On Wednesday 14 May 2014, the Traveller Movement protested outside the offices of the Spectator. Last October, Spectator columnist Rod Liddle asked his readers ‘what do you call travellers when they are no longer travelling’, in preparation for the speculated New Year’s flood of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma, which never came. ‘It still seems to
Geography: London
Rally against racism
A Movement Against Xenophobia meeting on countering anti-immigrant discourses in the UK. Monday 19 May 2014, 7pm Indian YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London WC1 6QA Speakers include: Natalie Bennett – Green Party Tommy Tomescu – Alliance Against Romanian and Bulgarian Discrimination Jasna Badzak – former UKIP Press Officer Shreya Paudel – International Students Officer, NUS
Help Educate All Roma Together
The presentation of the findings of a local authority project on Roma education. Thursday 15 May 2014, 4.30-9pm Jack Carter Pavilion, Oakfield Playing Fields, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex IG6 2JL
Launch of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
A performance celebrating the launch of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. Sunday 1 June 2014, 1-4pm Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL Other performances over the month include: The Devouring, the Great Sadness – exhibition by the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups Irish dance – St Josephs Catholic Primary School Poetry – by
Workshops on tackling forced labour
A series of workshops in May 2014, tackling labour exploitation among refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Manchester – Tuesday 15 May 2014, 10-3pm Leeds – Tuesday 20 May 2014, 10-3pm London – Friday 23 may 2014, 9.30-2.30pm Related links Precarious Lives
Protest against the Spectator
A demonstration against the Spectator magazine’s use of racist language against Gypsies, Roma and Travellers. Wednesday 14th May 2014, 4.30-5.30pm The Spectator offices, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP Related links Download a flyer for the event here The Traveller Movement
‘Po Po’ film screening
A screening of ‘Po Po’, a film about the death of Jason McPherson in police custody, followed by a Q&A with his sister Samantha Patterson and director Ken Fero. Saturday 26 April 2014, 2.30pm The Tabernacle, 35 Powis Square, London W11 2AY Related links Migrant Media UFFC
Deaths in detention: are lessons being learned?
The AGM of the Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees highlighting the rising number of deaths in immigration detention. Wednesday 14 May 2014, 6.15-8.30pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Speakers include: Deborah Coles – Inquest Nigel Newcomen – Prison and Probation Ombudsman Related links Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees INQUEST
Look how far we’ve come
A conference on getting racism back on the agenda. Thursday 8 May 2014, 6-9pm Abbey Centre, Westminster, London SW1P 3BU
Framing the death of Mark Duggan
As the family of Mark Duggan launch a judicial review of the inquest verdict, IRR News examines the wider context of the death. On 4 August 2011, Mark Duggan got out of a taxi on Ferry Lane in Tottenham and was shot dead by armed police: within hours, stories about a dramatic ‘shootout’, a ‘violent