Remembering Olive Morris

Remembering Olive Morris

Olive Morris was a civil rights champion, who embodied the best of Brixton: a radical anti-racist and feminist housing activist who stood up for social justice. She was taken from us far too young, dying of cancer at the age of just 27 in 1979, This month, I was...
Marching for Ceasefire in Gaza

Marching for Ceasefire in Gaza

We are witnessing a cataclysmic eruption of violence in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian territories. In the first month of the bombardment of Gaza, a Palestinian child died every ten minute. The conflict has claimed over 10,000 Palestinian lives, killed dozens of...
Meeting a Colombian Human Rights defender

Meeting a Colombian Human Rights defender

I met with Darnelly Rodríguez, a Colombian human rights defender who works with political prisoners and documents violence against activists in the country. I heard about some of the work going on to build a fairer, more peaceful Colombia, and about the threats those...