It might sound innocent enough. A family brings someone from abroad to work in their home, under the domestic worker visa programme. For the sake of ‘convenience’, the employer hangs on to the worker’s passport. But a new report from Kalayaan, a group supporting the rights of migrant domestic workers, shows how the withholding of
Theme: Extreme-Right politics
Sweatships: what it’s really like to work on board cruise ships
This little booklet written by Celia Mather and published by the charity War on Want and the International Transport Workers’ Federation tells the horrific story that lies behind the luxury facade of the holiday cruise ships. It is a tale reminiscent of the bad old days of the British Empire. Low wages and long hours
The fight against racist science
An interview with Steven Rose Why are we seeing a resurgence of racist scientific ideas now with books like The Bell Curve and The g Factor? Scientific racism has been around for a very long time. The last big wave began in 1969 and was tied up with people like Eysenck in this country and