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Racism
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US: Colin Kaepernick’s stance against racism spreads
When Colin Kaepernick began his protest against racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem at NFL football…
Austria: Far right candidate loses narrowly on Presidency
By Sonja Grusch Since Saturday 23 April, a series of physical earthquakes have shaken Austria. But the most significant…
A racist, sexist, billionaire, demagogue: How Trump can be stopped
By Conor Payne The rise of Donald Trump in the Republican Presidential Primary has been watched with horror…
Carrickmines’ tragedy and the fight against anti-Traveller racism
How can we oppose discrimination and inequality
#Refugeelivesmatter- Defend the right to asylum
Build homes for all-challenge this racist system
A rage in Baltimore: The aftermath of Freddie Gray’s death
Another racist killing in the US by police.
Deaths in Lampadusa: “Systematic Slaughter”
By Kevin Henry The recent deaths of more than 800 people who drowned when a small fishing boat…
Review: Selma directed by Ava DuVernay
“We are saying that something is wrong ... with capitalism.... There must be better distribution of wealth and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism”- Martin Luther King
End state racism against asylum seekers
By James Hallinan After being forced to flee their country, asylum seekers end up being marginalized here and…
Fighting oppression – a Marxist viewpoint
Marxism is a philosophy and world view that seeks to materially analyse reality. Although it was not possible for Marx and Engels themselves to adequately address all questions of oppression, as well as other issues in their writings, they did specifically address women's oppression, racism linked to slavery and imperialism, and also the oppression of national groups, such as the Irish.
