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CEO @RunnymedeTrust , author of 'From Sylhet to Spitalfields', views generally my own...

Walthamstow, London

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Shabna Begum

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It's out! 5 yrs ago an idea, 4yrs ago embarked on a PhD, 3 jobs juggled, 2 children single-parented, and now 1 book born! And on my bday!! Alhamdulilah. Thks to all the amazing ppl on this wild journey! @LW_Books @Kavita_Datta17 @AlastairHackney @osheringham

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75% of women of colour experience racism when working. Over disciplining and unfair/disproportionate scrutiny: Our report 'Broken Ladders: the myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace'.

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The myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace

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The double standards in the treatment of Diane Abbott is abhorrent. Racism and misogynoir against Black women in the workplace is rife across society; our political class is no exception. Our utmost solidarity with @HackneyAbbott 🖤

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Seems it's a day for big announcements!

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Runnymede Trust

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📣 We are delighted to announce that @shabnabegum has been appointed as our permanent CEO, after leading the organisation in the interim for the past year. Read our full announcement here:

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This features interviews with two of my lovely participants & fulfilled in a teeny way my ambition (scuppered by covid) to start intergenerational convos. Thx @siva_thasan for persevering, @ToynbeeHall for hosting.

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London's forgotten squatter movement

Hundreds of Bangaldeshis took over empty properties in London in the 1970s, demanding better housing.

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So my research project on a Bengali squatters movement from 1970s Tower Hamlets is live! Please get in contact if you or anyone you know was around/involved! I would love to speak to them!

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Describing peaceful protestors as 'Islamist extremists' has become normalised in this discussion. Muslim people using legit democratic channels are depicted as a threat. Islamophobic tropes are naturalised and unchallenged, across media and political parties. @RunnymedeTrust

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Interviewed the man in this photo today (Race Today magazine June 1976). This man who helped hundreds of Bengalis to squat, had never seen this photo or told anyone (including his own kids) about his activism. #unsungheroes

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I wrote this blog piece about my research and its relevance to housing struggles today:

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A struggle of memory: the history of the Bengali squatters movement

This month marks 45 years since the height of the Bengali squatters movement – yet accounts of Bengali housing activism have been overlooked and erased in the mainstream ever since. Today, PhD...

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This is a totally unacceptable intervention - schools are not sites for surveillance - children and young people need to have safe spaces for these conversations, not be criminalised and mined for 'intelligence'.

Met to increase intelligence gathering in London schools amid Israel-Gaza tensions

Exclusive: Human rights groups voice alarm as letter to headteachers reveals plan for more visible patrols

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The deliberate amnesia that has robbed us of our histories is slowly but surely being chipped away. #Defiance : Fighting the far right, has done an incredible job with this series. Watch on @Channel4 , starting Mon 8pm.

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Eek! My book launch is coming up, 14th March @BishopsgateInst Please do come along to (breathe a huge sigh of relief with me that I never have to chase references that I didn't note down at time of writing) celebrate these stories! Thx @LW_Books

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No mean feat for a girl who was never supposed to go to uni! @Kavita_Datta17 we forgot to get a photo with you and @osheringham we missed you xx

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Alastair Owens

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Congratulations to @shabnabegum76 who graduated with her PhD this evening! Such a privilege to work with you Shabna. Book is coming very soon everyone — out in March!

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1 year

So this feels real now! 🧡

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Lawrence Wishart Books

1 year

'Bengali squatters challenged the narrative about who belonged... in the East End and, through their refusal to be dispersed and dispossessed, refused to accept whiteness as a proxy for belonging.' @shabnabegum76 in From Sylhet to Spitalfields. Pre-order

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This project is so special to me: those who know me will know that through it, I got my smile back. Thanks to @LW_Books for giving me the chance to share these stories 💚

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Lawrence Wishart Books

2 years

‘Claiming the city, claiming a home.’ From Sylhet to Spitalfields by @shabnabegum76 explores the hidden history of the Bengali squatters’ movement in 1970s East London. Out March 2023. Cover reveal coming soon…

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When I think about my educational and professional career - I've always worked harder to get to the same place as my white fe/male peers, been subjected to gtr scrutiny and experienced unexplainable blocks to paths I've wanted to walk. Feeling frustrated today.

