SOAS student expelled for Palestine activism calls out university’s moral collapse
Haya Adam talks to Vijay Prashad about her expulsion from the School of Oriental and Africa Studies (SOAS) over her pro-Palestine activism.
British Politics
Support for the far right is growing – and Labour is fomenting racism
Any ‘strategy’ for fighting the far right that refuses to challenge the far right’s racism will not work. It avoids the most important core issues on which the far right’s advance is based.
With the best of Corbyn’s and Sultana’s politics, the new party can succeed
The new party’s arrival on the political scene can radically change the situation by offering a real opposition to reactionary politics. To succeed in the current period, it will need consistent opposition to war, austerity and racism, the oppression of women and every other form of oppression and tackling climate change will also have to be central to its politics.
Epping: The far-right assault on asylum hotels
The Labour government should not be echoing the agenda of Reform UK – amplifying the myths about “grooming gangs” or migrant crime. Leaning into sensationalist misinformation about child abuse or pressing ahead with citizenship stripping is stoking the xenophobic tinder that far-right groups exploit.
Where are Labour voters going?
Voters say Labour is losing votes because it is too right-wing. It is mainly losing votes to its left or deterring voters from voting at all. It is right-wing myth-making that Labour’s is losing votes solely or mainly to Reform.
The Labour government’s racist agenda
The racist character of the government’s agenda is revealed with almost every policy decision. It is continuing its ineluctable surge to the right generally, but particularly in relation to its attitude to the Muslim community.