Israel continues to operate with impunity in what seems to be a brutal and protracted experiment, while much of the world looks on, says RAMZY BAROUD
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

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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