By the Campaign to stop the deportation of Luqman Onikosi
Find more about Luqman’s campaign and his experiences as a migrant fighting deportation.
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Africa
By Luqman Onikosi
A migrant’s life is full of uncertainty. For international students, foreign investors or skilled migrants, we have to justify ourselves in order to be given the chance to stay alive. How can we do this? In a system that decides who lives and dies on the basis of economics and race, our chances [...]
Multi-culturalism
By Reni Eddo-Lodge / @renireni
About six months ago, I challenged the racism of a high profile white feminist. The following months I had a crash course of how racism works. The general feminist consensus about my challenge was that I was in the wrong. Though the white feminists who defended her rarely engaged with my actual [...]
Culture
Posted by Sita Balani on 01 May 2013 /
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By Sita Balani / @sitainshort
In 1982, 12 young Asian men from Bradford took the stand in court on charges of making explosive devices with the intent to cause damage to property and persons, facing penalties of up to life imprisonment. The previous year they had devised makeshift petrol bombs out of milk bottles in preparation [...]
Culture
Posted by TMP Webmanager on 28 Apr 2013 /
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A new, youthful current affairs radio talk show starts today, Sunday 28th April from 6pm til 9pm on Colourful Radio, promising fresh R&B, UK Hip-Hop and popular music served with a lively take on the news. The show called “Blackcurrant [on] Sunday” will have live chat and caller discussion that will tackle the items dominating the mainstream and independent news [...]
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Culture
Posted by Justin on 22 Apr 2013 /
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By Justin / @justinthelibsoc
The name Stephen Lawrence always generates mixed feelings when I hear it. I am taken to think acutely about the sorrow of his family and those who knew and loved him. Also when I think of those who continued and continue the fight for justice long after the initial police investigation, a [...]
Activism
By Aviva Stahl
Disclaimer: I’m not a queer or LGBT Muslim, so I am certain there are lived complexities and ambiguities to this particular controversy that I cannot understand. If the folks who are most immediately affected by this issue object, critique or respond to what I’ve written here, I will do whatever I can to ensure [...]
Human Rights
Posted by Justin on 06 Oct 2012 /
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By Assed Baig / @assedbaig
The decision to extradite Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmad is only one in a long line of subservient decisions that the UK judiciary has taken to please the US.
These two men have languished in prison, without charge, without an end in sight, for 6 and 8 years respectively. Their families going through a [...]
Activism
Posted by Justin on 24 Sep 2012 /
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From Traveller Solidarity
Date: 19th October 2012 at 1pm
Meeting point: Victoria Station
On October 19th 2011, an eviction operation was launched against the traveller community in Basildon by the local council and supported by national government.
Over 100 people were made homeless, dozens of families. Many still remain with nowhere to go, living next to the road of [...]
Activism
Posted by Justin on 21 Sep 2012 /
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Demonstration on Friday 21st September 2012 at 5pm
Address: 41 Tower Hill, Fenchurch Street, London EC3N 4SN
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/139741379505609/
Societe Generale’s Corporate Social Responsibility don’t seem to care that one of their goals is “Making sure each person counts”. This policy seems not to apply to those who clean their offices in London.
On 3rd September, the cleaners of Societe [...]
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