For equality, against bigotry

How can we beat racism and fascism? NW London discussion

Submitted on 29 December, 2011 - 11:59

Date:

16 December, 2009 - 19:00 - 21:00

Description:

NWLondon AWL hosts a discussion on how to beat racism and fascism, drawing on lessons from the recent events in Harrow. Two speakers - Faryal Velmi from AWL, and Steve Hedley, London region RMT (personal capacity) - but also lots of time for everyone to ask questions/share views. Wednesday 16 December, 7pm, Victoria Hall, Sheepcote Road, Harrow

Protesting against church homophobia

Submitted on 29 November, 2011 - 18:04

40 students, staff and supporters held a protest (29 November) outside Northumbria university students union for hosting the NCLC churches Sunday worships.

Britain 2010: social attitudes

Submitted on 5 February, 2010 - 22:14

The latest figures from the British Social Attitudes Survey show that while people have become more liberal on social issues such as gay rights, there has been a rightward drift on economic questions.

French burqa ban: socialists defend women’s rights and fight racism

Submitted on 5 February, 2010 - 21:19

Following a law passed in 2004 banning the hijab (Muslim headscarf) and other symbols of “religious affiliation” in state schools, the French government is now discussing a proposal to ban the wearing of the burqa (the full body veil) in various public spaces, including on public transport. It takes place as part of a concerted government campaign to assert a secular French “national identity”.

New Sex Worker Legislation “Everyone will be less safe”

Submitted on 8 October, 2009 - 05:48

Author:

By Jordan Savage

The Policing and Crime Bill which is set to come into effect this November, will, among other things, outlaw “paying for [the] sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force”.

"Mad cabbie" protest: Psychiatry, prisons, and panic

Submitted on 24 September, 2009 - 19:26

Author:

Stuart Jordan

The Unite and RMT unions led a go-slow of over 1000 black cabs in London on 10th September in protest at a “schizophrenic killer” being granted permission to sit “The Knowledge” exam and qualify for a black cab license.

Why society needs equality

Submitted on 26 June, 2009 - 18:45

Author:

Matt Cooper

Matt Cooper reviews Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better

The Spirit Level created a considerable stir when it was published earlier this year. Its central proposition is that societies characterised by economic inequality are bad for everyone, not just the poorest.

Lenin on anti-semitism

Submitted on 19 February, 2009 - 15:52

Author:

Vladimir Lenin

This speech by Lenin, from 1919, shows how the Bolsheviks attacked the problem of age-old Russian anti-semitism after the workers' revolution of 1917.

S&M isn’t a crime!

Submitted on 6 June, 2008 - 11:10

Author:

Cath Fletcher

Despite opposition from anti-censorship campaigners, on 9 May a new ban on “violent pornography” came into force.

The shameful face of Al Quds day

Submitted on 13 October, 2007 - 09:28

Author:

Peter Tatchell

ON the Al Quds march, I held two placards. One with a Palestinian flag and “Free Palestine”, and the other with a photograph of a 16-year-old girl, Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh, who was executed in 2004 by the Iranian regime for “crimes against chastity”, having been sexually abused since childhood.