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.

As part of her degree course, Kurdish migrant Filiz Celik researched the conditions that workers from overseas face in the United Kingdom. Adam Ford provides a summary

Dawn raids are brutal, but they have emerged as a central facet of New Labour’s asylum and immigration policies. In 2006, 8,100 ‘enforcement operations’ were carried out before 8 am: an average of 22 dawn raids each day. John Burnett reports

Jon Cruddas and Nick Lowles argue that the rise of the far right presents a challenge that the left has so far proved unable to meet

This European targeting of illegal immigrants is hypocritical, draconian and undiplomatic, says Evo Morales

The recent local elections saw the BNP gain ten councillors and a London Assembly member. Judith Orr puts these results in context, and argues that the fascists can, and must, be stopped once more.

Marcus Morgan argues that Boris Johnson’s ‘zero tolerance’ approach to crime is symptomatic of growing police powers across the UK and harks back to the detested “Sus” laws of the 1980s, when police were able to stop and search based on suspicion alone.

Society condemns asylum seekers, but if we only listened to them as people, we could not fail to be moved to compassion, says Anita Castelino.

Currently under threat of imminent deportation, Hicham Yezza reflects on migration and cheap labour, the brain drain and the inequalities of the global village.

The Nakba of 1948 is far more than a historical controversy. It’s an unresolved and pressing global issue that the Western powers who created it must take responsibility for argues Mike Marqusee.

Cassandra Cavallaro reports on a shameful case of Nigerian passengers being forcefully deported from a British Airways flight.

Why did Ken Livingstone lose the London Mayoral Elections and what are the implications for the class and race divide in the capital? Noah Tucker investigates.

The deaths of 23 Chinese cockle pickers in 2004 exposed the appalling working conditions of thousands of migrants in Britain. Hsiao-Hung Pai, author of a new book, Chinese Whispers, describes her quest to tell the stories of such workers and why going undercover was the only way to get at the truth.

Dawn raids are being used by the Borders and Immigration Agency to take failed asylum seekers into custody, prior to deportation. SchNews reports on attempts by activists to intercept the raids.

The atrocious treatment of asylum seekers to the UK from war-torn countries such as Iraq has spawned a network of resistance that illustrates an oft underestimated acceptance of refugees in this country argues Mike Marqusee.

Music as a form of political protest has catalysed anti-racist and progressive forces in the UK into action since the first Carnival Against the Nazis, writes Alexander Billet .

A recent report by the Children’s Commissioner for England has highlighted failings in the UK’s treatment of unaccompanied child asylum seekers at asylum screening units. Cassandra Cavallaro reports.

Jenny Bourne, a member of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) recalls the events of 1972 which changed the terms of the race relations debate.

Hassan Mahamdallie asks if Islamophobia has become society’s acceptable racism.

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