If you’re going out to protest today/tonight, know your rights.

Write the green and black cross protest support number somewhere on your body in a pen that won’t get smudged.

It’s not a stupid question don’t worry, it’s reasonable to take breaks from keeping on top of the news all the time, and if you haven’t been paying attention to the news then you won’t have heard about what’s happening.

A woman called Sarah Everard went missing at the beginning of March, a body was found a few days later, and it was confirmed yesterday that the body was hers. A police officer called Wayne Couzens was arrested on suspicion of murder, and was charged yesterday with her kidnapping and murder.

In many cultures, ethnic groups, and nations around the world, hair is considered a source of power and prestige. African people brought these traditions and beliefs to the Americas and passed them down through the generations.

In my mother’s family (Black Americans from rural South Carolina) the women don’t cut their hair off unless absolutely necessary (i.e damage or routine trimming). Long hair is considered a symbol of beauty and power; my mother often told me that our hair holds our strength and power. Though my mother’s family has been American born for several generations, it is fascinating to see the beliefs and traditions of our African ancestors passed down. We are emotionally and spiritually attached to our hair, cutting it only with the knowledge that we are starting completely clean and removing stagnant energy.

Couple this with the forced removal and covering of our hair from the times of slavery and onward, and you can see why so many Black women and men alike take such pride and care in their natural hair and love to adorn our heads with wigs, weaves, braids, twists, accessories, and sharp designs.

Starmer has decided without justification that the candidates for Liverpool mayor are not what he wants, so the application process will be reopened. He is a racist who refuses to acknowledge police brutality in the UK and ignores significant complaints from black and Muslim party members. He is an antisemite who would rather suspend Jewish leftists than have an adult conversation about how the antisemitism crisis was inflated by centrists for their own purposes. He is an egregious transphobe who won't discipline bigots in his own cabinet. He is a Tory who chooses to neglect his role as leader of the opposition in the doomed hopes of picking up a few Tory votes in 2024. He is a cop-loving bastard who loves poor people going to prison. He is motivated by an unreasonable hatred against leftists, which trumps any wish to stand up against the Tories at a time when the government has murdered 120,000 people.