The family of Mark Duggan remember him on the 6th anniversary of his death. Friday, 4 August 2017, 4.30-7.30 pm 4.30 pm – Gather at Broadwater Farm N17 5.30 pm – Leave for Tottenham Police Station N17 9JB 6.30 pm – Rally at Tottenham Police Station N17 9JB
Geography: London
Fighting fire
The Grenfell Tower inferno throws up all the contradictions between community self-help and resistance and an uncaring state. Fire this time These walls bear witness. ‘Justice’, ‘pity the poor’, ‘fuck the local authority’s Tenants Management Organisation’s, gentrification serving, class-cleansing deception’, they shout. And poignantly, still faintly echoing down the years, from half a century ago,
New post on Race & Class
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Calendar of racism and resistance (30 June – 13 July 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 26 June: The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) publishes its Annual Report, which finds the centre still needs improvement. Download it here. (Bedford Today, 28 June 2017) 28 June:
Benefit gig – SOAS Detainee Support Group
A benefit gig for SOAS Detainee Support Group. Saturday 15 July 2017, 9pm-3am 125 Caledonian Road, Islington, London N1 9RG Featuring: Stand up comedy Sound system Food and drinks Related links SOAS Detainee Support Group SOAS Detainee Support Group on Twitter SOAS Detainee Support Group on Facebook
Prasanna Ratnayake 1972−2017
It is with great sadness that we report the sudden death of radical filmmaker Prasanna Ratnayake. Prasanna, from Sri Lanka, had worked in the UK since 2006 (as and when the Home Office’s rigid rules allowed), until he was finally able to settle here in 2014 with his wife Margaret Henry. Prasanna had been the
Calendar of racism and resistance (16 – 29 June 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration June: The Public Interest Law Unit at Lambeth Law Centre, along with NELMA, launch a crowd-funding appeal to bring a judicial review against Home Office policy of removing rough-sleeping EEA Nationals. View the appeal here.
Go Home? The Politics of Immigration Controversies
Go Home? The politics of Immigration Controversies brings together voices against and surrounding the government’s tougher stance on immigration. We hear from community organisations, policy makers, migrants and citizens along with eight social researchers. As indicated by the title, this publication is in direct response to Operation Vaken in 2013, most associated with the Go
Inquest into Sarah Reed’s death commences
The inquest commences into Sarah Reed who died in Holloway Prison in January 2016. Tuesday 4 July 2017, 10am (likely to last 3-4 weeks) City of London Coroner’s Court, Walbrook Wharf, 78-83 Upper Thames Street, London EC4R 3TD Related links Sarah Reed Campaign for Justice
Medical Justice AGM
The Medical Justice AGM will address the situation of vulnerable detainees, the Home Office’s ‘Adult at Risk’ policy and future campaigning for vulnerable detainees. Tuesday 18 July 2017, 6.30-8.30pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Speakers Dr Liz Clarke Ex-detainee Stephanie Harrison QC Theresa Schleicher Martha Spurrier To book a place – please email: emma.ginn@medicaljustice.org.uk