A recent guide on how to deal with race equality issues with pre-school age children has been mercilessly distorted by sections of the media. Two of the UK’s experts, one Black, one White, one in the Lords, one a ‘commoner’ and both seasoned practitioners, helped produce a three hundred-plus page book on one of the
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Victory for Southall Black Sisters
On 18 July at the High Court, Southall Black Sisters (SBS) won a major victory against Ealing Council which had cut funding for its services for BME women suffering from domestic violence. The Court found that the council failed to pay proper regard to equality legislation, in particular the Race Relations Act, when making its
Pupils speak in support of Kamal Begi
Students at an east London school are hoping against hope that their campaign will stop the deportation of their Afghani classmate, Kamal Begi. Kamal Begi, a Brampton Manor student, and his uncle have lost all their appeals for asylum and are under threat of deportation, despite having lived in the UK for over six years.
Vigils in memory of Habib Ullah
Last week, members of the local community and family and friends of Habib Ullah, who died after being arrested by police on 3 July, gathered in High Wycombe town centre to hold two vigils in his memory. The vigils were held to provide the local community with more information and to raise awareness about Habib’s
Convictions in three Black murder cases
IRR News reports on three recent trials of young White men convicted for their part in the deaths of three Black men. Tomorrow, 29-year-old Michael Ross will be sentenced for the murder (suspected of being racially motivated) of Shamsuddin Mahmood. Next week, another young man will be sentenced for his part in a murder in
Family question police role in death of Asian man
On 3 July 2008, during a police search of a car in High Wycombe, 39-year-old Habib Ullah, became ill, was taken to hospital and pronounced dead. His family are concerned that the police version of what happened may not be accurate. They also are angry that they were not informed about the death till the
Germany: ‘belief test’ for Muslim students
As university lecturers in the UK warn of the threat posed to academic freedom by government guidelines on dealing with extremism on campus, university lecturers and students in North-Rhine Westphalia are campaigning against the targeting of foreign students and academics from Muslim countries. It was recently exposed by the Frankfurter Rundschau that the interior ministry
Claudia Jones and the ‘West Indian Gazette’
Below is an edited version of an article that appears in the current issue of Race & Class. Contrary to popular belief, London carnival did not start in Notting Hill at the end of the 1960s, neither was the West Indian World the first Black newspaper in Britain. And it is appropriate, in a year
Campaigners for an academic boycott of Israel analyse Europe’s complicity
In the latest issue of the IRR’s journal Race & Class, Hilary Rose and Steven Rose ask why and how a small Middle Eastern country has successfully positioned itself as ‘European’, even though it is in breach of Europe’s humanitarian conventions and condemned by many UN resolutions. Not only have there been no international sanctions
A timely new educational resource
Anyone who wants to know why attitudes towards refugee children are changing should consult Shared Futures. ‘Shared Futures’ is a new DVD and education resource pack developed by the charity Salusbury WORLD (funded by Comic Relief). It is aimed at all practitioners working to support the integration of young refugees and asylum seekers, whether teachers,