Race

Dale Farm: We stood because ye stood May 2012
Mary Sheridan talks to Elly Robson about resisting the eviction of her family and the Traveller community at Dale Farm in Essex

Dale Farm: The human cost of prejudice March 2012
As the displaced residents of Dale Farm in Essex face another round of forced evictions, Elly Robson talks to some of the families and examines the discrimination they face

Review: Black Power Mixtape December 2011
Selina Nwulu reviews new civil rights movement documentary Black Power Mixtape

Get along, move along, shift… September 2010
The Roma are experiencing a fresh wave of repression across Europe. Leigh Phillips reports

Identity canards July 2010
There is nothing inherent in any racial category or gender that makes it necessarily more radical - or reactionary - than another. But difference does make a difference, argues Gary Younge, and the left needs to re-examine its approach to issues of diversity, equal opportunities and representation

Far right prospects in the European elections May 2009
Graeme Atkinson on the far right parties and candidates standing in the upcoming European Parliament elections

Viva Siva April 2009
Now in his eighties, A Sivanandan remains an important figure in the politics of race and class, maintaining his long-held insistence that only in the symbiosis of the two struggles can a genuinely radical politics be found. By Arun Kundnani

Making music matter June 2008
The organisers claimed it as a huge success. But the BNP continued its advance in local elections and won a seat on the London Assembly a few days later anyway. So what did the Love Music Hate Racism carnival in east London in April achieve, and what is the importance of such events for the left in the future? Lena De Casparis and Alex Nunns report

I’m not racialist but … June 2008
In this article, first published in New Society magazine on 21 February 1985, Steve Platt looked at a row over racism in London's East End. He says it is depressing that he could have written almost the exact same article yesterday

Nothing is more important June 2008
Jon Cruddas and Nick Lowles argue that the rise of the far right presents a challenge that the left has so far proved unable to meet

Hammering the BNP June 2008
We must take on the far right by the force of our arguments, says Stuart Weir

Veiled threats November 2006
Multiculturalism has been getting the blame for the alleged lack of integration of minority groups into British society. It isn't beyond criticism, but neither is it the main cause of social division. That's down to racism and economic inequality, writes Mike Marqusee

Living together: an interview with Tariq Ramadan September 2005
Tariq Ramadan is one Europe's leading progressive Muslim scholars. He talked to Oscar Reyes about integration, multiculturalism and the role of the global justice movement after the London bombings.

Slaying the racist dragon August 2004
Billy Bragg celebrates the contribution of the flag of St George and the England football team in furthering the cause of multiculturalism.

Who takes the rap? January 1998
Hip-hop star Chuck D says black artists must fight for control of their own music and the money it earns. Donald Harding talked to him