"...there would be something deeply perverse about celebrating the defeat of the extreme right on the battlefield while ignoring the fact that Europe is voting for its ideological descendants at the ballot box" #VEDayincontext #GaryYounge #journalism
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/08/ve-day-second-world-war-soldiers-india-africa-caribbean-colonial?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Millions of the black and brown people who fought for Europe’s freedom didn’t get a VE Day

The heroism of soldiers from India, Africa and the Caribbean is too often airbrushed, as is the struggle of those who resisted colonial powers, says writer and sociology professor Gary Younge

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Starmer Is Defying Common Sense | Ash Sarkar meets Gary Younge

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Gary Younge on the viability of "rioting" in the context of protest. Interesting thesis.

#GaryYounge #riot #blacklivesmatter

https://youtu.be/dGFwxcjAbnM?si=oUsSQLpXRAbdd4gi

Black Lives Matter & The Question of Violence | Gary Younge

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Jacksonville Shooting: Why America’s Gun Problem “Makes Its Racism More Lethal”

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#GaryYounge on 60th Anniversary of #MarchOnWashington & Reclaiming #MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANWADBKankk
Gary Younge on 60th Anniversary of March on Washington & Reclaiming MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech

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Gary Younge on Race, Racism & Identity

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Gary Younge in conversation with Daniel Trilling. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Join us for an inspiring evening with journalist Gary Younge, one of the UK’s leading political voices, on the significant events of the last few decades that have affected the Black diaspora around the globe. In his new book, ‘Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter’, Gary Younge reflects on the last three decades of life in the Black diaspora. As a journalist, Younge has enjoyed a front-row seat to some of the most significant events of the modern age, joining Nelson Mandela on his first election campaign, meeting voters on the Southside of Chicago after Obama’s victory and spending time in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He has been on the front lines, witnessing great changes and developments for the Black diaspora around the world – but also the threat of systems that challenge and thwart those aspirations. Gary with be joined in conversation by Daniel Trilling, commissioning editor at openDemocracy. Brought to you in association with Newham Bookshop and The Wanstead Tap.

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Excellent article on the failure to remember our past of racism, slavery and colonialism by #GaryYounge. The starting point is Britain and slavery, but it applies much more generally as illustrated repeatedly in the article. https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2023/mar/29/lest-we-remember-how-britain-buried-its-history-of-slavery #racism
Lest we remember: how Britain buried its history of slavery

Slavery is a central and indisputable fact of the nation’s past. But our failure to remember what really happened is more than mere forgetfulness

The Guardian
Lest we remember: how Britain buried its history of slavery

Slavery is a central and indisputable fact of the nation’s past. But our failure to remember what really happened is more than mere forgetfulness

The Guardian

#Scotland taught #GaryYounge hard truths about #racism.
Younge is one of Britain’s most celebrated #journalists & #professor of #sociology . He was #Britain ’s 1st #black #NewspaperColumnist, #renowned for his work with #TheGuardian. Younge’s #NewBook - Dispatches From The Diaspora, #investigates what it means to be black today.

...Younge learned many of the #lessons which shaped his view of how #BlackPeople are treated in predominantly #WhiteSocieties .

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23396522.men-bats-shouted-n-word-gary-younge-racism-scotland

#Author #book

‘Men with bats shouted the N-word’: Gary Younge on racism in Scotland

Gary Younge faced down discrimination to become the most prominent black voice in British newspapers. Today, as his new book exploring the reality…

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