Register of Racism and Resistance (RRR)

Palestine Action activists cleared of aggravated burglary at Israeli defence firm site
4 February 26
Six Palestine Action activists are acquitted of aggravated burglary, which carries a life sentence, at Israeli defence firm Elbit Systems’ Filton site in Bristol in August 2024, and none are convicted of any offences, including criminal damage and violent disorder, after a trial at Woolwich crown court in which five defendants told the jury they had entered the factory and Elbit’s equipment including computers and drones, and the judge had told them that defendants’ belief that they were saving lives by destroying weapons used in genocide was not a lawful excuse.
Source: Guardian
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Tariq Ali claims BFI has frozen him out of multicultural TV season
3 February 26
Tariq Ali claims the BFI froze him out of a new season on multicultural television despite his role as editor of Channel 4’s groundbreaking Bandung File, saying he is shocked not to be invited and that the programme is being presented without proper context. The BFI says that it always intends to involve him and that contact is delayed rather than refused.
Source: Guardian
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Universities try to woo Reform as party gains ground
2 February 26
A Times Higher Education investigation suggests that universities are increasingly engaging with Reform, despite the party having no higher education spokesperson. Several vice-chancellors have met with Reform representatives over the past few months ,and universities in Reform-led councils regularly interact with Reform representatives.
Source: THE
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‘There is an attempt to get rid of me’: leader of UK’s black police association alleges campaign to silence him
2 February 26
Andy George, president of the National Black Police Association since 2020, who has faced five PSNI misconduct hearings over his media and social media interventions, says he is being victimised and discriminated against in an attempt to silence him and the 6,000 officers he represents.
Source: Guardian
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Pay us to care for migrant children, Reform tells Labour
2 February 26
Reform-led Kent County Council urges the government to provide extra funding for looking after unaccompanied child migrants after its Ofsted rating for provision of children’s services was downgraded from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’.
Source: Times
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Chumbawamba call on Spain’s far-right Vox to stop using their best-known song
2 February 26
The band Chumbawamba demands that the far-right Spanish Vox party stop using their 1999 song Tubthumping as a sound track for an anti-migration video, saying their ‘vile, racist’ message is the opposite of what the song is about.
Source: Guardian
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Royal Mail-owned courier faces tribunal over drivers’ rights
2 February 26
46 drivers employed by a Royal Mail-owned courier company delivering blood and tissue samples to and from NHS hospitals take legal action to challenge the company’s treatment of them as self-employed rather than workers. The claim is supported by the Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union.
Source: Guardian
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Demonstrators in Milan protest against Ice unit at Winter Olympics
31 January 26
Hundreds gather in Milan, Italy, to protest the deployment of US ICE agents in the city as protection for US participants in the Winter Olympics. Milan’s mayor says they are not welcome and interior minister Matteo Piantedosi is summoned to parliament to explain the deployment.
Source: Morning Star
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Thousands turn out for national rallies in support of French police force
31 January 26
In France, several far-right candidates, including Reconquête MEP and candidate for Paris mayor, Sarah Knafo, join demonstrations organised by the Union Alliance Police Nationale under the banner ‘Citizens with the police, stop insecurity, stop impunity’.
Source: RFI
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Singer trolled after asking right-wing protesters not to use his song
31 January 26
Welsh folk singer Dafydd Iwan says he is trolled with ‘very personal’ and ‘nasty’ comments after urging organisers of a far-right protest to stop using his song Yma o Hyd to promote anti-immigration marches. Iwan says the anthem is about Welsh survival and culture, not ‘hate-driven campaigns’.
Source: BBC News
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Full list of 93 behaviour and attendance hubs revealed
30 January 26
The DfE publishes a full list of 93 schools and settings that will lead its work across England ‘to tackle the root causes of poor behaviour before problems escalate’.
Source: Schools Week
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Jury returns narrative verdict at George Nkencho inquest
30 January 26
In Dublin, Ireland, a jury returns a narrative verdict and make a number of recommendations directed at the police at the inquest into the death of George Nkencho, who was shot and killed during a stand-off with gardaí in December 2020.
Source: RTE
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Tommy Robinson joins Braintree anti-asylum march against RAF Wethersfield
30 January 26
Tommy Robinson joins a march of several hundred in Essex mobilised by the Braintree and Wethersfield Protest Group, to demonstrate against the accommodation of asylum seekers on the former RAF base. The Essex Coalition Against Racism says his aim is to ‘whip up hatred and division’. The local Conservative MP also calls for it to be shut down.
Source: ITV News
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Palestine coalition statement on UKIP march
30 January 26
The Palestine Coalition criticises the Met for rerouting a UKIP march to end in Trafalgar Square not far from a passing point for the national march for Palestine. UKIP’s original intention was to stage a ‘Walk for Jesus’ parade in in Tower Hamlets, but it was banned following concerted opposition.
Source: Palestine Coalition
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Reform UK’s Plans For a British ICE
30 January 26
Key figures in Reform UK including Farage’s senior adviser James Orr and London mayoral candidate are calling for a British version of ICE, a Byline Times report reveals.
Source: Byline Supplement
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