Author - Institute of Race Relations

Written by: Jon Burnett

Assistant editor of IRR News and carries out research into racial violence, domestic race policy in the UK and the economics of migration. He has previously worked as a researcher for Medical Justice and Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Leeds. Recent reports include State sponsored cruelty: children in immigration detention and, with Dave Whyte, The Wages of Fear. His reports on New geographies of racism are published by IRR.

August 3 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (20 July – 3 August 2022)

July 21 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Submission to the Independent Investigation into antisemitism within NUS

July 21 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Policing: A growing culture of extremism?

July 20 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (6 – 20 July 2022)

July 9 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Racism, radicalisation and Europe’s ‘Thin Blue Line’

July 7 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

The Rwanda deal: brutalising asylum seekers

July 7 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

The Rwanda deal and a war on refugees

July 6 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (22 June – 6 July 2022)

June 23 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (8 – 22 June 2022)

June 23 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

What would Pearl Prescod’s generation think?

June 23 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Notes on the treatment of Roma from Ukraine – towards a network of support

June 21 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Pearl Prescod: A Black life lived large

June 9 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (25 May – 8 June 2022)

June 9 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

When racism has lethal consequences

June 7 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Nursing Narratives: racism in the pandemic

May 26 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (11 – 25 May 2022)

May 26 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Why can’t police acknowledge institutional racism?

May 12 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

From offshoring to policing: How governments learn from each other

May 12 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (27 April – 11 May 2022)

April 28 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Fighting regressive legislation: No defeat is ever complete

April 28 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (13 – 27 April 2022)

April 14 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR50 and the revolutionary act

April 14 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (29 March – 13 April 2022)

April 13 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR50 and the revolutionary act

April 1 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Weaponising violence against women: from Ireland to Poland

March 31 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (16 – 29 March 2022)

March 31 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

The twisted logic of safety: Violence Against Women and Girls

March 31 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

The Register of Racism and Resistance

March 24 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Child Q – a defining moment for schools

March 17 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

War and refugee flight: finding the common thread

March 17 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (2 – 16 March 2022)

March 10 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR50: harnessing the spirit of transformation

March 3 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (16 February – 2 March 2022)

March 3 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

War, borders and civilisational racism

March 3 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Observing injustice?

February 17 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (2 – 16 February 2022)

February 17 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Strike action: Race and class faultlines exposed

February 3 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (19 January – 2 February 2022)

February 3 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

The far Right, conflict narratives and race war

January 24 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Beyond racial capitalism, towards eco-socialist futures

January 20 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Human Rights as Privileges

January 20 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (5 – 19 January 2022)

January 20 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Equalities, free expression and ‘war on woke’

January 20 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (6 – 20 January 2022)

January 19 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Ministerial impunity and the rule of law

January 18 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Police impunity – in and beyond the pandemic

January 17 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Impunity Entrenched: Policing the Borders

January 14 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Impunity Entrenched

January 6 2022 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (15 December 2021 – 5 January 2022)

December 16 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Removing clause 9 and beyond

December 16 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (1 – 15 December 2021)

December 2 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (17 November – 1 December 2021)

December 2 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (19 November – 2 December 2021)

November 18 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (4 – 17 November 2021)

November 18 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Rotten through and through

November 18 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (4 – 18 November 2021)

November 4 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (20 October – 4 November 2021)

November 4 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (20 October – 4 November 2021)

November 4 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Voices of hope: the power of creative resistance

October 26 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Reproductive racism – new lines of struggle for anti-racist feminists

October 21 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (6 – 20 October 2021)

October 21 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (7 – 21 October 2021)

October 20 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Social mobility, ‘geographic inequality’ and a new culture war

October 7 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (22 September – 6 October 2021)

October 7 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (22 September – 6 October 2021)

October 4 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

The meeting of political families: the Robinsons and the IRR

September 23 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (8 – 22 September 2021)

September 13 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

A threat to public safety: policing, racism and the Covid-19 pandemic

September 10 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (26 August – 8 September 2021)

August 26 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (12 -26 August 2021)

August 12 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (30 July – 12 August 2021)

August 5 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Racial democracy?

July 29 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (15 – 29 July 2021)

July 15 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (1 – 15 July 2021)

July 14 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Neoliberalism, nativism and power

July 1 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (17 June – 1 July 2021)

June 30 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Where does ‘Fortress Britain’ begin and end?

