On a Critical Thinking Under Influence. An Interview with Russell Jacoby Interview with US historian Russell Jacoby.
Kenan Malik: journey of an ex-anti-racist - Arun Kundnani Arun Kundnani of the Institute of Race Relations critically reviews Kenan Malik's book From Fatwa To…
‘Liberal multiculturalism is the hegemony – it's an empirical fact’ – a response to Slavoj Žižek - Sara Ahmed Sara Ahmed responds to Slavoj Žižek's influential critique of contemporary liberal…
Post-race, post politics: the paradoxical rise of culture after multiculturalism - Alana Lentin Declarations of the end of race ignore the continuing impact of racism upon socio…
Replacing ‘race’, historicizing ‘culture’ in multiculturalism - Alana Lentin Alana Lentin analyses the de-politicisation of racism via policies of state multiculturalism which…
Born in Bradford - Kenan Malik Kenan Malik analyses how the development of state multiculturalist policies in response to the struggles of asian youth in the 1970s diverted…
Multiculturalism undermines diversity - Kenan Malik Kenan Malik distinguishes between the positive lived experience of a multicultural society, and multicultural state policies which foster…
British Islamism: towards an anarchist response - Paul Stott This article states that it "aims to kick-start a debate about how Anarchists should respond to the…
Multi-Culturalism or World Culture? On a "Left"-Wing Response to Contemporary Social Breakdown Loren Goldner on multiculturalism, post-modern cultural theory, and the social and…
Croissants and roses - New Labour, communalism, and the rise of muslim Britain An account and analysis of the rise of communalism, multiculturalism and the creation of the British…
Separatism: Accident or design? - Red Action Ghettoisation is widely blamed for the simmering racial unrest in Oldham and Bradford. Yet, astonishingly some 'anti-racists' argue racial separatism is the solution. A. Shaw investigates.
From redistribution to recognition: a left critique of multiculturalism - Aris Shivani Aris Shivani argues that multiculturalism is censorious of speech and anti-intellectual; it covers up for the economic failings of liberalism and offers a false promise of security exploitable for fascist purposes; it diverts attention from class to culture and fits comfortably into the bourgeois framework; and it values mediocrity over achievement and makes class struggle more difficult by setting up essentialist…
