Corruption, spying, racism and accountability

A two-day conference with a focus on understanding and challenging the problem of police corruption, spying and racism in the UK.  Friday 6 and Saturday 7 February 2015, 9-5pm. Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Speakers include: Rosa Curling – Leigh Day Solicitors Rebekah Delsol – Open Society Rob Evans – Guardian journalist Dr Jules Holroyd – University of

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Edge Fund fundraiser

A fundraising event for Edge Fund with stories from those who have had victories in their campaigns. Saturday 31 January, 6-10.30pm Ringcross Community Centre, 60 Lough Road, London N7 8RH Speakers include: E15 Mothers Nina Power – Defend The Right to Protest Jeremy Corbyn MP Andy Greene – Disabled People Against Cuts Hilary Wainright – Red Pepper Shareefa

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Revolutionary Britain: art, power and politics

A night of artwork and discussion followed by a day of film screenings and political discussion on fighting racism and imperialism. Friday 16 January, 6-9pm, Saturday 17 January, 12-6pm. Harts Lane Studios, 17 Harts Lane, New Cross Gate, London SE14 5UP Activities include: Screenings of Burn by Migrant Media (2014) as well as two short

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Antifa Folk Fest 2015

A London Solidarity Parties sober day gig to raise funds for London anti-fascists. Saturday 24 January, 7-11pm. London Action Resource Centre (LARC) , 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES Artists include: Ryan Harvey RAAST Shireen Ash Vistim The Flux Capacitors Efa Supertramp Cosmo Jason from Henry My Son Anté from Djevara Related links Facebook event listing Anti-Fascist

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An evening of peace-building and Bach

A talk on peace-building by Donald Reeves interspersed with Bach’s Chorale Preludes.  Wednesday, 14 January 2015, 7.30pm Union Chapel, Compton Avenue, London N1 2XD RELATED LINKS Soul of Europe

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Comment

Campaign first, grieve later

A campaigner for Justice for Jimmy Mubenga recalls how his widow, Adrienne Makenda Kambana, was thrust into a campaign for justice.  This week, when a jury at the Old Bailey found three G4S guards not guilty of the manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga on board a plane at Heathrow on 12 October 2010, few thought of the

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News

Calendar of racism and resistance (12 – 23 December 2014)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Extreme-right politics 12 December: Four English Defence League (EDL) supporters are jailed for a total of over six years after violence during an EDL demonstration in Birmingham city centre in July 2013, described by the judge as ‘plainly

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Press Release

Justice blindfolded? The case of Jimmy Mubenga

Following the acquittal  on 16 December of the G4S guards charged with the manslaughter of  Jimmy Mubenga, IRR vice-chair Frances Webber focuses on the judge’s decision to rule inadmissible evidence pointing to endemic racism within G4S. After the acquittal of the guards charged with Jimmy Mubenga’s manslaughter, the judge told the jurors not to be

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International Migrants Day

A free event to celebrate International Migrants Day with migrants’ art, film, poetry, dance and music.  Thursday 18 December 2014, 6-9pm University of Westminster, Regent Street Campus, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW Events include: Screenings of The Faces of Our Cities – Stories of Migration: Past and Present (2013) and Yurik (2010) Spoken word artists Performance by

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Comment

‘I can’t breathe’ – London solidarity demonstration

The failure to prosecute police involved in the deaths of Eric Garner in New York and Michael Brown in Ferguson has reignited protests against policing in the UK. Last night, campaigners held a demonstration in London in solidarity with protesters in the US following the failure to charge the officers involved in the death of

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