‘Community Cohesion’ Won’t Stop the Far Right
The British establishment is promoting ‘community cohesion’ projects as a solution to racist street violence — conveniently ignoring their role in enabling the rise of the far right.
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Fianna Coleman
Fianna Coleman is a writer and researcher living in Cardiff.
Ending the Child Hunger Crisis
With ever-growing numbers of children starving at school, teachers and dietitians are demanding that the government steps in and offers free school meals for all.
Jeremy Corbyn: Austerity Is Labour’s Choice
After 14 years of billionaires doubling their wealth, the political elite’s choice of starving pensioners and children shows austerity as a complete con job.
The 1919 Race Riots Are a Warning From History
In 1919, a wave of race riots erupted across Britain following anti-immigrant incitement, including from leading labour movement figures — serving as a warning against the Left’s failure to challenge far-right narratives.
Starmer Is Still Arming Genocide
Labour’s partial ban on arms sales to Israel still means British-made weapons are committing atrocities in Gaza — nothing short of a full arms embargo is acceptable.
From Kayseri to Hartlepool
For Britain’s Turkish and Kurdish immigrants, last month’s riots resembled the growing far-right movement in their home country, inspiring them to turn out in massive numbers on anti-fascist protests.
We Need a Real 4-Day Week
Labour’s plan for workers to cram a full week’s hours into just four days is not a four-day week. A real four-day week means 32 hours with no reduction in pay.
A Community Under Occupation
40 years ago this week, an army of riot police laid siege to the pit village of Easington to crush its defiant support for the miners’ strike. Four decades on from Thatcher’s assault, their community still bears the scars.
Three Salons at Thirty
First broadcast 30 years today, Phillipa Lowthorpe’s cult Blackpool documentary Three Salons at the Seaside is a piece of experimental filmmaking centred on working-class care and femininity.
Protect Pensioners, Not Profits
Energy companies are set to extract an extra £1.5 billion from the public this year, more than enough to restore Winter Fuel Payments. The choice is simple: protect corporate profits or keep pensioners warm this winter.
Labour’s Austerity Is a Choice
Despite what Keir Starmer claims, there’s nothing inevitable about another round of harsh cuts — it is a deliberate decision to avoid confronting the powerful.
Eleanor Kasrils’ Great Escapes
A striking play about a young mother’s entry into the armed struggle against apartheid — and her refusal to accept defeat even under torture — will receive its British premiere next week in London.
New York State of Mind
In the 1960s, a new ideology held that cities were best developed organically and free from central planning. In his latest book, Owen Hatherley explores how these ideas shaped New York — and what they can teach a new generation of socialists.
‘We Are Not the Dirt We Clean’
A new protest archive documents the struggles of Latin American migrants in Britain, showing that the most exploited workers can display the most determination in opposing workplace injustice.
Building the Klarna Country
In seeking to restore Private Finance Initiatives for the building of new infrastructure, Rachel Reeves is ignoring the realities of a ‘buy now, pay later’ approach — massive profit for corporations, with taxpayers footing the bill.
Shipping Off Britain’s Integrity
Despite promising a new approach to trade, the government is pursuing new international agreements that would embolden corporations — and reward some of the world’s most oppressive regimes.
Despair Is Fuelling the Far Right
Of the 10 most deprived areas of the country, 7 saw far-right riots this month — a sign that the collapse of community and belief in improvement has fed the politics of racism.
Behind India’s Iron Curtain
In this week in 2019, India enforced a communications blackout in Jammu and Kashmir. A new writing project chronicles the crackdown which followed and how its techniques of oppression were borrowed from Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
When Britain’s Trade Unions Fought Fascism
In 1970s Britain, trade unions responded to the growth of the National Front by mobilising on the streets — a lesson today’s workers’ movement must rediscover to defeat a new fascist threat.
The Surveillance State Won’t Save Us
The government’s potential extension of police power and surveillance technologies is no substitute for tackling the root causes of far-right unrest — and risks violating the rights of us all.