News

Calendar of racism and resistance (9 – 22 October 2015)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 7 October: Leaked EU plans reveal proposals to deport thousands of failed asylum seekers by threatening countries refusing to take back their migrants with withdrawals of aid, trade deals and visa arrangements. The documents show

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UFFC 2015 annual procession

The United Families and Friends Campaign annual remembrance procession for those that have died in state custody. Saturday 31 October 2015 Assemble at 1pm at Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN  to march to Downing Street in a memorial procession Related links United Families and Friends Campaign United Families and Friends Campaign on Facebook Facebook event

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Calendar of racism and resistance (25 September – 8 October 2015)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 24 September: Beyond Borders Tyneside protest at a Home Office regional centre in Newcastle following dawn raids on families in the area. (Chronicle Live, 24 September 2015) 26 September: A young Eritrean man is picked up

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Fundraiser for PAFRAS

A fundraising gig for Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS) featuring the band Fusion. Saturday 10 October 2015, 7.30pm The Holbeck, Holbeck WMC, Jenkinson Lawn, Leeds LS11 9QX Related links PAFRAS

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Calendar of racism and resistance (4-24 September 2015)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM 28 August: The Children’s Society publishes Not just a temporary fix: The search for durable solutions for separated migrant children. Download the report here. 4 September: One person is seriously injured attempting to escape a fire at an accommodation

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Comment

School governors and British Values

We reproduce here a ‘statement of concern'[1] issued by Robin Richardson of Insted Consultancy on ‘School Governors and British Values’ which also touches on the statutory duty to prevent violent extremism now placed on schools and other educational establishments. Summary 1. Several school governors or former school governors in Birmingham have recently received a letter from the

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September 11: From Verona to Belfast

Below we reproduce a personal reflection by Race & Class contributor Phil Scraton.  September 11, 2001. The day imprinted on a disparate international collective consciousness. As two planes hit New York’s twin towers, another engulfed the Pentagon in flames and United Airlines Flight 93 plane came down in Pennsylvania en route to its target, I slipped traversing

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Calendar of racism and resistance (1 August – 3 September 2015)

A monthly calendar for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Immigration and asylum 24 July: The government’s system for monitoring companies it pays to run migrant detention centres is called into question after a year-long Freedom of Information battle wins disclosure of confidential ‘self-audits’. The documents reveal how contractors are paid according to their own monthly performance reports. (Corporate Watch, 24 July 2015) 27 July: The Home Office announces it will

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National Memorial Family Fund launched

The Birmingham-based 4WardEver UK campaign and the Mikey Powell Campaign have launched a crowdfunding appeal for a national family support fund for relatives, young people and children affected by deaths in state custody in the UK. The Memorial Family Fund has been set up in remembrance of Mikey Powell and acknowledges the work and campaigning of the late Pauline

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