Posts Tagged ‘racism’
Danny Glover supports Global Women’s Strike campaign for Haitian people
Protesting Operation “Hope & Recovery”: refusing opportunism in the movement
What is Operation “Hope & Recovery”? After the uprisings, a group appeared calling themselves “Blackleaders”, led by Lee Jasper (Co Chair, BARAC) and staged a rally on 19 August 2011. Panel speakers were all men except Diane Abbott (who spoke and then left). Parents – code for single mothers – were blamed for the riots.…
Read MoreLetter to the supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal from the Global Women’s Strike, Women of Colour in GWS and Pay Day Men’s Network.
Dear supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Mumia, as he is known to millions, has been fighting for a new trial free of racism. In December, a petition on Mumia’s behalf will be filed before the US Supreme Court centered on the key issue: that racism kept some Black people off the jury which convicted Mumia. If the…
Read More“Shanty Town” at the UNHCR: Global Women’s Strike join protests on European Day of Action for the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers.
Campaign by Black Women for Wages for Housework to stop the PENTA 1 trial.
Destitute pregnant women joins striking women to demand rights
A Chronology of Injustice: The case of Winston Silcott’s conviction to be overturned
Riveting chronology of events explains why Winston Silcott’s truthful defence was never put to the jury and why after 12 years in prison, the police and media are still pursuing him.
Read MoreOpen letter to Refugee Council, Refugee Arrivals Project, Refugee Action to Stop Collaborating with the most repressive and racist immigration laws ever
Press: The legal trial of PC Anderson 1985-1990
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Read MoreBlack Women for Wages for Housework supporting the Anti Apartheid struggle 1986
Black Women for Wages for Housework support the march in 28 June 1986. Breakfast Benefit organised by Black Women for Wages for Housework and Sex Race and Class to raise funds for the Time Off 86 and gather a contingent to go on the Anti Apartheid March. The event was a great success. 28 June…
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