silencing by suspension’
The City is leaning on Rachel Reeves to cut welfare spending — when what’s needed is cuts to all the benefits given to the mega rich, corporations and banks to help them not pay or blatantly dodge their fair share of tax, explains BERNIE EVANS
The choice between two Blairites to revamp the tepid centrism of our ruling party doesn’t even come as cold comfort as we wander the city streets suffering from their third decade of austerity and the fifth of wage stagnation, writes MATT KERR
ANN HENDERSON looks at the trailblazers of the Women’s Trade Union League and their successful fight for female factory inspectors — a battle that echoes in today’s workplace campaigns
HENRY FOWLER puts the strike of public-sector workers in New Zealand in the wider context of deteriorating employment conditions throughout the world’s major economies
MAT COWARD looks back at a protest 105 years ago this month, whose reporting by the media bears uncomfortable similarities with demos today
“AS A child of eight I came to the United States from Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies. My mother and father had come to this country two years earlier in 1922. Like thousands of the West Indian immigrants, they hoped to find their fortunes in America where ‘gold was to be found on the streets’ and they dreamed of rearing their children in a ‘free America.’ This dream was soon disabused. Together with my three sisters, our family suffered not only the impoverished lot of working-class native families and its multi-racial populace, but early learned the scourge of indignity stemming from Jim-Crow national oppression.”
These words, written by Claudia Jones, encapsulate the experiences of many migrants seeking a new life in capitalist countries over many years.
They also express the exploitation and racism experienced by the whole working class under capitalism which seeks to divide and rule. Claudia Jones understood the only way to combat and overcome was through the unity of migrants and the working class.
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