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Media hysteria around new book
By Jenny Bourne
A recent guide on how to deal with race equality issues with pre-school age children has been mercilessly distorted by sections of the media.
24 July 2008 (873 words)
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Sex Pistol singer accused of racist attack
John Lydon has been accused of a racist attack on Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke, of Nigerian descend. One witness claimed that Lydon's entourage behave like 'a gang of racist thugs'.
23 July 2008 (external article)
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Claudia Jones and the 'West Indian Gazette'
By Donald Hines
Below is an edited version of an article that appears in the current issue of Race & Class.
3 July 2008 (2232 words)
bbc news Lawyer cleared of terror contempt
Aamer Anwar has been cleared of contempt of court after making comments at the end of a trial of a man for terrorist offences.
1 July 2008 (external article)
bbc news Journalist ordered to hand over terrorism notes
Judges have ruled that interview notes with a former extremist, used for a book on terrorism, be handed to the Greater Manchester Police for investigation.
27 June 2008 (external article)
London unions sever all links with Rise Festival
A number of London unions have severed all links with the London Mayor's Rise Festival.
26 June 2008 (376 words)
guardian Telegraph hosts anti-immigrant blog by BNP
Richard Barnbrook, the BNP's London Assembly member, has used a blog on the Daily Telegraph's website to blame immigrants and their sons for knife and gun crime among young people in the capital after a spate of murders.
29 May 2008 (external article)
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Tribalism and Powellism infuse TV series
By Rebecca Wood
Three recent Dispatches programmes on immigration, fronted by Rageh Omaar, were ill-informed, misleading and alarmist.
8 May 2008 (1031 words)
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Racial bias in reporting crime
A new report from the Runnymede Trust has found that the print media's reporting of violent crime exacerbates racist tension.
24 April 2008 (310 words)
guardian BNP ad money to go to charity
Archant, the publishers of local newspapers which ran adverts for the BNP recently, has agreed to donate the revenue generated to charity.
16 April 2008 (external article)
guardian Newspaper staff unhappy over BNP advert
The staff at the Ham & High newspaper in London are said to be unhappy at the editor's decision to run an advert for the BNP in the current issue.
11 April 2008 (external article)
swansea evening post Singer starts legal action over photo use
Soprano singer, Katherine Jenkins, has started legal proceedings after a picture of her was used in a film posted in a YouTube film supporting the BNP.
7 April 2008 (external article)
bbc newsnight Terrorism book authors told to hand over manuscripts
A journalist working with a man, who has admitted past connections with al-Qaida, on a book about terrorism, has been ordered by Manchester police to hand over a copy of the manuscript and notes for the book.
4 April 2008 (external article)
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Flat Earth News
A telling new book on the methods of modern journalism.
20 March 2008 (744 words)
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Reportage defence could be vital
By Frances Webber
In February 2008, the House of Lords upheld an Appeal Court ruling made last summer in favour of the anti-fascist Searchlight magazine, which has important implications for anti-racist campaigners.
13 March 2008 (1287 words)
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Shame on the BBC
By Joe Street
Below we reproduce a letter of complaint from a historian to the BBC about its programme Rivers of Blood - part of the BBC 2 'White season'.
11 March 2008 (1086 words)
bbc news Family take action against BNP over photo use
The family of Rachel Whitear, 21, who was found dead of an apparent drug overdose are to take action against the BNP who used a picture of their dead daughter on a leaflet.
10 March 2008 (external article)
evening standard BBC under fire for BNP leader comments
The BBC has been criticised for airing comments by BNP leader Nick Griffin, blaming Britain's hard drugs problems on Islam and Pakistani immigration.
7 March 2008 (external article)
guardian Race advisor to London mayor quit after media campaign
Lee Jasper, the race advisor to the Mayor of London, has quit his post after a campaign against him by the Evening Standard newspaper.
5 March 2008 (external article)
Protest against Daily Express' attacks on Muslims
Protestors gathered outside the London offices of the Daily Express today to demand an end to anti-Muslim articles.
21 February 2008 (247 words)
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