Août 1965 : Guy Debord analyse la révolte de Watts Si la Société du spectacle reste l’œuvre la plus citée et la plus connue de Guy Debord, elle tend à faire oublier que l’essayiste et écrivain a fait mûrir sa pensée et son engagement dans l’Internationale lettriste puis dans l’Internationale situationniste. Ce groupe révolutionnaire qui souhaitait mettre un terme à la dictature de la marchandise s’est exprimé en France dans les colonnes d’une revue dirigée par Debord dès 1957. Nous sommes en mars 1966 quand le penseur décide de réagir aux événements américains qui ont eu lieu entre le 13 et le 16 août de l’année précédente. Il livre dans cette chronique une pensée riche, déjà fondée sur la notion complexe de « spectacle », appuyant cette révolte des Noirs américains dans un quartier de Los Angeles sur la nécessaire et inexorable rébellion de l’homme « contre la vie inhumaine » et, plus particulièrement, contre les discriminations raciales. Entre le 13 et le 16 août 1965, la population noire de Los Angeles s’est soulevée. Benjamin Bruel
Retirement should be a right. But it’s in danger of becoming a privilege for ... If, like many people, you dread your daily commute and the early mornings associated with work, why do it for more years than you have to? But for a lot of older people, that prospect is fast becoming reality – more than twice as many people over 70 are working now than a decade ago. Some people will naturally want to remain in the workplace on a full- or part-time basis, and enjoy their job, keeping active and spending time with colleagues. For many others, however, it is a necessity rather than a choice. Like all of us, older people have been hit by the rise in living costs, and some are forced to keep working beyond the retirement age to avoid falling into poverty. There are benefits to working beyond the retirement age: the fact loneliness can be partially curbed by work is important – though it’s worth pointing out that many people in work feel deeply socially isolated – and keeping active is a boon to health. • Dawn Foster is a Guardian columnist
Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek | Season 2 | Resiliency | America ReFramed | World Channel Descendants of emancipated slaves who settled on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the residents of Turkey Creek have been stewards of the creek's rich wetland habitat for generations. Today, the town is surrounded by an airport, big-box stores, highways and an industrial canal which threatens both the community and its wetlands. When the graves of Derrick Evans's ancestors are bulldozed for the sprawling city of Gulfport, the Boston teacher returns home to stand up to powerful corporate interests and politicians alongside his neighbors over the course of a decade. Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek follows Derrick's painful but inspiring journey. In 2001, Derrick travels to Mississippi with filmmaker Leah Mahan to record oral history but a visit to the community cemetery changes the course of his life. Derrick takes the fight to Congress and across the country, advocating for a sustainable future for the Gulf Coast.
The Top 100 Documentaries We Can Use to Change the World Last updated June 10th, 2020. Image: Otro Mundo Es Posible/ Another World is Possible by Beatriz Aurora Castedo, Mexico City Documentaries have an incredible power to raise awareness and create transformative changes in consciousness both at the personal and global levels. Over the last [14] years, we've watched hundreds of social change documentaries and cataloged the best of them on this website. All of the films have been selected because they are either free to watch online, or can be rented online. Did we miss anything really good? If you're a filmmaker and want to add your film to our library, you can add it here (if it's free). Fan suggestions: The Age of Stupid ($5) The True Cost ($4) Manufactured Landscapes The Biggest Little Farm ($4) The Ghosts In Our Machine ($3) The Salt of the Earth ($4) HyperNormalisation The Need to Grow ($13) Seeds Of Time ($4) Want to dive deeper?
« We want it now ». Quand fierté noire et Black Lives Matter montent sur le podium Sarah Macna Le monde des stars noires-américaines n’aura pas fini de nous étonner. Après la sortie remarquée du dernier album de Beyoncé, c’est ce week-end vers Jesse Williams, acteur de séries télévisées (notamment dans la série Grey’s Anatomy) que se sont tournées les caméras, au cours des BET Awards. Cette cérémonie, organisée par la chaîne Black Entertainement Television, récompense chaque année les Afro-américains dans divers domaines de divertissement. Jesse Williams y était récompensé cette année par le « prix de l’humanitaire » pour son implication dans le mouvement Black Lives Matter, à propos duquel il a produit un documentaire « Stay woke » pour la chaîne BET. Son discours, lors de sa remise de prix, a marqué la soirée, jusqu’à être publié dans sa totalité dans le journal Times. Nous reproduisons ci-dessous la vidéo sous-titrée de l’intervention, ainsi que le discours original. Version originale du discours « Now, this award – this is not for me.
