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That people around the world will rejoice that America’s most poisonous President ever has left the White House is beyond doubt. Many too will hope that a Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Presidency can not only restore sanity and a sense of global order but also usher in a renewed and turbocharged drive for racial and social justice.

Flatpack Democracy is a framework for communities to win back their council as non-party candidates, it was born in Frome, Somerset in 2011 when The Independents For Frome group was established; over the next four years they ran for and won every seat on the council. Taking control away from a prior conservative majority and going on to enact hugely positive changes in the local area.

Last week’s announcement that the Government plans to revamp the Mental Health system in England and Wales was received warmly received by campaigners. It comes a little over two years after an Independent Review in 2018 and seeks to build on the recommendations outlined by Sir Simon Wessely.

I am a disciple of Dr Martin Luther King.

I couldn't write a thesis as to exactly why I am or if others feel likewise, what the requirements are  to belong to such a group would be. All I know is that like him (but on a much smaller scale) I want to use my energy to fight for greater social and racial justice. That's it in a nutshell.

After Grenfell, and most recently, the Windrush scandal, it's quite apparent that racism is very much alive in the UK and there is very little that our Government is doing about it. We therefore need to find our own way of breaking free from structural racism.

A new network of Black community activists and leaders in Luton have welcomed the Council’s intent to discuss policy which could greatly impact the lives of those of African heritage within the Town.

The ‘Better Together Network’ which was founded with the aim of expressing concerns over long-standing inequalities, will have their binding policy motion debated on 19th January.

MPs and Peers are demanding that the Government amend the current Covert Human Intelligence Bill which is being debated in the House of Lords today. They hope to ensure that children, particularly vulnerable children, are not used as Government spies. This would put them, their families, and friends in great danger from violent gang members and others.

More than ever, there’s a growing number of talented content-creators finding their way behind mics and onto streaming platforms. You’d be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed by the list of options to choose from but in truth, as is the case with any media, it’s about finding what genre suits you best. If part of your interest extends to history with a black lens then you might have reason to add the Black In Time Pod to your collection.

OBV strongly supports the Ethnic Minority Pay Gap campaigner Dianne Greyson who has written to Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch, Mayor Sadiq Khan, and UK CEOs, Directors and Senior Managers in an effort to refocus attention as the ethnicity pay gap now stands at a staggering £3.2billion in the UK.

You rarely get to see in real-time the actions of a deluded, defeated, powerful leader mentally stuck in a bunker unwilling to accept he lost the election. President Donald Trump has played out much of his life as an overblown reality TV star, but as his days are numbered the veneer of gloss is long gone, and what we’re witnessing now in this episode of car-crash TV is something altogether more sinister with potentially extreme consequences.