Lesterjholloway

LATEST ARTICLES ( 277 )

• How the US Elections Revealed the Invisible Man to the UK

  As some may know I’ve been an avid Manchester City fan all my life. One of their favourite songs goes like this: “We are not, we’re not really here… Just like... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Legalising Weed Makes Perfect Sensimilla

  A Guardian report that three American states plan to legalise cannabis revives an old debate which has historically been polarised between left and right, the... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• In Praise of Marisha Ray

  Some people have grabbed the wrong end of the stick with my previous blog post reporting on Lee Jasper and George Galloway addressing last Saturday’s Black Men... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Jasper is the New Bernie Grant – Galloway

  Respect leader George Galloway yesterday urged the Black community to elect “the new Bernie Grant” by getting behind race equality campaigner Lee Jasper in the... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Demise of the Local Race Equality Council

  Whatever happened to the old local Race Equality Councils? You remember them, the office with dirty windows lowering the tone of the High Street. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Equality Watchdog Ditches Race Experts

  Two key race equality experts look set to be ditched by the quango responsible for upholding anti-racism laws. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Black History Month: Far from Token

  Yesterday evening I had the pleasure of speaking at a Hackney Liberal Democrat debate entitled ‘Black History Month: Is It Just a Token Gesture?‘  It was a... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Obama Second Term Should Be Catalyst for Diaspora to Demand Rights

  Barack Obama is rapidly becoming the Muhammad Ali of politics. Floating like a butterfly, drawing the opponent in and taking a few blows before stinging like a... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Centerprise Bookshop Fights Ruling to Pack up

  I’ve written about the threat to the Centerprise black bookshop in Dalston before, most recently last November, and sadly the 40-year-old charity continues to... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• An Audience with Desmond Tutu

  Anti-apartheid veteran Archbishop Desmond Tutu wowed a packed Fairfields Hall in Croydon last night at the finale of his British visit. Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Questions Premier Christian Radio Didn’t Ask Nick Griffin

  Unlike some on the Left I’m not a strident ‘no platform’ person when it comes to the Far Right. But equally I’m passionately against treating neo-Nazis like... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What Rio Ferdinand Can Learn from Non-league Football

  Football has always been a game built on the grassroots and, on a day when a handful of highly-paid Premiership players headed by Manchester United’s Rio... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Scottish Independence… and What to Do About the Blue in the Union Jack

  So the Scots are to get an in-out referendum on independence. But if they vote ‘yes’ where does this leave the Union Jack with the blue bits representing the St... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Black History Month Debate on Vox Africa TV

  

  I was delighted to take part in a studio debate about Black History Month on the Pan-African TV network Vox Africa. Please find the links below to watch the... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Obama Shades Debate but Only by a Whisker

  I’ve written a reaction and analysis to this morning’s Obama-Romney debate for The Voice newspaper and in the course of my research I scored the candidates on... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• EU Must Be Joking

  

  Satire often writes itself, as witnessed by the Nobel Peace Prize handed to a troubled European Union in the midst of protests over austerity in Athens and... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• My Speech to Lib Dem Fringe in Brighton

  Here’s a video of yours’ truly speaking at a Lib Dem fringe meeting in Brighton earlier this month. Unfortunately someone has called me Lester Conway in this... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Sutton United to Celebrate Diversity

  Congratulations to Sutton United football club who are celebrating ‘multicultural day’ on Saturday when the team take on Staines Town. Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• No Betrayal of Workplace Rights

  Workplace rights have been hard-fought for and no circumstances on earth to justify whittling them away in exchange for financial bribes. Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Lord David Pitt the Pioneer

  This year we celebrated 25 years since the first Black (African and Caribbean) MPs were elected, but 25 years before this one man to paved the way. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY