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I stongly reccommend that we visit the following events :

Just a reminder to say, there is just 4 days to go until our first film screening for October 2010. If you have not yet confirmed your place, please do so as soon as possible. If you have already confirmed your place, I thank you and look forward to seeing you over the coming weeks.

Black History Studies in association with PCS have put together a series of educational film screenings. Please see below for details of our upcoming film screenings in October:

• Friday 1st October 2010- Egalite for All: Toussaint Loverture and the Haitian Revolution
  
  
• Friday 8th October 2010- Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
  
  
• Sunday 10th October 2010- MOTHERLAND
  
  
• Friday 15th October- Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
  
  
• Friday 29th October 2010- Apocalypse Africa: Made in America

These film screenings are part of the loyalty card scheme. For more info, click here

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EGALITE FOR ALL: TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE AND THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION

Friday 1st October 2010 It was the only successful slave insurrection in history. It grasped the full meaning of French revolutionary ideas and used them to create the world's first black republic. It elevated a former slave, Toussaint Louverture, to such international fame that admirers ranked him on par with George Washington. It was the Haitian Revolution, a movement of admirable aspirations... and appalling destructions. Vaguely remembered today, the Haitian Revolution of 1791- 1804 traumatized planters in the American South and inspired U.S slaves. Egalite for all explores this history through music, voodoo ritual, powerful recreations, and insightful writers and historians. Running time: 60 minutes Director: Noland Walker There will be a discussion after the screening. The film screening will take place on Friday 1st October 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at the PCS HEADQUARTERS (CLAPHAM JUNTION), 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 2LN. (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction mainline station. Buses to the venue 35, 37, 39, 49, 77, 87, 156, 170, 219, 239, 319, 337, 334, 345, C3, G1). Nearest Train/Tube Station: Clapham Junction. Doors open at 6.00pm. The screening will start at 7pm sharp!!! Hot food will be on sale. There will be an entry fee of £4 per person. In order for us to manage seating and room layout, we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudiesproductions.com how many of you will be attending this event. Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

NAT TURNER: A TROUBLESOME PROPERTY

Friday 8th October 2010 Nat Turner's slave rebellion is a watershed event in America's long and troubled history of slavery and racial conflict. Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property is about the multiple ways in which that moment has been remembered and interpreted by historians, novelists, dramatists and artists. This film evaluates the authenticity of the earliest source, The Confessions of Nat Turner, assembled by white Virginia lawyer from jailhouse interviews. It then follows the history of the controversy over the Nat Turner story. Alvin Poussaint and Ossie Davis recall how Nat Turner became a hero in the Black community. Running time: 60 minutes There will be a discussion after the screening. The film screening will take place on Friday 8th October 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at the PCS HEADQUARTERS (CLAPHAM JUNCTION), 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 2LN. (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction mainline station. Buses to the venue 35, 37, 39, 49, 77, 87, 156, 170, 219, 239, 319, 337, 334, 345, C3, G1). Nearest Train/Tube Station: Clapham Junction. Doors open at 6.00pm. The screening will start at 7pm sharp!!! Hot food will be on sale. There will be an entry fee of £4 per person. In order for us to manage seating and room layout, we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudiesproductions.com how many of you will be attending this event Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

MOTHERLAND- a story of a continent and its people

Sunday 10th October 2010 Motherland (Enat Hager) is a bold, epic journey through Africa with a authentic African voice. Fusing history, culture, politics, and contemporary issues, Motherland sweeps across Africa to tell a new story of a dynamic continent. From the glory and majesty of Africa's past through its complex and present history. Motherland looks unflinchingly toward a positive Pan-African future. With breathtaking cinematography and a fluid soundtrack sculpted by Sona Jobarteh, Motherland is a beautiful illustration of global African diversity and unity. Motherland is a breathtaking film, which sweeps the continent of Africa. With an all-star cast, it is a vivid cinematic centrepiece washed with an African aesthetic. A bold empowering sophisticated story of Africa, which in progressive dignity reaffirming terms looks at Africa's past, present and future. Motherland is an epic and unprecedented entry into the canon of African-owned cinema, which charts the glory and majesty of the Motherland (Enat Hager). Motherland is a film that unapologetically calls for African unity, self-determination and the African rebirth. The film features some of the greatest minds from Africa and the Diaspora; Harry Belafonte , Meles Zenawi, Nicole C. Lee, Gamal Nkrumah, Tony Browder, Musa Njoko, Haki R. Madhubuti, Frances Cress Welsin, Tsedenia Gebremarkos, Hakim Quick, Jacob Zuma, Didymus Mutasa, Dr.Kwadwo Osei-Nyame, Jeff Radebe, Molefi Asante, Maulana Karenga, Kimani Nehusi, Desta Meghoo, Hakim Adi, Esther Stanford, Mohammad Ibn Chambas, Mulugeta Asrate, Amina Salum Ali, Sheik Elias Redman, Adama Samassekou Samia Suluhu Hassan. The film screening will take place on Sunday 10th October 2010 from 1pm to 4pm at the PCS LEARNING CENTRE (VICTORIA), 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EH. Nearest Train/Tube Station: Victoria. Doors open at 12.30pm. The screening will start at 1pm sharp!!! Hot food will be on sale. There will be an entry fee of £4 per person. Places for the film screenings are limited (ONLY 45 PLACES AVAILABLE), so if you are interested in attending please reply as soon as possible to reserve your place. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis, so don't delay. In order for us to manage seating and room layout,we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudiesproductions.com how many of you will be attending this event. Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