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75% of women of colour experience racism when working. Over disciplining and unfair/disproportionate scrutiny: Our report 'Broken Ladders: the myth of meritocracy for women of colour in the workplace'.

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So excited to have finally started filming for a short documentary I'm making with @filmpill about the Bengali squatters movement!

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Thanks to Bengali community channel, Channel S for inviting me to talk about 1970s Bengali squatters movement. I'm still recruiting participants at shabna.begum @qmul .ac.uk (will post clip when I get it!)

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This decision is outrageous, but rests comfortably within a hostile, Islamophobic mood, stirred up by political and media elites. Birbalsingh's statement wilfully corrupts and inverts the values of multiculturalism & is gleeful endorsement of Islamophobia.

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The Guardian

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Michaela school will keep its prayer ban – but as a Muslim teacher I know it doesn’t have to be this way | Nadeine Asbali

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1st book anniversary for me & I'm still not used to being called an author! Solidarity with all who challenge today's racism - the kind that would have us turn against & hate each other. Revisiting our historical struggles is good nourishment for that.

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It's out! 5 yrs ago an idea, 4yrs ago embarked on a PhD, 3 jobs juggled, 2 children single-parented, and now 1 book born! And on my bday!! Alhamdulilah. Thks to all the amazing ppl on this wild journey! @LW_Books @Kavita_Datta17 @AlastairHackney @osheringham

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So pleased to be able to speak about my work as part of the #Bangladesh50 programme!

@LBTHArchives

Tower Hamlets Archives

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100s of Bengali families squatted in 1970s Tower Hamlets; having been denied adequate housing. Negotiating housing in the East End was linked to demanding liberation abroad in the War of Independence #Bangladesh50 🇧🇩 Tickets: 🎟️

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When you are doing your dream job + get to research and campaign on topics that are close to your heart + work with an amazing team @RunnymedeTrust @adinacampbell 👇🏾

@RunnymedeTrust

Runnymede Trust

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'Instead of criminalising our children there should be wider investment in pastoral systems, welfare and mental health support. Police have no place in our schools.' 🗣️Our Head of Research @shabnabegum76 on the growing presence of police in UK schools.

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When a scholar you admire and who has offered so much to your intellectual growth says something kind about your book 💖 Thank you @GKBhambra

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Lawrence Wishart Books

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'A powerful contribution to working-class and multicultural histories of Britain.' @GKBhambra on From Sylhet to Spitalfields by @shabnabegum76 . Pre-order your copy here:

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This would have been my strike and though I'm not a teacher anymore, as a parent I still support @NEUnion and #PayUp .

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This 100%. Couldn't have done my work on Bengali squatters without the bountiful archive provided by Race Today and @GPI_Archive .

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Taj Ali

3 months

South Asians owes Darcus Howe and others a great debt for the work they did. Race Today has been such an important resource for my own research. In an era without internet and mobile phones, it kept anti-racist activists informed about what was happening up and down the country.

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Great series by @kavpuri : Bengal famine is pt of my history not just because I'm of B'deshi heritage- but because I'm British. It was a political, man-made famine & as we watch events in Gaza unfold in front of our eyes, we need to listen and do better.

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BBC World Service - The Documentary, Three Million: 1. War

The story of the 1943 Bengal Famine which led to the death of at least 3 million people

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Massive week! Book published and launched at a v special event with support from @JumanahJy , @Taj_Ali1 , @BrIslam2015 and squatter activist Muhammad Gulam Yahya. Thx to @LW_Books and @BishopsgateInst And for a taste of the book: See my blog piece here:

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Popped into @HousmansBooks and saw my book in a real life bookshop!!!!

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Am hosting one of the discussions at this day long event 👇🏾 Tickets available online

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3 months

Inspired by the launch of a new documentary series, ‘Defiance: Fighting the Far Right’, join us on 6 April for a day of talks by artists, filmmakers, historians and activists organised by Channel 4 in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery.

