Claudia Jones Commemoration Event.

Pragna Patel spoke at the annual Claudia Jones Commemoration Event at Highgate Cemetery 22nd February. Marking the 111th anniversary of Claudia Jones’ birth in Trinidad the event paid tribute to her legacy and her work.

In her speech Pragna spoke of Jones’ lifelong commitment to working class struggles and the social justice movement -“At the core of Claudia Jones’ life and times and indeed of the wider civil rights movement was the idea of collective resistance. History has shown that resistance based on need and the language of rights, justice and solidarity rather than victimhood and identity, is likely to provide the most effective weapon against oppression and authoritarianism”.

You can read more of Pragna Patel’s speech here.