The latest issue of Race & Class traces transnational connections: the repression of Black Power in Britain and the Caribbean; the offshoring of refugees from Denmark to Rwanda; and culture wars travelling from the US to the UK. In the cover article in the latest issue, post-doctoral researcher Ben Gowland exposes the British state’s
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The Home Office is expanding migrant surveillance
IRR News 11 – 26 October 2022 Dear IRR News Subscriber, This week IRR News takes aim at the creeping, largely unnoticed expansion of electronic surveillance in immigration control – whether it takes the form of ankle tags as a condition of immigration bail, or unreliable and racially discriminatory facial recognition technology. In From GPS tagging
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (11 – 26 October 2022)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Find these stories and all others since 2014 on our searchable database, the Register of Racism and Resistance. ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP Asylum and migrant rights 14 October: The High Court criticises a ‘failure of
From GPS tagging to facial recognition watches: expanding the surveillance of migrants in the UK
Written by Lucie Audibert (Lawyer and Legal Officer, Privacy International) & Monish Bhatia (Lecturer in Criminology, Birkbeck, University of London) Through its use of GPS tags and smartwatches in immigration enforcement, the UK is extending the reach of surveillance and control of migrants to frightening levels. In early August, we learned that the Ministry
Watch: Struggling on, staying strong: Reflections on IRR 50
To mark 50 years since the radical transformation of the Institute of Race Relations, staff and council of management members reflect on the IRR’s longevity and place in British anti-racism. Filmed and produced by Rainbow Collective.
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (28 September – 11 October 2022)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Find these stories and all others since 2014 on our searchable database, the Register of Racism and Resistance. ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP Asylum and migrant rights 30 September: A Refugee Council report, Identity Crisis: how
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (13 – 28 September 2022)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Find these stories and all others since 2014 on our searchable database, the Register of Racism and Resistance. ASYLUM | MIGRATION | BORDERS | CITIZENSHIP Asylum and migrant rights 19 September: Eulalee Pennant, 64, who has been
New circuits of anti-racism
IRR News 15 – 29 September 2022 On Monday 26 September, the IRR was delighted to host a panel event at this year’s The World Transformed festival in Liverpool. ‘IRR50: New circuits of anti-racism’ explored the last half-century of British anti-racism, and how that can inform the struggles of today. Whilst Liz Fekete highlighted how
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For 50 years, the IRR has anchored the fight against racism. On limited resources and with a team of just four full-time staff, the Institute of Race Relations has sustained its reputation as a leading anti-racist thinktank for over half a century. Home to Race & Class, IRR News, the Black History Collection and the
Event: New circuits of anti-racism
The IRR is proud to present ‘New Circuits of Anti-racism’ – an IRR50 conference on racism, imperialism and new lines of resistance. Watch the live stream Programme for the day Doors open at 9.30am 10 – 10.30am – IRR50 and the revolutionary act A conversation on the transformation of the IRR and what the work