MARCUS GARVEY: LOOK FOR ME IN THE WHIRLWIND

Friday 15th October 2010 Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind uses a wealth of archival film, photographs and documents to uncover the story of this Jamaican immigrant who between 1916 and 1921 built the largest black mass movement in world history. It explores Garvey's dramatic successes and failures before his fall into obscurity. Among the film's most powerful sequences are interviews with people who witnessed the Garvey movement first hand more than 80 years ago. These interviews communicate the appeal of Garvey's revolutionary ideas to a generation of African Americans and reveal how he invested hundreds of thousands of black men and women with a newfound sense of racial pride. Running time: 90 minutes Director: Stanley Nelson There will be a discussion after the screening. The film screening will take place on Friday 15th October 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at the PCS HEADQUARTERS (CLAPHAM JUNCTION), 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 2LN. (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction mainline station. Buses to the venue 35, 37, 39, 49, 77, 87, 156, 170, 219, 239, 319, 337, 334, 345, C3, G1). Nearest Train/Tube Station: Clapham Junction. Doors open at 6.00pm. The screening will start at 7pm sharp!!! Hot food will be on sale. There will be an entry fee of £4 per person. In order for us to manage seating and room layout, we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudiesproductions.com how many of you will be attending this event. Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

APOCALYPSE AFRICA: MADE IN AMERICA

Friday 29th October 2010 Rated: 15 Secret recordings. Once classified films. Hidden documents. From in side the archives of the United States government comes a story of racism and manipulation that reveals how the actions of a nation ultimately brought about the collapse of a continent: Africa. It took the deaths of six million Jews before we finally said, "never again." Yet, with at least twenty million Africans killed so far, due to wars in Darfur, Uganda, Rwanda and many, many more, the body count continues to rise. With powerfully haunting images, this controversial film exposes the story of Africa's collapse and will fill you with an intense passion for the importance of human life. Director: Del Walters Running time: 72 minutes There will be a discussion after the screening. The film screening will take place on Friday 29th October 2010 from 7pm to 9pm at the PCS HEADQUARTERS (CLAPHAM JUNCTION), 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London, SW11 2LN. (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction mainline station. Buses to the venue 35, 37, 39, 49, 77, 87, 156, 170, 219, 239, 319, 337, 334, 345, C3, G1). Nearest Train/Tube Station: Clapham Junction. Doors open at 6.00pm. The screening will start at 7pm sharp!!! Hot food will be on sale. There will be an entry fee of £4 per person. In order for us to manage seating and room layout, we would be grateful if all who are attending this event could confirm their attendance in advance. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudiesproductions.com how many of you will be attending this event Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

Make Black History Every Day. Be proud of our culture and history every day of the year. Remember that you too are making history today.
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Communications

Press release

Speech to Labour Party Conference - Harriet Harman MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party

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Harriet Harman MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, speaking to Labour Party Conference today, said:

This has been a historic conference.

It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions.

We’re disappointed to be in opposition, but proud of what we achieved in government.

We’re sobered by the scale of the challenge that lies ahead, but fortified by the energy and determination of our new leader – Ed Miliband.

In Ed’s Conference speech we heard about optimism and fairness and about the New Generation.

And I’m particularly excited about the new generation - so is Arlene Phillips…because we know he’s talking about us.

A new generation of fabulous older women.

As he told you on Tuesday – he used to work for me. And he’s asked me to give you a job reference for him.

Well, I can tell you he was always punctual, always neatly dressed, and makes a lovely cup of tea.

He was incredibly diligent and often he would work all night – even when everyone else was out partying – including me!

Conference, our new leader is intelligent, courageous and has a good heart.

We will all be united in support of him.

And I have no doubt he will be a great Labour Leader of our Party.

It was hard to lose the general election, to be out of office, to see the defeat of so many terrific Labour MPs and see Gordon Brown leave Downing Street.

It was daunting for me to take up the responsibility of leading the party at such a difficult time.

But throughout, I have just had the most fantastic support from the whole party,

Our Shadow Cabinet, MPs, trade union affiliates, party members and staff. I want to thank you all for your support and friendship.

