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Black History Walks

@blackhistwalker

Walks, talks & films,bus/river tours on the African history of London all year long. Educational study tours. Conde Nast Traveller Best 15 walks in London.

 london england
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Joined December 2009
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Evidence @BFI betrayed 20 years of African Odysseys . Management 2023 promises broken

Evidence @BFI betrayed 20 years of African Odysseys . Management 2023 promises broken

The British Film Institute are trying to ignore 18,400 petition voices to continue African Odysseys at the taxpayer-funded venue. They cancelled the educational, anti-racist, Black history film...

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50,000 people. Seven days. One question: what was Britain’s role in Israel’s genocide in Gaza? Andy Burnham’s Labour government refuses to say. We won’t stop asking. We demand an inquiry. Sign: petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Petition: Launch a public inquiry into the UK's role in Israeli operations in Gaza

Petition: Launch a public inquiry into the UK's role in Israeli operations in Gaza

We want the UK Government to launch an inquiry into any British involvement in Israeli operations in Gaza, including the sale, supply or use of weapons, surveillance aircraft and Royal Air Force...

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Assal Rad
@AssalRadOct 29
26 years ago today. Never forget.
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Mosab Abu Toha
@MosabAbuTohaOct 29
I can hardly imagine anyone who hasn’t seen this photograph. But it was taken on this day in 2000. I cannot believe the photo is 26 years old now. The boy in the photograph was Fares Odeh. He was just 14 years old. Ten days after this image was captured, Fares went out again to throw stones at Israeli tanks, seeking to avenge the killing of his 17-year-old cousin. An Israeli sniper shot him in the neck, killing him. And there is another chilling detail to this photograph. The photo changed Israeli tank doctrine. In August 2001, The Jerusalem Post quoted an anonymous tank doctrinist saying tank personnel were now instructed to fire upon rock-throwers.
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Working Class History@wrkclasshistoryOct 29
#OtD 29 Oct 2000 14-year-old Palestinian Faris Odeh stood alone in front of an Israeli tank in Gaza and threw a stone at it, during the second intifada, photographed by AP's Laurent Rebours. 10 days later Odeh was shot in the neck and killed by the IDF stories.workingclasshistory.…
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Replying to @DrNikLaw @nowak_paul @EISUnion @ucu @CaledonianNews @UCUScotland
#Solidarity with all @EISUnion @ucu members taking strike action against compulsory redundancies at @CaledonianNews. P.S. Thank you for coming down Paul - brilliant! #Justice_4_DandG
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⏳ TWO DAYS TO GO! Have you got your tickets? Come celebrate our queen Jennifer Hosten with conversation, cinema and birthday love. 👑❤️ 🗓️ Saturday, October 31 | 7 PM 📍 The Hub, 837 Dundas St W, Toronto 🎟️ Scan the QR code and join us! #JenniferHosten #WICFF2026 #TorontoEvents
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🎥 ONE FINAL DAY. LET’S MAKE IT SPECIAL, LONDON! 📅 November 1 | Doors 1 PM | Shorts 2 PM | Pressure 4:30 PM 📍 LEX2, 567 Old Kent Road, London SE1 5EW 🎟️ GET YOUR TICKETS #WICFF2026 #PressureAt50 #HoraceOve #LiveseyExchange #LondonEvents
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Claudia Webbe
@ClaudiaWebbeOct 29
Gaza is the greatest moral test of our generation, and the British state has failed it. Sign our petition: petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Petition: Launch a public inquiry into the UK's role in Israeli operations in Gaza

Petition: Launch a public inquiry into the UK's role in Israeli operations in Gaza

We want the UK Government to launch an inquiry into any British involvement in Israeli operations in Gaza, including the sale, supply or use of weapons, surveillance aircraft and Royal Air Force...