How to be a 'culturally competent' social worker - what the research says People with learning disabilities or difficulties from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities were highlighted as a priority group in the Valuing People White Paper in 2001, yet many still need better access to good social care support. Research findings People who often have the greatest need for support – for example, one-parent families living in poverty, people from certain minority ethnic communities – have the greatest difficulty in accessing it, a recently published scoping review of prevention and social care for adults with learning disabilities noted (Emerson et al, 2011). Both practitioners and service commissioners may find the newly-revised version of a framework document indicating ways of assessing local circumstances useful in responding to these imperatives. Linked to the framework report is a major document by Poxton and his colleagues (2012) that uses a variety of data and consultation reports to describe current experiences and needs. Tips for professionals
[Vidéo] BET Awards 2016 : le discours puissant de Jesse Williams sur le racisme Jesse Williams a reçu ce dimanche un prix lors de la soirée des BET Awards 2016 pour son engagement humanitaire. Rendu célèbre par son rôle dans la série Grey’s Anatomy, l’acteur et activiste a pris position pour le mouvement Black Livres Matter, mouvement lancé par trois Afro-Américaines après le meurtre en 2012 de Trayvon Martin par George Zimmerman. Ce n’est que deux ans plus tard, en 2014, que le mouvement a été pour ainsi dire popularisé à la faveur des protestations et révoltes de Ferguson (Missouri), consécutives au meurtre de Michael Brown. Puissant et émouvant, le discours tenu par Williams aurait sans nul doute été critiqué et qualifié de « communautariste » en France, et son auteur peut-être poursuivi pour « incitation à la haine raciale ». Dans un pays où il est si difficile de parler de racisme et où évoquer la question de l’hégémonie blanche reste tabou, on imagine mal de tels mots prononcés lors d’une soirée grand public de remises de prix. Vous avez apprécié cet article?
Case study: Lambeth Living Well | Local Government Association The Lambeth Living Well Collaborative was established in 2010 and is a platform of partners aiming to radically improve the outcomes experienced by people with severe and enduring mental health problems. It involves citizens, mental health service users, peer supporters, commissioners, the voluntary sector, and health and social care staff. It was set up in response to challenges facing the borough including: poor outcomes experienced by people with serious mental health problems; concern that the system of care was overly medical and too dependent upon hospital beds; and signs that support was not being provided early enough to avoid crises. In response to this significant range of challenges, partners in Lambeth realised that they needed to transform from a crisis-dominated system and focus more on prevention and early intervention. The commissioners used methods such as asset mapping to build a more collaborative approach. Lambeth gave no new additional budget to the Collaborative.
Être Noir·e aux États-Unis : 6 grands récits sur les problématiques raciales américaines "L'histoire des Noirs en Amérique, c'est l'histoire de l'Amérique. Et ce n'est pas une belle histoire", déplorait le grand écrivain afro-américain James Baldwin. Cette phrase résonne encore bruyamment aujourd'hui, alors que les Etats-Unis sont à nouveau endeuillés par le meurtre d'un Afro-américain au cours d'une arrestation policière. Harriet Beecher Stowe, "La Case de l’Oncle Tom" (1852) En plus d’être le roman le plus vendu du XIXe siècle, La Case de l’Oncle Tom (1852) d’Harriet Beecher Stowe est considéré comme l’une des plus grandes prouesses de persuasion de l’histoire des Etats-Unis. Durant la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, alors que les débats s’enflammaient autour de l’abolition de l’esclavage, La Case de l’Oncle Tom a littéralement mis le feu aux poudres. En 1840, les traqueurs d’esclaves, soutenus par la lie de la population, et lancés par certains hommes politiques, assaillirent les quartiers des noirs libres, les pillèrent, et en firent le sac.
Case study: Lochside Neighbourhood Group | Local Government Association In 2012 South Ayrshire Council made a commitment to work together with local people and third sector organisations to co-design local services in Lochside – a small area in South Ayrshire with a population of around 4,300 people. Three local residents joined up with the Council's Head of Service and community engagement staff to set up a community-led forum with a mandate to use co-design to improve the local area. Over two years this developed into an organisation called the Lochside Neighbourhood Group, made up of third sector organisations, faith groups, and both private and public sector organisations. Through the group, local residents identify issues of interest and concern as well as skills, knowledge and strengths which lie within the community. The group has had a large impact on the local area. Lessons learned:
My Human Rights | British Institute of Human Rights Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that protect every person simply because they are human. Watch the short film above, Our Human Rights Act explained in 2 minutes, to find out about your human rights, or click on the links below for more information. What are human rights? Human rights are not privileges to be earned or gifts that governments can give or take away at will, they are part of what is means to be human. However, our law, the Human Rights Act, recognises that some rights can be restricted, including to protect people and balance the rights of others. Where do human rights come from? The world community came together after the horrors of World War II to say never again should a government decide who matters and who does not. What does the Human Rights Act do? The Human Rights Act puts legal duties on public authorities (national and local) to respect human rights in their decisions and actions. Five things everyone should know about human rights
‘Impostor syndrome’ is a pseudo-medical name for a class problem | Nathalie Olah The term “impostor syndrome” has enjoyed a lot of airtime in recent years, yet it’s always troubled me. One person who I’m sure has never suffered from it is Boris Johnson. Between fortifying racists and humiliating our country on a daily basis, I’ll admit that there aren’t many positives to be taken from his shambolic premiership. But one thing it has done is finally shatter any illusion that many of today’s politicians – and by extension business leaders, media executives and even lawyers – are there on merit. I’ve got a radical idea that instead of focusing on the symptoms of poor mental health, as we so often do, we should begin to look at some of the causes, starting with the assumption that those in power got there entirely under their own steam, and that millions still struggle to make ends meet because of their own personal failings. In a society that is drunk on market logic, that sense of impostordom may just be the guiding light you need to see things clearly.