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Continue reading →: The Guardian – left wing politics for the older, middle/upper classes only
The Guardian is by far the best mainstream media newspaper (note I said mainstream – I think there are far superior independent media outlets) in the UK owing to the fact that every other one is owned by a billionaire or a state. Ultimately, I hope people read it between…
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Continue reading →: On free speech
Article 10 of the Human Rights Act reads: 1. Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. This Article shall not prevent States from requiring the…
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Continue reading →: Why the British media needs to stop saying “British Asian”
Asia houses 4.75 billion human beings; a majority of the planet. To say the term “Asian” is vague is an understatement. Historically, since significant migration of people from South Asia occurred in the mid 20th century in the UK the term “Asian” has been used to ethnically classify these people.…
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Continue reading →: Nigel Farage is no patriotI am a patriot. In World War Two, when Nazi Germany declared war on the planet it was Britain, the USA, the Soviet Union and soldiers from the commonwealth; India, Pakistan, Jamaica, Canada etc. that beat them. Farage gains support partially due to the left abandoning patriotism in my opinion.…
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Continue reading →: Why Progressives Misdiagnosing Racism Undermines The Left and MinoritiesAs an ethnic minority and someone firmly on the left, I’ve witnessed first-hand how Britain’s racism problem is deeply rooted in its colonial past—a history built on white supremacy and the dehumanisation of Black people, Indians, Muslims, Jews, Irish people, and countless others. Real racism exists and must be confronted.…
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Continue reading →: The curious case of Lowkey*This article has been amended since first publication* Kareem Dennis, better known as Lowkey is about to tour the UK. I consider him to be one of the most intelligent, principled and interesting people in politics today and I admire him greatly but there are reservations. He is a musician…
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Continue reading →: How the Socialist Worker Party monopolise social movementsIf you’re from the UK, you will have seen the Socialist Worker’s Party (SWP) even if you’re unaware of it. Their banners have been present at every major social protest across the last year or so; anti racist demonstrations in the wake of the summer race riots, anti Reform UK…
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Continue reading →: How Britain betrayed those like me
I always believed I am British, not just that – English. I still do. Because what else am I? England born and bred, schooling in England, culturally integrated entirely and I have never lived anywhere else. This isn’t a choice or a decision as the media likes to present it;…
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Continue reading →: 1984 Sikh genocide and today
The 1984 Sikh Genocide: Why We Must Still Talk About It In 1984, thousands of Sikhs were massacred across India in what many now recognise as a genocide. Sikhism, a religion founded in 15th-century Punjab, has faced centuries of persecution—but this modern atrocity remains lesser known, especially outside South Asian…
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