The benefits system routinely fails to support or underpays those that need it - benefit appeals are increasing with shoddy DWP decisions being overturned at a rate of 68% in favour of PIP applicants (and 51% for UC) at a cost of more than £100m year.

I've signed this important pledge from the Migrants Champions Network. As an elected representative in a borough of sanctuary, we have a duty to challenge toxic and dehumanising narratives against migrants and people who move, whilst fostering a welcoming community for all

Woohoo 🎉Fantastic news that the The Fellowship Inn 🍻🍷is OPENING again-however need to pop in & SUPPORT to ensure it survives-only 5 mins on train from Crofton Park & the pub is virtually on top of the station 🚉 so really easy to get to! #UseOrLose #Bellingham

📚April issue of R&C out now!

Systemic injustice and the criminal legal system 🏛️

The issue explores how racism seeps into every aspect of criminal justice with articles by
Nisha
Naima Sakande
Eithne Quinn
Falguni Sheth

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irr.org.uk/article/system…

Great opportunity to manage a crucial advice service in the heart of New Cross Gate. Please spread the word!

I joined PSC, War on Want, CAAT and fellow MPs to hand in a petition to Downing Street, urging the government to stop UK arms sales to Israel.

67,000+ people signed this petition, demanding an end to our country's complicity in the death & suffering of Palestinians

📢 Lewisham CICs/CIOs/charities can apply for 1 of 6 spaces on a 6+4 month programme run by Lewisham Local to help them dive deeper into fundraising, to set their goals and gain support to reach them.

Deadline 26 April 5pm. Priority is given to Black and Disability groups.

Speech is rarely just 'speech'. Those with significant platforms must be extremely careful about how the words we say create discursive environments for the Right and the British state to target those already in the cross hairs of right wing violence

🚨🚨 With your support & solidarity we made it! This petition now has 100k signatures, meaning it will be debated in Parliament!

Thank you to everyone who signed, shared in their networks, posted on social media, reported on it & reached out with offers of support.

🚨 We’ve got 12 days to get this urgent petition to 100k signatures. We know we can do this!

We need a Gaza Family Scheme that would reunite families & offer sanctuary until it is safe to return.

Sign + click on the link sent via email after to confirm: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6485…

Important 🧵 The criminal justice bill will further criminalise some of the most vulnerable people and will strip away the ability for local authorities to follow less punitive approaches to community safety, whilst ramping up controversial practices like Live Facial Recognition

Cass review looks to be serving a similar function to LGBT+ rights as the notorious Sewell report did for race equality = dubious research to suit the government's agenda

Cass met with DeSantis to discuss a trans care ban in Florida. No serious politician should give it any time

Absolutely blown away by #defiance

From the titles to the archival footage and the incredible contributors, it's an excellent piece of television - essential viewing, telling a history that needs to be told. Congratulations Rogan Productions Rajesh Thind and all involved

Amazing to join Eid celebrations in Lewisham with thousands of muslim community members in the park along with colleagues Cllr Liam Shrivastava & Jacqueline Paschoud

Thinking of those in Gaza 🇵🇸who are celebrating Eid in the rubble, among bombarded mosques, hospitals and homes.

Well

Honoured to join the Muslim community this morning for Eid al-Fitr in Mountsfield Park.

Celebrating values of peace, diversity and community in the heart of the borough. Thank you to Lewisham Mosque and everyone involved. #Eid2024 #EidMubarak

Please join me in praying for the well-being and swift release of Laylan Nasser, a member of St Peter’s Anglican Church in Birzeit, in the West Bank, snatched from her family by Israeli troops at 4am on Saturday without giving any reason or saying where she is being held

🎞️Following the launch of #Defiance , a new series on channel 4 documenting the British South-Asian anti-racist movement, we wanted to share some of our resources on the struggle.

📚Southall: The birth of a Black community irr.org.uk/product/southa…

The Justice and Home Affairs Committee in the House of Lords warned in January that the UK's use of live facial recognition technology has no clear foundation in law and no legal framework to regulate it:

computerweekly.com/opinion/Facial…

ComputerWeekly House of Lords UK Prime Minister

Both of these numbers are estimates from Israeli authorities.

'I asked, 'Officer, what happened here?' He said, Go away, it's just Indian blood'' - The Monitoring Group's Suresh Grover reflects on the pool of blood that changed his life in the latest TV Choice magazine, ahead of the three-part documentary, Defiance: Fighting the Far Right.