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Where are all the Black historians
Black historians in the UK: the unseen scholars

by Patrick Vernon
By Media Diversified on March 30, 2016
Patrick Vernon OBE is a leading expert on African and Caribbean genealogy in the UK. Founder of Every Generation Media and 100 Great Black Britons Patrick was selected by the Queen as Pioneer of the Nation for Cultural History in 2003. He has researched family history and Swahili culture in East Africa and Oman as a Clore Fellow and has advised the BBC, The National Archives, The National Trust, Royal Geographic Society, Victoria & Albert Museum and the British Council. In 2012 he was awarded an OBE for his work tackling health inequalities for ethnic minority communities in Britain. Having worked for the Department of Health, NHS and the voluntary sector Patrick is an Associate Fellow at the Department of the History of Medicine at Warwick University, England. See his website www.patrickvernon.org.uk or find him on Twitter @ppvernon

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31 Mar 2016 - 21:48 by WDNF National |

Government must intervene to save our steel as Tata puts UK steel up for sale
29 March 2016 Source: Unite
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31 Mar 2016 - 21:24 by WDNF Workers Movement |

Nationalise The UK Steel Industry
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
GMB Call For Immediate Government Action To Save Tata Steel Jobs

We have to look at nationalising the steel industry, even over a short period of time, to protect these assets says GMB.

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31 Mar 2016 - 21:13 by WDNF Workers Movement |

Junior doctors escalate industrial action to full walkout
By Tim Tonkin 23 March 2016
http://www.bma.org.uk/

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23 Mar 2016 - 18:09 by WDNF Peoples Movement |

Aramark health service workers strike over pay
By Louise Fordham 21st March 2016 12:06 pm https://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/
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22 Mar 2016 - 16:50 by WDNF Workers Movement |

GMB Protest At St George's 24 March
Monday, March 21, 2016
GMB To Demonstrate On Thursday 24 March Against Risk To Patients At St George’s Hospital, Tooting, Following Sweeping Cuts To Services
GMB members and NHS campaigners will demonstrate on Thursday, 24th March between 12 and 2pm at the address as follows:

Blackshaw Road Entrance

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Blackshaw Road
Tooting
London
SW17 0QT

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22 Mar 2016 - 08:58 by WDNF Workers Movement |

NUT-ATL London rally against forced academies
21 March 2016
Rally Details
Assembly: 5.00pm, Westminster Cathedral Piazza.
Time: march sets off at 5:30pm
Route: Victoria St, Great Smith St, past DfE, Marsham St
Rally: 6:30pm - 7:15pm, Emmanuel Centre.
Speakers
Lucy Powell MP, Shadow Education Secretary
Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary NUT
Mary Bousted, General Secretary ATL
Owen Jones, Journalist

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22 Mar 2016 - 08:45 by WDNF Workers Movement |

VENEZUELA. No To Regime Change, No to U.S Sanctions
18 April at 18:30 in UTC+01
Unite House, 128 theobalds road, wc1x 8tn

With Eyewitness account from Venezuela-based journalist Paul Dobson

Special Guests include:
H.E. Rocio Maneiro, Venezuelan Ambassador to the UK
H.E. Carlos Abad, Ecuadorian Ambassador to the UK
Join the facebook event here & invite your friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/1581285242191951/

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21 Mar 2016 - 20:23 by WDNF International |

Why we should scrap Trident
Newcastle Public Meeting

7.00 pm
Tuesday March 22
Broadacre House, Market Street, NE1 6HQ
Speakers
Clare Williams, Convener Unison Northern Region
Alex Snowdon, Newcastle Stop the War
Professor Dave Webb, CND Chair
Hosted by Newcastle Stop the War - Supported by Unison Northern Region

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20 Mar 2016 - 10:52 by WDNF Peoples Movement |

70th Anniversary of the Cold War
Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech

TML Weekly Information Project, March 5, 2016

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9 Mar 2016 - 11:49 by WDNF International |

Third Anniversary of the Passing of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Commemorated

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9 Mar 2016 - 11:03 by WDNF International |

Many revelations following Unite the Isle of Wight meetings with MP
There were many revelations from the two Unite the Isle of Wight campaign group’s meetings with MP, Andrew Turner on Friday. OnTheWight has all the details.
Island Protest over Austerity
Monday, 7th March, 2016 11:41am

By Sally Perry
http://onthewight.com/

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7 Mar 2016 - 18:04 by WDNF Peoples Movement |

Support the NHS Bill 11th March 2016
Jessica Ormerod March 5, 2016 © Copyright 2016 NHA Party
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6 Mar 2016 - 00:51 by WDNF National |

Don't let the curtain fall on English National Opera. Support the striking singers
John Wood and the Going To Work team
Fri 04/03/2016 09:23

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4 Mar 2016 - 11:58 by WDNF Peoples Movement |

Stand up to Racism, National Demonstration, Saturday 19th March 2016
DATE: Saturday 19th March 2016
ASSEMBLE: 12 noon – BBC, Portland Place, London, W1A 1AA (nearest tube Oxford Circus) followed by Trafalgar Square rally at 2.00pm

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3 Mar 2016 - 22:13 by WDNF Peoples Movement |

Don't steal our libraries
by Victoria Sherwin · 5,266 supporters

London Borough of Lambeth: Don't steal our libraries
Show your support!
3 Mar 2016 — Show your support for your library by attending a March by gathering this Saturday (5th March).

It will start at 10.30am in Windrush Square and end at Tate South Lambeth library.

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3 Mar 2016 - 10:52 by WDNF Peoples Movement |