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Minneapolis: Resistance surges amid crackdown

Joe Allen examines the violence in Minneapolis and the burgeoning to resistance to it

ICE: Very American violence

The fatal killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent forces a reckoning with state violence

Colonial roots of Manchester’s homelessness

What are the root causes of homelessness for many people in Manchester

Dense cold of protesters Rainbow banner and Black Lives Matter placards

Interview | Black Lives Matter UK

BLM UK’s approach to electoral politics, anti-racist and anti-racist organising and the struggle for a free Palestine

Masked protesters hold placards against attacks on migrant workers

Attacks on migrants are an attack on us all

New immigration proposals and attacks on migrants are an attack on all the working class

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Review | Backstage of the care economy

This new book provides an in depth of the working of the global care economy

Cover of the book showing image of a migrating swallow

The precarious migrant worker

This new book digs deep into how migrant workers see their place in work and society

Trans+ Youth banner leads the huge march

We fight for the oppressed

Why the fight against oppression is at the heart of revolutionary politics

Far-right marchers take to the streets to demonise refugees

Responding to the racist moral panic

The nature of the threats from racism and fascism has changed in the last few years. Strategies to oppose them need to change too

Hundreds of people join the anti-fascist march.

Antifascism in Epping: turning the tide?

Fascists were outnumbered in Epping – mobilising from an outside an area can get us short-term wins. But as the far right sink roots we need mass community organising.

Why anti-border politics is class struggle

Opposition to borders is central to class struggle and anti-capitalist politics

UVF mural in Belfast

From Ballymena to Coolock – anti-immigrant protests in Ireland

Racism has always been part of unionism – now racist protests are gaining a foothold in the South.

Review | Lifeline to Freedom

Leftist Czech refugees to Britain in the 1930s had to cope with hostility from the British government, but also the zigzags of the Communist line laid down in Moscow.

A picture of Keir Starmer at the World Economic Forum.

Labour and immigration

Keir Starmer’s Labour seems inspired by Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech

Large fire burning on the street

The battle of Los Angeles: the first weekend

American socialists report from the streets of California.

Corey Blake with CTU comrades

Chicago teachers – winning against the US right

Chicago teachers have won a new contract which improves pay and conditions but also defends school communities including migrants and LGBTQ+ people.

Keir Starmer unveiled a new Immigration White Paper

Labour’s immigration White Paper: a brief explainer 

Here is what the Immigration White Paper means policy-wise

Review | Hard Graft

Kika Hendry reviews the Wellcome Collection’s exhibition Hard Graft, which explores the relationship between work and health tracing through histories of exploitation, oppression and resistance.

Homelessness – out of sight, out of mind?

A report of the eviction of the residents of the tent camp in St Peter’s square in Manchester.

Migrant farm workers fight for justice in Britain

A report on a migrant farm worker’s protest and the campaign for rights for workers on seasonal visas

Building Fortress Britain: Labour’s policies on immigration 

Labour intensifies deportations, workplace raids and migrant exploitation.

Working class unity means anti-racist unity: no compromise with racist state power

rs21 members make the case for an anti-racist politics that combats all forms of oppression and exploitation

Tents outside Sheffield uni, police standing in front of the Glasgow Home Office gates, police and protestors at sites in London.

Long hot summer?

London, Glasgow, Manchester – a brief flash of activity or the start of a long hot summer?

About the Dublin riots: some explanations and responses

Juliana Sassi, a member of the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU), looks beyond simplistic explanations of the recent riots in Dublin to deeper causes, and explains how anti-racists and community campaigners have responded.

Image shows the cover of the book Britain in Fragments, set against the backdrop of a union flag.

Review | Britain in Fragments

Satnam Virdee and Brendan McGeever bring a historic account of racism in Britain over the last century. Colin Wilson reviews Britain in Fragments.

a large crowd stand outside the court with a banner reading Stop Deportations

The Brook House Three trial: a major victory for anti-deportation activists

Jury sees justice in their activism: Lisa Leak reports on the trial.

large number of people stand in a town square in Carlisle.

Anti-refugee demonstration in Carlisle – Nazis score a victory against divided opposition

Anti-fascists faced hurdles in mobilising against the first fascist demo to hit Carlisle in years.

People hold placard reading "trans bodies are not a political playground"

Stand together against attacks on trans people

Over forty local vigils for Brianna Ghey are planned. Stand together against the transphobes.

Image shows a row of men standing in the Qatari football stadium, with representatives from Qatar and Jair Bolsonaro.

Ideologues, apologists and the Qatar World Cup

Something ulterior is at work in the sudden outpouring of concern for queer fans at the Qatar World Cup, argues Lisa Leak.

Image shows a high green fence lined with protesters banging metal items against it.

End immigration detention! Ways to take action

Want to get involved in campaigns against immigration detention? We highlight the work of some key campaigns.