Category Archives: Racism

Saturday June 13: A report from Trafalgar Square

Posted on June 14, 2020 by

Yesterday was an eventful day. For the sake of posterity, here’s a lightly-edited version of the report posted on twitter by the Malcolm X Movement:* “History was made today in Ldn: Militant independent black working class youth-led history, in the … Continue reading →

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Whose identity is it anyway?: Some inconclusive thoughts on Labour antisemitism, identity, politics, and related matters

Posted on June 5, 2020 by

This is a somewhat messy and rambling piece of writing, so by way of an introduction: like a lot of people, I’d given a fair bit of thought over the last few years to questions around left/Labour antisemitism and “identity … Continue reading →

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Urgent call to protect Kevan Thackrar from attacks, and more prison/repression/legal news

Posted on February 15, 2020 by

A quick listing of repression/prison-related news: There’s an urgent call to help protect Kevan Thackrar, a prisoner who was recently the victim of a racist attack, and is now being moved to a cell next to someone who’s previously attacked … Continue reading →

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Kosher Jews, treif Jews: through the looking glass with the Board of Deputies

Posted on January 14, 2020 by

“They organize us against each other, but we can organize ourselves against them. The whole point of talking about class and “the proles” is to insist on the very basic way in which people from different “communities” have essentially similar … Continue reading →

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Protect Kevan Thakrar from racist violence

Posted on December 28, 2019 by

From the Incarcerated Workers Organising Committee: This evening [December 23rd] prisoner Kevan Thakrar called to inform IWOC that a known racist attempted to take his life this afternoon. Kevin McCarthy stabbed Kevan more than four times while Kevan was at … Continue reading →

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To Kill the Truth: exactly how thick and cynical is Jonathan Freedland?

Posted on November 10, 2019 by

About two years ago, responding to the controversies around the London Anarchist Bookfair in late 2017, I mentioned my worry that people throwing around unsubstantiated charges of antisemitism could lead to a “boy who cried wolf” effect that would undermine … Continue reading →

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Call to action against fascism & anti-semitism: 25 October – 9 November

Posted on October 22, 2019 by

From the Outlive Them Network: In the year since our first call to action, we have lost over one hundred lives to white terror. But we have also found each other. And we are many more than we first thought. … Continue reading →

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UK prisoner/legal support updates: Extinction Rebellion prisoners, Kevan Thackrar and the JCB 5

Posted on April 29, 2019 by

The Activist Court Aid Brigade has an update on the Extinction Rebellion prisoners who’ve been held in remand for the Docklands Light Railway action: one has been released on bail, while Mark Ovland is being held at Mark OVLAND A0671EJ … Continue reading →

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Wherever we stand, we stand against fascism: March 16 call to action from the Outlive Them Jewish antifascist network

Posted on February 10, 2019 by

Outlive Them, the Jewish antifascist network, have put out a new international call to action for March 16th. As with their previous call, I want to add a quick note on the UK context: Here in the UK, Jewish antifascists … Continue reading →

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Deliveroo couriers to strike in Bristol and London on February 1st, and events diary for February

Posted on January 30, 2019 by

On Friday 1st February, Deliveroo couriers in Bristol will be striking for a range of demands. They’ve said that couriers in at least 5 cities will be taking part in the action, so far the only other one I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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