“Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to,” said Javier Cazares, whose daughter was killed in the 40-minute #RobbElementary school massacre in #Uvalde
This footage shows armed police pinning one man to the ground
The @nytimes reports that the gunman who killed 19 children & 2 teachers at #RobbElementary was rptdly inside the school for “ROUGHLY AN HOUR” hour before police shot him
Children from Goede Hoop primary school in Boksburg, South Africa play a bit of Vivaldi on the marimba (via @AlisonKriel)
In nearby Soweto, the @BuskaidSA String Academy teaches children classical music
Here is their orchestra playing a piece by Joseph Bologne (1745-1799), a black composer & violinist from Guadeloupe who conducted the leading symphony orchestra in Paris.
Diepkloof, Soweto isn't the most likely of places to find a classical music school, but at the end of a dusty road in the grounds of a church in the shadow of a huge slag heap, the haunting strains Dvořák hang above the corrugated iron roof-tops
2/. More than three years after #ZakKostopoulos was kicked to death in broad daylight in the middle of Athens, today’s decision will have widespread implications which go far beyond the #LGBTIQ community.
3/, "Justice in Greece isn't blind. But they must think that we are" (Zak Kostopoulos)
“There's a picture of Zak with open arms & a sign in front of his chest that read 'free hugs'. That’s who Zak was. He had a big heart, a big embrace that fit everyone & everything” (Zak's mum)
1/. Two hundred years ago, a slab of Purbeck stone was set deep into a hillside on Hampstead Heath
Called the Stone of Free Speech, it’s a place where people would come to hear ‘Radicals’ like Hunt, Cobbett, Cartwright & Burdett give speeches about the struggle for basic rights
2/. The word radical is often associated with extremism but it derives from the Latin “radix” meaning root
To effect real change, it’s essential to go to the root of a problem
So people would gather here to talk about suffrage, ending child labour & extreme inequality & slavery
3/. In 1816 - amid growing fear among the ruling class - a riot at Spa Fields where people had gathered to hear Henry Hunt talk about electoral reform, gave a pretext for the passing of the “Gagging Acts” suppressing reformist activities & making gatherings of 50+ people illegal.
“Perugia is great. The #IJF22 is great but let’s not forget about Julian Assange”
Today at the @journalismfest, we’d like to ask you a simple yes/no question
“Do you think that the US government’s indictment poses a grave threat to press freedom?” WPFD22
Here at the @journalismfest in Perugia, we are giving each journalist an Easter egg & asking them if they think that the US government’s attempt to “eggs-tradite” #JulianAssange poses a grave threat to press freedom
Do far the answer has been a unanimous “yes”! #IJF22#Assange