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📅 Sunday, November 1 🕐 Doors 1 pm | Shorts 2 pm | Pressure 4:30 pm 📍 LEX2 Livesey Exchange, 567 Old Kent Road, London SE1 5EW 🎟️ Book your tickets #WICFF2026 #PressureAt50 #HoraceOve #LondonEvents
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Tariq Ali
@TariqAli_NewsOct 29
Today, Amy Goodman gave Rashid Khalidi and myself the whole Democracy Now show to discuss Palestine, the Israeli elections, the contradictions in the region, and our new book, The Neck and the Sword, just out from Verso. youtube.com/watch?v=Q2uOGbZ-…
Tariq Ali & Rashid Khalidi on Israeli Elections, Palestine, Iran & New Book "The Neck and the Sword"

Tariq Ali & Rashid Khalidi on Israeli Elections, Palestine, Iran & New Book "The Neck and the Sword"

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-ytWe ge...

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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
@BellRibeiroAddyOct 28
The world is moving on reparatory justice. Britain is falling behind. We cannot address 400 years of history in four days. But if we care about our relationship with the Commonwealth, we must move beyond platitudes toward an apology. theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
‘We want a full apology for slavery’: Commonwealth at a crossroads as king heads to the Caribbean

‘We want a full apology for slavery’: Commonwealth at a crossroads as king heads to the Caribbean

Campaigners say tour could hasten Charles’s removal as head of state unless he does more to confront monarchy’s historic role in slave trade

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Professor Stephen Small; Black Liverpool @BGA: African Odysseys youtu.be/2gbDQs0ObFs?si=0zHV… via @YouTube
Professor Stephen Small; Black Liverpool @BGA: African Odysseys

Professor Stephen Small; Black Liverpool @BGA: African Odysseys

After thirty years at the University of California, Berkeley, this ...

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasanOct 28
"EXCLUSIVE: She Raised £35,000 for Gaza – Then GoFundMe Withheld the Money" Molly Furnival-Doran cycled 3,000 miles for charity, but the crowdfunding platform kept the money for months pending an obscure review process. Does GFM have a problem with Palestine fundraisers? zeteo.uk/p/exclusive-she-rai…
EXCLUSIVE: She Raised £35,000 for Gaza – Then GoFundMe Withheld the Money

EXCLUSIVE: She Raised £35,000 for Gaza – Then GoFundMe Withheld the Money

Molly Furnival-Doran cycled 3,000 miles for charity, but the crowdfunding platform kept the money for months pending an obscure review process. Does GFM have a problem with Palestine fundraisers?

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Carole Cadwalladr
@carolecadwallaOct 28
Not a single news outlet has reviewed its coverage of Jason Arday, for accuracy or proportionality. Zero attempt has been made to conduct any inquiry into the media’s role in his death. Instead, the industry has moved into self-congratulatory mode. This isn’t just tone deaf, it betrays a systemic failure
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PROFESSOR GUS JOHN@AskProfGusJohnOct 28
'War Inna Babylon' Saturday 7 November 2026  (10.30am – 4.30pm) Tottenham Green Leisure Centre 1 Philip Lane, London N15 4JA FREE – but please reserve your place eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-inna-…
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The Voice Newspaper
@TheVoiceNewsOct 26
#YourVoiceMatters #JasonArday has been cleared of plagiarism for a fourth time. Why is the media silent about it? As another investigation ends without substantiating plagiarism claims, @richardsudan asks who will hold the British media accountable for its treatment of the pioneering Black academic?👇🏿 voice-online.co.uk/opinion/c… @aljhlester @SholaMos1 @misanharriman @BellRibeiroAddy @GoodLawProject
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Thanks @GwentonShow for being a safe pair of hands to have a discussion about being in @metpoliceuk as a Black woman. What happens when you are forced to witness the #elderAbuse of a parent with #dementia? What does help look like? I am still waiting to find out.
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The full episode of my conversation on @GwentonShow is out on Friday 30th November. We talk about my time in @metpoliceuk + experience with @haringeycouncil + what it looks like when you are the "wrong kind" of #VAWG victim. #HonouringOurCommunities #BlackHistoryMonth
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Its a tough gig editing and making videos when your IT department has to go to school... #WeMove #SLDAY21 #RAVC
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Novara Media
@novaramediaOct 26
"It’s lunacy." Journalist Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein) tells Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) that AI data centres in the US have already caused an unexpected spike in global emissions – and that the proliferation of these climate-wrecking projects could not have come at a worse time. Watch the full episode of Downstream on our YouTube channel.
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