The Derek Chauvin verdict is cathartic, but tackling racial inequality requires a radical rethink of criminal justice
âProsecuting officials who have committed acts of racial violence can be cathartic â something weâve been denied in the UK.â Kill the Bill and BLM protesters in London, 17 April. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock
âProsecuting officials who have committed acts of racial violence can be cathartic â something weâve been denied in the UK.â Kill the Bill and BLM protesters in London, 17 April. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa/Rex/Shutterstock
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At last yearâs Conservative party conference, while the largest anti-racism protests in Britainâs history were taking place across the country, the former home secretary, Sajid Javid, declared that Black Lives Matter is ânot a force for goodâ. This week, following the outcome of the trial of Derek
Key points from The Voice’s policing event
Temi Mwale said it was time to seriously consider whether the police can be trusted to keep black children safe
IT IS exactly one week since
The Voice held an event exploring the reasons that policing isn’t working for our community. It was attended by racial justice campaigner Temi Mwale, Black Lives Matter activist and academic Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper, retired Metropolitan police superintendent Leroy Logan and author and activist Lee Lawrence.
Hundreds attended the live event, as our panel discussed some of the most pressing problems with policing today. Thousands have watched since, but in case you haven’t had time to catch up,
In Empire s Endgame, eight anti-racist scholars make a powerful intervention in debates around racial capitalism and political crisis in Britain. While the hostile environment policy and Brexit referendum have thrown the centrality of race into sharp relief, discussions of racism have too often focused on individual behaviours and discrimination. Foregrounding instead the wider political and economic context, the authors trace the ways in which the legacies of empire have been reshaped by global capitalism, the digital environment and the instability of the nation-state.
Empire s Endgame offers both an original perspective on race, the state, media and criminalisation, and a political vision that includes rather than expels in the face of crisis.
Updated 18/02/2021 08:21 GMT
Revealed: Who Will Get First Black Lives Matter UK Grants After £1m Fundraiser
Exclusive: The anti-racism collective names the first 14 groups receiving funding and addresses concerns around transparency.
Black Lives Matter UK has given the first grants from its £1.2million fundraiser to 14 Black-interest groups, HuffPost UK can reveal.
The anti-racism collective received more than 36,000 donations amid the global protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder last year.
The initial grants total £170,000 and a second round later this year will see that rise to £600,000 – half of the money received. The remaining £600,000 will be spent on “building an anti-racist organisation that can scale up its existing community organising, educational work and direct actions”.