Organisations and individuals including Kehinde Andrews, Hanif Kureishi, Ahdaf Soueif, Gillian Slovo, Robert Del Naja and Anish Kapoor urge BAME and migrant communities to vote for Labour December 10, 2019 · 8 min read As BAME (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) representatives, organisations, anti-racist activists and individuals involved in local, national, and international campaigns, we urge BAME and migrant communities to vote for the …
Selma James writes an open letter to Chris Williamson
SELMA JAMES MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2019 OpinionWe are in the midst of an anti-left witch-hunt Chris Williamson Photo: Neil Terry Photography Dear Chris, I read your statement in support of Jeremy Corbyn and your article in the Morning Star and was struck by your honesty, clarity and determination to win for Labour in this election. Though I …
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Selma James speaking at Latin America Conference 2019, Saturday 23 November
Black lives Matter: Resisting Trump from Haiti & the Caribbean to the US In the era of Trump, racism is on the rise in the Americas, but countries such as Cuba, Bolivia and Venezuela show that the cause of black liberation can be advanced with self-organisation and progressive policies. The history and current uprising in …
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Selma James author page on new PM Press website!
Friends, I’m excited to share with you that my publisher PM Press has just redesigned my author page, my book’s page, and their entire website! If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet head over to http://www.pmpress.org and start exploring! Thanks for your support. Selma James Selma James Selma James is a women’s …
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Actress Jodhi May cast as Selma James in Steve McQueen’s new BBC series, Small Axe
The Observer Actor defends film’s depiction of teacher’s affair with schoolboy Jodhi May says Scarborough, in which her character has a romance with a 16-year-old boy, is supposed to be uncomfortable to watch Vanessa Thorpe Sun 8 Sep 2019 07.59 BST Jodhi May and Jordan Bolger in Scarborough, directed by Barnaby Southcombe. Actress Jodhi May, who stars …
Selma James in Monthly Review
Beyond Boundaries by Selma James and Ron Augustin (Sep 01, 2019) Topics: Feminism , History , Marxism , Movements Places: Europe , United Kingdom Selma James in July 2012. Photo credit: Crossroads AV Collective. Ron Augustin is a freelance journalist and editor based in Brussels. In collaboration with the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, he has been involved in editorial and digitization projects documenting anti-imperialist movements of …
Selma James quoted in article: “What is killing marriage and the family?”
It’s not just the free market or big government - there’s Big Sister too Belinda Brown | May 11 2019 | 1 Share on FacebookShare on Twitter forward by email Print Subscribe The male breadwinner ... now just a privilege of the upper middle class? The birth of a new Royal baby here in Britain reminds us what privileged women …
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Complain to Woman’s Hour about their sexist reporting on “parental alienation”
Selma James to Woman’s Hour I am appalled by Woman’s Hour’s report on ‘parental alienation’ (26 April 2016) provoked by Families Need Fathers’s march the day before. You reported on ‘parental alienation’ which has notoriously been used by fathers, including violent fathers, to discredit the mother who is most often the caring parent, and to …
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Statement: End Discrimination: Respect Human Rights And Restore Shamina Begum’s UK Nationality
END DISCRIMINATION: RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS AND RESTORE SHAMINA BEGUM’S UK NATIONALITY For clarification and/or further information, kindly contact Charles Hector (+60192371100 easytocall@gmail.com), Selma James ( +44 20 7482 2496, gws@globalwomenstrike.net ) and/or Nina Lopez ( +44 20 7482 2496, law@allwomencount.net ) Kindly report on this statement, OR alternatively cause it to be published in your …
Selma James in Stylist Magazine
What the rise of the ‘cleanfluencer’ tells us about women’s lives in 2019 SHARE TWEET Written byAlix Walker Alix Walker is editor-at-large at Stylist magazine. She works across print, digital and video and could give Mary Berry a run for her money with her baking skills. ‘Cleanfluencers’ are the latest social media stars to sweep …