ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY 12 November: The Norwegian parliament apologises unreservedly to minority groups and Indigenous people for over a century of injustices caused by its ‘Norwegianisation’ policy. (Guardian, 12 November 2024) 13 November: Speaking in the Dutch parliament, far-right PVV leader Geert Wilders recommends cancelling the Dutch passports of those convicted of involvement in
29 October – 12 November 2024 In a speech to INTERPOL last week, as we report in our regular calendar of racism and resistance, the prime minister announced that he is doubling the funding of the Border Security Command (BSC) to £150m and giving it counter-terrorism powers to deal with what he described as the national security threat
The documentation of the violence surrounding a Europa League football match in Amsterdam, between local team Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv, crosses many sections of this week’s calendar. For the full picture, look at the following sections: electoral politics, policing | criminal justice, media | culture| sport and racial violence. ELECTORAL POLITICS |
15 – 29 October 2024 Following firearms officer Martyn Blake’s acquittal just over a week ago of the murder of Chris Kaba, it did not take long for the home secretary to cave in to demands from the National Police Chiefs Council to rewrite the framework for the investigation and prosecution of police officers. Yvette Cooper’s proposed reforms follow
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY 19 October: In Ranst, a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp, local parties PIT and Vrij Ranst agree to form a coalition with the far-right Vlaams Belang party, breaking Belgium’s cordon sanitaire against the nationalist party for the first time since 1989. (Belga, 19 October 2024) 24 October: Freedom party
Francesca Humi, organiser and writer and former coordinator of the Crossborder Forum, asks what has changed in migration and border policies in Britain and France since the electoral change. Britain and France: electoral change This summer has brought about major electoral change in the UK and France. The Labour party unseated the Conservative government
17 October 2024 In a Guardian piece following a Guardian/ Hope Not Hate investigation into an international network of activists and academics seeking to normalise scientific racism, IRR Director Liz Fekete warns on the danger posed today by scientific racism. Here is the full statement upon which her comments are based. Black health campaigners, committed
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY 6 October: University of Potsdam research shows that in three recent state elections, Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured the most votes amongst young voters (29-38 per cent) and was twice as successful at reaching first-time voters on TikTok than all other parties combined. (Azerbaycan24, 6 October 2024) 7 October: In a
Professor Gus John and Jenny Bourne of the Institute of Race Relations, with which Herman was associated for over thirty years, pay tribute to Herman as an indomitable defender of rights, champion of racial justice and, always his own man. From Professor Gus John: Deeply saddened at the news of the death of my
17 September – 1 October 2024 After the law-and-order response to the far-right-orchestrated racist riots comes – seemingly – a return to New Labour policies of community cohesion. A Community Recovery Fund of £15million has been allocated to fund local authority-voluntary sector partnerships in areas affected by the riots. But given the political framing of
