Last Saturday saw activists from the BLM and LGBT movements uniting to protest against discrimination. The Tories are fomenting racism and attacking trans rights. We must fight all capitalist oppression.
Under pressure from the mass movement, Sadiq Khan has launched a review into London monuments. Beyond these gestures, however, nothing has been done to challenge the racism in the Metropolitan Police. Racist police practices continue unabated.
The Black Lives Matter movement has reignited the Rhodes Must Fall campaign in Oxford, which aims to challenge the university’s racism and colonial legacy. We need mass action to tear down these statues – and tear down capitalism.
The pandemic and the economic catastrophe it has triggered are threatening to roll back decades of gains in terms of women’s liberation. Capitalism in crisis can offer only counter-reforms. To end oppression, we need socialism.
In our latest episode of Marxist Voice, we’re joined by Fiona Lali – national organiser of the Marxist Student Federation – to discuss the massive protests against racism and police violence that have erupted across the UK.
The Tories have downplayed the Black Lives Matter movement in Britain, saying that racism and policing are not an issue here. But this is far from the truth.
The Black Lives Movement has spread rapidly across the Atlantic, finding an echo in Britain, with its own long history of racism and repression. Protests over the weekend saw huge numbers turning out to say ‘enough is enough’.
The murder of George Floyd has sparked a wave of solidarity protests in Britain. We publish here reports of demos in London and Manchester.
Quarantine is a living nightmare for those facing domestic abuse. Yet again, it is the most vulnerable in society who are suffering the hardest during this crisis. Capitalism cannot provide safety for ordinary people.
Alongside the ‘hostile environment’ and the racist measures against migrants, the Tories are clamping down on Traveller communities, putting the way of life for one of Britain’s oldest minorities at threat.
This year’s Pride march in London was more of a big business parade than a demonstration. We need to take Pride back to its roots and kick out the corporations.
28 June marks the 50th anniversary since the famous Stonewall riots in New York, which were a turning point for the LGBT movement. Laurie O’Connel looks at the lessons of the protests for the struggle against oppression today.