Wail Qasim
Stuff
We Spoke to the Author of 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race'
Reni Eddo-Lodge's blogpost-turned-book is an unapologetic response to a tired conversation.
Wail Qasim
9.5.17
Deportation
Protesters at Stansted Stopped a Charted Flight Deporting 50 People to Nigeria And Ghana
It was the first time activists had managed to stop a whole plane-load of people from being shipped out of the country.
Wail Qasim
3.30.17
Stuff
The Fight to Save the Biggest Women's Prison in Western Europe
HMP Holloway recently closed its doors, and a community effort has risen to stop the former prison site becoming more luxury housing in a city where it's already impossible to find an affordable place to live.
Wail Qasim
11.14.16
Stuff
How the London Riots in 2011 Link Directly to Black Lives Matter Today
Five years since Duggan's death sparked riots across England, there are specific reasons why we need a Black Lives Matter movement in the UK, too.
Wail Qasim
8.6.16
BRITAIN = ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What Can We Learn About Prime Minister Theresa May from Her Time as Home Secretary?
Her six years as home secretary were characterised more by their brutality than their effectiveness.
Wail Qasim
7.13.16
Europe: The Final Countdown
How the UK Will Fight Racism Now That Brexit Has Won
The political class has given up, so we have to do it ourselves.
Wail Qasim
6.24.16
News
How London's First Muslim Mayor Can Improve the Lives of the City's Minorities
It's great we have our first BME mayor. Now, he needs to actually make life better for us.
Wail Qasim
5.11.16
News
The Demonisation of Malia Bouattia Shows Exactly Why the NUS Needs a Muslim President
We need to be able to oppose Islamophobia without being smeared as terrorist-sympathisers.
Wail Qasim
4.26.16
The Day My Politics Changed
The Leaders of Black Lives Matter Showed Me That I Could Be Black, Queer, and Fearless
The idea that black social movements tend to be led only by male leaders of African-American churches is being left in the past.
Wail Qasim
4.12.16
News
What This Leaked Training Manual Tells Us About the UK's Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Teachers and nurses are being turned into part-time spies with the bare minimum of "training."
Wail Qasim
2.23.16
News
Sarah Reed's Death in Custody Shows How Britain Treats Vulnerable Black Prisoners
The details of her death fall into a shocking pattern of callousness.
Wail Qasim
2.5.16
News
We Don't Need More Bombs to Defeat IS, We Need Less Bigotry
To really defeat ISIS we have to question an ideology that has killed over 1.3 million people.
Wail Qasim
12.8.15
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