Frank Sweeney

Waltham Forest Celebrates Black Legacy - Story in @LDNWorldNews - ldd.news/london/waltham… @wfcouncil @CityofWaltham @blackhistory @BlkHistStudies @blackhistory @frankisweeney #BHM4ALL

With May half-term approaching and the #CostOfLiving crisis still affecting so many people, here are all the places where kids can eat for £1 or FREE 🔥 Please share so that as many people know about this as possible 🔁 More info 👉 moneysavingcentral.co.uk/kids-eat-free

Please RT highlight #Windrushcompensationscheme gov.uk/apply-windrush… to anyone who could be eligible an exceptional moving talk delivered by #PaulineCampbell @wfcouncil thank you sincerely from our community for organising and your efforts on this LBWF 🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏻 @VickyAshworth_

Thanks for the love. More info on free gospel music masterclass at ohappyday.biz

Please check out this awesome project organised by our dear WIILMA friend Frank Sweeney please share @wfcouncil @LBWFculture thanks

Buckingham Palace has for the first time publicly expressed support for research into the royal family’s extensive links to the slave trade. Statement was made after we told them we’d obtained a copy of the a crucial document (thread). #CostoftheCrown theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…

Rishi Sunak's new anti-union legislation means when workers democratically vote to strike, they could be forced to work and sacked if they don’t. Join the campaign to protect the right to strike. megaphone.org.uk/petitions/prot… via @megaphoneuk

SUPPORT THE INCREASED NPO FUNDING TO BLACK & BROWN ORGANISATIONS BY ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND - Sign the Petition! chng.it/JCb2T8DR via @UKChange

Get in/ on in Music… Free, 14 week training with: @ClockyourSkills @MusicAlly @GallowGroup @TrustNeko Free to: All Londoners 16 - 26 years old In or out of work Music Industry Skills Boot Camp for Londoners | NEKO Trust nekotrust.org/gla-skills-boo…

We visited the Manston detention camp in Kent yesterday. This is what we saw and heard: 🧵

@GBCarnival Ha:) Imagine how to build from the ground up, a Carnival Arts Network, to create a whole borough wide all year round Carnival Arts programme and annual parade for Waltham Forest

Come and meet @frankisweeney and talk about Carnival

Last night, I was blocked from standing to be the next Labour MP for Camberwell & Peckham. I'm gutted. The Party is saying it has no place for an anti-racist socialist like me in Parliament. Thank you so much to all those who supported & worked on my campaign. My statement:

You’d never know it from the Western media, but there’s a major theme of this year’s UN General Assembly: Global South countries condemning the cruel US blockade of Cuba. 🇿🇦🇬🇾🇬🇲🇧🇴🇦🇷🇭🇳🇸🇷🇩🇲🇬🇼🇳🇦🇬🇦🇨🇺

I have pledged to be link number 1114 in the Human Chain to #FreeAssange on October 8th. Register: dontextraditeassange.com/human-chain/ #SurroundParliament

We are disgusted, and it is not just wrong to strip search a child if they ‘haven’t been arrested’, it is wrong full stop. This is a distressing read, so please take care. Our love goes out to all those harmed. #EndStripSearch metro.co.uk/2022/07/25/lon…

Great Jamaican Songbook, tops the bill of an all-dayer filled with great live music & family vibes, Soul, R&B, Jazz, Reggae - and more

I'm calling on @iberojetair_es and @privilege757 to rule themselves out of the barbaric, inhumane plan to deport refugees from the UK to Rwanda. Join me and speak out against @ukhomeoffice racist scheme via @jcwi_uk jcwi.org.uk/airlines-dont-… #StopTheFlights

Today marks 43 years since the death of Blair Peach, an antifascist and a teacher from New Zealand, during the Southall Protests. Blair was struck over the head by a member of the Met Police Special Patrol Group, and would die later that night. No-one has ever been charged.