From Close Campsfield
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EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION AT CAMPSFIELD DETENTION CENTRE
Demonstration with Movement for Justice and Oxford Migrant Solidarity at Campsfield main gates (Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxon, OX5 1RE).
LONDON MEET UP: 8.30am Marble Arch Tube station, see http://conta.cc/1v6B5Xm for more details.
In solidarity with the detainees and their demands.
“We will build houses for you, it is not something we can achieve overnight”
– Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, 1994 [link to video]
“We have learned that by demanding decent housing we make enemies, and that by occupying land we make those enemies even more ruthless. But we cannot wait in the mud, shit and […]
By Nathan Richards
After reading “Who’s Blacker than you?” it is obvious to me that the author did not read my article – they just imagined what it is I said. Their first paragraph reveals the extent to which they engaged with my piece, setting the tone for their reading. The author wrote:
Richards informs us that he is no fan […]
In a recent piece Nathan E. Richards writes, “Many young black academics … have expressed concern about the ability of ‘politically black’ academics to adequately represent and eludicate the experience of ‘ethnically black’ women”. Richards informs us that he is no fan of the term ‘polictically black’ and urges caution in how we use it. […]
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By @ant_x_ince
Today a campaign by the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) was launched to combat the impacts of statelessness around the world. Around 10 million people globally are affected by statelessness – in other words, people without citizenship of any state – which in turn denies them the rights to formal education, healthcare, employment […]
****** UPDATE 18/11/2014 ******
There are three protests happening in response to this callout! More details here
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First watch this 5 minute video on the assassinations:
By @kojothelibsoc
On Saturday I was heartened by the United Families and Friends Campaign against deaths in custody (UFFC) annual march, even though it was still small. Last year around 100 people marched on Whitehall, this year there was a much improved number of around 300. The 300 came together in a year which should be remembered for […]
By @JustinTheLibSoc
Muhammad Ali will never die.
October is Black History Month in the UK, so I’m posting a poignant poem by Muhammad Ali on the massacre of 33 African-American prisoners which ended the Attica Prison Uprising. Also his closing statements to the Irish interviewer, Cathal O’Shannon, are also of significance.
It is called Freedom – Better Now
By @JustinTheLibSoc
Hello and thank you all for attending the annual conference of the London Campaign Against Police & State Violence or LCAPSV.
The aim of LCAPSV is to end the current practice of police and state violence. Our method is collective organisation. This conference is about coming together, finding each other and creating a new path. […]
By @JustinTheLibSoc
This Sunday, the London Campaign Against Police & State Violence (@LCAPSV) are holding their annual conference. The theme is “The Right to Life: Under threat by the State”, speakers include Marcia Rigg who will talk about the recent CPS decision to refuse to prosecute the officers who lied about how the circumstances in which […]
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