June 17 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (3 – 17 June 2021)

June 3 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Feminism, biological fundamentalism and the attack on trans rights

June 3 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (20 May – 3 June 2021)

May 26 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Meritocracy is a Mirage: An interview with Joy White

May 20 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

The Police Bill, SVROs and guilt by association

May 20 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (6 – 20 May 2021)

May 20 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (6 – 20 May 2021)

May 19 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Racial profiling in Italy: A debate not yet begun

May 13 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

When equalities are marketised, rights suffer

May 6 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (April 22 – 6 May 2021)

April 30 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Playing the Refugee Convention

April 22 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (8-22 April 2021)

April 22 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

From Camus to Covid-19

April 20 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Sewell: a report for neoliberal times

April 14 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Sewell, stigma and the policing of race

April 9 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (25 March – 8 April 2021)

April 8 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (25 March – 8 April 2021)

April 7 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Audio: Race & Class collaborates with Surviving Society podcast

March 31 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR: Sewell report seeks to sideline structural factors attached to racism

March 29 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Remembering Nina Mühe

March 26 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Policing in the Brexit State – Back to the 1980s

March 25 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (12 – 25 March 2021)

March 25 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Cuba and Pan-Africanism – recovering historical moments

March 15 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Roots of Racism is now free to download

March 11 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (26 February – 11 March 2021)

March 9 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Who gets to define racism?

March 8 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Safety or stigma? FGM safeguarding measures in the UK

February 25 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (12 – 25 February 2021)

February 16 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Mawda Shawri – When truth, justice and humanity are in short supply

February 11 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (29 January – 11 February 2021)

February 11 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Thin Blue Line

February 10 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Bristol following the fall of Colston

January 28 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (14 – 28 January 2021)

January 28 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Mental health and black deaths in police custody

January 26 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

‘The violence of the system’: race, mental health, state violence

January 22 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Is Biden wrong to say this is NOT America?

January 14 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (1 – 13 January 2021)

January 13 2021 Written by: Jon Burnett

Dangerous role models: Police specialist squads and gang policing between Nigeria, America and the UK

December 31 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (17 – 31 December 2020)

December 18 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (3 – 16 December 2020)

December 16 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Shrinking the space for human rights: A look back on 2020

December 3 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (19 November – 2 December 2020)

November 25 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Deadly Crossings and the militarisation of Britain’s borders

November 23 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

From CIAC to EHRC: the long view on current controversies

November 19 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (3 – 18 November 2020)

November 5 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (23 October – 2 November 2020)

November 3 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Divesting from immigration policing – the abolitionist challenge

October 22 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Building from the base, starting from the streets

October 22 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (9 – 22 October 2020)

October 21 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

A watershed moment

October 20 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

The Policing of Black Youth Projects: From Broadwater Farm to the Present

October 8 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (25 September – 8 October 2020)

October 7 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Clipping the wings of Black Lives Matter? An interview with Gus John

September 28 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

How Black Working-Class Youth are Criminalised and Excluded in the English School System

September 24 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance ( 11 – 24 September 2020)

September 11 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Remembering Tor Bach

September 10 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (28 August – 10 September 2020)

August 27 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (14 August – 27 August 2020)

August 13 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (29 July – 13 August 2020)

July 30 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (15 – 28 July 2020)

July 30 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR: Local authorities must probe police use of data analytics to map communities

July 30 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (15 – 28 July 2020)

July 30 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Two weeks of horror in Urban House: Wakefield Covid-19 outbreak

July 24 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Movement for Black Lives: an interview with Barbara Ransby

July 16 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News 1 – 14 July 2020

July 16 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Taser trauma: an increasingly British phenomenon

July 2 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News 17 June – 1 July 2020

July 2 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (17 June – 1 July 2020)

June 18 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (3 – 17 June 2020)

June 18 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

‘It Happens Here, Too’ – Resourcing struggles for racial justice

June 18 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (3 – 17 June 2020)

June 4 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (20 May – 3 June 2020)

June 4 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance – Incorporating Covid-19 Roundup (20 May – 3 June 2020)

June 4 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Responses across the UK and Europe to the death of George Floyd

May 21 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (6 – 20 May 2020)

May 21 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance – Incorporating Covid-19 Roundup (6 – 20 May 2020)

May 7 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (22 April – 6 May 2020)

May 7 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance – incorporating Covid-19 Roundup (22 April – 6 May 2020)

April 23 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (8 – 22 April 2020)

April 23 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance – incorporating Covid-19 Roundup (8 – 22 April 2020)

April 9 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (25 March – 8 April 2020)

March 26 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (11 – 25 March 2020)

March 12 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (26 February – 11 March 2020)

March 12 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (26 February – 11 March 2020)

