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Lester Holloway is an anti-racist writer and trade unionist. He was previously Editor of The Voice, Britain's only Black national newspaper. He also previously worked at the Runnymede Trust and the TUC. He is writing in a personal capacity.
Labour’s race equality act launch event descended into farce after equality campaigners and media were banned from attendance — signalling the leadership’s dismissive attitude towards black and brown voters.
In recent weeks, the Tories have been pretending to support refugees – but their Nationality and Borders Bill, which is being voted on tonight, is the harshest crackdown on migrant rights in decades.
The government-backed Sewell Report has declared Britain free from institutional racism. Its findings are laughable, but it was never intended as a rigorous study – it is just the latest weapon in the Tory culture war.
It’s not perfect, but Labour’s race and faith manifesto is the boldest anti-racist programme ever put forward by a major party at election time – and is needed now more than ever.
A socialist-led Labour Party has a unique opportunity to put forward a platform that would profoundly challenge racial disadvantage.