A discussion on political policing and how we should respond to the Pitchford Inquiry examining police spying. Wednesday 15 February 2017, 7-9pm Malet Suite, Student Central, 2nd Floor, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY Speakers include: Eveline Lubbers – Undercover Research Group Solomon Hughes – journalist who uncovered secret files on Grunwick Harriet Wistrich – lawyer
Geography: London
Morton Hall: another death in immigration detention
On 11 January an unnamed 27-year-old Polish man was found dead in Morton Hall immigration removal centre in Lincolnshire, the first death this year and the 29th death in immigration detention since 1989. It was reported by the Unity Centre that the man was found hanged in his room at the centre. He had apparently
Calendar of racism and resistance (13-25 January 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 11 January: An unnamed 27-year-old Polish man dies in Morton Hall detention centre in Lincolnshire. (Unity Centre Glasgow, 13 January 2017, Guardian, 13 January 2017) 12 January: Somali asylum seekers and riot police clash in
Calendar of racism and resistance (23 December 2016 – 12 January 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 22 November: Freedom from Torture publishes a report: Proving Torture, Demanding the impossible: Home Office mistreatment of expert medical evidence. Download the report here (pdf file, 1.6mb) 21 December: Human Rights Watch condemns the Home
Week of action against deportation charter flights
A week of action across the UK against mass deportation charter flights. Saturday 14 January 2017, 12-3pm. March Against Charter Flights and their impact on communities in the UK. Brixton, London – organised by Movement for Justice. Tuesday 17 January 2017, 4-5pm. Demonstration against Mass Deportation. Jamaican High Commission, 1 Prince Consort Road, Kensington, London SW7 2BZ.
Blacks Britannica film showing & discussion
African Odysseys at the BFI present a ‘Blacks Britannica’ followed by a discussion. Saturday 28 January 2017, 2pm NFT3 GA, British Film Institute, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 8XT Speakers include: Colin Prescod – Chair of the Institute of Race Relations Kunle Olulode – Director of Voice4Change Other guests TBA Related links Book tickets here
Calendar of racism and resistance (9-22 December 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 6 December: The director of Europol promises to ‘look again’ at the circumstances in which 500 refugees drowned in the April 2016 Mediterranean shipwreck after an investigation by Reuters/BBC Newsnight finds that no official body,
Against Borders for Children conference
First public event for the Against Borders for Children campaign. Saturday 14 January 2017, 12.30-5pm SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG Panel discussions and workshops on: The ABC campaign in context: a ‘hostile environment’ for migrants and disappearing data privacy rights What we stand for: imagining conversations about migration in the classroom Where
Job vacancy at the Institute of Race Relations
Are you passionate about racial justice? Do you have good organisational and administrative skills? Would you relish the opportunity of working in a small team to help develop one of the UK’s leading educational charities creating and disseminating analyses and information? If so, we might have just the job for you. The IRR is looking
Europe can no longer pretend to respect human rights
Anger is building at the return of refugees from Europe to war zones and the EU’s deals with dictators and torturers to prevent refugees from leaving their own countries. In the first of two articles, Frances Webber looks at the EU’s deals with Afghanistan and Turkey. The second article will examine the deals with African