Navigating the Obstacles and Harnessing the Opportunities: Making Community-Driven Litigation a Reality
As we are consulting and speaking with a range of communities and groups across Europe at our roundtables about what their priorities are and where they see opportunities for action, we are working to build Systemic Justice’s knowledge and capacity to support truly community-driven strategic litigation. A crucial piece of the puzzle is to start […]
Gaslighting and paper tigers: why Europe needs to take anti-racism seriously
“Solidarity has been precluded – so we need to build it” In Europe, being racialised is a part of everyday life for everyone. Racialisation, as a social construct, can take place on the grounds of ethnicity, skin colour, religion, and a myriad of other factors. For many this results in marginalisation, stereotyping, exploitation, exclusion, invisibilisation, […]
Addressing systemic injustices across the digital and non-digital context
At Systemic Justice, we are working to support the fight for systemic change on racial, social, and economic justice. In all issues we take on, we are taking an intersectional approach and address challenges across the digital and non-digital context. Even though the understanding that the negative impacts of technology disproportionately affect marginalised people is […]
The climate crisis is an injustice of colonialism and capitalism
Tatu Hey is part of the Black Earth Kollektiv. An intersectional environmental and climate justice collective founded by BIPoC in Berlin. Tatu participated in Systemic Justice’s roundtable on Climate Justice. “We cannot discuss climate justice without talking about colonialism and capitalism.” This is a statement I made at the Systemic Justice Roundtable on the topic of […]
Patching, repairing, and tightening the mesh on society’s safety net: nobody left without
“Our battle is much more than pain and suffering. Strategic fights can make change happen that sometimes even the legal system doesn’t foresee.” When utilised properly, social protection frameworks can help protect people against poverty and exclusion, and help shield individuals in times of crisis. It can help improve health and education, facilitate access to […]
(Re)claiming the right to Roma self-determination
There is not a Muslim problem. There is not a Roma problem. There is not a Black problem. There is a problem with systemic oppression.