'The purpose is distraction, to say something that will drag the nation back into the cul-de-sac of pointless culture war slanging matches about whether Britain should feel guilty or proud about itself.'

Saw someone reading my book today which made me smile. Speaking about it and wider issues about housing and racism London Met Uni on Wednesday 25th - free, but booking required, see link below.

My latest for ⁦The Voice Newspaper⁩, featuring ⁦Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP⁩ ⁦Dawn Butler MP✊🏾💙⁩ Kehinde Andrews⁩ ⁦Diane Abbott MP⁩ ⁦Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu⁩⁦Clive Lewis MP⁩ 👇🏾:

Stephen Lawrence’s legacy: driving forward the fight for racial justice voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news/2…

This is a gross erasure of how the UK built its wealth. The C of E, Guardian and Lloyds are prominent examples that openly show how our church, media and financial systems are rooted in colonialism and slavery

This is not a matter of conjecture, but fact
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This decision is outrageous, but rests comfortably within a hostile, Islamophobic mood, stirred up by political and media elites. Birbalsingh's statement wilfully corrupts and inverts the values of multiculturalism & is gleeful endorsement of Islamophobia.

An important part of that fight is described in 'From Sylhet to Spitalfields' by Shabna Begum

Come and discuss it with her London Met Uni on 24/4. All welcome. Booking here

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Thatcher on immigration & racism in #Defiance

'Swamped'

'you have got to allay peoples' fears on numbers'

'I shall not make it a major election issue but I think there is a feeling that the big political parties have not been talking about this'

They were and still are.

Thanks to everyone who watched #Defiance on Channel 4 tonight and especially to the amazing contributors and the Chaggar family

A new series looks at when British Asians fought back against racist violence in 1976-1981.

Actor Riz Ahmed, who co-produced Defiance - Fighting the Far Right, talks to Mishal Husain about the 'eye-opening' events.

Click below to listen to his #R4Today interview ⬇️

Tonight on Channel 4 at 9pm.

#Defiance

Inspiring day of panel discussions on issues raised by our new series #Defiance - about British Asian fightback v racist violence 1976-1981 Don’t miss it Monday 9pm Channel 4 huge thanks to all who took part today Whitechapel Gallery Kavita Puri Shabna Begum BISHI poppy jay

The deliberate amnesia that has robbed us of our histories is slowly but surely being chipped away. #Defiance : Fighting the far right, has done an incredible job with this series. Watch on Channel 4, starting Mon 8pm.

The Westminster debate this week appears to confirm that 3 British lives > 30,000 Palestinian lives.

In some areas at least the UK still commands a high rate of exchange.

Am hosting one of the discussions at this day long event 👇🏾
Tickets available online

This 100%. Couldn't have done my work on Bengali squatters without the bountiful archive provided by Race Today and George Padmore Institute.

‘Of all the threats to those suffering in Gaza, one of the most frightening is their plight becomes background noise’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

'Racism is not a game. It is a serious issue that affects the lives of millions of people. When a party or faction exploits racism for its own political or electoral advantage, it cheapens the accusation and deepens the cynicism.'

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