Local residents to welcome refugees to Portland barge on Tuesday
Welcome event – Tuesday 1 August, 9am at Portland Port, Castletown, Portland, Dorset DT5 1BD
Refugees are due to arrive on the controversial Portland barge on Tuesday 1 August. Some will be coming from hotels in Bournemouth - despite reports of unresolved...
The South West England Branch of the National Union of Journalists voted a motion against racism this week. It also agreed that the asylum seekers who will be interred on the barge at Portland Port should be allowed to meet journalists to ensure that their human rights are not...
Unity Demonstration in Portland, Dorset
With news of the imminent arrival of the controversial refugee barge in Portland, Stand Up to Racism Dorset has called a Unity Demonstration to counter division and hatred being stirred up by some in the area.
We welcome refugees to Dorset – like the Ukrainians who...
Another packed public meeting in Portland has agreed to oppose the Bibby Stockholm barge and to offer solidarity and support for refugees who come to South Dorset. The meeting, called by Stand Up To Racism Dorset, also resolved to highlight the role of Langham Industries, owners of Portland Port,...
The Tories’ racist campaign against refugees has plumbed new depths. Vulnerable people who have undertaken long, risky journeys in the search for asylum are to be put in a barge in Portland Harbour. Here they will be held in a security zone and forced to comply with a night-time...
On 25 January 1995, Manchester United footballing legend Eric Cantona kung fu kicked a fascist football hooligan, Matthew Simmons, during a match against Crystal Palace. Simmons, who attended far-right National Front and British National Party rallies and has a raft of violent convictions including attacking a football coach who...
'That much' I hear you say.
But what a 51 seconds it is.
https://twitter.com/1kilroywashere/status/1498356058888228872?s=20&t=sXTdpzKX0muYEXor4NIkTQ
And to spoil you:
https://dorseteye.com/rarely-do-you-hear-or-see-a-piece-of-journalism/
Penny Lane
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Seems backwards racist attitudes are prevalent even in gentle Facebook groups. The comments were embarrassing and nostalgic for the good old racist days when the BNP were on the rise and the Black and White Minstrels show was on TV.
I haven’t hidden names as they posted in a public...
Racial injustice is "baked into our curriculum", a teacher who complained about a history textbook has said.
Hannah Wilkinson, who mentors A-level pupils in Durham, objected to a question about Native Americans, which asked if their "treatment" had been "exaggerated".
She stated it was "problematic" because the "starting premise" was an...
The University of Bristol as we know succumbed to a longstanding pro-Israel pressure campaign targeted at Professor David Miller, based on his important scholarship on Islamophobia.
In 2019, Professor Miller gave a lecture on the ‘Five Pillars of Islamophobia’ as part of a module called ‘Harms of the Powerful’. Among...
