16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

A round table moderated by Marsha Hinds Myrie

The global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is a key international moment to call for an end to violence against women and girls. It runs from 25th November (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) until 10th December, Human Rights Day.
Moderator: Marsha Hinds Myrie
Activist-In-Residence Concentration in women’s justice Department of Politics, University of Guelph
Speakers:

  • Dr. Shoshanna Jacobs: Professor of Integrative Biology, principle researcher Manufactured Ecosystems project, University of Guelph, Canada.
  • Dr. Alicia Viloria Petit: Department of Biomedical Sciences, coordinator of Geeky Latinas
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Solidarity with Palestine

Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy became MP for Islington North in 1983.
Previously he had been a local councillor in Haringey and part of the London left on the London Regional Executive of the Labour Party, supporting the GLC and local councils to provide services for the whole range of London communities.
On leaving school he volunteered in Jamaica and has travelled widely in South America. His support for anti-colonial movements and countries seeking self determination has been consistent throughout his life. One example being his trip to Grenada in December 1983 as part of a labour movement delegation to report on … Read on ...

Solidarity with Palestine

Sign the Petition Jamaica must support the Palestinians…

Demonstrations in Jamaica, Barbados and Belize and a public meeting in Trinidad

Watch a video of the Meeting in Trinidad…

The CLS banner was on the march in London, along with well over half a million other demonstrators.

Our friends in Jewish Voice for Labour, who have been on the demonstrations with us have issued a statement which finishes by saying: There cannot be peace without justice, dignity and equality for all, Palestinians and Israelis, Jews, Christians and Muslims – all who live between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Read on ...