On the day the Home Secretary announced she was abandoning the Government’s racist “Go home” vans – trialed in Brent this summer to a huge public outcry – the Labour frontbench decided to sit on their hands in the vote on the second reading of the new Immigration Bill. Just six Labour MPs voted against […]
Posts under ‘Race/Racism’
Mixed reaction to the “defection” of EDL leaders
Oct 9th, 2013 by Jon Lansman.The announcement by the Qulliam foundation of the departure from the English Defence League (EDL) by its leaders ‘Tommy Robinson’ (Stephen Lennon) and his cousin Kevin Carroll is clearly a significant development. The Quilliam statement explained that “having set up the EDL, infamous for its street protests, in 2009, they wish to exit this group, because […]
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Daily Mail refer to travellers as a “species”, and the PCC stand by
Oct 8th, 2013 by Christine Quigley.Some weeks ago, I noticed an article on the Daily Mail website which contained some particularly unpleasant language about members of the Traveller communities. The offending line was thus: A Traveller and his family – that much-protected species in today’s human-rights-obsessed world – are now living in it. I’m not a Traveller, and I certainly […]
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EDL not welcome in London’s east end – be there this Saturday
Sep 5th, 2013 by Newsdesk.The fascist English Defence League (EDL) has announced plans to demonstrate in East London on Saturday 7 September. They have attempted to march in Tower Hamlets three times before. On each occasion trade unions, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, other faith, LGBT communities, local elected politicians and many more stood together and prevented them from entering the borough. […]
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British Jobs for British Workers?
Aug 14th, 2013 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.One thing’s for certain, Tony wouldn’t have stood for it. The shambolic bungling of today’s “big speech” by shadow immigration spokesperson, Chris Bryant lacked the smooth running of a Blair-era media operation. But Labour getting a handle on employers’ preferences for East European workers from a recognisably labour movement point-of-view would never have passed muster […]
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A dilemma, but Doreen’s appointment should be welcomed
Aug 2nd, 2013 by Kate Osamor.When I first heard that Doreen Lawrence was to be made a life peer in yesterday’s list, I must admit to having mixed emotions. Partly because Doreen’s battle has kept her in the minds of the very same institutions that have a record of upholding institutional racism. On one hand I have little or no […]
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Progress bemoan the plight of men: why we still need privilege checks
Jul 31st, 2013 by Conrad Landin.For those who needed further confirmation that Blairite party-within-a-party Progress has fallen into the realm of self-parody, you need only look to one of the latest gems to appear on the website of the “magazine”. Labour is not listening to rural England, writes Chris Calland. And how better to start the reparations by maximising the […]
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Islam and the New Atheists
Jul 26th, 2013 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.I do like James Bloodworth and I think he’s done a great job building up the profile of Left Foot Forward since taking up the reins. But his recent piece for The Speccie, It’s fine to be a ‘new’ atheist, so long as you don’t object to Islam reads like it was written in haste. As such it is unsophisticated and limited, […]
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‘Go Home’ vans must be challenged
Jul 24th, 2013 by Ben Folley.The scenes in the film Children Of Men, where Britain in 2027 has public adverts on buses encouraging people to report illegal immigrants, doesn’t seem too far fetched after yesterday’s Home Office announcement. Vans with giant billboards featuring the slogan ‘Go home or face arrest’ will be driven around London this week in an attempt to scare illegal […]
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Why French anti-fascists took to the streets last weekend
Jun 25th, 2013 by Tom Gill.Thousands marched in Paris and other cities in France last weekend to protest against violence by far right groups which claimed the life of Clément Méric, a student union and anti-fascist activist. Below is a joint statement by the organisers and supporters of the demonstrations: Fascism kills. Together, we can fight it! On 5 June, right-wing militants […]
