New York

The Birthplace of Hip Hop : New York City

It’s every Hip Hop fan’s dream is to visit the birthplace of Hip Hop – NEW YORK CITY. After years of waiting for ‘the right time’ I was finally here. Excited, a friend hooked me […]

California

San Francisco – Alcatraz Island

Being in San Francisco meant I was close to Alcatraz Island so I had to make the trip. Only 1.25 miles offshore from the bay, I took a ferry from pier 33 to this infamous […]

California

Oakland, California

I took the Bartt train from Powell St station to Lake Meritt only a 20 minute train ride to Oakland, home of the Black Panthers.   Visited the Oakland Museum of California which was only […]

Activism

Angela Davis in Conversation

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world” – Angela Davis What better way to spend International Women’s Day than in conversation with Angela Davis at the Royal Festival […]

California

South San Francisco, Union Square & Bay Area

CALIFORNIA – Home of start-up tech companies such as Google and Amazon and the renowned silicon valley the global center for technological innovations. South San Francisco located in the Bay area of Cali is also […]

Jordan

Travel Tips for Jordan

If you are crossing the border from Israel, be prepared to pay an exit tax which is cheaper if you pay in groups so you could ask to pair up with someone else in the […]

Jordan

Jordan: Wadi Rum (Desert Camp)

Wadi Rum is governed by a special branch of tourist police and they do not mess about. I contemplated why they seemed so angry and on edge as they checked my passport and wrote down […]

Jordan

Petra, Jordan

After a four hour coach journey from Amman at 6am I had finally arrived in Petra! World Heritage site and on the bucket list of many people, this was a once in a lifetime experience […]

Jordan

Amman, Jordan

Crossing from Israel -> West Bank -> into Amman via Jordan Valley was quite an adventure! I needed a visa for entry into Jordan and not sure which border point I needed to cross to […]

Activism

Palestine Solidarity Campaign AGM 2019

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign annual meeting was held on Saturday 26th January 2019, all 400 seats were filled with members from its local branches across the United Kingdom voting on use of language and actions […]