A reader tells of day to day racism in Glasgow. After reading the IRR’s report Racial violence: the buried issue, ‘it struck a chord with me … I am white but my partner is African, my child mixed race. We live in Glasgow. We encounter a lot of threatening abuse even when just waiting at
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Basil Davidson 1914-2010
To mark the sad death of Basil Davidson, a long-time member of the IRR and member of Race & Class Editorial Committee, we reproduce below the editorial in the 1994 special issue of the journal. ‘When Race & Class was breech-birthed from Race, in the palace revolution that overthrew the empire loyalists who ran the
Two men suffer injuries after immigration raid
This week, two men thought to be Pakistani, suffered injuries and were taken to hospital following an immigration raid by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) in Balham, South London. A UKBA spokesperson told IRR News: ‘During a UKBA enforcement operation on Balham High Road, two individuals attempted to escape and suffered minor injuries’. The Fire
Metro v Metr0
Associated Newspapers started legal proceedings last Friday as campaigners flooded London streets with a spoof edition of the Metro newspaper. Associated Newspapers obtained an emergency injunction to stop the distribution of the spoof paper. The injunction lasted till Monday 5 July, when Associated Newspapers was to return to court. Tens of thousands of copies of
Duplicity behind immigration cap
Electoral politics, rather than economic necessity, are behind the cap on non-EU economic immigration. On 19 July, an ‘interim cap’ is to be imposed on non-EU economic migration to the UK, pending more permanent measures which will be introduced in March 2011. The cap will affect those seeking entry for work under the points-based system.
Supreme Court upholds asylum rights for gays
An important legal ruling has clarified refugee law and should provide better protection for those claiming asylum on the basis of their sexuality. On 7 July, the Supreme Court, the UK’s highest court, ruled that gays who are forced to conceal their sexuality to avoid being persecuted in their home countries should be recognised as
Fighting against injustice
London Against Injustice (LAI), which provides indispensible support to families of victims of miscarriages of justice, is helping launch a political campaign against joint enterprise cases. LAI is part of the umbrella group United Against Injustice, which has branches across the country, and unites families and friends of people who have been wrongfully convicted of
Family remembers two years on
A family and their supporters will gather outside High Wycombe police station this weekend to remember a loved one who died after an altercation with the police. Saturday will mark two years since the death of Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah in High Wycombe after being arrested and restrained by up to six police officers. Habib’s family
Fighting ghosts: an interview with Husein Al-Samamara
Below we publish an interview with Husein Al-Samamara, currently subjected to draconian immigration bail conditions in the UK as he fights against his deportation to Jordan, where he was imprisoned and tortured. Husein Al-Samamara was interviewed by Frances Webber in October 2009, but legal issues prevented publication. He recently decided to ‘go public’ about his
Control orders challenged
In an important ruling for people under control orders, the Supreme Court has recognised that separation from family members can turn internal exile into the equivalent of a prison sentence. On 16 June 2010, the Supreme Court, sitting with seven judges, issued a significant ruling for the rights of people subjected to control orders under