🚨 BREAKING: LONDON, MANCHESTER, LEEDS, CAMBRIDGE & EXETER SHUT DOWN 📢 Young people around the country have taken to the streets in a nationally coordinated action, blocking 13 roads across 5 major cities. SHUT IT DOWN FOR PALESTINE: youthdemand.org

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I have submitted a bill to parliament for the UK to formally recognise the state of Palestine, this would be a significant step in supporting the rights of the Palestinian people. The time for Palestine and Palestinians is now. As Israel has done everything in its capacity to destroy any chance of Palestinian statehood – through settlement, land theft, and now the wholesale decimation of Gaza – British recognition will serve to reinforce the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination, which cannot be vetoed by Israel. This would further ensure a path to peace for everyone in the region and the world, and would not come at the expense of any community. In May countries across the world were joined by Spain, Ireland and Norway to officially recognise a Palestinian state. There are 146 of the 193 members of the United Nations that recognise Palestine as a state, the UK must align with these nations to support peace and justice in the region. The bill will be debated on 29 November and has cross party support and has been co-sponsored by: Siân Berry MP, Ian Byrne MP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Stephen Gethins MP, Adnan Hussain MP, Kim Johnson MP, Ayoub Khan MP, Iqbal Mohamed MP, Brendan O’Hara MP and Liz Saville-Roberts MP. I urge you all to write to your MP to be part of the debate and support the bill.

British Academy to pay tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah at live event theguardian.com/books/2024/o…

From the river to the sea Palestine will be free! Our right to protest will never be dictated to by Zionists! Stand on right of history with Palestinians ✊🏾 ✊🏾We want justice! Stop arming Israel! In Trafalgar Sq we stand loud & proud against the brutal apartheid & genocide of the terrorist state of Israel!

Come do THE NOVEL SURGERY with Leone Ross! Five weeks online to make that novel work…classes, 1-2-1s and writing craft with an author/educator of 30 years experience #writingcraftfortherestofyourlife January 2025, email leoneross@mac.com Check below - is this right for you?

Applied African Spec Fic: Launch lecture with Florence Okoye, Designer, Creator and Independent Researcher 17 Oct 5-6pm BST A matter of perspective: confronting the racialised imaginary to create STEM Policy appliedafricansf.com/

Well said Jeremy!

America is waking up.

Encounters with Baldwin @ the Black British book fair today - Contributors Anton Phillips and Gabrielle Beckles-Raymond were fantastic. Everyone left buzzing. Thank you to everyone who came - Buy your copy from Afrori bookstand @AuroraMetro #BBBookFestival

Encounters with Baldwin@ the Black British book fair today - Contributors Anton Phillips and Gabrielle Beckles-Raymond were fantastic. Everyone left buzzing. Thank you to everyone who came - Buy your copy from Afrori bookstand @AuroraMetro @BBBookFestival

So proud of Desta Haile's achievement (yet another!), long listed for the CASSAVA REPUBLIC non-fiction prize. Another beloved graduate of the MABBL (2015-24). @destahaile @CassavaRepublic @WordsofColour @SABLELitMag

Your chapter is definitely one of my faves ( as are the other 33 contributions) good to have you there yesterday

highly rated by Kirkus Reviews - do you have your copy yet? kirkusreviews.com/book-revie…

3 Oct @ Books on the Rise. Kadija Sesay interviews Michelle Yea Asentewaa about her work on Baldwin and envisioning Baldwin as the Yoruba messenger diety 'Baba Esu' @AuroraMetro @waywivewordz eventbrite.co.uk/e/100170809…

ENCOUNTERS WITH BALDWIN (3) 24 Nov Push the Boat Out Poetry Festival Double Bill: Activism, Poetry, and James Baldwin. Neo Gilson And Kadija Sesay talk about their latest work tinyurl.mobi/3k6zB

ENCOUNTERS WITH BALDWIN (2) 16 Oct Brixton Library Michael McMillan, Gabriella Beckles-Raymond, Zita Holbourne & Stella Dadzie tinyurl.mobi/3k6zy 17 Oct Afrori Books, Brighton Ray Shell, Roy McFarlane, Sonia Grant, Kadija Sesay tinyurl.mobi/3k6zz

ENCOUNTERS WITH BALDWIN EVENTS (1) 3 Oct Books on the Rise, Richmond Michelle Yaa Asentewaa, Kadija Sesay & Cheryl Robson tinyurl.mobi/3k6zw 5 Oct Black British Book Fest, The Barbican, London Anton Phillips, Gabriella Beckles-Raymond, & Kadija Sesay tinyurl.mobi/3k6zx