Black Lives Matter
UKBLM members have been running sessions on race and colonialism in schools across London. Students linked issues of race today to the colonial period and understood race as a colonial construct, as well as seeing it’s relationship with capitalism. You can check out more about these projects on the Consented Instagram page.
In April and May 2017, in the lead up to the general elections, BLMUK organised a series of events in Thornton Heath and Haringey (London) called ‘Come What May’ to bring people in our communities together, and talk about what politics means to them. You can check out our take on the political situation in an op-ed we penned for The Voice.
In November 2016, UKBLM ran a campaign against environmental racism and the climate crisis, which included an action carried out in solidarity with UKBLM, involving a group of allies shutting down London City Airport. For more on that action check out the video below, or read the coverage in The Guardian.
Black Lives Matter UK and the United Family and Friends Campaign (UFFC) gathered in central London to march against the deaths and abuse of those in police custody in the UK. Read more here.
Our ‘subvertising’ brought the fight for justice for those who die in custody into peoples everyday lives. Each year the number of deaths in custody rises. Black Lives Matter and United Family and Friends Campaign put that message out on the streets, while state institutions stay silent. Read The Guardian coverage here.
Police ‘treated UK Black Lives Matter protesters more harshly due to race’:
Lawyer for four people arrested in Nottingham cites restrictive bail conditions and contrasts with treatment of EDL marchers. Read more here