The politically chequered history of state ‘race relations’ is key to understanding the growing controversy over the workings of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Such quasi-state bodies as the EHRC have long held an ambiguous position: on the one hand seen as necessary protection in a discriminatory world; on the other hand, given
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Calendar of Racism and Resistance (3 – 18 November 2020)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. ASYLUM AND MIGRATION Asylum and migrant rights 9 November: Following a second Commons defeat, Lord Dubs withdraws his amendment on family reunion rights for child refugees in the Lords as the government offers a review. (Independent, 5 November; Hansard
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (23 October – 2 November 2020)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. ASYLUM AND MIGRATION Asylum and migrant rights 24 October: The government reduces the minimum salary for migrants to settle in the UK from £35,800 to £20,480 under new rules coming into force in December. The new lowered threshold is
Divesting from immigration policing – the abolitionist challenge
It’s time to kick-start a debate on abolitionism and immigration enforcement, argues Liz Fekete. Abolitionist perspectives, though perhaps understated, have always been central to refugee and migrant struggles against racist immigration controls in the UK and Europe. And with nativist governments hardening themselves against any immigration reform, as the backtracking over the Vulnerable
Building from the base, starting from the streets
An interview with Suresh Grover. Given the resurgence of interest in fighting structured racism in the UK, we publish an interview with Suresh Grover, one of the most intrepid fighters, who has kept going for over forty years, The Monitoring Group, the foremost community-based project taking up miscarriages of justice and effects of state racism
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (9 – 22 October 2020)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. ASYLUM AND MIGRATION Asylum and migrant rights 9 October: The introduction of tighter lockdown restriction across France is leaving many unaccompanied migrant minors stranded without access to apprenticeship programmes, a route to legal residency, according to the Apprenticeship Training Centre in
A watershed moment
The October issue of Race & Class contains key articles that make sense of the crises we are in – of COVID-19, of racist state violence and of global capitalism – and asks, is this a watershed moment? This year, the COVID-9 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter anti-racist upheaval have dominated the headlines
The Policing of Black Youth Projects: From Broadwater Farm to the Present
‘Police have an issue with young Black people who try to do for self’ – Stafford Scott. Jessica Pandian examines the historic policing of Black youth projects in London, from the seventies to the present day, and associated community resistance. Black Lives Matter has highlighted the over-policing of Black British youth. And Black
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (25 September – 8 October 2020)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. ASYLUM AND MIGRATION Asylum and migrant rights 26 September: The Home Office’ refusal to grant EU nationals with settled status physical proof of their right to be in the UK and its insistence on a digital system is
Clipping the wings of Black Lives Matter? An interview with Gus John
In this wide-ranging interview, veteran educational campaigner Gus John [1] draws connections between initiatives currently pursued by three government departments (education; children and families; culture, media and sport), and lays out what the government has in store for anti-racism, particularly Black Lives Matter. Liz Fekete: The Coalition of Anti-Racist Educators and the Black Educators Alliance are