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Thanks to @LBTHArchives for inviting me to speak about my work today. Feels good to share my work with the community who made it possible, and in an inclusive/dual language format! #bangladesh50

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8 months

The HS may disagree with the protestors but to describe a 500,000 strong peaceful demonstration as a 'hate March' is irresponsible, inflammatory and dangerous. To threaten to legislate against them is disgraceful.

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Channel 4 News

8 months

"There's only one way to describe those marches: they are hate marches." Suella Braverman has referred to the pro-Palestinian marches in London at the weekend as "hate marches" and that she "will not hesitate to act" in changing the law surrounding protests “if there is a need”.

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4 years

Out filming again today, I was admiring a tree drooping with matthu fruit in someone's garden: they came out and lopped me of one to take home and as we chatted, it turned out he was a squatter in Pelham Buildings and is now a new recruit for my research! 💚

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10 months

Summer has been so busy that this event has crept up on me! Looking forward to the conversation - please do join if you can!

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Bookmarks Bookshop

@Bookmarks_books

10 months

The first event in our autumn program. Shabna Begum discussing the Bengali squatters movement in Spitalfield in the 1970's. Using oral stories of participants Shabna has recorded a fascinating but largly hidden. part of Londons working class history.

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Interviewed Rajonuddin Jalal (pictured here on the right) yesterday. He was influential in the housing struggles and critical in anti-racist mobilisation after. See more here:

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Please share in relevant circles or get in touch with the researcher via the details provided.

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Spoke at @BSixCollege as part of their 'knowledge is power' programme. A staff member had invited his uncle to come & listen as he was involved in squatting - turns out he lived in the main squat. Thx Joshim Uddin, you totally stole the show & are recruited as my talking partner!

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Thx to @Bookmarks_books for hosting this book event. Lovely audience and great discussions. Always grateful to @LW_Books for supporting authors like me who still need to pinch themselves in these situations!

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Strip searching children - claimed to be necessary & exceptional - often as a safeguard for the child. But these numbers tell us it is systematically used & wholly racialised in deployment. Humiliating & harmful - the scars run deep and wide.

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Thousands of children strip-searched by police in England and Wales last year

More than 60 under-18s a week were subjected to intrusive searches, some of them as young as 10

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A life taken through hatred and a lifetime of campaigning fuelled by love. On the eve of the 30th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence's death, @RunnymedeTrust publishes 'Dear Stephen: Race and belonging 30 yrs on'. Research = Act of Love/Care

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Dear Stephen: Race and belonging 30 years on

In tribute to Stephen Lawrence’s legacy, on the 30th anniversary of his death, the Runnymede Trust and Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation have partnered to look at how British attitudes have shifted in...

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Thanks to @elondonmosque for allowing me to promote my research during today's jumu'ah prayer! Thanks also to my dad (pictured) and family for helping! #Familylove

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A real privilege to spend the day at La Casika, one of Madrid's oldest squatted social centres with activists and academics working on squatting and housing.

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Covid19 shut down my fieldwork prematurely, but in doing a piece with the BBC Asian Network I got to host this one intergenerational conversation. Two GEM participants 💚💖 Thx to @ToynbeeHall @siva_thasan for your part in this.

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Both these people were critical to the 1970s Bengali squatter movement and it was and is a real honour to be documenting their stories.

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Kemi is NOT breaking ranks. She is reinforcing notions that racism rests in 'flippant words' and is resolved through 'contrition'. Hester's words reveals his individual racism. Tory silence reveals institutional racism.

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Kemi Badenoch Breaks Ranks To Say Frank Hester's Comments About Diane Abbott Were 'Racist'

Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak remains tight-lipped in Downing Street.

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Shabna Begum

6 months

This time last yr I was still slogging my way thru final edits on the book!! Alhamdulilah, there is now a record of the ppl and events; so much to learn from and be inspired by. Thx @Taj_Ali1 & @tribunemagazine for your support 🧡

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From Sylhet to Spitalfields - Lawrence Wishart

This book explores the hidden history of the Bengali squatters’ movement in 1970s East London, and how it can inform present-day housing struggles.

