Black History Month

Looking back to move forward - reflections for Black History Month

By rejecting ahistorical narratives, can we become more effective in finding the sources of hope we are so desperately in need of?

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The Black reality of Scottish salmon "They want our fish, but they don’t seem to want us"

Resources flow from the poor world to the rich world at the ‘market price’, with little regard for the true cost.

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A recipe for resistance at Granby 4 street market

It is a fantastic example of community in action, taking matters into their own hands to rejuvenate and invigorate their environment.

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What Britain’s Community Food Sector Can Learn From The Black Panther Party’s Community Meals

The Black Panther Party made food central to their political action because food, and hunger, have always been political issues.

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Whose lungs but ours? Breath and Life in Black History

Even outside of smog city, and the riot gear, Black folk still find themselves battling for clean air.

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Tracing the colonial legacy of UK sugar

The UK sugar industry has a long and ignoble history of state-supported exploitation, racism and colonialism.

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How the British Empire Built the Food System that Is Destroying the Planet

The British Empire created the first global capitalist market for food, thereby transforming huge swathes of the world – and leaving behind a legacy of environmental destruction that haunts a rapidly warming planet.

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Empire of Seeds - The Life and Dreams of Esiah Levy

“For me to have a black male in the UK, a grower that’s as passionate as he was, it was just so inspiring,” Ian recalled, “Like fuck everything else, he didn’t care about anything but growing, that was it.”

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