Amidst Russian-Ukraine War, Nigerians try to breathe

Photograph: Robert Ghement/EPA Investigations have shown that even with sourced means to get to a point of refuge, racist behaviours at the Poland/Ukraine border are thwarting Nigerians from escaping Putin’s bombs. Even in war, racism still prevails.  Chidinma Iwu interviews three Nigerian students on their ordeals in Ukraine and how they’ve been finding strength. and… Read More

The War in Ukraine and the Ugly Face of Racism

Header image: AJPlus What Ukrainian Racism is saying about Western Democracy By Dr Ornette D Clennon Lots of people will be thinking, “do you have to bring race into this, at this time of ALL times?” My response to them is, “I wish that I didn’t have to”. Why? Because at a time when a… Read More

Why I’m Fundraising For A Tank for #Ukraine At My Local Mosque

Our resident satirist, Uncle Raf turns serious This week as a Brown British Muslim, I’ve been so moved by the commentariat class and assorted journalists who have dropped links on their social media about funding stinger missiles for Ukrainian resistance fighters, that I’ve decided to fundraise for a M1 Abrams tank. During Friday prayers this… Read More

Liz Truss supports Britons to go and fight for Ukraine – while removing citizenship of others

Credit: PA In light of Liz Truss, UK Foreign Secretary’s, remarks yesterday that she supports individuals from the UK who want to go and fight for Ukraine and the UK’s recent measures to revoke the citizenship of Britons including those who have fought in conflicts overseas Shahnaz Ahsan explores the distinction between ‘acceptable’ and ‘unacceptable’ conflicts, and… Read More

Ukraine: The Information War

Samantha Asumadu interviews author and broadcaster Matt Potter

This has been an information war

  1. You’ve shown an intense interest in Ukraine over the past few days as have many other, reporters, correspondents, communications, politicians an hackers. What is your new book about and what has it got to do with a Ukraine or Russia?
  2. Which last conflict did you watch closely – how did it roll out compared to this one? Did you watch ARAB SPRING?
  3. Communicating on platforms, porn, social media (In 2010 it was Facebook) has the world moved on from Facebook since the January 6th protesters were arrested?

    4 What would be your advice to Yemen, Afghanistan, Nigerian and Armenian grassroots activists be?

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An open letter on the reporting of Ukraine: Do not let people of colour be a casualty of war

Marcus Ryder’s Black On White TV blog examines issues of race and diversity in British TV and across the media. It is interested in issues of representation and equality both in front of the camera and behind it Dear newsroom editors and journalists reporting on the current war in Ukraine, First may I thank you… Read More

RUSSIA/UKRAINE WAR ANNOTATIONS

© IWM/Getty Ahmed Sule on the double think and contradictions of war rhetoric | 24 February 2022 02 April 1982 PM addresses the nation on the situation in Ukraine the Falklands. Shortly after 4 o’clock this morning, I spoke to President Zelenskyy Ajibade Cole of Ukraine the Falklands to offer the continued support of the… Read More

Dear Theresa May

Joseph Guthrie delivers a scathing response to Theresa May’s open letter on the Brexit deal  Dear Theresa, You’ve done it. You’ve completed the Trump University module ‘How to ruin everyone’s lives and sell it back to them as a good thing’ and now you’re going to try to force feed this Brexit deal down every Britons’ throat, including the… Read More

Not in the family portrait: BME voters and Brexit – Part II

By Brian Alleyne Brexit, social class and ethnicity According to research done by Lord Ashcroft, people in England and Wales who were older, lived outside major cities, had lower levels of education and a lower social class position tended to vote Leave. Conversely, people in London and the larger English cities, with higher levels of… Read More

Minor refugees left waiting in the dark in France

by Reem Abd Ulhamid Around thirty minor refugees have been left in the dark regarding their future by French and British authorities. The refugees, mostly aged between 15-17 years old, mainly from Sudan and Syria, have been transferred from the “Jungle” at Calais to a reception center in Chateauroux les Alpes.  They are isolated in… Read More