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 use of Stop and Search by police against Black people in Dorset has reached unprecedented levels. Black people are now 31 times more likely than white people to be stopped under these powers. Shockingly, this is the highest rate of Stop and Search of an ethnic group of any police...
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,...
Rubika Shah’s energising film charts a vital London protest movement. Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by ‘music’s biggest colonialist’ Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell. White Riot blends fresh interviews with queasy archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant...
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 Roma Flag will be flying over County Hall this weekend and on Monday in commemoration of the deaths of the 23,000 Roma and Sinti murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Of the men, women and children collected up and sent to the concentration camp 20,000 were murdered and the...
Stand Up To Racism and Portland Global Friendship Group will be welcoming refugees as No To The Barge Group March
Refugees are Welcome!
A SHOW OF WELCOME AT PORTLAND PORT
SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER 12 noon
Portland Port DT5 1BD
Free tea, coffee, biscuits and cakes.
An inspiring public meeting in Portland on Wednesday 15 November...
From Dorset to Oxfordshire to London to Bristol and beyond the campaign is spreading to change the school curriculum and to dump the colonisation of it by a parochial and de contextualised curriculum.
As part of this a student has launched a petition calling for all schools in the UK...
This racially profiled image is prominently displayed on the Weymouth and Portland Police Facebook page. The unacceptable message to the public is clear - young black men are responsible for so-called county lines drug-trafficking.
If this image was deliberately posted by our local police, it goes a long way towards...
The corporate media is reporting that delays in moving asylum seekers onto the Bibby Stockholm barge are now due to checks on working practices, according to sources from the Home Office. Initially, the setbacks were caused by fire safety issues, including a door that had been incorrectly installed, but...
