Richard Sudan

Media reform is just as urgently required as electoral reform.

Labour held secret meeting with top Israeli arms firm Exclusive: Home Office met with Elbit Systems amid crackdown on Palestine Action, documents reveal.

Keir Starmer’s government held a private meeting with Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms firm, Declassified has found.

The meeting occurred in December 2024 and was attended by 3 representatives from Elbit and 3 officials from the Home Office.

www.declassifieduk.org/labour-held-...

In an alternative reality, in which mainstream media, provided a real service, this *scandal*, would be all over the news.

Instead, we live with a two party duopoly - masquerading as democracy - with a bought and paid for corporate media.

I wonder when it’ll dawn on Kemi Badenoch that appealing to Trump-admiring, White supremacist misogynists isn’t the optimal path to power for a Black woman?

Happy birthday brother John!🍻

Nick Ferrari is one of the worst human beings currently working in the mainstream broadcast media. I don't know how he's managed to flourish, untouched, for so long.

I guess it tells you that white supremacist, right wing populism still brings in the ££££.

@lbc.co.uk

Honouring Bob Marley, whose music became an anthem for peace, unity, and resistance. His powerful messages of hope continue to inspire generations around the world in the fight for justice and equality. #BobMarley #BHMUK #BlackHistory

Excellent thread by @editorialboard.bsky.social well worth a read.

Jesus this is painful to watch . Nice work

YouTube video by Femi Reform REGRETS forcing me to debate him!

Reform Party supporter forces me to debate him, then runs away!!! 🤣🤣🤣

These are the sorts of creatures that Nigel Farage breeds!

Every track is a banger imo. No fillers.

Honestly, if you see Trump as a president, you won’t understand him. See him as a crime boss and he makes sense.

Happy birthday sir!

Murder a CEO and its decivilization. Murder some a Black man on the subway and it’s just fine.

Hello Michael. Can you add me please?

Benjamin Zephaniah on his refusal to accept an OBE.

'No way Mr Blair, no way Mrs Queen. I am profoundly anti-empire.'

Today marks one year since he passed away. A man of integrity. Rest in power.

Jeremy Corbyn: 'Britain must face the truth and pay reparations for slavery' - Voice Online The Independent MP said "Britain's foundations were built off the backs of other - of generations of enslaved and colonial subjects"

Jeremy Corbyn: ‘Britain must face the truth and pay reparations for slavery’

The former Labour leader urged Britain to stop dragging its feet on the issue and engage in meaningful discussions with Caribbean leaders

@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social

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From ally to adversary: how Labour betrayed Black voters - Voice Online THE LABOUR  party has betrayed Black communities in Britain. Let’s call it as it is....

From ally to adversary: how Labour betrayed Black voters

The party's abandonment of Black communities and racial justice demands means the community must unite and mobilise to counter the rising threat of the far-right
argues @richardsudan.bsky.social

www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comm...

Belgium ordered to pay reparations for colonial-era kidnapping of mixed-race children - Voice Online The judges said the women suffered a loss of their connection to their mother and damage to their identity

Belgium ordered to pay reparations for colonial-era kidnapping of mixed-race children

A Belgian court has ordered reparations for five mixed-race women forcibly taken from their Black mothers in Congo under colonial-era policies of systematic abduction

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Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty - BBC News The Treaty Principles Bill seeks to redefine the principles that have been used in support of Māori.

1/8 🧵The far right reaction to Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke’s haka in the New Zealand parliament shows marked similarities between their defence of settler colonialism and its contemporary justifications. www.bbc.com/news/article...

YouTube video by Femi 35% of boys back Reform Party - Sky News Bias

Sky News is deliberately endangering millions of women.

Look at how they treat Gregg Wallace, compared to how they treat Nigel Farage and the Reform Party.
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If anyone should be pardoned it is Assata Shakur.

Innocent, but condemned by a wicked unjust system.

The culture war is the grift imo.

LOL.

All of those idiots who truly believed the Trump presidency wouldn't be a complete disaster.

The disaster has started before he's even taken office.

Hey everyone. My name’s Richard Sudan. I’m a journalist for The Voice, the UK’s only Black national newspaper.

My focus is racial justice, social justice, & international politics.

I hope we can connect and rebuild Black Twitter on here.

From Gaza to Georgia: what went wrong for Kamala Harris in 2024 FOLLOWING KAMALA Harris’s loss in the 2024 presidential race, the reasons behind the Democratic Party’s...

From Gaza to Georgia: what went wrong for Kamala Harris in 2024

A backlash over Gaza, declining Black voter turnout, and Trump’s appeal to cultural divides, highlighting Democratic missteps in mobilizing key voter bases

By @richardsudan.bsky.social

www.voice-online.co.uk/opinion/comm...

This is deeply concerning. Black Studies programs are vital for promoting understanding and combating racism. Standing in solidarity with Dr. Hakim Adi and all affected. Let's continue to support and amplify Black academics and students. ✊🏾

Black Studies course axed: Birmingham City Uni decision sparks claims of racism BRITAIN’S FIRST Professor of African descent, Hakim Adi, has hit out at Birmingham City University’s...

New: Black Studies course axed: Birmingham City Uni decision sparks claims of racism

Leading academic Hakim Adi condemned the scrapping of the course, calling it part of a troubling trend targeting Black academics and students

By @richardsudan.bsky.social

www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Young footballer wins signed Jude Bellingham shirt for his “sportsmanship” at local tournament Over 300 young people competed in the tournament from across the West Midlands

NEW: Young footballer wins signed Jude Bellingham shirt for his “sportsmanship” at local tournament 👏🏾⚽️🎉

Evangel Oppong was handpicked out of 300 young people who competed in the tournament from across the West Midlands.

Massive congratulations Evangel! 🎉🎉

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