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Taj Ali

6 months

Faced with institutional racism in council housing and violence on the streets, hundreds of Bengali families in 1970s East London began to squat, taking over entire streets and estates. I interviewed @shabnabegum76 about her new book on this movement.

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£31m for MPs to protect against 'Islamist extremists' and manufactured menace from overwhelmingly peaceful protestors. £0 to deal with the 335% increase in Islamophobic attacks on Muslims (made worse by MPs) in that same time period.

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£31m package announced to counter threat to MPs' security

Measures could include bodyguards for those most threatened, as MPs raise concerns about their security.

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Shabna Begum

1 year

Thanks to @BrickLaneCircle and @GeorgieWemyss for supporting this event at @ideastores Whitechapel. On the 6th anniversary of Grenfell it felt poignant to talk with a community that knows housing injustice as both a historical & ongoing experience. As ever, thx also to @LW_Books

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Shabna Begum

1 year

Really excited to join panellists to reflect on how this 1970s migrant squatter movement can inspire and inform our housing struggles today. Still time to register!

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Lawrence Wishart Books

1 year

Next Thursday 4 May, 7pm! Join From Sylhet to Spitalfields author @shabnabegum76 plus a brilliant panel @ebsorganising to discuss the Bengali squatters' movement and organising today.

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Shabna Begum

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Changing the person but insisting on the same toxic, panto politics. What a depressing opening pitch.

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James Cleverly🇬🇧

7 months

We will stop the boats.

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Shabna Begum

3 years

A nice way to announce that I joined this amazing team of people this summer, in a research post 💚!

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Runnymede Trust

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3 years

We don't need a reason to celebrate our team. Despite the difficulties we have all faced responding to this pandemic, our dynamic team has shone through. We couldn't be prouder of each and every one of them 💚

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Shabna Begum

6 months

Oral history interviews were best part of doing my research - so many unexpected gems that come out of open conversations! Please share if you can help with recruiting those who never got to tell their story! @GeorgieWemyss @LBTHArchives @SwadhinataTrust

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Taj Ali

6 months

📢I am conducting oral history interviews as part of my research on British South Asian political activism in the 20th Century. If you were involved in a political campaign or have recollections about friends/family members, please fill out this form.

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Shabna Begum

3 years

'Seen but not heard: Bengali squatters in 1970s East London' my presentation as part of tomorrow's line-up @LiteraryLondon #lostvoices Thx @LucieGlasheen for inviting me! Eventbrite link below if you'd like to attend.

@LiteraryLondon

Literary London

@LiteraryLondon

3 years

Delighted to announce that registration is now open for our online symposium on 'Lost Voices', 7-9 July. This is free and open to all but please consider becoming a member of LLS as this helps keep our events accessible. Registration here:

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Shabna Begum

1 year

Really looking forward to this conversation!

@ebsorganising

Ella Baker School of Organising

1 year

How does the radical hidden history of the Bengali squatters movement relate to the struggles and realities of living, organising and forging home today? Join the author & our expert panel for this unmissable event Thurs 4th May, free & online at 7pm

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Representing @RunnymedeTrust on this panel, making sure that women of colour's experiences are centred when talking about creating a more equitable labour market. Some great contributions from the panel and Chair. Thanks @fawcettsociety

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Tulip Siddiq

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I was surrounded by trailblazing women at the @fawcettsociety conference. I spoke about flexible working and other barriers that women face in the workplace alongside @shabnabegum76 , @PMArslanagic , and @Zubhaque , at a panel chaired by the brilliant Jane van Zyl of @workingfamUK .

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Representing @RunnymedeTrust at this #EPGSummit24 . 'The importance of action' - says it all. Had to note Lloyds building venue was also site of East India Company HQ. Links to empire/colonialism are only buried if we refuse to see them. They feature in these inequalities.

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Claire Reindorp

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To end #RaceEqualityWeek a day of debate on tackling ethnicity pay gaps - moving beyond a superficial focus on data to look at culture, progression and the impact of structural racism on the labour market #EPGSummit24

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Shabna Begum

2 months

Saw someone reading my book today which made me smile. Speaking about it and wider issues about housing and racism @LondonMetUni on Wednesday 25th - free, but booking required, see link below.

