Birmingham activist Salma Yaqoob is standing as a candidate in the Bradford West constituency during the General Election

General Election 2017: Brummie activist Salma Yaqoob to stand in Bradford West

Former Birmingham city councillor Salma Yaqoob is standing as a candidate in Bradford West in the upcoming general election, she has announced. Salma, a political activist and qualified psychotherapist, has thrown her hat into the ring following a six-year hiatus from political office, after stepping down as councillor for Birmingham Sparkbrook back in July 2011, due to ill…

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Aerosol Arabic street artist Mohammed Ali MBE is the creator and curator of The Hubb in Birmingham

Revolutionary Birmingham arts event to debate integration, hip-hop and Malcolm X

A revolutionary arts event returns to Birmingham this month, bringing musicians, singers and visual artists of international repute to the city to respond to live discussion, as it happens. The Hubb Debates, which turn the traditional debate format on its head, aim to engage and interact with audiences from a cross spectrum of social and political thought.

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Britain First Deputy Leader Jayda Fransen is confonted by anti-racism activist Doug Morgan as she attempts to disrupt a Stand Up To Racism workshop

Britain First in failed attempt to gatecrash Birmingham anti-racism workshop

Jayda Fransen, the controversial leader of far-right group Britain First, attempted to “invade” and gatecrash an anti-racism event in Birmingham today, but failed in her bid after being confronted by Stand Up To Racism activists. Claiming “We have every right to be here!” Fransen was seen marching into The Custard Factory in Digbeth this afternoon, where…

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