15 July 2020

How the FBI and Chicago police murdered a Black Panther

Books that inspired me: Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, deserves wider recognition as a socialist leader for black liberation

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15 July 2020

Jobs, homes, services and a future for all!

The BLM protests have lifted the lid on the enormous level of built-up class anger

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15 July 2020

BLM protests - another injustice exposed

5,000 in Brighton, 1,000 in Bristol, and a march in Stevenage

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15 July 2020

Will boosting the 'black pound' improve black workers' lives?

The response of Haringey's 'Corbynista' council in north London to the mass Black Lives Matter movement has been to promote 'Black Pound Day'

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8 July 2020

No choice but to fight the system

The killing of George Floyd will be fixed into the minds of our generation as we move into a new period

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8 July 2020

TV: The school that tried to end racism

This series showed an experiment with a group of Year 7 students in a South London school to explore how racism was learnt

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8 July 2020

Books that inspired me: The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin's 'The fire next time' is a series of short essays describing the author's experiences of being black in America in the 1950s and 60s

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8 July 2020

Black Lives Matter - the fight is not over

Hundreds gathered for a Black Lives Matter protest on 5 July. Given it was the anniversary of the opening of the NHS, the protest started with a round of applause for the NHS, and all the healthcare workers

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1 July 2020

BLM has not stopped - protesters flock to Socialists

Socialist Party members have continued to be out supporting Black Lives Matter protests

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1 July 2020

Trade unionists stand in solidarity with Maxine Peake

Trade unionists, including fellow members of Equity, are outraged at the completely false smears aimed at our fellow member Maxine Peake

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1 July 2020

From slavery to Black Lives Matter - racism and capitalist injustice exposed

TV review: 13th: I was encouraged to watch this documentary by my daughter who has recently been motivated to go to her first protest, the Black Lives Matter demos against racism.

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30 June 2020

A new movement for system change

Assessing the new upsurge in the #Black Lives Matter movement, Hannah Sell argues that fighting racism does mean a fight to replace capitalism with a new society, socialism.

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24 June 2020

Black Lives Matter protests: week three

Some of the local protests up and down the country.

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24 June 2020

Lessons from the Black Panthers

The Black Panther Party marked the high point of the Civil Rights movement - what are the lessons for today?

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24 June 2020

Young people fighting back: Jobs and homes, not racism

What is the Socialist Party fighting for to improve things for young people?

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24 June 2020

Towards an anti-racist school curriculum

The Black Lives Matter movement has quite correctly posed the question of black history in our schools and public life

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24 June 2020

Reading workers' movement responds to knife attack

A horrific knife attack took place in Forbury Gardens in Reading on 20 June, killing three people, reportedly LGBT+, and injuring others

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17 June 2020

Which way forward for Black Lives Matter protests?

Boris Johnson's announcement of yet another review will give no confidence to protesters that their struggle is no longer needed.

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17 June 2020

More youth protests take aim at capitalism

Tens of thousands joined a second week of Black Lives Matter protests across Britain.

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17 June 2020

Oppose racist symbols and the racist system

Cheers filled the air as the statue of slave-trader Colston in Bristol was pulled down

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