2 hours ago ‘I remember the exhilaration of the crowd and chanting’: artist Steve McQueen on his experience of resistance and protest

For the artist and film director acts of protest were as much a part of growing up as playing in the local park. Here he recalls his first encounters with activismMy first encounter with resistance was unbeknownst to me, and I was annoyed by it. At nine years old, I found myself attending Saturday school, missing Football Focus and not being with my friends playing in the local park. First my sister and I went to the Marcus Garvey Saturday school in Hammersmith. Later we went to the Saturday school in Acton, organised by Mr Carter. He was a light-skinned Black man with slightly ginger hair and freckles, bearing a strange resemblance to Jimmy Carter, who was the president of the United States.The sole purpose of the Saturday school was to help Black children who were underachieving or being failed by the education system. At that time, I didn’t know that these facilities were organised throughout the United Kingdom by Black parents, teachers and academics. In 1971, a London schooltea...

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21 hours ago London protests LIVE: Five people arrested as Tommy Robinson supporters march amid heavy police presence

Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October

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Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October

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27 hours ago Where Tommy Robinson and counter protest will take place in London this weekend

Where Tommy Robinson and counter protest will take place in London this weekend  The Independent

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