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‘A broad-based, grassroots anti-racist organisation that’s unashamedly led by people of colour’
Politicians and campaigners made the Nottingham branch launch of the newly-founded Liberation Movement a success, reports MARC WADSWORTH
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TWO MPs and most of Nottingham’s African, Asian and Caribbean councillors attended the launch of a new chapter of the Liberation Movement (TLM) in the city.
Meeting organiser Cllr Hassan Ahmed, co-founder of TLM, said at the Indian Community Centre event, “This is a broad-based, grassroots anti-racist organisation that’s unashamedly led by people of colour. Of course, we welcome white allies as supporters, especially as trade unions are at the core of this movement.”
He added: “TLM knows there are other already existing anti-racist groups and we are complementary to them, not in competition.”
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