A warning from the past...

Below is the text of a short article published in a paper I was distributing when I stood as a candidate in the local elections for the Independent Working Class Association back in 2007. This brief article was one of many warnings about the dangers of a multiculturalism that has led to separation and division, creating a climate where the divide and rule merchants can keep the working class fighting each other while the real culprits behind the problems we face are let off the hook. Given the slide towards what some think could be a low level civil war here in the UK, it gives me absolutely no pleasure to say that those of us issuing these warnings have been proved right in our predictions.

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Multiculturalism has failed - where do we go from here?

Originally anti-racism placed a strong emphasis on fairness and equality, with the aim of uniting people rather than dividing them. Multiculturalism, which insists everyone be treated differently, undermines the concept of fairness.

Examples abound: calls for the state funding of religious schools, money going into projects that benefit one particular ethnic or religious group at the expense of the whole community, and increasingly segregated schools and housing.

It is now clear that promotion of multiculturalism was never intended as a stepping-stone to universal social justice for all. It is instead a replacement for it. It stems from the desire to ensure the working class remains divided and demoralised while a devastating neo-liberal agenda is driven through.

For us, the choice for the future is stark. Either we draw together in pursuit of our common interests, or we sit back and allow multiculturalism to produce its bitter fruit - the disintegration of our communities and the growth of political and religious extremism.

If elected, we will submit the following motion to Thurrock Council at the first opportunity:

Fair allocation of council resources ‘This council agrees that using taxpayers' money to fund projects aimed exclusively at one ethnic or religious group only serves the cause of those who wish to see society fragmented and polarised on racial and religious lines. Therefore, in the true spirit of anti-racism, this council agrees to no longer support projects based along, ethnic or religious grounds.’

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This is the paper this article was published in.