Our Party has the best and brightest team of researchers, advisors, media monitors who all pitched in to help me.

I also want to say a personal thank you to Ray Collins who’s been a steady hand on the tiller in turbulent times.

And the whole party owes him and his team an enormous amount.

And I’d like to pay tribute to my exceptional team in the Leader of the Opposition’s office led by Anna Healy, Ayesha Hazarika and Charlotte Montague.

And I want to thank my family especially my husband Jack Dromey .

You all know Jack – wherever he goes he lights up the room – although often that’s just the light reflecting off his head.

As some of you may have seen, the Sky Top Trump cards which score MPs in a number of categories.

There were some surprising results.

I came out as the most fanciable female MP! If you were wondering why – clearly its because Jack used the Unite block vote.

Conference, May 6th was a blow to us all. And it was difficult for everyone to see us relegated to the opposition benches.

But the Shadow Cabinet dusted themselves down and lost no time in leading the attack on the Tories’ broken promises and the Lib Dems' downwright hypocrisy.

Alistair Darling transformed overnight from Finance Minister to political street fighter.

And though its not something that Alistair would have noticed - he’s been drawing many admiring glances from older women – you know, the New Generation.

We all know Joan Bakewell was called the thinking man’s crumpet – well Alasdair Darling is definitely the thinking woman’s oatcake.

Jack Straw masterminded the attack on the government’s outrageous gerrymandering of the parliamentary constituency boundaries.

Now, there’s been lots of jokes this week about Jack’s long service in public life.

People have commented that Jack was there when Moses came down from the mountain.

There’ve even been references to stair lifts. But Conference, that’s just not fair, because Jack is a man in his prime.

I’ll tell you something – he outdoes everyone in his spinning class in the House of Commons gym.

So today I’m inviting Jack to be the poster boy for my special new campaign – “you’re not past it when you’re past 60”.

I’d also like to thank Bob Ainsworth for the important work he’s done on Defence.

As we saw this week when he sat side by side with the head of the Army Families Federation he is steadfast in his commitment to our troops and their families.

And I’d like to say a few words about a good friend and colleague – Nick Brown – he has been a formidable Chief Whip. Loyal to the party and feared by the Tories.

It’s been a priviledge for me to work with Nick and he leaves our front bench with our deep gratitude and admiration.

We owe them all a huge debt of thanks.

And I’d like to pay tribute to David Miliband. He played a leading role in our years in government.

He was a dedicated Schools Minister, a pioneering Environment Secretary and an outstanding Foreign Secretary. He has been a towering figure in our party and it is certain that the work that he has started – such as the army of community organisers - will go forward.

The Labour Party is proud of him. We are proud of what he did in government. And I know we will be proud of what he does in the future.

Conference – though things are hard – we have a fantastic team of Labour MPs.

And our PLP have shown themselves to be a formidable opposition.

We’ve got 81 women MPs now – a higher percentage of women than ever before.

And we are a powerful mix of youth and experience.

Some of us are the facebook generation – some of us are the facelift generation. But together we make a fierce team.

And this Conference has seen the vitality of Labour women at our 700 strong women’s summit this Sunday – Labour women are radical, controversial and we are unstoppable.

Conference, the last 5 months have been the story of a party which could have given up but refused to do so.

Our new leader takes forward a party which is determined and which is growing stronger.

Every minute our membership is growing – 35,000 new members since May 6th.

And since our new leader was elected on Saturday afternoon, 3,000 more people have joined.

So if you voted Lib Dem – because you wanted to prevent the Tories being in government – join us today to get them out.

And we are going to need all of our members – old and new – to play a key role in shaping our policies for the future. There is an absolute necessity now for the voice of our members to be heard. And they will be.

Every week there are council by-elections up and down the country.

And we are winning again – winning against the Tories and winning against the Lib Dems.

Our team of councillors – who are in the front line of protecting local communities against unnecessary and cruel cuts – our team of Labour councillors is growing.

And we will fight for many more Labour councillors in next May’s elections.

And I want to pay tribute to Jeremy Beecham who has been the voice of Labour in local government for so many years. Jeremy has been a credit to our party.

We have strong Labour teams in the Welsh Assembly and the Scottish Parliament and we are determined next May to make Carwyn Jones First Minister in Wales and Ian Gray First Minister in Scotland.

Conference, the last 5 days have certainly been dramatic but we leave Manchester with a new leader and a laser focus on the future.

There are members to recruit.

There are elections to fight.

There are cuts to oppose.

We have work to do.

The contest for our leadership is over.

The contest for the future of the country begins.

And we are ready.

We have important work to do.

Let’s get on with it.

