Racism

Shadia Edwards-Dashti reports on a delegation from England and Scotland to the refugee camp near Calais on Saturday

Amandla Thomas Johnson on the importance of Black History Month

The idea that securing the borders and making life for asylum seekers harder represents an adequate response to the refugee crisis is not only inhumane, but deeply naïve

In the wake of the wave of demonstrations to support refugees, the long history of anti-racist organisation is recalled in the current issue of Race and Class, finds Dominic Alexander

Tens of thousands of refugees have organised and triggered a wave of social solidarity which in some countries is unprecedented writes Kevin Ovenden

The West's wars have played a central part in the refugee crisis, says Lindsey German

Medea Benjamin talks to Counterfire about the prospects of American foreign policy, the anti-war sentiment in the US, and the Black Lives Matter movement

Lee Jasper takes issue with the BBC's new 'fly on the wall' documentary about the Metropolitan Police

Charlotte Gerada writes on the smear campaign against Rabina Khan that the media won't discuss

With the focus of hatred aimed at migrants the elite culprits of society's problems hide behind racism

The interwoven history of racism and liberation in Cuba and the United States in Race to Revolution illuminates a new historical narrative, argues William Booth

With the Tower Hamlets mayoral election round the corner, Dilly Hussain questions whether another ‘coup’ awaits Lutfur Rahman’s successor

Alastair Stephens looks at how riots changed American history and represented a historic challenge to the ruling order

Judge Mawrey's comments offer a disturbing insight into the mindset with which he approached the Lutfur Rahman case and which prevails amongst Britain's ruling elite

The real solution to state racism  lies with the people - only a motivated, organised, disciplined mass movement can bring change to America argues Lee Jasper

We must end a foreign policy that is causing mayhem and misery across vast swathes of the globe

Rather than being ignored, Hopkins should be sacked as a columnist and the Sun should be hauled before the authorities for providing a platform for explicitly racist speech

Offensive jokes are a significant part of the infrastructure of prejudice argues Jeremy Messenger

In Athens thousands joined the Greek leg of the international day of action against racism and fascism. Kevin Ovenden reports

Islamophobia has become an institutional norm - we need to stand shoulder to shoulder with Muslim communites and oppose military interventions and wars argues Chris Nineham

Mark Perryman welcomes the release of the Orgreave Justice Double CD of rebel music, old and new

Pegida's attempt to launch an anti-muslim movement in the UK by holding a protest in Newcastle was massively outnumbered by a counter-mobilisation by Newcastle Unites. Alex Snowdon reflects on the lessons

German group Pegida is set to hold its first UK demonstration on Saturday, but will face concerted opposition. Alex Snowdon explains

Selma chronicles the three-month period in 1965, when Martin Luther King led a  campaign for equal voting rights. Review by Sean Ledwith

Muslims are caught in a 'clash of civilisations' narrative in which they are seen as backward while Western civilisation is portrayed as the saviour

We need to refute the idea that we're living through a 'Clash of Civilisations' between the West and Islam - it's dangerous bunkum argues Chris Bambery

Danièle Obono, a leading member of the French Left, speaks about the impact of the recent attacks and the dangers of Islamophobia

Figures obtained by a Freedom of Information request to the Metropolitan Police show a 60% increase in the monthly average compared to period prior to Lee Rigby murder

Next Saturday is the 20th anniversary of Eric’s Selhurst Park Kung Fu kick assault on a supporter. Philosophy Football'sMark Perryman celebrates a night when football took sides

Two years ago today supporters of the fascist Golden Dawn stabbed 26-year-old Pakistani retail worker Shahzad Luqman to death. Kevin Ovenden writes on the fight against racism in Greece in his eighth dispatch from Athens

Written by Olivier Cyran and originally published in December 2013 as 'Charlie Hebdo, not racist? If you say so…' this article attacks the magazine's 'crude racism'. Translated by Daphne Lawless

Lindsey German looks at twelve features of last year that will shape politics in the year ahead

There’s a double standard where Islamist terror is met with hysteria, while far-right terror is met with indifference, writes Lindsey German

Gus John: the use of flags to send a message to immigrants and their offspring about who really belongs to Britain should be condemned by Ed Miliband

Lindsey German: Muslims in Britain could be forgiven for thinking that even when they do the right thing, it’s wrong

James Meadway challenges the anti-immigration hysteria and argues that Britain is a better place to live because of the contribution made by migrants

Kevin Ovenden looks at the history of race and class in London's East End and the current battle to beat back the Tory attack on Tower Hamlets

Why are black people with mental health problems still more likely than whites to be heavily medicated, restrained and detained against their will?

We should, as a society, be working together to target predatory men and protect our vulnerable from abusers and those who protected and enabled them. Let's not forget how the authorities failed these children and blamed the victims. That's the real issue, not ethnicity.

We the undersigned call upon you, the Right Honourable Teresa May, Home Secretary personally to consider the case of Sushilananda Sraman (HO:  S1445819) for protection in the UK under the 1951 Refugee Convention or for Humanitarian Protection, or consideration outside the usual immigration rules as a matter of the utmost urgency.

Sean Ledwith looks at the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson and the rising against the racist machine

The planned deportation of asylum seeker Sushilananda Sraman exposes our government's disregard for human rights

Palestinian groups and individuals inside and outside of historic Palestine have signed the following statement in solidarity with their brethren in Ferguson, Missouri.

Thousands of children have been strip-searched in child prisons and secure children’s homes despite a government pledge to stop, half of them were black or ethnic minority, many under 12 years old