“Just like last summer’s riots, the police have proven useless in fighting off the far right. More often than not, they have protected these thugs from counter-protests. Clearly they have better things to be doing – such as locking up hundreds of peaceful Palestine protesters.”
Yesterday, the racist Home Office worked hand-in-hand with the police to arrest migrant delivery workers in Birmingham. An outraged crowd gathered, and RCP members gave speeches exposing the real criminals: Starmer, Labour, and the capitalist class.
Today marks the 100th birthday of Malcolm X, an outstanding revolutionary within the black liberation movement. We republish here an article on his life and political evolution, which were tragically cut short by an assassin’s bullet.
For our second instalment of the series ‘Here to fight, Here to Stay!’ we go to Preston. This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Preston Red Scar Mill Strike which saw the first immigrant strike in Britain. The inspiring struggle raised many questions including if black workers should fight separately.
On the anniversary of the Bristol Bus Boycott, we present ‘Here to fight here to stay’ – a series on Britain’s anti-racist struggles. The boycott marked the first significant anti-racist victory in Britain’s post-war period, and provides crucial and inspiring lessons today.
In this podcast, we sit down with Fiona Lali to discuss why far-right violence has swept Britain, the response from the labour movement, and the communist perspective on how we can smash the far right using class struggle methods.
The menace of the far right has reared its ugly head in the past week, with more violence on the cards in the coming days. This should be a wake-up call to the ranks of the labour movement. Workers and youth must mobilise to smash the far right.
On 4 May 1978, Bengali textile worker Altab Ali was murdered in a racially-motivated attack. A recent TV series looks at the struggle against racism and the far right in this period, revealing how militant mass action can curb oppression.
Stalwart left-wing MP Diane Abbott has endured a lifetime of racist and sexist abuse. The latest sickening example of this, from a wealthy Conservative donor, has exposed both the hypocrisy of the Tories and the cynicism of Starmer’s Labour.
In 1963, activists in Bristol organised a mass campaign against discriminatory employment practices on the city’s buses. Decades later, racism in the workplace remains rife. To fight oppression, we need militancy, organisation, and class unity.
Far-right elements in South Wales have opportunistically hijacked anger over local job losses, in order to stir-up hatred against refugees. The labour movement must respond with class struggle methods and clear socialist policies.
In this discussion, Fiona Lali talks about the history and lessons of the struggle for black liberation.