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The world is rising up in #antifascist protest this #Christmas!
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This is #Paris yesterday.
Go team!!!
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This is #Paris yesterday.
Go team!!!
God I love the #Greek antifascists. They never relent!!!
#Athens
#Athens Protests
#Greece
#antiwar
#antifascism
#Athens
#Athens Protests
#Greece
#antiwar
#antifascism
Thank you and happy holidays
to all antifascists and #antiwar #protesters in #Paris!
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#BLMParis
#BLMUK
#anarchism
#socialism
#communism
#FreeAssange
to all antifascists and #antiwar #protesters in #Paris!
🎄 🌲 🧑🎄 🎄
#BLMParis
#BLMUK
#anarchism
#socialism
#communism
#FreeAssange
I cannot tell you how important it is for Britain to properly reckon with its history of #Colonialism.
It needs to be done.
And yes, if we do it properly, it will hurt.
But without acknowledging the suffering of others, the racism will only fester (as with David Starkey).
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It needs to be done.
And yes, if we do it properly, it will hurt.
But without acknowledging the suffering of others, the racism will only fester (as with David Starkey).
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As a scholar of African politics and civil wars, I’ve always found it surprising that Britain doesn’t teach its own history in a way that acknowledges the suffering it imposed on others. That has got to change.
The truth is: No one should have been surprised by #MauMau.
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The truth is: No one should have been surprised by #MauMau.
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As violent and chaotic as America is right now, it is also trying to have a frank and painful conversation about race. That is GOOD. Many people had to die to get here.
Britain isn’t America. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a problem. #BLMUK
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Britain isn’t America. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a problem. #BLMUK
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This tiny little girl, encouraged to be smacked around by kids by some racist adult. this and all the others are not ok
#thread #BlackPower #BlackRevolution #BlackYouth History was made today in Ldn: Militant independent black working class youth-led history, in the face of an formidable array of forces railed against them from the govt, to the fascist,from left /#BLMUK to wellknown celebrities.
This is an account from the direct experiences of MXM members today, and also our close unified approach with @LondonBlackRevs and several other radical black formations. 
The background today is nearly 10yrs of a general absence of radical grassroots resistance, the last time was Aug2011 when we rose up for 3 days after the police murder of #MarkDuggan #BroadwaterFarm crew.
need to make sure we're always connecting the above to the below
surreal experience around there. all the bougie canalside stuff reopening, no social distancing or masks and gloves. overhear 30 year olds talking about their buy-to-lets while walking past ppl sleeping in tents under an underpass.
For those in central London today, please be care. Football hooligan gangs and far right activists are still planning to descend on the capital despite #BLMUK very courageously deciding not to protest in London today
West Ham are meeting in Stratford, Millwall will be coming in from London Bridge and Waterloo, and Chelsea will be gathering in Victoria
While many hooligans angry at the involvement of the far right, the far right will be there - including National Front, ex-BNP, British Movement and ex C18 activists are all coming.
For #ShutDownSTEM and #ShutDownAcademia, I want to pause and raise up black voices. This is a thread of books for those who want to read, podcasts for those who can listen, and video creators for those who can watch and learn about black experiences in academia. #BLMUK #BLM 1/n
Think systemic racism is only as problem in the US? Britain is the king of racism and we're better at pretending we're not. "Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race" is a difficult and frank read about racism in the UK. 2/n bit.ly/3dRqT3N
Being not-a-racist is not enough. "How to be an antiracist" goes beyond this and transforms understanding into action to actively oppose existing systems and prejudices bit.ly/3dSifSL 3/n
Having read @DalrympleWill's superb THE ANARCHY was shocked to see this summary of EIC in @HodderSchools revision guide for @AQA's GCSE History by @ed_podesta. No mention of oppression/exploitation of Indian people. No push to think on the racism in 'THINK' boxes. #BLMUK #BAME
'The Company was boosted further when it gained permission to trade in India without having to pay taxes to the MUGHAL EMPEROR and local rulers.'
Bombay as a 'possession' that could be given to one white European Monarch by another.
Whole focus is on the 'success' to England.
Bombay as a 'possession' that could be given to one white European Monarch by another.
Whole focus is on the 'success' to England.
If you don't believe that History teaching has to take a long, hard look at itself in light of #BlackLivesMatterUK, think again. I picked up the book for my son to help him with his GCSE, and couldn't believe that this erasure of Indian suffering wasn't picked up in editorial.
A: Save the tiger!
B: You shouldn’t say ‘save the tiger’! You should say ‘save all animals’.
A: Of course all animals should be protected, but tigers are on the verge of extinction. They need saving.
B: Oh I get it.
C: Save the pigeon!
#BlackLivesMattters #BlackLivesMatterUK
B: You shouldn’t say ‘save the tiger’! You should say ‘save all animals’.
A: Of course all animals should be protected, but tigers are on the verge of extinction. They need saving.
B: Oh I get it.
C: Save the pigeon!
#BlackLivesMattters #BlackLivesMatterUK
“Black lives matters, just matter, not matter more than you....that’s where we start the negotiations...”
- Michael Che - PART 1
#BlackLivesMatter #BLM #BLMUK #BritishHistoryMatters
- Michael Che - PART 1
#BlackLivesMatter #BLM #BLMUK #BritishHistoryMatters
"There's a lot of tension. Blacks and cops aren't getting along.
I don't know if you've seen the news for the past 400 years but...”
- Michael Che - PART 2 #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #BlackLivesMatterUK #BLMLDN
I don't know if you've seen the news for the past 400 years but...”
- Michael Che - PART 2 #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #BlackLivesMatterUK #BLMLDN
Scenes from #BlackLivesMatter
protest in London. Footage of a police horse without its rider, running through a crowd in Whitehall.whitehall
(footage via @TruthRaiderHQ). #BlackLivesMatterUK #BlackLivesMatterlondon
protest in London. Footage of a police horse without its rider, running through a crowd in Whitehall.whitehall
(footage via @TruthRaiderHQ). #BlackLivesMatterUK #BlackLivesMatterlondon
It’s unclear why mounted police officers were ordered to charge (slowly) at protestors down Whitehall.
Unsurprisingly, the move has escalated tensions. (Footage via @matthabusby)
#BlackLivesMatter #BlackLivesMatterUK #BlackLivesMatterlondon
Unsurprisingly, the move has escalated tensions. (Footage via @matthabusby)
#BlackLivesMatter #BlackLivesMatterUK #BlackLivesMatterlondon
Footage of the mounted police officer being knocked off the horse (via @bog_pc).
It appears that the horse was spooked & galloped towards the crowd.
It seems to run beneath a traffic sign which strikes the officer causing him/her to fall off backwards.
It appears that the horse was spooked & galloped towards the crowd.
It seems to run beneath a traffic sign which strikes the officer causing him/her to fall off backwards.
Students are calling out systemic oppression & racism in our schools.
Yr 13 of Chelmsford High School for Girls have given constructive advice to all schools. Its time to listen. Do not respond as Chelmsford school did with reprimands on "upset" & "tone" #BLMUK #BLM #edutwitter
Yr 13 of Chelmsford High School for Girls have given constructive advice to all schools. Its time to listen. Do not respond as Chelmsford school did with reprimands on "upset" & "tone" #BLMUK #BLM #edutwitter
Original Email from Yr 13.
Petition to address address subconscious racist behaviour and micro aggression at CCHS change.org/p/cchs-student…
