🔴What the Fight Against Racism in the 1970s Can Teach us About Defeating Fascists in 2024
The events of the past two weeks have been eerily reminiscent of the violent rise of the far-right National Front, reports Preeti Dhillon
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Very excited to be talking about What’s In A Name?’ with @preetikdhillon, author of The Shoulders We Stand On’! We’ll be talking about race, names, politics, power & Asian resistance. It’s going to be a great discussion and it’s sold out!
🚨 BOOK TOUR 🚨
BIRMINGHAM - 1st October
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BRISTOL - 3rd October @StPaulsLC
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CENTRAL LONDON - 4th October @HousmansBooks
with @sheelabanerjee
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WEST LONDON - 5th October @EalingLibs
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Look what arrived @dialoguepub @AbiRFellows! My author copies! She's beautiful 😭
Without the dust jacket on I got a lovely surprise too, look at that orange shiiiiine ☀️
Four days to go. There's still time to pre-order your own copy of this shiny book: https://t.co/sBdG1ewfsu
This book is amazing! Especially the chapters on the incredible striking Asian women at Grunwick and the resistance to racism in Southall. These histories of Asians in Britain really need to be heard. ✊🏽
Join me on publication day for a free online event talking about The Shoulders We Stand On.
Available to stream worldwide and for up to two weeks after the event if you can't make the original stream time.
14th September - register now!
Two months today until ‘The Shoulders We Stand On’ is published! If you feel the same way reading this book as I did when researching it, then you will come away feeling hopeful and fired up. Knowing that together we can make a positive change is a much needed lifeline right now.
COVER REVEAL 🚨
The forgotten history of the UK's anti-racist campaigners are finally brought to life in this comprehensive account of modern British history, told through ten moments.
The Shoulders We Stand On, 14.09.2023
@preetikdhillon@studio_of_ideas
Third country nationals have been fleeing the war in #Ukraine.
@OIMColombia and @OIMEcuador have supported governments to ensure the safe return of Ecuadorians and Colombians to their homes.
"Development is a human right for all individuals and peoples, regardless of where they are born or where they reside."
On the adoption of the Doha Programme of Action, IOM reaffirms its support for and with those in Least Developed Countries.
The @UNGA adopted the 10-year Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries (LDC)– a grouping of countries created in 1971 to attract international support for the most disadvantaged members of the UN family.
Discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality or migration status is unacceptable.
Protection and assistance must be provided in a non-discriminatory and culturally appropriate manner to all conflict affected people.
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#Partnerships#LNOB
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Three years ago, the Global Compact #ForMigration was adopted, an effective tool to address the challenges to human mobility and seize the opportunities it presents.
#MigrationWeek
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🌐Join @UNDP@FAO & 7 @UN agencies for the third #IntegratedPolicy Knowledge Café on the UN Common Guidance on Helping Build Resilient Societies: https://t.co/DjrAurT7Lg
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Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.
We must step up our efforts to respond to the humanitarian and protection needs of over 3.6 million people and to strengthen the recovery of communities in the country and across the region: https://t.co/bc7IBH9ZTb