Edinburgh… The Racialisation Of The Irish In Scotland 14 Jun 201814 Jun 2018 The piece below is a chapter, from the recently published book No Problem Here: Understanding Racism In Scotland, in which various writers explore racism in Scotland. This chapter sets the racialisation of…
Events… In War 17 Nov 201523 Nov 2015 Etienne Balibar, one of France's leading intellectuals writes for Open Democracy in the aftermath of the Paris attacks. Here he inserts some much needed historical and political context into the…
International… Frantz Fanon at 90 20 Jul 201512 Aug 2015 Anti-colonialist writer and revolutionary Frantz Fanon would have been 90 years old today. Below is Jean-Paul Sartre's introduction to Fanon's classis The Wretched of the Earth. Not so very long…
Uncategorized Ferguson Reflections 29 Aug 20141 Sep 2014 By David Rovics I just got back from a trip to Ferguson, and elsewhere in the St Louis area, and I thought I'd share some of the thoughts and observations…
Culture… Why We Won’t Wear A Poppy 18 Oct 201321 Oct 2015 By Jim Slaven I won't be wearing a poppy this year. Of course this revelation is some considerable way short of a shock. However as we are entering that time…
Culture… Hatred, Division, & Perpetual Wars: When Will We Ever Learn? 29 Jul 201330 Jul 2013 By Larry Pinkney “…the two parties have combined against us to nullify our power by a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ of non-recognition, no matter how we vote…May God write us down as…
International… Obama As Cover for U.S. Perpetual War, Austerity, and Racism 22 Apr 201324 Apr 2013 By Larry Pinkney “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. “Hide nothing from the masses…
International… Prisoners Month: Free Jock 13 Dec 201213 Dec 2012 Many anti-fascists find themselves detained as political prisoners throughout the world. Here is the case of Jock Palfreeman, an Australian anti-fascist currently imprisoned in Bulgaria for defending a young Roma man from…
Events… Radical Olympics: Racism Is Official At Olympics 1 Aug 20122 Aug 2012 By Alex McAuley Damien Hooper deserves vocal support for wearing a t-shirt bearing the Aboriginal flag into his first boxing match at the London Olympics. In Hooper’s own words “I’m…
Culture… Up The Ra And All That 21 Dec 201116 Feb 2014 By Jim Slaven It has now been a week since the SNP government passed their Offensive Behaviour Bill in the Scottish parliament. Since then much has been written and said…
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