An activist comments on the implications of recent arrests of anti-fascists at demonstrations opposing the English Defence League and the British National Party. In the space of just over three months this year, police made upwards of 340 arrests of anti-fascists in London. Of the arrests made over two occasions, less than a dozen will
Geography: London
Shadow Lives
A discussion on the forgotten women of the war on terror. Thursday 28 November 2013, 7pm The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0SW Participants: Victoria Brittain – author, Shadow Lives: The Forgotten Women of the War on Terror Haifa Zangana – novelist, artist and political activist RELATED LINKS Mosaic Rooms
Redbridge Equalities and Community Council AGM
The AGM of the Redbridge Equalities and Community Council with a talk on the work of the IRR. Thursday 28 November 2013, 7.30pm Gants Hill United Reformed Church, 39 Woodford Avenue, Gants Hill, Ilford, Essex IG2 6UH Speaker: Harmit Athwal – Editor, IRR News RELATED LINKS Redbridge Equalities and Community Council
Rally for Ricky Bishop
A rally to demand justice for Ricky Bishop, who died in police custody in 2001. Saturday 23 November 2013, 1pm Brixton police station, 367 Brixton Road, London SW9 7DD RELATED LINKS Download a flyer here
Resisting injustice, recovering truth
A Race & Class meeting on Hillsborough and family campaigns for justice. Wednesday 27 November 2013, 7pm London School of Economics, Clements House (CLM 2.02, Second floor), Houghton Street, London WC2A 2A Main speaker: Phil Scraton – primary author of the Hillsborough Independent Panel Report Chaired by Robert Reiner – Professor of Criminology, Queens University
Roma voices: heard at last?
A report of a parliamentary meeting on the Roma experience of flight from the Czech Republic and settlement in the UK. Czech National Day – 28 October – was marked in 2013, as for many years past, by neo-Nazi parties openly marching and terrorising Roma districts of rundown former industrial cities of the Czech Republic,
‘Collective expulsion’ report launch
The launch of a new report, Collective expulsion: the case against Britain’s mass deportation charter flights. Wednesday 20 November 2013, 7pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Including: Report launch Workshop with legal practitioners and campaigners RELATED LINKS Corporate Watch Stop Deportation
Know your rights: airport stop and search workshop
An interactive session for those stopped and searched at airports under schedule 7. Wednesday 6 November 2013, 6.30pm 32-36 Loman Street, London SE1 0EH Related links Download a leaflet Cageprisoners
Hidden stories of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry
A talk by Dr. Richard Stone on his book ‘Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry’ followed by a discussion. Wednesday 6 November 2013, 5.30-8.30pm University of East London Stratford Campus, Water Lane, London E15 4LZ Related links View a leaflet here Download the agenda here (word doc, 888kb) Newham Monitoring Project
Fifteenth annual UFFC remembrance procession
The United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) marched on Downing Street last weekend, as it has done for the last fifteen years, to mark the deaths of loved ones in the custody of the state. The annual remembrance procession was led by the families of those including Ricky Bishop, Mark Duggan, Demetre Fraser, Joy Gardner,