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Opinion: Wales’s anti-racist plan is anything but

December 8, 2021December 7, 2021 By Rachael Powell

One would hope that racial segregation and racial discrimination are things of the past. Yet, following their ‘Racial Equality Action Plan’, it would

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#Latest #Middle East #World

Mistreatment of Detained Palestinians

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 By Lauren Taylor

According to The United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT) – to which Israel is a State party – torture is defined as “any

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#British #COVID-19 #Europe #Latest

Covid-19: What will the months ahead bring for Europe?

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 By Alisha Haley

Unsurprisingly, the world has now been told that there is another potentially dangerous new “variant of concern” which has been called Omicron by

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#British #Caricatures #Latest

‘Shadowing’ – A caricature

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 By Will Grosse

This week, regular contributor Will Grosse produced a caricature representing Labour’s recent reshuffle. The Tories trying to paint the Shadow Cabinet reshuffle as

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#British #Latest #Politics

The shadow cabinet reshuffle: personalities not policies

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 By Daniel Chappel

Featured Image: ‘Rt Hon David Lammy MP speaking at the launch of his report Taking Its Toll‘ by Policy Exchange on Flickr is

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Opinion: does the removal of statues topple hate or history

December 1, 2021December 2, 2021 By Rachael Powell

Thomas Jefferson. Christopher Columbus. Edward Colston. Robert E. Lee. Controversy has surrounded the statues of these historical figures and many more. What do statues mean? Should

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