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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month
In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event.
One morning in late 1985, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo walked into work and had a casual conversation with a colleague that would change the trajectory of British society. Then 35 years old, he was working at the Greater London Council (GLC) as a coordinator of special projects in the Ethnic Minorities Unit.
"Elizabeth, the secretary of the principal race relations adviser Ansel Wong, came to work looking very downcast," he recalls. "I asked her: 'Elizabeth, What's wrong?' She said: 'Last night I was putting my son Marcus to bed and he asked, 'Why can't I be white?' As she told me the story, she was crying. 'I named my son after Marcus Garvey,' Elizabeth told me, 'And here he is, just six years old questioning his identity. I’ve failed my son.'"
Addai-Sebo responded: "No, you haven't failed your son. The national curriculum, local authorities, churches and the institutions - they have failed your son. Not only your son. They've failed all children growing up in this country."
"I decided that every child growing up in the UK must have an appreciation and an understanding of Africa, Africans, people of African descent - their contributions to world civilisations from antiquity to the present, and especially to the growth and development of the UK and Europe."
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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Brazil's first-ever minister for Indigenous peoples Sonia Guajajara: 'It is time for the world to look at our way of life'
Sonia Guajajara rose from poverty to become one of Brazil's most formidable politicians. She talks about battling farmers, miners and land grabbers - and why technology is not the answer to the climate crisis.
Just days after a groundbreaking supreme court victory, Sonia Guajajara, Brazil's first minister for Indigenous peoples, has a new target in her sights.
She is preparing to oppose efforts in the Brazilian parliament, backed by the agricultural business lobby, to reinstate the controversial "time limit" ("marco temporal"). This legal doctrine established restrictions for Indigenous land claims, and so favoured farmers, miners and land grabbers. The decision to abolish the time limit bolstered the Indigenous campaign for land rights in Brazil and Latin America.
But opposition quickly escalated, with senate committee members hastening discussions to re-establish the doctrine in law.
If that happens, it would mean Indigenous communities will only be able to claim rights to lands occupied or requested as of 5 October 1988.
Sonia Guajajara (Sônia Bone de Souza Silva Santosusually) the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples.
London, UK. 26/9/23.
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'The climate is visiting a mental unravelling on all of us': Charlie Hertzog Young on the dangers of activism - and staying sane on a dying planet
The teenage campaigner Charlie Hertzog Young took politicians to task about the environment - but their apathy contributed to a devastating decline in his mental health. He talks about his recovery and the radical ideas we need to save the Earth.
Writer and activist Charlie Hertzog Young photographed in Camden, London, UK.
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'The climate is visiting a mental unravelling on all of us': Charlie Hertzog Young on the dangers of activism - and staying sane on a dying planet
The teenage campaigner Charlie Hertzog Young took politicians to task about the environment - but their apathy contributed to a devastating decline in his mental health. He talks about his recovery and the radical ideas we need to save the Earth.
Writer and activist Charlie Hertzog Young photographed in Camden, London, UK.
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Sunak government will go down in history as failing UK on climate, Greenpeace says. Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum
Joint chiefs of charity, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, accuse ministers of pursuing culture wars as extreme weather becomes the norm.
Rishi Sunak’s government will “go down in history” as the administration that failed the UK on the climate crisis while ministers pursued a dangerous culture war, the heads of Greenpeace have said.
The organisation’s joint executive directors, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, described government briefings against the organisation in the wake of its oil protest at the prime minister’s Yorkshire home as “really dark stuff”, which revealed a worrying trend towards exploiting environmental protests as a wedge issue.
Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, joint executive directors at Greenpeace.
10/08/2023.
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Sunak government will go down in history as failing UK on climate, Greenpeace says. Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum
Joint chiefs of charity, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, accuse ministers of pursuing culture wars as extreme weather becomes the norm.
Rishi Sunak’s government will “go down in history” as the administration that failed the UK on the climate crisis while ministers pursued a dangerous culture war, the heads of Greenpeace have said.
The organisation’s joint executive directors, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, described government briefings against the organisation in the wake of its oil protest at the prime minister’s Yorkshire home as “really dark stuff”, which revealed a worrying trend towards exploiting environmental protests as a wedge issue.
Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, joint executive directors at Greenpeace.
10/08/2023.
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Sunak government will go down in history as failing UK on climate, Greenpeace says. Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum
Joint chiefs of charity, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, accuse ministers of pursuing culture wars as extreme weather becomes the norm.
Rishi Sunak’s government will “go down in history” as the administration that failed the UK on the climate crisis while ministers pursued a dangerous culture war, the heads of Greenpeace have said.
The organisation’s joint executive directors, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, described government briefings against the organisation in the wake of its oil protest at the prime minister’s Yorkshire home as “really dark stuff”, which revealed a worrying trend towards exploiting environmental protests as a wedge issue.
Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, joint executive directors at Greenpeace.
10/08/2023.
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Sunak government will go down in history as failing UK on climate, Greenpeace says. Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum
Joint chiefs of charity, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, accuse ministers of pursuing culture wars as extreme weather becomes the norm.
Rishi Sunak’s government will “go down in history” as the administration that failed the UK on the climate crisis while ministers pursued a dangerous culture war, the heads of Greenpeace have said.
The organisation’s joint executive directors, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, described government briefings against the organisation in the wake of its oil protest at the prime minister’s Yorkshire home as “really dark stuff”, which revealed a worrying trend towards exploiting environmental protests as a wedge issue.
Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, joint executive directors at Greenpeace.
10/08/2023.
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Sunak government will go down in history as failing UK on climate, Greenpeace says. Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum
Joint chiefs of charity, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, accuse ministers of pursuing culture wars as extreme weather becomes the norm.
Rishi Sunak’s government will “go down in history” as the administration that failed the UK on the climate crisis while ministers pursued a dangerous culture war, the heads of Greenpeace have said.
The organisation’s joint executive directors, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, described government briefings against the organisation in the wake of its oil protest at the prime minister’s Yorkshire home as “really dark stuff”, which revealed a worrying trend towards exploiting environmental protests as a wedge issue.
Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, joint executive directors at Greenpeace.
10/08/2023.
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Sunak government will go down in history as failing UK on climate, Greenpeace says. Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum
Joint chiefs of charity, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, accuse ministers of pursuing culture wars as extreme weather becomes the norm.
Rishi Sunak’s government will “go down in history” as the administration that failed the UK on the climate crisis while ministers pursued a dangerous culture war, the heads of Greenpeace have said.
The organisation’s joint executive directors, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, described government briefings against the organisation in the wake of its oil protest at the prime minister’s Yorkshire home as “really dark stuff”, which revealed a worrying trend towards exploiting environmental protests as a wedge issue.
Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, joint executive directors at Greenpeace.
10/08/2023.
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Sunak government will go down in history as failing UK on climate, Greenpeace says. Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum
Joint chiefs of charity, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, accuse ministers of pursuing culture wars as extreme weather becomes the norm.
Rishi Sunak’s government will “go down in history” as the administration that failed the UK on the climate crisis while ministers pursued a dangerous culture war, the heads of Greenpeace have said.
The organisation’s joint executive directors, Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, described government briefings against the organisation in the wake of its oil protest at the prime minister’s Yorkshire home as “really dark stuff”, which revealed a worrying trend towards exploiting environmental protests as a wedge issue.
Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, joint executive directors at Greenpeace.
10/08/2023.
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'The climate is visiting a mental unravelling on all of us': Charlie Hertzog Young on the dangers of activism - and staying sane on a dying planet
The teenage campaigner Charlie Hertzog Young took politicians to task about the environment - but their apathy contributed to a devastating decline in his mental health. He talks about his recovery and the radical ideas we need to save the Earth.
Writer and activist Charlie Hertzog Young photographed at his home in London, UK.
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'The climate is visiting a mental unravelling on all of us': Charlie Hertzog Young on the dangers of activism - and staying sane on a dying planet
The teenage campaigner Charlie Hertzog Young took politicians to task about the environment - but their apathy contributed to a devastating decline in his mental health. He talks about his recovery and the radical ideas we need to save the Earth.
Writer and activist Charlie Hertzog Young photographed at his home in London, UK.
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'The climate is visiting a mental unravelling on all of us': Charlie Hertzog Young on the dangers of activism - and staying sane on a dying planet
The teenage campaigner Charlie Hertzog Young took politicians to task about the environment - but their apathy contributed to a devastating decline in his mental health. He talks about his recovery and the radical ideas we need to save the Earth.
Writer and activist Charlie Hertzog Young photographed at his home in London, UK.
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'A huge heart': the insatiable activism of Zimbabwean exile Patson Muzuwa
After agitating against Robert Mugabe in Harare in the late 90s, Patson Muzuwa fled to the UK. He continued the fight from afar, and became a tireless torchbearer for those he had to leave behind.
Patson Muzuwa has lived at least 10 lives. As a young man in Zimbabwe, he became a member of the main opposition party to President Robert Mugabe's autocratic rule and found himself hounded by security forces. After he resettled in the UK, he became a key part of the Zimbabwean community, organising resistance to Mugabe from abroad. Meanwhile, his personal life has veered between extraordinary highs and lows, and with his charm he has left a mark on almost everyone he has met. His story is a poignant reminder of the pain of political exile from your home country, and the challenges that face asylum seekers in the UK, even after they have been granted leave to stay.
Zimbabwean union activist Patson Muzuwa who fled to Britain in 2001 after being beaten and tortured by police and armed militia.
In poor health, he has indefinite leave to remain in the UK and is living in care home in County Durham, UK.
6 July 2023.
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'A huge heart': the insatiable activism of Zimbabwean exile Patson Muzuwa
After agitating against Robert Mugabe in Harare in the late 90s, Patson Muzuwa fled to the UK. He continued the fight from afar, and became a tireless torchbearer for those he had to leave behind.
Patson Muzuwa has lived at least 10 lives. As a young man in Zimbabwe, he became a member of the main opposition party to President Robert Mugabe's autocratic rule and found himself hounded by security forces. After he resettled in the UK, he became a key part of the Zimbabwean community, organising resistance to Mugabe from abroad. Meanwhile, his personal life has veered between extraordinary highs and lows, and with his charm he has left a mark on almost everyone he has met. His story is a poignant reminder of the pain of political exile from your home country, and the challenges that face asylum seekers in the UK, even after they have been granted leave to stay.
Zimbabwean union activist Patson Muzuwa who fled to Britain in 2001 after being beaten and tortured by police and armed militia.
In poor health, he has indefinite leave to remain in the UK and is living in care home in County Durham, UK.
6 July 2023.
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