Women of Colour GWS invited speak on a panel discussion at a screening Stephen Vittoria’s film, Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary.

30th April 2014

Women of Colour Global was an invited speak on a panel discussion at a screening Stephen Vittoria’s film, by the Development & Conflict Group at University of Westminster’s School of Law. Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary  a film by STEPHEN VITTORIA  (119 minutes) Wednesday 30 April 2014 at 6 p.m. Venue: School of Law, University of Westminster, 4…

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Protesting Operation “Hope and Recovery”

3rd January 2012

Refusing opportunism in our movement What is Operation “Hope & Recovery”?  After the uprisings, a group appeared calling themselves “Black leaders”, 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…

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Protesting Operation “Hope & Recovery”: refusing opportunism in the movement

29th August 2011

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.…

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Letter to the supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal from the Global Women’s Strike, Women of Colour in GWS and Pay Day Men’s Network.

4th October 2008

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…

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