‘Feeding the ghosts’

A seminar on George Hibbert, the West India docks and the memory of British slave ownership. Tuesday 27 September 2011, 6-7.30pm University of London Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN Speaker: Kate Donnington Related links Black and Asian Studies Association

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UpRise festival 2011

An anti-racism festival featuring live music, film, comedy, debate, workshops and more. Sunday 25 September 2011, 12-8pm Various venues, Dalston, London Music by: Aruba Red London Jazz Orchestra Mellow Baku Cynikal Baby Sol Under the Driftwood Tree more to be announced Related links Uprise Festival

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Access to healthcare for migrants

A conference to highlight experiences in providing migrant communities with health services. Friday 23 September 2011, 9.30-5pm Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, Stratford, London E15 1BX Speakers include: Dr Ike Anya – Consultant in Public Health Medicine Dr Yusef Azad – Director of Policy and Campaigns at the NAT Dr Kambiz Boomla – Clinical Senior Lecturer

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Injustice

PCS in association with Black History Studies presents a screening of ‘Injustice’, a film about the struggles for justice by the families of people that have died in police custody. Wednesday 21 September 2011, 7-9pm PCS Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, 231 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EH (Nearest Train/Tube Station: Victoria) There will be a

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‘Murder in Notting Hill’ book launch

Join author Mark Olden and the Cochrane family, for the launch of Murder in Notting Hill which investigates the murder of Kelso Cochrane in 1959. Tuesday 20 September 2011, 6.45pm The Earl of Portobello, 36 Golborne Road, London W10 5PR Speakers include: Cllr Julie Mills – Mayor of RBKC, His Excellency Dr Carl B W

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Review

‘The worst kept secret in Notting Hill’

A gripping new book on the racist murder of Kelso Cochrane over fifty years ago reveals the identity of the man suspected of the stabbing. Mark Olden’s book, Murder in Notting Hill, is a painstaking investigation into the unsolved murder of Kelso Cochrane, who was stabbed to death by a gang of white youths on

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Review

ID:id exhibition at the Stephen Lawrence Centre

A new exhibition at the Stephen Lawrence Centre continues its tradition of inspiring and motivating young people. An exhibition of pop-inspired self portraits by students from Abbey Manor College, Lewisham is being held at the Stephen Lawrence Centre from 28 June until 11 August 2011. Inspired by pop artists such as Andy Warhol, students explored

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Review

Fast track to despair

Detention Action has published new research examining the detention of male asylum seekers at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre and the injustices of the ‘outdated’ detained fast track system. The report, Fast Track to Despair: the unnecessary detention of asylum seekers, examines the gap between the conditions of the asylum system when it was established in

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News

Heathrow death preventable?

Kirsten Heaven, a barrister at Garden Court Chambers, writes about the inquest into the death of Jianping Liu, who died at Heathrow airport hours after being released from police custody. Jianping Liu, a Chinese national had settled in the UK with her husband and died at Heathrow airport on 12 November 2009 after jumping from

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