A one day conference aimed at academics and activists, discussing the findings of the Mapping Immigration Controversy project. Wednesday 10 June 2015, 9.30am-6.30pm. The Social Sciences Building, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL Speakers include: Bridget Anderson – University of Oxford Rita Chadha -Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London Suresh Grover -The Monitoring
Geography: Midlands
Shut it down 4 Kingsley Burrell
A demonstration following the critical inquest verdict into the death of Kingsley Burrell. Saturday 23 May 2015, 11.30-2.30pm Assemble at Birmingham Cathedral, Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2QB to march at 12.15 to Birmingham Central Police Station, Steel House Lane, Birmingham B4 6NW Related links Facebook event listing
Why we should listen when the UN condemns the UK’s ‘extremist media’
Below we reproduce an article by author Matt Carr from his blog, Infernal Machine, on the current situation in the Mediterranean. British tabloid editors have never struck me as a particularly reflective and thoughtful breed of humanity, so I doubt they will be plunged into a mood of remorseful self-analysis by the very strongly-worded suggestion from the
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
‘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
Kingsley Burrell inquest
The Kingsley Burrell Campaign are calling on people to attend the inquest into the death of Kingsley Burrell who died in Birmingham in March 2011 after being detained by the police. 7 April – 15 May 2015, the court usually sits from 10-5pm Birmingham Coroner’s Court, 50 Newton Street, Birmingham B4 6NE Related links Facebook event
‘Who Killed Colin Roach?’
A screening of Who Killed Colin Roach organised by the 4WardEver Campaign. Thursday 7 May 2015, 6.30-9pm. The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham B6 4UU Related links Facebook event The Drum 4Ward Ever Campaign Book tickets here
Calendar of racism and resistance (27 March – 9 April 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Extreme-Right politics 29 March: In the second round of French local elections, the Front National wins 22 per cent of the vote, securing 62 council seats. (In 2011, it won just one.) However it failed to take control
Immigration detention: signs of spring, or false dawn?
Campaigners have welcomed signs of movement around immigration detention – but celebration may be premature. In March 2015, the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) on Refugees and Migration produced a strong report whose main recommendation, that immigration detention be severely curtailed and strictly time-limited, echoed the demands made for decades by detainee groups, campaigners and international
Catch history on the wing, buy your advance copy now!
A new film of A. Sivanandan, in conversation with Colin Prescod, entitled Catching History on the Wing will have its premiere at an event on 18 April and copies are now available for sale. A. Sivanandan is best known as a key thinker, writer and activist on racism and imperialism, the founder editor of Race