Lord Alf Dubs, spoke this month to a group of schoolchildren about antisemitism and Holocaust memorial. The former Northern Ireland minister, recounted his own story of arriving on the Kindertransport from Prague when he was just six.
The children asked some great questions and impressed Lord Dubs with their knowledge of the subject. They also saw the plaque in the Palace of Westminster which records the rescued children’s thanks to Britain.
Having long taken an interest in issues relating to racism and football, John Mann MP together with PCAA Foundation Director Danny Stone compiled a submission to the DCMS Select Committee for their special session on racism in football. The APPG submission is on the committee website here. However, the full unedited submission can be downloaded here with appendices available on request [...]
Read more...This is a cross post from Hope not hate by Julian Kossoff ENGLAND, 1946. Rationing, bombsites, the war over, fascism overcome. Or nearly overcome. The images of the Nazi death camps in Europe are still fresh in everyone’s mind, but a resurgence of support for Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts has brought terror back to the streets and [...]
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