antiracism
23 September 2020 · Britain, Scotland, antiracism
Third Glasgow Asylum death puts pressure for public inquiry
On 21 September it was reported that all seven Glasgow MPs in the Westminster Parliament, members of the Scottish National Party (SNP), have written formally to Scotland’s senior legal offic…
19 August 2020 · · Britain, Uncategorized, antiracism · 1 comment
Left unites to defend migrants
The day started with news that a yet unidentified sixteen year old Sudanese boy drowned in the English Channel trying to make his way into England writes Andy Stowe . That evening over one h…
9 August 2020 · · antiracism, antisemitism
On “antisemitism”
One specious argument that those of us active in Palestine solidarity hear time after time is the hoary line that “Jews are not really Semites, so why say that they are the victims of antise…
27 June 2020 · Britain, Scotland, antiracism · 1 comment
Glasgow killing raises major questions about treatment of asylum seekers
In a major event in Scotland, one person was killed by armed police in a Glasgow hotel used to accommodate asylum seekers, reports Mike Picken . The call ‘not to politicise’ the incident fro…
22 June 2020 · BlackLivesMatter, Scotland, antiracism · 2 comments
Glasgow Anti-Racists defiant against Far-Right attacks
Over 1,000 people attended a defiant demonstration and rally in Glasgow’s George Square [1] on World Refugee Day Saturday 20 th June to protest against a far right attack on refugee right ca…
15 June 2020 · · BlackLivesMatter, USA, antiracism · 2 comments
Make Black Lives Matter
In the middle of a pandemic, with the global economy crashing and a US Presidential election in the offing, George Floyd’s murder by police sparked protests across the globe, writes Susan Pa…
13 June 2020 · Black struggles, Fourth international, antiracism
Our Solidarity with the Worldwide Anti-Racist Revolt
The scope and magnitude of what have become worldwide protests and an emerging mass upsurge against racism and police brutality following the murder of Black worker George Floyd by police in…