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J4G Statement regarding the ‘Effigy’
When video footage of a group of people burning an effigy of Grenfell Tower, complete with brown and Muslim figures at windows and babies floating out of it became public, the bereaved and survivors and communities across the country were truly horrified- it was not just the mocking laughter...
J4G Statement regarding the resignation of Anna Stec
The Resignation of Prof Anna Stec from the Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) did not happen in a vacuum. It is grounded in the SAG changing the remit and parameters of what they were assigned to do from the start. Anna specified in her resignation letter dated 24thJuly. It states that,
Social inequality leads to injustice – J4G Statement
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Fury as Tories hire £130,000 ‘Grenfell Tsar’ with families still fighting for justice
EXCLUSIVE: The Government is more interested on creating jobs for cronies than using cash to help victims of the Grenfell fire, the campaign group Justice 4 Grenfell is claiming
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/fury-tories-hire-130000-grenfell-22824676
An open letter to @Keir_Starmer
We are relying on you to give a voice to all those who died in the tradegy, all the survivors, the bereaved families, and all those still living in danger.
please retweet #Justice4Grenfell #Grenfell
BBC One release trailer for Small Axe film, Mangrove, to mark 50 years since the Mangrove protest
Sunday 9 August marks the 50th anniversary of the march of 150 protesters of West Indian, African and South Asian heritage in Notting Hill, West London who marched to local police stations in protest of police harassment in their communities including the Mangrove restaurant.
Nine protest leaders were arrested and charged with incitement to riot: Frank Crichlow, Darcus Howe, Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Barbara Beese, Rupert Boyce, Rhodan Gordon, Anthony Innis, Rothwell Kentish and Godfrey Millett. The group later became known as the Mangrove 9.
Steve McQueen: “Sunday, August 9th, is 50 years since the Mangrove March, which led to nine innocent Black women and men being arrested. It was a march necessitated by relentless police brutality in Notting Hill. To commemorate the bravery of these community activists and the nine who went on to be acquitted of incitement to riot with the judge citing ‘evidence of racial hatred’, I am sharing the trailer of Mangrove, one of five films to be released under the banner Small Axe.”
Mangrove tells the true story of the Mangrove 9, the group of Black activists who clashed with London police during a protest march in 1970, and their highly publicised trial that followed. The trial was the first judicial acknowledgment of behaviour motivated by racial hatred within the Metropolitan Police. Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Shaun Parkes (Lost In Space), and Malachi Kirby (Curfew) star alongside Rochenda Sandall (Line Of Duty), Jack Lowden (The Long Song), Sam Spruell (Snow White And The Huntsmen), Gershwyn Eustache Jnr (The Gentlemen), Nathaniel Martello-White (Collateral), Richie Campbell (Liar), Jumayn Hunter (Les Misérables), and Gary Beadle (Summer Of Rockets). Mangrove was co-written by Alastair Siddons and Steve McQueen. Mangrove alongside Lovers Rock are part of the Cannes 2020 Official Selection.
Mangrove is one of five films from Small Axe, a drama anthology which comprises five original films by Academy Award, Bafta, and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (Hunger, 12 Years A Slave). Set from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, the films each tell a different story involving London’s West Indian community, whose lives have been shaped by their own force of will despite rampant racism and discrimination. The title is derived from an African proverb, which has resonance throughout the Caribbean, “if you are the big tree, we are the small axe”. This was made popular by Bob Marley in The Wailers song Small Axe from the album Burnin’ (1973).
Small Axe has been executive produced by Tracey Scoffield and David Tanner for Turbine Studios and Steve McQueen for Lammas Park. Mike Elliot is producing for EMU Films with Turbine and Anita Overland. The executive producers for the BBC are Lucy Richer, Senior Commissioning Editor for Drama and Rose Garnett, Director of BBC Films. Amazon Studios is co-producing within the US. BBC Studios are handling global television sales.
Small Axe will premiere on BBC One and iPlayer this autumn and air on Amazon Prime Video in the US.
JS
Peerage for ex RBKC councillor who had oversight of grenfell scrutiny
“Boris Johnson’s decision to honour Moylan in this fashion is a dishonour to the memories of those who perished, as well as a disservice to the brave firefighters and members of this community who battled to save innocent residents from dangerous homes that terrible night three years ago.
It is also an unmistakable message from our Prime Minister that his friends and allies will not face any consequences for their roles in deregulating quality controls and defunding essential workers necessary to protect lives. Nor will his donor base who chose to ignore the spirit of what little regulation there was to squeeze a few more pounds from the bottom line.
It is clear that we are more likely to see more culprits rewarded than successful prosecutions for Grenfell. Right now, people still live in homes that have cladding similar to Grenfell and Johnson is more concerned with honouring those who played a part in that atrocity to actually protecting those at risk of the next one.”
Eid Mubarak
Eid Mubarak from us to all Muslim communities. May you always be blessed.
