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17 ott 2023 · The Radical Legacy of Bernie Grant. In 1987, Bernie Grant was elected as one of Britain's first black MPs. He spent his career dedicated to the trade unionism and racial justice – and changed the political landscape of the country for good. Subscribe to Tribune today and help us build a real, socialist alternative to Britain’s media moguls.
Bernie Grant almost trebled his majority in the 1992 General Election, and stood for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party, backed by the far left Campaign group. In 1993, after years of being labelled anti-police, he helped to defuse a potentially explosive situation following the death of Jamaican immigrant Joy Gardener while police were trying to arrest her for deportation.
9 apr 2000 · Farewell to a firebrand. The Prime Minister leads tributes to Bernie Grant, 'an inspiration to black people all over Britain'. Andy McSmith, Sarah Ryle and Tony Thompson. Sun 9 Apr 2000 14.09 EDT ...
Bernie Grant1944–2000 Politician, activist Bernie Grant was arguably the most important black politician in British history. A passionate advocate for social justice and the rights of minorities, Grant was known for an outspoken style that made some of his staid colleagues in Parliament uncomfortable. While that style made him some enemies ...
The late Bernie Grant MP led a remarkable life. Over 35 years, he was at the forefront of a furious dialogue about race in British society as a trades unionist and civil rights activist, as the first ever Black Leader of a local authority in Europe in Haringey, North London, as an outspoken Black Member of Parliament, and as an international campaigner.
Bernie Grant quickly became a trade union official, and moved into politics, becoming a Labour councillor in the London Borough of Haringey in 1978. 4. Bernie Grant was associated with the Socialist Campaign Group, and spoke out against police racism. 5. Bernie Grant claimed that he was merely explaining to a wider audience what the feeling on ...
16 set 2010 · Bernie Grant MP The Late Bernie Grant was Britain’s foremost black spokesman, a champion of social and racial justice, and a pioneer for diversity. Born in Guyana, and resident in Britain since 1963, Bernie Grant worked as a British Railways clerk, he was also National Union of Public Employees area officer, and as a partisan of the Black Trade Unionists Solidarity Movement.