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Glyn Robbins

3 months

And if you want to hear @shabnabegum talk about her excellent and important book, join us @LondonMetUni on 24th April, tickets here

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In solidarity with #ChildQ and all Black children in our schools. Schools are sites for education, learning and growth, not an extension of the criminal justice system. No police in our schools.

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Such important work by @RefugeeAction on restoring the visibility of connection btwn racial justice and asylum justice. There is much work to be done - but growing solidarity (and trust) is an imp step. @garyyounge @IRR_News @migrants_rights Full report is out tomo.

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Aslı Tatlıadım 🧡

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“When we give the state the permission to be violent and harmful to any community, we are giving them permission to be violent to all.” @shabnabegum at our briefing launch event #AsylumJusticeIsRacialJustice

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'Racism is not a game. It is a serious issue that affects the lives of millions of people. When a party or faction exploits racism for its own political or electoral advantage, it cheapens the accusation and deepens the cynicism.'

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In Britain's degraded politics, fighting racism has become a cynical game | Gary Younge

This goes far beyond a Tory donor’s racist comments about Diane Abbott, and Labour’s opportunistic response, says sociology professor Gary Younge

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This has made my day 😁!!

@Phil_Football

Philosophy Football

8 months

For @Phil_Football Top Ten Books to Read for Labour Conference we chose @shabnabegum76 From Sylhet to Spitalfields because challenges omissions around race and begs question when watching 2023 Labour conference proceedings do such omissions remain today?

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Shabna Begum

8 months

Always good to talk with you @Taj_Ali1 and thanks as ever for your support.

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Taj Ali

8 months

Faced with institutional discrimination in council housing and racist violence, hundreds of Bengali families in 1970s East London began a squatters movement. Enjoyed interviewing @shabnabegum76 about her new book which explores this fascinating history. In @tribunemagazine soon

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Shabna Begum

1 year

Thx @Halima_Begum for your support - so glad to have been able to contribute to what should be a rich archive of this period.

@Halima_Begum

Halima Begum PhD

1 year

Highly recommended new book on the 1970s #Bengali housing movement by the wonderful @Shabnabegum76 . Fills a huge historical gap and gives a voice to a community & generation that has shaped East London. 💚❤️

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Shabna Begum

4 months

This week has been ugly. The blatant, unchallenged racism in Parliament, media complicity in promoting deeply Islamophobic tropes, & this court deprivation of citizenship is such a stinging reminder that we are always fodder for the dirtiest, dog-whistle politics.

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Aditya Chakrabortty

4 months

The importance of the Shamima Begum case admirably summed up by @zoesqwilliams : "It means any one of us with a foreign-born parent has a more contestable and precarious citizenship".

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Shabna Begum

4 years

Excited to be working with @filmpill and @HalimaTweets on this documentary!! Working to progress community dissemination of research in innovative and meaningful ways, get in touch if you can help 🤞🏾

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Shabna Begum

4 months

Great opportunity to talk about tax as a tool for racial justice. The existing taxation system is designed to concentrate and protect wealth in gendered and racialised ways - we can and should make different decisions.

The Colour of Money

How racial inequalities obstruct a fair and resilient economy

www.runnymedetrust.org

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Women's Budget Group

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4 months

Thrilled to be in Parliament today to launch our report on Gender and Wealth and discuss why the taxation of wealth is a feminist issue together with WBG's @ignaciapinto , @RunnymedeTrust 's @shabnabegum76 , @fairnessfdn 's Will Snell - expertly chaired by @KirstySNP

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Shabna Begum

2 years

Launched our report #BrokenLadders at Parliament today - thanks to all the women of colour who shared their stories. We hope we did your experiences justice; deep breath for the challenges ahead. @RunnymedeTrust @kapoor_alba @NannetteYoussef @RohiniKahrs @Halima_Begum

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Runnymede Trust

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2 years

“We’re not talking about a glass ceiling, it’s a concrete ceiling”. Our @shabnabegum76 at the launch of #BrokenLadders today in parliament. Proud to be joined by @ClaireCoutinho , @FloEshalomi , Dianne Grayson of @EthnicityPayGa1 , and @JoyceMamode . Chaired by our @kapoor_alba

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Shabna Begum

5 years

A really interesting account of the squatter movement I'm researching: Here to stay. Here to fight. by helal Uddin abbas

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Shabna Begum

3 years

This community heritage project was a great resource and inspiration for my fieldwork. You can read the full report here:

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Shabna Begum

2 years

Really excited to be on a panel with these amazing women! @DrFRajina @khankfarza @raisahassanXOX Thanks to @WOWisGlobal for organising this special event.

