Layla-Roxanne Hill

DESPITE having access to technology which allows for immediate interaction with almost anyone, almost anywhere on Earth, opportunities in our day-to-day lives to be in struggle and solidarity with our sisters across the world are limited.

SHEKU Tehjan Bayoh. His name speaks to rhythm familiar to some, but here in Scotland, not most of us. It takes a little more work for some of us to attune our ears to these vowels and consonants, which are taught here and there. Here, and there, we learn not to question a language of legislation, not to learn the languages of resistance. Some languages, though they are about us, aren’t

FOREBODING headlines earlier in the year indicated African countries would see vast numbers of Covid-19 infections and deaths.

THE media plays a huge role in all our lives as creators and consumers. The stories we write can impact long after publication and as creators of media – which includes those of us who use our voices on social media – we should try to ensure those who have the lived experiences of what we choose to report on are reflected.

EXITING the Channel Tunnel and arriving into mainland Europe is a sight which no photo app is able to filter into a social media post worthy of a love heart emoji. That must wait until the train rolls past miles of concrete walls, giant metal fences topped with coils of razor wire, gates and guards with guns.

EARLIER in the month, I visited Cardiff for the first time and found a city rooted in its cultural identity and signs of the want for something different. Scattered throughout the city were YesCymru – the Welsh campaign for independence – stickers, posters and graffiti, finding a place on lampposts, street signs and in windows.

AS Western societies continue to experience social, environmental and economic crises, our ideas and beliefs on what constitutes work and what kinds of work are valued are ever changing: whether it be the ways care and sexual labour are regarded, the role of exploitation and criminalisation, or imagining what a post-work terrain could look like.

OVER the month of March, the cultural codes which media (re)produces as part of capitalist ideology could not be disguised.

THE UK Government did not begin its deprivation of citizenship policy last month, when Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, signed an order stripping British-born Shamima Begum of her British nationality. This process began long ago.