Posts Tagged ‘Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike’
BBC: Vanessa Bryant, her mother’s lawsuit and the value of childcare
By Ashitha NageshBBC NewsPublished2 days agoShare Vanessa Bryant, wife of the late basketball star Kobe Bryant, has found herself at the centre of a torrid domestic drama, within a year of the death of her husband and daughter. She is being sued by her mother. In the lawsuit Sofia Laine argues that she should be…
Read MoreEvent: Haitian Lives Matter – Week of Action 10-16 Dec 2020
Haitian Lives Matter!JOIN WEEK OF ACTION IN SUPPORT OF TODAY’S BLACK JACOBINS From 10 Dec (Intl Human Rights Day) to 16 Dec (30th anniversary of Haiti’s first democratically elected government) Today, Haitians are in revolt against a corrupt government backed by the US and other western powers. As the movement has grown, the…
Read MoreCNJ: Mangrove Nine: justice in the dock
REVIEWFILM To complement a Steve McQueen Small Axe film, an online account of the momentous trial can now be viewed, writes Bronwen Weatherby 04 December, 2020 — By Bronwen Weatherby Ian Macdonald, Altheia Jones-LeCointe and Selma James in How the Mangrove Nine Won A FIRST-HAND account of the momentous court case that saw nine black men and…
Read MoreOPEN LETTER: Calling out Opportunists, Hijackers and police in the movement…
The massive Black Lives Matter movement with its timely and urgent demands to endsystemic racism is facing the threat of being diverted from its core demands. Attempts arebeing made to shift the focus onto manufactured issues that stereotype our communities, like“Black on Black” violence and knife/gang crime — code words for labelling young Blackpeople, often…
Read MoreCNJ: “Bill is a move towards a police state”
Camden New Journal 27 November, 2020 ‘This bill is a significant departure from natural justice and towards a police state.’ • TOM Foot’s November 19 report of the Undercover Policing Inquiry highlighted police surveillance in Camden. Women are giving evidence about abusive sexual relationships with police spies, and the Lawrence family about infiltration to discredit their justice…
Read MoreStatement: End Police Rape, Brutality, Killings In Nigeria. #Endsars
In blatant disregard for the lives of fellow African people, Nigerian police are attacking protesters, but we are heartened at the bravery and determination of people in the massive protests against police killing and brutality and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The movement in support of the uprising in Nigeria is growing worldwide. We are…
Read MoreEvent: How the Mangrove Nine Won
Available to watch until 11 January 2021 here:UK: https://bit.ly/36CsQimUS: https://bit.ly/2X5ieUK A fundraiser for Haiti Emergency Relief Fund How the Mangrove Nine Won Steve McQueen’s ground-breaking BBC1 Small Axe series has brought the story of the Mangrove Nine to public attention. Watch how their historic trial against police racism was won in two compelling accounts by protagonists:…
Read MoreAn anti-racist booklist for our times
Sex, Race and Class – The Perspective of Winning A Selection of Writings, 1952-2011 Selma James Foreword Marcus Rediker, Introduction Nina López PM Press, 2012. £12 “Selma James is a treasure . . . one of the key political thinkers and activists of our times.” Marcus Rediker, The Slave Ship. “It’s time to acknowledge…
Read MoreCNJ: Calvin Bungisa: It’s time we had justice, says mother
15 October, 2020 — By Bronwen Weatherby THE mother of a young man killed by a group of masked men last year said she missed her “lovely boy” every day as she described the devastation his death has wreaked on her family. In her first interview, Celine Nzuzi said the community needed justice for her son, Calvin…
Read MorePress: Calvin Bungisa: It’s time we had justice, says mother
Celine Nzuzi gives first interview THE mother of a young man killed by a group of masked men last year said she missed her “lovely boy” every day as she described the devastation his death has wreaked on her family. In her first interview, Celine Nzuzi said the community needed justice for her son, Calvin…
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