The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
George Galloway has condemned allegedly being banned from addressing a Birmingham pro-Palestine protest, amid claims he was “refused the right to speak” over his views on UK border controls. Attending the mass rally in the city last weekend, the firebrand political figure initially hoped to speak to the near 10,000 people who turned out for the event.
Rapper Lowkey will be headlining a huge afterparty of hip-hop and art activism to mark the end of Free Radical’s Festival of Audacity this weekend, taking place at The Mill Digbeth. With a range of artists being headlined by award-winning hip-hop artist Lowkey, the event will celebrate the end of the Festival of Audacity which is…
Birmingham activists, literature and arts personalities and politicians are to join a national demonstration in London tomorrow, marching through the capital in support of the Palestinian people. To mark the beginning of the Nakba week of action, and responding to recent attacks on Gaza by the Israeli army, thousands of people are expected to converge in Portland Place…
Rapper Lowkey is returning to Birmingham for a special launch party to celebrate his latest album, ‘Soundtrack to the Struggle 2’. Described as “arguably the biggest name on the UK hip-hop underground scene” by The Guardian, the British music artist will be performing at the Glee Club in the city in April, and meeting fans after the…
A public meeting calling for Donald Trump’s UK state visit to be cancelled is to take place in Birmingham next month. Expected to be attended by high profile activists, organisers of the event are demanding that the US President’s invitation to an audience with the British royal family be revoked.