February 27 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (12 – 26 February 2020)

February 27 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (12-26 February 2020)

February 13 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (29 January – 12 February 2020)

February 13 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (29 January – 12 February 2020)

January 30 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (15 – 29 January 2020)

January 30 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (15-29 January 2020)

January 30 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

Fault lines in the fight against racism and antisemitism

January 16 2020 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (1 – 15 January 2020)

December 12 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (27 November – 12 December 2019)

December 12 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (27 November – 12 December 2019)

November 28 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (13 – 27 November 2019)

November 28 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (13 – 27 November 2019)

November 14 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (31 October – 13 November 2019)

November 14 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (31 October – 13 November 2019)

October 31 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (16 – 30 October 2019)

October 31 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (16 – 30 October 2019)

October 17 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (1 – 15 October 2019)

October 17 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (1 – 15 October 2019)

October 3 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (18 September – 3 October 2019)

October 3 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (18 September – 3 October 2019)

September 19 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (3 – 17 September 2019)

September 5 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (16 August – 2 September 2019)

September 5 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (16 August – 2 September 2019)

August 22 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (1 – 18 August 2019)

August 22 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (17- 31st July 2019)

July 18 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR News (3 – 16 July 2019)

July 4 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of Racism and Resistance (19 June – 2 July 2019)

February 21 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (6 – 19 February 2019)

January 10 2019 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (21 December 2018 – 8 January 2019)

November 8 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (25 October – 8 November)

October 25 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (10 – 24 October)

October 12 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (25 September – 10 October)

September 27 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (13 – 26 September 2018)

September 21 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Empire Windrush, Notting Hill and the importance of archives

September 13 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (30 August – 12 September)

July 5 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (22 June – 5 July 2018)

June 7 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (17 May – 7 June 2018)

May 17 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Police database spreads institutional racism

March 8 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (22 February-8 March 2018)

February 8 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (26 January – 8 February 2018)

January 4 2018 Written by: Jon Burnett

A. Sivanandan 1923 – 2018

December 14 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (1-14 December 2017)

October 19 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (6 – 19 October 2017)

October 5 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (22 September – 5 October 2017)

September 21 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (1 – 21 September 2017)

September 7 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (14 July – 31 August 2017)

July 13 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (30 June – 13 July 2017)

June 15 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (2-15 June 2017)

May 4 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (21 April – 4 May 2017)

April 20 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (7 – 20 April 2017)

April 6 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (24 March – 6 April 2017)

March 23 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (9 – 23 March 2017)

January 26 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (13-25 January 2017)

January 12 2017 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (23 December 2016 – 12 January 2017)

December 22 2016 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (9-22 December 2016)

November 24 2016 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (11-24 November 2016)

November 10 2016 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (28 October – 10 November 2016)

September 15 2016 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (2 – 15 September 2016)

August 4 2016 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (22 July – 4 August 2016)

June 23 2016 Written by: Jon Burnett

IRR’s submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism

January 14 2016 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (18 December 2015 – 14 January 2015)

November 5 2015 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (23 October – 5 November 2015)

October 22 2015 Written by: Jon Burnett

Education Not Surveillance

September 10 2015 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (1 August – 3 September 2015)

July 2 2015 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (19 June – 2 July 2015)

April 23 2015 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (10 – 23 April 2015)

March 26 2015 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (13 – 26 March 2015)

February 12 2015 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (30 January – 12 February 2015)

December 11 2014 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (28 November – 11 December 2014)

November 28 2014 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (14 – 27 November 2014)

October 3 2014 Written by: Jon Burnett

Calendar of racism and resistance (19 September-3 October)

April 12 2012 Written by: Jon Burnett

Download A. Sivanandan’s ‘From resistance to rebellion’

February 1 2012 Written by: Jon Burnett

Joint enterprise, racism and BME communities

September 1 2011 Written by: Jon Burnett

Breivik, the conspiracy theory and the Oslo massacre

April 23 2009 Written by: Jon Burnett

The political legacy of Blair Peach

July 29 2003 Written by: Jon Burnett

Death at the border – who is to blame?

November 11 2002 Written by: Jon Burnett

Black Deaths in Custody

November 8 2002 Written by: Jon Burnett

Deaths with a (known or suspected) racial element 2000 onwards

November 8 2002 Written by: Jon Burnett

Deaths with a (known or suspected) racial element 1991-1999

October 1 2001 Written by: Jon Burnett

From Oldham to Bradford: the violence of the violated

February 19 2000 Written by: Jon Burnett

Macpherson and after