Statement of the Party of the Indigenous of the Republic
The Movement of the Indigenous of the Republic in France, PIR, began in 2005 in the context of the ludicrous calls for introducing a positive focus of colonial history in the French educational system and general rethinking of France's colonial legacy. It was...
I have been very quiet online since the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices...
Sadia Jabeen discusses the experiences of being Muslim in the face of rising Islamophobia following terrorist attacks. It was originally published on Make Tea & Cake, Not War.
As events unfolded on Wednesday I felt...
The bitter fruits of racism and imperialism
We comment on the recent attack on Charlie Hebdo.
The attack at the offices of Charlie Hebdo is something no one can justify. But, if we don't understand the roots of these events, we risk...
‘Shoot As Well As Cook’: the Black Panther Party, sexism and the struggle today
We need to remember the contributions of black women to past struggles if we're to take forward the fight for justice today, writes Shanice McBean.
The roots of American racism 4: state racism and the new black resistance
In the last of four articles, Bill Crane looks at "colourblind" racism and mass incarceration since the Civil Rights movement – and how they have contributed to the police racism and violence that...
The roots of American racism 3: Civil war to civil rights
In the third of four articles, Bill Crane examines the origins of racism in the United States. Here he looks at how the racist segregation of Jim Crow was implemented in the 1890s and then abolished by the...
Here to Stay, Here to Fight – Home Office protest for Migrants’ Rights Day
International Migrants' Day on Thursday 18 December happened only two days after G4S guards were acquitted of the murder of Jimmy Mubenga. Sophie Williams of DocsNotCops reports from a protest outside the Home Office.
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The roots of American racism 2: The Civil War and after sees racism undermined,...
In the second part of a four-part series, Bill Crane examines the origins of racism in the United States. Here he looks at how in the Civil War of the 1860s and the Reconstruction...
“All you people are watching them kill me”
Jimmy Mubenga was killed as he was forcibly deported from the UK in 2010. The guards who were found guilty of unlawful killing at the inquest have now been cleared of manslaughter at the Old Bailey.
The roots of American racism
Why is America so racist? In the first of four articles, American socialist Bill Crane explains how today's struggles around Ferguson and police racism have their roots in a history of slavery and dispossession.
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