Press release

Speech to Labour Party Conference - Sadiq Khan MP, Shadow Transport Secretary

Sadiq Khan MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, speaking to Labour Party Conference today said:

Good Morning Conference,

This week, we have elected a new leader and we have asked him to lead us on a journey of change, so we can reconnect with the British people, win back the voters we lost and return to power.

To do that, and set out the right vision for the future, we have to learn the lessons of the past.

We must take pride in our achievements.

And we must be humble about our mistakes.

And we must learn from them.

So let me first tell you what I am proud of:

And it's not being the first ministerial appointment to be announced on twitter.

As we all are, I am proud of our great achievements – the minimum wage, tax credits, the hundreds of thousands of pensioners taken out of poverty.

The progress on equality that allowed me to become the first MP of Muslim faith to attend cabinet.

Amidst all these successes, it would be easy for some to overlook the progress we made for transport.

But not for me.

Because my dad was a bus-driver.

And there was no escape at the in-laws either.

My wife's dad worked f or London Underground.

Most people feel nagged by their parents from time to time, but very rarely is it about the future of bus regulation.

But talking shop with my family made sure that I never forgot the shambles of a transport system we inherited from the Tories in 1997.

So I am proud of the progress we made.

Embracing market solutions where they are right, but never forgetting the important role government can play.

Time and again challenging the conventional wisdom to stand up for those that rely on our transport network – passengers, motorists, businesses and business people.

Rejecting the ideology that drove the Tory rail privatisation by replacing Railtrack with a body that prioritises safety, not shareholders.

Recognising that access to public transport is more, not less important, in impoverished neighbourhoods and so giving local authorities more control over bus routes.

Opening Britain's first high speed rail line.

Cutting deaths on the roads.

Nationwide free bus travel for over 60s and disabled people.

Giving millions of people more freedom and quality of life.

And in London, we saw what Labour leadership can mean – upgrades to the tube, electronic ticketing, bus services transformed, the congestion charge, and a deal for Crossrail, a scheme which will contribute billions to Britain's economy.

All reasons I'll be proud to campaign once again for Ken Livingstone to become Mayor of London.

We showed the importance of strong regulation, but also that the public sector and the private sector can work together to deliver investment to improve our roads and buses and railways.

It is an approach that was right in the past and will be right in the future.

But this week cannot just be about learning from where we got things right.

We also need to learn from where we got things wrong.

Because to tackle the great challenges to the transport system of the future – rising passenger numbers, growing congestion, the spectre of climate change.

We need to have a clear view about what we need to do differently.

So there are places where we need to change.

We made great strides on ensuring bus services for all communities.

But we could have done more to give local councillors more control and we need to recognise that and move on.

We made great strides on getting children and adults to cycle more.

But we did wait too long to promote cycling as a mainstream form of transport.

As Andrew Adonis reminded us last year... for us "on your bike" is a transport option not an insult to the unemployed.

And we made great strides on tackling carbon emissions.

We have set out some of the most detailed plans in the world, not just on how to cut emissions but also how to support greener motoring, create jobs and ensure that it is in the UK that we manufacture the clean cars of the future.

But we didn't always get the answers right and we need to recognise that and move on.

Part of moving on means working with this government when they make good decisions, where we agree with them we should support them.

But wh ere they put our transport system at risk we should say so as well.

So we hear that they doubt:

The value of investment in new trains.

The value of supporting bus companies to provide services in deprived areas.

The value of our plans for high speed rail.

Of course, we will support responsible cuts when times are hard, but right wing ideological cuts are wrong, unacceptable and we will expose them.

Under David Cameron, much of what we gained is at risk.

Passengers will not pay more for less.

And that will mean one thing.

People who currently use public transport returning to the roads.

Bad for motorists, bad for businesses, bad for the economy.

Conference, of course there would have been cuts under a Labour Government.

Some schemes would have had to be postponed or even scrapped.

I can't stand here and tell you that every local transport project would have been funded.

B ut I can tell you this:

We would not fall into the trap of short-termism, making cuts now which would still be holding our country back in twenty years time.

We would not reduce transport policy to economy, but always remember that it is essential to fairness that people in all parts of our society can afford to get to where they need to be.

We would stand up for ambition and for optimism.

And, because you don't get real change by tinkering around the edges.

That means being prepared to make radical change as a party.

To help build a fairer and more prosperous society.

Tony Blair told us that we are at our best when at our boldest.

Two days ago, our new leader Ed Miliband told us we are at our best when we are restless reformers.

And of course, they are both right.

We must not let being in opposition stifle our ambition, nor austerity smother our hopes.

We'll win the next General Election if we show people a vision of a better fairer Britain that they can believe in.

Not just a vision for the next 5 years – but for the Britain that we want to leave behind for the generations to come.

Conference, I believe that we have that vision in us and we've shown the world this week that we're coming back, bolder than ever.