A seminar on cults, racism and one family’s twelve years search for justice. Friday 22 May 2015, 9.30-4.30pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ The British inquest into the death of Jewish student Jeremiah Duggan in unexplained circumstances twelve years ago in Wiesbaden, Germany is to be held on the 19, 20 and 21st
Geography: London
Deaths in police custody and mental health
The Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum hold a discussion with Marcia Rigg from the United Families & Friends Campaign. Friday 15 May 2015, 7.15pm 365 Brixton Road, London SW9 7DA Related links Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum United Families and Friends Campaign Sean Rigg Justice & Change Campaign
Justice Behind Bars
A discussion on the topic of ‘Does the European Convention on Human Rights provide adequate human rights protection to UK prisoners?’ Tuesday 19 May 2015, 7-9pm 70 Grosvenor St, London W1K 3JP Panel members: Eric Allison – Prison correspondent for the Guardian Matthew Evans – Director, Advice on Individual Rights in Europe Centre Pete Weatherby QC
A tribute to Buzz Johnson
Amandla Thomas-Johnson pays tribute to his late father, Buzz Johnson, the founder of Karia Press. Friday 8 May 2015, 7.15pm 365 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7DA Related links Pan-Afrikan Society Community Forum IRR News story: Buzz Johnson: 1951-2014 IRR News story: ‘We are our own educators!’: Buzz Johnson, people’s publisher
Living to tell the tale
On 18 April, a celebration event of the work of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) and its Director Emeritus, Sivanandan, turned into a serious discussion on how to unite and strengthen struggles at a time of globalisation and austerity. Divided into three sessions – past, present, future – the packed afternoon covered a conspectus
One Minute in May
A campaign for a national one minute silence to confront the ever-growing threat of knife and gun crime. Friday 1 May 2015, 12pm Downing Street, Richmond Terrace, London SW1A 2JL Related links One Minute in May Facebook page
‘The time is here to be seized’
My conversation with Colin was recorded in 2011. But I have been given the chance to update some of those ideas for this event on 18 April 2015. Neoliberalism is not working. All that stuff, about wealth trickling down, no society only individuals, the market as the regulator of everything, is shown to be false
Immigration Act 2014 and the slow dismantling of the NHS
A group of activists are creatively protesting against the effects of the Immigration Act 2014 on migrants’ access to NHS services. On 6 April 2015, new immigration health surcharges came into force under the Immigration Act 2014. These surcharges affect non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals who come to the UK to work, study, or visit their
Sunday School #5 – ‘Letter From Malmö’
A one-day exhibition taking place looking at culture and contemporary art in the city of Malmö, Sweden. Sunday 26 April 2015, 2-8pm A_SPACE, 38 Pentonville Road, London N1 9HF The exhibition features work by artists’ and creatives living in Malmö, ephemera, a talk (4pm) with artist Lisa Nyberg, (who has worked with the IRR to
Migrant Lives Matter
A protest following the recent deaths of 700 African migrants in the latest loss of a ship crossing from Libya to Europe. Saturday 25 April 2015, 1-2pm European Commission in the UK, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU Related links Facebook event listing Movement Against Xenophobia Stop the War Coalition BARAC UK (Black Activists Rising Against