Socialist Appeal
The Marxist voice of Labour and youth
Monday this week marked the first national 'Stephen Lawrence Day', commemorating the tragic murder that lifted the lid on the racism within British capitalist society and its institutions. To see real change, we need to fight capitalism.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary since the death of Martin Luther King Jr., we publish here an extract from a longer article examining the evolution of MLK's politics. By the time of his assassination, he was drawing socialist conclusions.
Ravi Mistry looks at the cynical way in which exploitative big businesses present themselves as allies of oppressed groups in order to sell their products and make profits.
The Russian Revolution, 100 years ago, had a global impact on political consciousness. In the USA, the period was one of a developing militancy amongst African Americans. Claude McKay represented the overlap between the revolutionary Communist movement and that of the anti-racist, anti-colonial struggle.
Social media has been alight this week with responses to two incidents of racism from prominent politicians: first from a Tory MP and then from liberal poster boy Emmanuel Macron. In today’s world, where sensitivity to racism has never been so acute, how is it - Ben Gliniecki asks - that leading politicians still manage to unthinkingly spout such racist remarks?