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The Italian translation of 'Song For a Former Slave' poem by London-based award author Jenny Mitchell. This version is read by Marianna Athime Corsoni,

'Song From a Former Slave' is a poem written by award winner author Jenny Mitchell. Florence-based black opera singer Marianna Athime Corsoni lends her voice to Jenny's words for MONITORacism magazine www.monitoracism.eu Jenny Mitchell is joint winner of the Geoff Stevens’ Memorial Poetry Prize 2019, and winner of the Fosseway Poetry Competition 2020. She’s been published in several magazines including The Rialto, The Interpreter’s House and Under the Radar. Her work has been broadcast on BBC2 and Radio 4. A debut collection, Her Lost Language (Indigo Dreams Publishing) was selected as one of 44 Poetry Books of 2019 (Poetry Wales). @jennymitchellgo Illustration by Unknown Artist, if image is recognised please contact Indigo Dreams Publishing.

'Caribbean Service', a poem written by Jenny Mitchell, and read by the author for MONITORacism magazine www.monitoracism.eu Jenny Mitchell is joint winner of the Geoff Stevens’ Memorial Poetry Prize 2019, and winner of the Fosseway Poetry Competition 2020. She’s been published in several magazines including The Rialto, The Interpreter’s House and Under the Radar. Her work has been broadcast on BBC2 and Radio 4. A debut collection, Her Lost Language (Indigo Dreams Publishing) was selected as one of 44 Poetry Books of 2019 (Poetry Wales). @jennymitchellgo Photo by Billy Grant.

'Braiding' said by Claudia Zylbersztajn, written by Jenny Mitchell. For MONITORacism magazine www.monitoracism.eu Claudia Zylbersztajn is a London-based social worker. Jenny Mitchell is a poet, joint winner of the Geoff Stevens’ Memorial Poetry Prize 2019, and winner of the Fosseway Poetry Competition 2020. She’s been published in several magazines including The Rialto, The Interpreter’s House and Under the Radar. Her work has been broadcast on BBC2 and Radio 4. A debut collection, Her Lost Language (Indigo Dreams Publishing) was selected as one of 44 Poetry Books of 2019 (Poetry Wales). @jennymitchellgo

The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is collecting and analysing data from across Europe to understand why the pandemic is having a much heavier death toll on ethnic minorities. For this 5th episode of our "Cuomo Files" series, Ojeaku Nwabuzo shares some insights from her research team on how social precarity and structural racism might have a role to play. For MONITOR Global Intelligence on Racism www.monitoracism.eu Ojeaku Nwabuzo is Senior Research Officer at the European Network Against Racism (ENAR).

For the 2nd programme in "The Cuomo Files" Series, Jean Beaman tells us why African Americans have been hit harder by Covid-19 and, importantly, how their plight is a warning to us all. 'Why Black America?' by Jean Beaman, for MONITOR Global Intelligence on Racism www.monitoracism.eu Jean Beaman is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was previously on the faculty at Purdue University and has held visiting fellowships at Duke University and the European University Institute (Florence, Italy).

Responding to the New York Governor's appeal for research into the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on minority communities, MONITOR is introducing its 'Cuomo Files' with an incisive podcast by academic Nitzan Lebovic on the surveillance apparatus targeting minorities. For MONITOR, Global Intelligence On Racism www.monitoracism.eu

In a time of nationalism, anti-Roma violence and persecution is spreading across Europe at an alarming rate. Find out why with Dr Huub van Baar from the University of Amsterdam. Read his article "Anti-Roma Racism in the Age of Nationalism": http://monitoracism.eu/anti-roma-racism-at-a-time-of-nationalism/

Omer Bartov discusses his research into how genocide took root in a small multi-ethnic town, Buczacz. He is one of the world's leading historians of the Holocaust, and the author of Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz. Read his article "When the Neighbour Hates You": http://monitoracism.eu/when-the-neighbour-hates-you/ Illustration: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Anatomy-of-a-Genocide/Omer-Bartov/9781451684544

Dr Katja Mäkinen's new project on the creation of a common European cultural heritage unveils the challenges to ensure participation & inclusion of all its citizens. Read Katja's article: http://monitoracism.eu/cultural-heritage-connecting-people/ Illustration by ink_and_spit: https://www.instagram.com/ink_and_spit/

Race data collection by governments bodies remain a source of worry mainly for its association with Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa, and for the uncertainty about what it is exactly that is being measured. By Professor Karim Murji, University of West London. Read the article: http://monitoracism.eu/the-uses-and-non-use-of-ethnicity-data-how-can-we-do-better/

New ENAR report on race crimes in Europe highlights the failure of both the police force and criminal justice system to protect the victims of race crimes. By Ojeaku Nwabuzo, ENAR, for Monitoracism.eu Read Ojeaku's article on the report- free access: http://monitoracism.eu/the-justice-gap-and-failure-to-protect-new-eu-report/

Can positive liberal forces re-appropriate the values of nationalism? Listen to historian Aviel Roshwald, interviewed by James Renton, for Monitor Global Intelligence on Racism.

In April, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) published its long-due report on racism in the work place. Listen to co-author Stephen Ashe sharing the findings of his UK-wide research, for Monitor Global Intelligence on Racism. Illustration: By http://www.cgpgrey.com, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37262069

A calm exchange in London, in the middle of last summer's heatwave, between Yair Wallach (Senior Lecturer in Israeli Studies, SOAS, University of London), Ben Gidley (Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck, University of London)and MONITOR about -and beyond- a definition of antisemitism. www.monitoracism.eu

From 'Hate Speech and Big Data' conference in Venice, Sal Hagen tells MONITOR how popular memes like Pepe The Frog can be instrumentalised by the Alt-right on social media. Sal Hagen is Researcher in Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. www.monitoracism.eu Picture by Fibonacci Blue from Minnesota, USA https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_supporter_mocks_protesters_(32912615810).jpg

Pavel Brunssen works at Technische Universität Berlin. His expertise covers European football fan culture, antisemitism & racism. In April, Pavel co-organised the conference, "The Beautiful Game?", in Berlin.

Listen to the debate on Islamophobia & Antisemitism - UK Houses of Parliament 10 January 2018

Omar Khan is the Director of the Runnymede Trust, the UK's leading race equality think tank. Omar was at MONITOR's first, and well attended, event at the UK Houses of Parliament on 10 January 2018. Here he speaks to our editor, Monica Gonzalez-Correa.