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Shabna Begum

8 months

This panel and convo recharged my depleted batteries 🧡 @Kwajotweneboa @JoshuaVirasami @migrantsorg @Tarek_Younis_ you were all 🔥and @HJusticeLdn thx for organising this space.

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Healing Justice Ldn

8 months

Tonight's panel, living together: housing struggles, making home and hope, is starting now! Join @shabnabegum76 , @Kwajotweneboa , @joshuavirasami , @ldnrentersunion and @migrantsorg live from ICF @ Block 336 #RehersingFreedoms

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Shabna Begum

1 year

Loved being part of this panel @WOWisGlobal thx to @raisahassanXOX @khankfarza @DrFRajina for making it so interesting!

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FarzanaKhan (on sabbatical)

1 year

Really enjoyed sharing panel space with @shabnabegum76 @DrFRajina @raisahassanXOX at @WOWisGlobal on Bengali Activism. Big up Shabna on this critical book & gorge @kieran_yates for my copy for your important book ❤️✨

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Shabna Begum

4 years

Second day of filming and unexpected perks:

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Shabna Begum

11 months

At @RunnymedeTrust we know the 2 child limit is directly related to increased poverty amongst our most vulnerable families + has a racialised impact - it needs to go. Find out more tomo 👇🏾

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Prof Ruth Patrick

11 months

@KateAndersen_ @kittyjstewart @aaronreeves @reader_mary @NuffieldFound Our webinar will include responses from @amiddletonbeer @shabnabegum76 @abbyabhaya & is chaired by @sophiekhowes Our evidence makes clear the severe and lasting harm done by the two -child limit and the benefit cap

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Shabna Begum

3 months

What an amazing bundle of books to be featured in! Can't wait for yours to sit alongside these @Taj_Ali1 🧡

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Taj Ali

3 months

My first book, 'Come what may, we’re here to stay: a story of South Asian resistance', will be published next year. It will document the rich tradition of South Asian political activism in 20th Century Britain. Here's a few books that have been incredibly useful in my research.

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Shabna Begum

2 years

Great series by a great team! My work on Bengali squatters features in the episode on Asian Youth movements. Well done @kapoor_alba @NannetteYoussef

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Runnymede Trust

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2 years

#TeachingRaceMatters - our new podcast! 🎧 We explore what it means to teach race, migration and Empire, and how we can empower educators with the tools to do so. Learn something new this #BlackHistoryMonth Listen here: , or wherever you get your podcasts

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Shabna Begum

1 year

Thank you @BrickLaneBooks for hosting such a lovely conversation and gathering such a lovely crowd! 🧡 @LW_Books

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Brick Lane Bookshop

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1 year

Thank you @shabnabegum76 and @lw_books for a great talk this evening!

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Shabna Begum

3 months

Our political class are right now the chief architects of the incredible levels of racialised tensions that we are experiencing; the pol/media circus around this, including the @BBCNewsnight segment last night exposes the base level of intelligence and care on this issue.

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3 months

We express our deepest solidarity with @HackneyAbbott

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Shabna Begum

3 years

So glad to have been part of this today. #bigride4palestine

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Shabna Begum

8 months

Speaking at @Writeideafest today 4pm, about my book 'From Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali squatters in 1970s East London' - it's free - but you do need to register 🧡

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Writeidea Festival

8 months

📣Calling all London History lovers!📣 East London's FREE reading festival returns THIS WEEKEND. We've got an amazing selection of London History events - and tickets are selling fast! Hurry - book your free tickets today: ONLY 5⃣ DAYS TO GO!

