Lucy Sheen

I kept my end of the deal!!!

On the 5th and 6th of June, the UK Government may be made to give back the right to retire at 60 to all those women who worked and paid their National Insurance.

Currently their pension payout is delayed until 66.

We all know that the pension age for women born in the sixties has been raised. Did you know a campaign called ‘Back to 60 Movement’ has won the right to a Judicial Review and is taking the DWP to the High Court? On the 5th and 6th June they will attempt to get the 3.9 million women justice over non consultation in raising the pensionable age to 66 and above.

Michael Mansfield QC will lead the case and the argument for the movement. However, there does not appear to be any media coverage regarding this significant event. That is why we’re raising the awareness now. Let's hope for justice rightly deserved.

There appears to be a media blackout on this issue, which suggests that the government have put a block on the media reporting it. So let’s use social media for what it’s good at - share the hell out of this. Come on ladies - this is worth a great deal to you!

Voices of Resistance Video from Lucy Sheen 周麗端 on Vimeo.

These wishes for life after a ceasefire were overheard by the Palestinian writer Nahil Mohana in January this year.

The list is taken from the book Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide, written by Nahil Mohana @nahilmohana, Batool Abu Akleen @batool_abu_akleen, Sondos Sabra @sondos_sabra_ and Ala’a Obaid – available from Comma Press, with all proceeds going to the writers in Gaza.

Today, on the same morning a UN commission of inquiry found Israel responsible for the crime of genocide in Gaza, the IDF announced an expansion of its assault on Gaza City. The genocide continues; the wishes and dreams for a liberated Palestine remain.

Read by:

Maxine Peake Toby Jones Amir El-Masry Khalid Abdala Julie Hesmondhalgh Alison Oliver Salman Akhtar Danielle Galligan Lucy Sheen Billy Howle Ali Gadema Stef O’Driscoll Suhaiymah Manzoor Khan Gabriel Howell Kamila Shamsie Nahil Mohana

Directed by:

Zaina Sbaih

VOICES OF RESISTANCE The list is taken from the book Voices of Resistance: Diaries of Genocide, written by Nahil Mohana @nahilmohana, Batool Abu Akleen @batool_abu_akleen, Sondos Sabra @sondos_sabra_ and Ala’a Obaid – available from Comma Press, with all proceeds going to the writers in Gaza.

Today, on the same morning a UN commission of inquiry found Israel responsible for the crime of genocide in Gaza, the IDF announced an expansion of its assault on Gaza City. The genocide continues; the wishes and dreams for a liberated Palestine remain.

Read by:

Maxine Peake Toby Jones Amir El-Masry Khalid Abdala Julie Hesmondhalgh Alison Oliver Salman Akhtar Danielle Galligan Lucy Sheen Billy Howle Ali Gadema Stef O’Driscoll Suhaiymah Manzoor Khan Gabriel Howell Kamila Shamsie Nahil Mohana

Directed by:

Zaina Sbaih

The Issue

We, members of the global film community urgently appeal for the immediate release and safety of filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, the recipient of this year's Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Reports that Mr. Ballal was forcibly removed by the Israeli army from an ambulance following a brutal attack by settlers, and subsequently detained without clear information regarding his whereabouts, deeply alarm us. Such treatment of an internationally acclaimed filmmaker gravely undermines artistic freedom, human rights, and freedom of speech—core values vital to democratic societies.