Policy Exchange, the Social Affairs Unit and the Centre for Social Cohesion are driving the political agenda on Muslims in Britain while thinktanks on the left are largely silent, writes Arun Kundnani.

_Kenan Malik_ argues that the adoption of multiculturalism and the celebration of difference by liberals and the left has led to them defending positions regarding identity and immigration that perpetuates racial difference at the expense of community and collectivity.

What kind of country has Britain become? Does multiculturalism enrich or damage its people's lives, and is English national identity a route to political progress or a journey away from inclusive belonging? These questions and much more are discussed by _Paul Kingsnorth and Vron Ware_ through exchanging views on each other's recent books.

The legacy of the British state militates against democratic citizenship, says David Beetham. Any discussion of ‘Britishness’ that ignores this reality is bound to be incomplete

The Independent Working Class Association takes issue with what they call 'the inept political strategy of multiculturalism'.

Rupa Huq argues that we need to reconceptualise suburban life.

These days everybody wants to save Asian women. But very little of the hot air is backed up by action, or funding, says Sunny Hundal

Stuart Hall talks to Bill Schwarz about the questions and issues posed by difference in contemporary society. This discussion locates these issues in the context of neoliberalism, discourses on multiculturalism and the concerns of cultural studies. Exclusively available online at ukwatch.net.

The response of the liberal press to the Archbishop of Canterbury's remarks on Shari'a law consisted of little more than base Islamophobic prejudice dressed up in liberal and feminist language, writes Richard Seymour.

One thing that debates about immigration throughout the past half century have had in common is that they have not really been about immigration at all, argues Kenan Malik.