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Shabna Begum

2 years

#BlackChildConf22 #CHILDQ Lots of energy for organising and change. Great to see new and old friends here - I'm getting older - but the activists are also getting younger - and they're hungry for change. No police in schools.

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Shabna Begum

2 years

My piece on the intersections of race, class and gender in this CoL crisis. There are always choices in politics and we need to be making different ones. @RunnymedeTrust #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGBV Thx to @oxfamcampaigns for inviting us to contribute.

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Oxfam GB Campaigns

@oxfamcampaigns

2 years

Triple jeopardy: Women of colour, austerity and the cost-of-living crisis This #16DaysOfActivism Against Gender-based Violence we're very proud to host this blog by Shabna Begum, Head of Research at @RunnymedeTrust #GBV #AlsoViolence

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Shabna Begum

5 months

Pretending these 'debates' aren't racialised is disingenuous. Back in 1962, a yr before my dad arrived they were pretending the same. We call for a hopeful politics, one that fixes problems rather than creates crises and scapegoats vulnerable ppl. Thx @aaronzwinter @aurelmondon

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Runnymede Trust

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5 months

Far-right ideas are infiltrating mainstream politics. Leaders across the political spectrum are pushing increasingly hostile anti-immigration policies, scapegoating and dehumanising people of colour, to distract from economic, social, and political turmoil

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Shabna Begum

2 years

My baker/bloggers daughter's latest piece: No ballet shoes in Syria- by @catherinebruton A timely read for any young teens in your life and the most delicious dark chocolate & date tart to go with it!

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Shabna Begum

8 months

It was such an affirming conversation. Big love to CURTAINS coming out as the theme that got everyone talking and connecting! @DrFRajina and @SLRC_DMU for hosting me 🧡

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aadam

8 months

Brilliant event at @SLRC_DMU today with @shabnabegum76 presenting on her book and the research contained within. Super important to document our histories and tell these stories.

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Shabna Begum

5 months

Thanks @SJBurgum for such a thoughtful review. Its interesting to think about my book, not just as a record, but as an active constituent of how we imagine past/present geographies. Moreso now with the toxic British homes for British ppl discourse.

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Sam Burgum

5 months

My review of @shabnabegum76 's excellent 'From Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali Squatters in 1970s East London' is out now in the new issue of @Radical_Housing . Many thanks to the collective and the editors.

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Shabna Begum

5 years

@vikki13lou So, this came about because I had interviewed this man Farrukh Dhondy (glasses) on Monday. Sharing some of my archive research with him, he picked out KM from the photos - lamenting that he had since passed away. (photo East London Advertiser 12.11.76)

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Shabna Begum

11 months

Great thread from @Taj_Ali1 for #SouthAsianHeritageMonth an honour to be included 👇🏾

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Taj Ali

11 months

In celebration of #SouthAsianHeritageMonth , some pieces documenting the rich tradition of political activism in the British South Asian community. First up, the Asian Youth movements who fought back against the racism of street gangs and the state.

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Shabna Begum

1 year

Thx @kenanmalik - I make an effort to disrupt homogenising characterisations and give our community the nuance we are often ill afforded when we do get written about. As you rightly say, it's not so black and white!

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From Sylhet to Spitalfields - Lawrence Wishart

This book explores the hidden history of the Bengali squatters’ movement in 1970s East London, and how it can inform present-day housing struggles.

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Kenan Malik

1 year

Look forward to reading this. A history that is often forgotten, and one that allows for a different perspective on a population we now simply see as “Muslim”.

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Shabna Begum

9 months

Looking forward to being part of the convo 'Living Together' on Friday 3rd November. 🏠🏠🏠🏠🏠 #RehearsingFreedoms

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Healing Justice Ldn

10 months

It's here!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 REHEARSING FREEDOMS FESTIVAL PROGRAMME 🫀🔥✨ Oct 11 - Nov 11 🤲🏾Workshops 💃🏾Performances 🍛Community gatherings 🎙Conversations ✨Immersive spaces 🔩Skillshares #RehearsingFreedoms

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Shabna Begum

11 months

Taking an intersectional approach to research is never about creating a hierarchy of victimhood but about challenging those hierarchies altogether. Great piece of work done by @fawcettsociety on motherhood and ethnicity pay gaps:

