A new generation of right-wing politicians have shifted from promoting deregulation to championing anti-migrant politics warns SOLOMON HUGHES
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Covid-19, Western hypocrisy and orientalism
The unpalatable truth is that racism has once again reared its ugly head during this time of crisis, says HOLLY BARROW
A woman wears a face mask in Parliament Square, London. Many people of Chinese descent have reported racist abuse since the Covid-19 pandemic began
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The US relationship with Israel has evolved into a strategic liability, argues RAMZY BAROUD
A champion motorcyclist, trade union organiser and communist, Clem Beckett went from Britain’s speedway tracks to the battlefields of Spain, where he gave his life resisting Franco’s forces at Jarama. GEOFF BOTTOMS pays tribute to this remarkable anti-fascist
The greatest threat to democracy may no longer come from political parties but from unelected tech oligarchs like Peter Thiel and his powerful Silicon Valley network, argues JOHN GREEN
Claiming to ease a fertiliser shortage, the Trump administration has suspended tariffs on Moroccan phosphate imports – deepening US support for the Morocco’s control over Sahrawi territory, writes LUKE ROTELLO
AS THE coronavirus continues to shake the globe, many have shed light on the acts of solidarity that have sprung from its devastating consequences: community aid in the form of grassroots organising; local businesses distributing essential emergency packages to those most in need; social support networks established for the elderly. Such kindness restores some desperately needed faith in humanity.
And yet, regrettably, there are those who find, within the midst of a pandemic, an opportunity to incite division, to revisit archaic stereotypes and to propagate a culture of blame.
While we are right to focus on the positives at this time, we similarly cannot disregard the less palatable truth that racism has once again reared its ugly head during this time of crisis.
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