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Friday, May 17, 2024
Made up terms. No depth or context. Just the walking dead making unfathomable noises. This sums up the way racists and the far right largely treat black people when they refuse to accept the abuse, exploitation and cancelling. This very brief discussion bring many of these topics to the fore...

What is Racism? by Michael Rosen

It's a clockmender who left his country to get a better living and all is fine until things start changing there's an invasion he and his wife run to another town and the people who are supposed to keep law and order decide to put him and his wife on a list and...

Dealing with Racism

Britain is a multi-racial and multi-faith country and everyone has the right to have their culture and religion respected by others. Nobody has the right to call your child names or to treat them badly because of their colour, race or religion. It's illegal and it can be stopped. You don't have...
It has been almost 36 hours since news broke that Stephen Lennon was leaving the EDL. Since then he has been touted around the television studios and inundated the airwaves with claims that he was turning his back on the street movement that he set up in 2009 because...
Quilliam is proud to announce that Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll, the leaders of the anti-Islamist group, the English Defence League (EDL), have decided to leave the group. Having set up the EDL, infamous for its street protests, in 2009, they wish to exit this group, because they feel...
When I was just a lad in the cotton mill / Paper mill town of Bolton Lancs, I am from Irish Roman Catholic decent, and my mum worked long hard shifts at a factory called Vernon`s which made disposable bed pans for hospitals, the grey ones, we have all used...
Dear Gareth I'm a Youth Worker in Dorset and a lifelong football fan who has coached a little.   I'm writing to you to let you know that I am proud of you and that you are making a difference!  I am beyond delighted at the team's progress in the Tournament so...
Stand Up To Racism Dorset has received “sincere apologies” from Dorset Police after campaigners complained of racial profiling by the force on social media. When Weymouth and Portland police used an image of a young Black man to accompany a Facebook post on “county lines” drug dealing, Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) wrote to the Chief Constable and...
With the corporate media screaming out that post referendum racist incidents have dramatically increased - the latest being - Race and religious hate crimes rose 41% after EU vote I decided to look a little closer, close to home. Although a mixed picture the dominant negative narrative was either denial...
Last week, prominent Momentum activist Jackie Walker was suspended from the Labour Party for alleged antisemitism. There are five points to make about this. The antisemitism allegations against Walker are devoid of factual basis The evidence against Walker consists of two Facebook comments.  In the first, Walker dismissed claims...