Blogs
The history of International Workers’ Day
By: Effie Jordan
Date: 1 May 2020
This year as Covid-19 crosses our borders and we celebrate key workers in the UK and around the world, we must remember the history of May Day and continue to fight in solidarity for workers’ rights everywhere.
Read moreBlack History Month series: How can we learn lessons when we only hear a fraction of the story?
By: Effie Jordan
Date: 29 October 2019
This Black History Month we’re focusing on black-led movements and resistance throughout history. How have they shaped our understanding of politics and activism, how do they continue to inspire social movements and activists today? From the Black Jacobins to Black Lives Matter there is a thread of rebellious connection that, as a movement, we must learn from. We must learn the histories that were never taught to us in school, learn about the reality of our own histories and truly understand what solidarity looks like, not just this month but everyday.
This blog is third and final installment on our series this month. Effie Jordan writes about how our movements can learn from the history and impact of ‘othering’ which is rooted in European imperialism.
Read more5 reasons to be worried about the new Trade Bill
By: Effie Jordan
Date: 21 June 2017
Campaigns: Trade
We are calling on the UK government to include five guarantees in the Trade Bill that would make the trade process democratic and accountable to the public.
Read morePhulbari day of action
By: Effie Jordan
Date: 25 August 2016
A group of Bangladeshi activists contacted Global Justice Now in 2008 to stand with them in their struggle against plans for a UK backed mine that was to built in […]
Read moreAfrikan Emancipation Day Reparations March
By: Effie Jordan
Date: 2 August 2016
Hundreds of people took part in the third annual Afrikan Emancipation Day Reparations March yesterday as part of a campaign calling for the UK to make amends for the enslavement endured […]
Read moreSolidarity with the Bashkhali coal-plant protesters in Bangladesh
By: Effie Jordan
Date: 8 April 2016
Global Justice Now would like to stand in solidarity with, and send condolences to, the activists protesting against the planned construction of two China-backed coal-fired power stations in Gandamara, Bangladesh. The […]
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