A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. ASYLUM AND MIGRANT RIGHTS Asylum and migrant rights 19 October: Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Rupert Read is criticised in the Guardian for claiming that the ‘net environmental footprint’ is increased by migration and tighter migration controls are central to
On the launch of the young people’s oral history project exhibition ‘Activating Newham Community & Activism 1980-1991’, Jasbir Singh writes about his experiences and the seminal work of the Asian Youth Movements in the 1970s and 80s. Where did the Asian Youth Movements come from? The Asian youth movements (AYMs) arose in the late 1970s
In a republished speech given at a Feminist & Women’s Studies Association event, IRR’s Sophia Siddiqui asks if publishing can be a form of resistance. It’s clear that our current moment is a moment of crisis – state racism permeates all aspects of life for many communities, the rhetoric of the far Right has become
Racist violence involving public order offences, physical attack and criminal damage has increased, but the Home Office and the media are in denial as to the real causes. On 16 October, the Home Office released the 2018/2019 statistics on hate crimes in England and Wales with all hate crime (race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion
Dear IRR News subscriber, The IRR’s European Research Programme has repeatedly warned that not only is the European far Right emboldened by conspiracy theories such as the Great Replacement or the White Genocide, but also that those intent on fomenting ‘race war’ are also feeding off a more mainstream racism. Now, on 9 October, in
We are providing all you need to know about the Gilets Noirs and its continuing fight for the rights of undocumented people in France and beyond. In November of 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the introduction of a fuel tax that would disproportionately affect those on lower incomes (those in the bottom decile were to be
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. ASYLUM, MIGRANT RIGHTS, CITIZENSHIP Asylum and migration rights 1 October: In a speech at the Conservative party conference, home secretary Priti Patel outlines a hardline immigration policy, promising to end free movement for EU nationals and introduce an
Striking evidence has been uncovered about Special Branch’s attempts to infiltrate UK Black Power groups in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Black Power is in the news this week, with the announcement that the conviction of former Fasimba members Winston Trew and Sterling Christie (two of the ‘Oval Four’) has been referred to the
After a fight lasting forty-seven years, the case of the ‘Oval Four’ has now been referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. On a March evening in 1972, four young black men were stopped at Oval tube station by white men and accused of ‘nicking handbags’. The youths, who maintain
Dear IRR News subscriber, Once again, we see politicians using arguments about the freedom to offend to justify the unjustifiable – speech that inflames community tensions and emboldens the far Right who will be marching in Dewsbury on 12 October. In a thought-provoking piece, IRR director Liz Fekete unpicks some of the Conservatives’ reckless vocabulary. She argues that while
