12/21/03 Stand and Deliver: London's minority councillors target race barriers in local Labour Party, but are they on the right track?

12/21/03 Rasta poet rejects "antiquated" honours award But Zeph and Black achievers point the way to new "Order of British Excellence"

12/13/03 "Wired up Black communities" add value to global city London - Digital Diaspora

11/22/03 Sistah Soul-jah: The Caribbean poet who captured the rhythms of resistance - Now, after decades of obscurity, the first major woman poet of the English-speaking Caribbean has been honoured in a book by Delia Jarrett-Macauley, The Life of Una Marson.

09/13/03 Martin Luther King's plan for Black Reconstruction in America uncovered - but who's to pay, and why?

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08/31/03 Britain and Caribbean Development - Could holidaying Tony Blair aid Barbados and Caribbean Transformation?

08/07/03 The lady dares to call for boycott of Israeli goods - Oona King, a member of the British Parliament, has called for a boycott of Israeli goods following her visit to the "desecrated land" of the Gaza strip

07/19/03 Rap symphony heralds London transit renewal- Every Londoner has a sorry tale to tell about travelling on the London transit system ("the tube"). It's enough to drive you mad. But Caribbean-born musician-educator Alex Pascall has taken an entertaining look at the tube in his "Travellers symphony".

07/04/03 Black office cleaner confronts bank chairman in replay of the making of imperial London - There are four ways that most Blacks enter the prestigious headquarters of British banks in Canary Wharf, the brand new financial outpost of London's global city: as delivery men, tea ladies, security guards and night time cleaners. "We are just like invisible people, really," says Abdul Khaliq Durrant, a living wage campaigner.

06/01/03 Alliance demands tough curbs on far-right influence in national politics - In a rare show of political camaraderie, Black rights groups and their allies have called for tougher controls after startling electoral gains by the far-right British National Party.

05/21/03 - Alliance demands tough curbs on far-right influence in national politics. - In a rare show of political camaraderie. Black rights groups and their allies have called for tougher controls after startling electoral gains by the far-right British National Party. Fears are growing that local race-hate victories may adversely influence national politics, said Lee Jasper, an organiser of "anti-racism in the media" conferences in London and Manchester.

05/12/03 - "Hallelujah army" to fight Black street crime -Black people and crime obsesses Britain like no other issue. But the law and liberals have failed disastrously to deal with the drugs and gun culture of inner city areas. Now, Black clergy have come up with a new solution - "street pastors". Can they save Black youth from the perils of street life?

04/17/03 - Why the closed door immigration policy? -A new survey shows Black immigrants bring needed work ethic, entrepreneurial and labour skills to Britain. Evidence shows that immigrants of African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian origins have far more entrepreneurial flair than their white counterparts and are much more inclined to start a business and contribute to the economy

04/17/03 - "Middle East Info-Resources " - General Websites for Arab and Middle Eastern Countries

04/09/03 - A Time to Break Silence - Decades after his death by an assassin's bullet 4 April 1968 Martin Luther King's call to America "to abandon the starless midnight of racism at home and war in Vietnam" rings true in the post 9/11 and Iraq crisis of our times