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Fawcett research shows Black and minoritised mothers hit hardest by pay penalty

A new report from the Fawcett Society, supported by the #EthnicityPayGap Campaign, shows how the ‘Motherhood Pay Penalty’ compounds the effects of the ethnicity pay gap.

www.fawcettsociety.org.uk

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Fawcett Society

@fawcettsociety

11 months

"If we address these inequalities then everyone will be better off as a result. I don’t want to be seen as a victim and the women in the research don’t want to be seen as a victim, they just want to be paid fairly." — @RunnymedeTrust 's @shabnabegum76 . #EthnicityPayGap

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Shabna Begum

4 years

Thank you @ToynbeeHall & @mirymayer for my gifts! It's been a real pleasure to be part of the phone befriending scheme you're running during Covid19 - my chance to give back to the community that have supported my research ❤

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Shabna Begum

1 year

Some great opportunuties for flexible research positions within our research team:

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Research Associate (multiple positions available)

Runnymede is the UK's leading independent race equality think tank.

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Shabna Begum

3 years

Thanks @LBTHArchives for sharing this workshop myself and a participant co-hosted, earlier this summer. @HalimaTweets and @thequietrevolt couldn't have done it without you obvs!!

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Tower Hamlets Archives

3 years

*NEW #BD50 VIDEO* Home, Sweet (Squat) Home: Housing struggles in 1970s Tower Hamlets (recorded 5 June 2021) Shabna Begum and former squatter Husnara Matin explore the importance of squatting in the homemaking of the Bengali community in the East End.

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Shabna Begum

1 year

It's a scandal that ppl in our communities are going hungry. It's a political choice to break the social security system and to support a labour market that relies on insecure and poor paid jobs. Change is possible + we need it now more than ever.

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Runnymede Trust

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1 year

New @TrussellTrust research outlines shocking levels of food insecurity across the country. One in four (24%) people from an ethnic minority group experience food insecurity, almost twice the rate (13%) of white people. Our @shabnabegum76 spoke to @BBCNewsnight

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Shabna Begum

1 year

Really pleased to be speaking about my book at the @ideastores Whitechapel, Wed's 14th, please do register here if you can come: Thx @BrickLaneCircle and @GeorgieWemyss for organising and supporting.

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From Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali Squatters in 1970s East London

From Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali Squatters in 1970s East London A discussion with author Dr Shabna Begum, hosted by Dr Georgie Wemyss

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Brick Lane Circle

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1 year

From Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali Squatters in 1970s East London A discussion with author Dr Shabna Begum, hosted by Dr Georgie Wemyss

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Shabna Begum

10 months

I was so excited to hear this a) I love libraries (- one of the most underrated public services) b) I love the little jacket (are we getting to an alternative to plastic covers) my book is wearing!! Thanks to @Nishat__C for the photo 🧡

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10 months

My reservation for your book @shabnabegum76 has arrived from @ideastores and l am looking forward to reading it.

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Shabna Begum

3 months

Given what we know has come out of this govt about BLM, critical race theory & so-called 'hate marchers', and in contrast, their inability to detect extremist racist views within their own ranks, we know the racialised nature of who will get swept up by this now.

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Liberty

3 months

The Government's new #extremism definition is completely unworkable

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Shabna Begum

7 months

The racialised nature of this wealth inequality whispers in the background. Slavery, empire and what that looks like as reparations, all need to reverberate loudly when we discuss growing inequalities. @RunnymedeTrust #colourofmoney

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UK spends more financing inequality in favour of rich than rest of Europe, report finds

Inequalities of income, wealth and power cost UK £106.2bn a year compared with average developed OECD country

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Shabna Begum

4 years

Bangladesh 50 years - creative collaboration between the National Portrait Gallery and Tower Hamlets Archives, to mark the 50th anniversary of the birth of Bangladesh. Follow link to recruitment brief for artist and digital producer.

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Shabna Begum

4 years

Hoping to go along to his - will definitely be of interest to some of my colleagues too: Postcards from the Diaspora

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Postcards from the Diaspora

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