George Floyd

George Floyd

• Sacking Long-Bailey is a disgrace: it's proof Starmer is leading a witch-hunt against the left - CounterBlast 25 June

  

  There can no longer be any doubt, Starmer is leading a witch-hunt against the left in Labour at a time when the Tories are in maximum disarray, writes Chris Nineham

• Don’t let the dust settle on Cecil Rhodes

  

  The agreement to remove Cecil Rhodes’s statue is a big win for the movement and shows that protest works, argues David Jordan

• Black footballers shame Tory ignorance on poverty and racism - CounterBlast 17 June

  

  Boris Johnson’s hope that the return of the Premier League will distract us from his criminal incompetence is likely to be misplaced as a new generation of politicised black footballers emerges, writes Sean Ledwith

• Black Lives Matter protests continue to spread across the UK

  

  Around the country, thousands of people marched, knelt and shouted against racism on Saturday. We report on some of the local Black Lives Matter protests

• The uprising on Trump's doorstep: Black Lives Matter in DC

  

  The Black Lives Matter protests in Washington DC are taking the fight straight to Trump, reports Shabbir Lakha based on an interview with Sarah Govan

• Prestwich takes the knee for George Floyd

  

  Activists in North Manchester gathered for a local socially-distanced Black Lives Matter protest, reports Penny Hicks

• Don't blame the protesters for the virus

  

  It's the government endangering people's lives, not protesters, argues Shabbir Lakha

• Même police, memo racisme! (Same police, same racism!)

  

  In Paris and across France, thousands of protestors are defying bans to express their outrage at police racism and violence, reports Susan Ram

• Why I'm angry: People's Assembly Youth Takeover

  

  Shabbir Lakha speaks on a People's Assembly platform on Black Lives Matter protests, racism and the pandemic in Britain and how we fight back

• Ten days that shook America

  

  The brave defiance of the protesters in America has the ruling class in retreat, argues Chris Nineham

• Noughts + Crosses: a reverse reality that illustrates systemic racism - review

  

  Despite some dubious changes, this BBC adaptation of Malorie Blackman's exploration of race and class is well worth watching, says Shabbir Lakha

• London on the march: Black Lives Matter

  

  At a second mass demonstration in London, thousands of protesters gathered in Hyde Park to racist police violence in the US and here, reports Jamal Elaheebocus

• White supremacist in the White House: Trump’s rotten record of racism

  

  Trump’s predictably divisive response to the killing of George Floyd has only served to fan the flames of US anti-racist resistance

• Justice for George Floyd: model resolution and window poster

  

  Counterfire has produced a model resolution you can pass in your organisation and a poster you can download to put on your window or in your area

• Where are the US protests going? - interview with Chris Smalls

  

  Counterfire's Shabbir Lakha interviewed Chris Smalls, former Amazon employee and now an organiser, about the protests sweeping across the US against racist police violence

• Black lives matter: Brixton takes to the streets

  

  A young angry crowd marched to oppose the murder of George Floyd and highlight racism and police brutality in the UK, reports Dave Randall

• Minneapolis: a popular revolt against racism

  

  The current unrest in Minneapolis is an explosive response to endemic police racism, writes Sean Ledwith

• London demands justice for George Floyd

  

  "No justice, no peace" rang out on the streets of London as protesters marched in solidarity with Minneapolis, reports Lucy Nichols