On this day in 1939, Billie Holiday recorded the first great protest song of the Civil Rights Movement, 'Strange Fruit’

The Chilling Story of Strange Fruit and Billie Holiday.

A THREAD!

Evicted Romani family sues Rome 🇮🇹 for housing #segregation , alleging inadequate accommodation post-camp closure. Civil suit filed under anti-discrimination law, represented by the ERRC. Case pending in Civil Court of Rome.

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Slavery was legal, apartheid was legal, even colonialism was legal. Because something is legal does not mean it’s right. Legality is not a matter of morals, it’s a matter of power.

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📷 Fifteen years ago in the small Moravian town of Vítkov in the Opava district of the Czech Republic, a crime was committed that changed the lives of a Romani family forever and left its mark on Czech society as a whole. In the late night hours of

'The last yards are the hardest' - particularly when those in power won't give you a hearing. Nice soundbite though, FM.

It’s great to be shining a light on my first pamphlet ‘Apple Water: Povel Panni’ published with Hedgehog Poetry It’s been chosen to be read at the Roma Words World Book Club in US. 🙏 Romanistan Podcast Celandine Travellers' Times Winchester Poetry GoldfinchBooks #Poetry #Romany

The children were told that their families didn't want them or that they all had died. The children were treated like absolute shit, just numbers on a sheet of paper. Many didn't live very long and some of them ran away, in foreign countries, as litaral kids! #tinkerexperiments

A Barnardo's has popped up not far from me. The playful font gives an innocent vibe which really isn't indicative of the charity's history. God knows how many Scottish Gypsy Traveller children were shipped abroad via Barnardo's. #tinkerexperiments

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Highlights from this year's flag raising in Chicago. Video by florida.florian

Amanpour says there ‘are no journalists on the ground in Gaza’. Stewart corrects her, saying there are: Palestinians & they’re being killed.

She responds ‘yes, but we need independent,western journalists’

She switches gears swiftly but her initial lament gives away the

I wrote about the untold story of Arab Jews — and how they formed a solidarity movement with Palestinians, producing joint magazines, street protests, and a vision for peace.

You can't understand Israel-Palestine without understanding them. Please read!

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Animals are good for the soul.

Photos from Roma Flag raising ceremony in #internationalromaday in #chicago #opreroma

The Ravens claws
Land softly
On the skin of the nomad
Knowing the scent of its fellow wanderer.

©️Words - Dee Cooper
©️ Photography Eszter Halasi

From the collection
The Last Travellers
Eszter Halasi

Gem from Dr Jo Clement’s searingly brilliant debut collection, Outlandish (Bloodaxe, 2022).

Check out Butcher's Dog Publishing, managed by Dr Jo Clement! She also edited Wagtail: The Roma Women’s Poetry Anthology. Buy if you can. A £3 donation option is not money-spinning, & the implication is charged. Let’s celebrate that Jo is doing something good & putting art into the world.

Saint Sarah, also known as Sara-la-Kali (“Sara the Black”, Romani: Sara e Kali), is the patron saint of the #Romani people. Please join us for a celebration of SaraKaliHamilton in Hamilton, Ontario 🇨🇦on May 18. #OpreRoma . #romanyhistory #romanyheritage CanadianRomaAlliance

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Foretold won second place for Audio Storytelling! I think more than anything the team was excited about this review pointing out all the stuff we were most proud of.