The National Union of Journalists’ annual Claudia Jones lecture: ‘Take me to your leader: the crisis in leadership in BAME Britain’. Thursday 16 October 2014, 6.30pm Thomson Reuters, 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5 Speaker: Patrick Younge – broadcaster/journalist Related links Book a ticket here NUJ
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No One is Illegal gathering
Gathering of the No One is Illegal group. Sunday 19 October 2014, 1-5 pm The Common House, Unit 5E, 5 Pundersons Garden, Bethnal Green, London E2 9QG Related links No One is Illegal
Screening of ‘Burn’
Screening of a new documentary film Burn by Migrant Media plus a Q&A. Friday 17 October 2014, 6-7.30pm Lecture Theatre B04, Birbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Speakers include: Marcia Rigg – Sister of Sean Rigg Minkah Adofo – United Families & Friends Campaign Ken Fero – Director of Burn Related links
2014 Eve Saville memorial lecture
A lecture on ‘Policing in Britain: Corruption, Surveillance and Institutional Racism’. Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 6.15-8.30pm St. Martin’s Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ Related links Event details and registration here Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
Who Killed Blair Peach? pamphlet launch
Launch of a new pamphlet on the murder of Blair Peach. Thursday 2 October 2014, 6-8pm NUT HQ, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD Speakers include: • David Renton – author and barrister • Christine Blower – NUT General Secretary • Suresh Grover – The Monitoring Group • Stephanie Lightfoot-Bennett – United Families & Friends Campaign • Susan
Po Po and Burn
A film showing of two films (by Ken Fero/Migrant Media) on family campaigns following deaths in police custody. Friday 26 September 2014, 7.30-10pm Portobello Pop Up Cinema, 3 Acklam Road, London W10 5TY The two films are: Po Po on the death of Jason McPherson and Burn on the death of Mark Duggan, followed by
When class becomes a commodity
A new Open Society Foundations research project on Europe’s white working class provides a welcome corrective to those who champion the class as a victim of immigration while colluding in the abandonment of working-class areas. In his classic text examining production processes Labor and Monopoly Capital, published in 1974, Harry Braverman showed how ‘poverty and
Calendar of racism & resistance (27 August – 4 September 2014)
A calendar of stories from the last week. Asylum seekers & refugees 27 August 2014: Medical Justice has published a report: Biased and Unjust: The Immigration Detention Complaints Process, you can download it here (pdf file, 6.4mb). 29 August: 44-year-old Wadih Chourey, who has Down’s syndrome, faces deportation to Lebanon after the Home Office refused
International day of solidarity: one year without Pavlos Fyssas
London anti-fascists support the international call-out from Greece to commemorate one year since the murder of Pavlos Fyssas (aka Killah P) at the hands of fascists. Thursday 18 September 2014, 7pm Cable Street Mural, 236 Cable Street, London E1 0BL Related links Facebook event listing
Migrant Media lab
A session to improve skills in writing, blogging, social media, photography and video making with free professional practical support and mentoring from experts. Tuesday 9 September 2014, 3-8pm Migrant Voice, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11 1QT Are you working on a new article? Writing a blog? Taking photo that tells a story? Producing a short