Kerry-Anne Mendoza

Kerry-Anne Mendoza (born 13 June 1981[1]) is an English writer, journalist and social commentator. She is the editor-in-chief of The Canary, a left-wing new media outlet.

Kerry-Anne Mendoza
Born
Kerry-Anne Mendoza

(1981-06-13) 13 June 1981
Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England, UK
NationalityBritish
OccupationWriter, journalist, social commentator
Spouse(s)Nancy Mendoza

Early life and education

Mendoza was brought up in Kingswood, near Bristol. She was educated at Kingsfield Secondary School, then started a history degree at the University of Sussex. After a fact-finding programme in Israel/Palestine in 2002 (during the Al-Aqsa Intifada, a Palestinian uprising against Israel), in which she witnessed an Israeli attack in the West Bank city of Ramallah, she withdrew from the university course.[2]

Career

Mendoza has been a project manager for high street banks and is a former management consultant in banking, local government and the NHS, who left her job to join the Occupy protest.[3]

She co-founded The Canary in 2015, and is its first editor-in-chief.[4][5]

Her book, Austerity: The Demolition of the Welfare State and the Rise of the Zombie Economy (ISBN 978-1-78026-246-8), was published in 2015.[6][7]

She has written under "Scriptonite" on the Scriptonite Daily blog[8] and has been a contributor for major news organisations such as The Guardian,[3] openDemocracy,[9] the New Internationalist[10] and RT UK.[11][12]

Since 2017, she has appeared on the BBC topical debate programmes Question Time and Any Questions?[2][13]

Views and social media

In January 2020, Mendoza compared Brexit celebrations to Nazi Germany, suggesting that Brexit celebrations could descend into a “21st century Kristallnacht." [14] and, in August 2020, tweeted:

Explaining the tweet, Mendoza told Jewish News that "the historical resonance of the phrase was the entire point", stating that "The replacement of meaningful political debate with propagandist slogans, alongside the demonisation of refugees and people seeking asylum should be a source of national shame for England." She also considered it "a compliment to be criticised by a Conservative MP helping drive that descent into fascism."[15]

Politically, Mendoza was a staunch defender of Jeremy Corbyn's tenure as Labour Party leader, during which time she defended multiple Labour members accused of antisemitism, including MP Chris Williamson.[16]

Personal life

In 2010, Kerry-Anne formed a civil partnership with Nancy Mendoza.[2] They live in the South Wales Valleys.[17][18]

References
  1. "Kerry-Anne MENDOZA - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. Daly, Patrick (28 June 2017). "The Canary's Bristolian editor Kerry-Anne Mendoza is going to be on Question Time - this is the story of how she got there". Bristol Post. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. "Kerry-anne Mendoza". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  4. Spence, Alex (18 August 2016). "Jeremy Corbyn and the disruptive Canary". POLITICO. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  5. Mayhew, Freddy (20 October 2016). "The Canary: From £500 start-up to top-100 UK news website in the space of a year". Press Gazette. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  6. Miles, Jim (1 June 2015). "Kerry-Anne Mendoza's 'Austerity' – A Review". Foreign Policy Journal. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  7. "Austerity – New Internationalist". New Internationalist. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  8. "Values". The Canary. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  9. "Kerry-anne Mendoza". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  10. Mendoza, Kerry-anne. "Kerry-anne Mendoza". New Internationalist. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  11. Bloodworth, James (9 May 2016). "Beware those critics that prefer Putin's propaganda to the BBC". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  12. Kerry-anne Mendoza, Editor-in-Chief of The Canary. Keiser Report. RT UK. 1 February 2016.
  13. "Any Questions?". BBC. BBC Radio 4. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  14. "Canary editor compares Brexit celebrations to Nazi Germany". talkradio.co.uk.
  15. "The Canary editor criticised over 'Arbeit Macht Frei' tweet". Jewish News. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  16. Spence, Alex (18 August 2016). "Jeremy Corbyn and the disruptive Canary". POLITICO. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  17. Mendoza, Kerry-Anne [@TheMendozaWoman] (15 May 2020). "I moved to Wales! Had to get out. Couldn't bear it anymore" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 November 2020 – via Twitter.
  18. "Socialism in the 21st Century". YouTube. Resistance TV. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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