A report from Just Yorkshire exposes the dangers of the government’s Prevent agenda. ‘I have seen the positive work of Prevent, which has stopped people from being radicalised or going abroad. It’s a fantastic tool and it’s here to stay’. That was Metropolitan Police Commander Dean Haydon’s response when asked in August this year by
An event to help guide new and continuing students into understanding, organising and opposing the hostile environment policy and workplace exploitation. Thursday 6 October – Friday 7 October 2017 Brunei Gallery at SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG Related links Book here
A roundtable discussion on the recently published Lammy Review. Wednesday 29 November 2017, 12.30-4pm Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 2 Langley Lane, London SW8 1GB Related links Further details and booking Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
The mural commemorating the Grunwick strike is to be unveiled. Designed by artist Anna Ferrie and more than 60 participants at community workshops, the artwork has been a collaborative effort reflecting both memories of the strike for those who were present and the hope it represents for younger generations. Saturday 30 September 2017, 12-4pm Chapter
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 1 September: G4S suspends nine members of staff at Brook House pending an investigation into allegations of abuse and assault revealed in a BBC Panorama programme. A Home Office worker is also suspended. (Guardian, 2
Institutional racism is not mentioned in David Lammy’s important review of the over-representation of BAME people within the criminal justice system. The IRR tries to understand why. UK prisons are at breaking point. Since August, there have been at least four outbreaks of serious disorder, at HMP Birmingham, The Mount Prison (Hertfordshire), Erlestoke Prison (Wiltshire)
On 7 September, an unnamed Polish man died in hospital after self-harming at Harmondsworth detention centre. Twelve days later a Chinese man was found dead at Dungavel in Scotland. Two deaths in twelve days making a total of four deaths already this year. The first man was found at the Mitie-run[1] centre in west London
A resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 30 June: A report on the situation of unaccompanied refugee children in Greece and ways to improve it, by the International Rescue Committee and METAdrasi, is published. Read the report here. (Are You Syrious, 19 July 2017)
A vital resource for those interested in the history of anti-racist campaigning has now been made available on the IRR’s website. Seventy-two issues of the magazine CARF published between 1991 and 2003 are now available to download free of charge here. CARF reflected and spoke to the activist movements in the UK over that time,
United Against Injustice is holding its sixteenth annual conference. Saturday 7 October 2017, 10-5pm John Foster Building, 80-98 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5UZ Speakers include: John O Saptal Ram Dr Denis Eady Trudi Benjamin Michelle Nicolson Related links More information can be found here
