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International News / Anarcho Quiz - Black Flag

Short pieces from Black Flag #215 1998.

Jump Across the Border: Antiracist Camp in Germany - Black Flag

Article from Black Flag #215 1998.

Refugees resist: The State Murders - Black Flag

Semira Adamu was killed by Belgian immigration authorities

Article from Black Flag #215 1998.

Review: Out of the Frying Pan - a critical look at works councils

Review of Out of the Frying Pan - a critical look at works councils Published by Solidarity Federation.

From Black Flag #215 1998.

More White Laws: New Labour and asylum seekers - Black Flag

Racists in government don't talk about "illegal immigrants" any more. They talk about “bogus asylum seekers". This is a useful code for squeaky clean racists like Jack Straw and Mike O'Brien. They don't need to talk about being swamped by an alien culture, the press know what to do and oblige with stories of hordes of asylum seekers in Richmond [about seven in fact] or tidal waves of Slovak Roma at Heathrow, and threats and attacks on asylum seekers start to rise again. But, of course, they haven't played the race card.

Dover residents against racism

Article from Black Flag #215 1998.

Home News - Black Flag

Short UK news items from Black Flag #215 1998.

Lies, Damn Lies and Economics – Black Flag

Joan Robinson once said that the point of studying economics was to be able to work out when economists were lying. Being a left-wing Keynesian, she was immune to the usual ideological (if not religious) biases of mainstream economics. Her point is both correct, and usually ignored because economics has far more to do with ideology than facts, belief than science.

Cops and Cocaine: Bent for the cause – Black Flag

In Black Flag issue 212, in the article "Scotland Yardies" we argued that "police strategy is in reality about the confinement of crime within working class areas" and that "whether for political purposes or private gain, some police are actively involved in the drug trade in inner cities." This article attempts to further substantiate that contention.

Interview: Bob Ritchie, former Liverpool dockworker - Black Flag

At the recent Social Justice March in London, we took the opportunity to talk to Bob Ritchie, former Liverpool dockworker, about the War on the Wharfies and any lessons to be drawn from it.

From Black Flag #214 1998.