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Simon Woolley, 12 Aug 2002 

What is unmistakably a Black cultural event, the Notting Hill Carnival is the largest public event in Europe's calendar. Over a two day period an estimated two million people will cram into this pocket of West London. 

Simon Woolley, 02 Apr 2002 

For a brief moment the 2002 Oscars awards belonged to Black America.

Simon Woolley, 01 Jul 2003 

The Liberian Leader Charles Taylor finally left the capital Monrovia to be exiled in Nigeria. His forced departure has paved the way for UN African and American peace keeping troops to begin to restore order in this war ravaged West African country.

Simon Woolley, 05 Aug 2002 

They say a week is a long time in politics. This was never truer for than in the week after last May's local elections. The day after the elections was perhaps one of my darkest professional days. After six recounts it was confirmed that a third BNP candidate Carole Hughes had been elected in the Northern Mill town of Burnley. Jubilant bigots danced around as a dark dawn passed over this most picturesque town.

Simon Woolley, 25 Mar 2002

Race hate mongers will believe they are at the threshold of political success if ordinary voters stay away in the forthcoming local elections.

Simon Woolley, 01 Jun 2003 

How could such a small man be so tall? There were a million and one questions I could have asked myself during a visit to the Martin Luther King Memorial Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, but that was the question I couldn't shake off. That, and the unbearable feeling of pain and suffering that my brothers and sisters had to endure at the hands of racist America.

Simon Woolley, 29 Jul 2002 

Christmas came surprisingly early for many bigots and racists. Venomous exuberance spilled over as they rejoiced the fall from grace of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) Chair, Gurbux Singh.

Simon Woolley, 18 Mar 2002 

After bitter and controversial elections Robert Mugabe is sworn in as Zimbabwe's President. The result has put the country and the continent under global scrutiny. Furthermore, as Western and African nations clash over the validity of Robert Mugabe's victory, the wounds of slavery and colonialism have once again been reopened.

Simon Woolley, 05 May 2003 

Now Wimbledon is over we can get back to the real world of politics. But first a recap: For many Black people the politics of tennis is not about a glorious back hand or a reverse overhead smash, but about how the tennis spectators treat Black players.

Simon Woolley, 22 Jul 2002

Every activist needs a break. That doesn't mean to say that other hard workers don't need one too. Of course they do. But a break is not just about resting weary bones, it's also about finding a space to think. More often than not the day to day struggle of fighting institutionalised racism, raising funds, challenging Black cynicism, clouds the path visionary thinking.