Screening of two films, ‘Who Police the Police’ and ‘Britain’s Black Legacy’ followed by a panel discussion. Tuesday 28 February 2017, 6.30pm Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB Speakers include: Ken Fero – filmmaker Marcia Rigg – sister of Sean Rigg and co-chair of the United Families and Friends campaign Lisa Robinson – Bright
Geography: South-East England
Calendar of racism and resistance (26 January – 9 February 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and immigration January 2016: The Migration Observatory publishes a report: Young People and Migration in the UK: An Overview. View and download it here. 27 January: The Belgian interior minister announces that Belgium, France and the Netherlands
Living history With Winston Trew
An evening with with Winston Trew – activist and author of ‘Black for a cause … not just because … the case of the “Oval 4” and the story of Black Power in 1970s Britain’. Monday 13 February 2017, 6.30pm 3 Jardine House, Harrovian Business Village, Bessborough Road, Harrow London HA1 3EX Related links Book
One Day Without Us: UK National Protest
One Day Without Us – a national day of action to celebrate the contribution of migrants to the UK, to coincide with UN World Day of Social Justice. Monday 20 February – Tuesday 21 February 2017 Locations across the UK Please check the One Day Without Us website for details for actions across the UK Related
Art, Activism, Race and Social Justice
A discussion with artists and community activists examining the role of art and culture at key moments in the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Thursday 16 February 2017, 6.30-8.30pm Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB Speakers include: Chair: Jagdish Patel – Nottingham based artist and member of The Monitoring Group Poulomi Desai Suresh
Strikers & Spycops – from Grunwick to now
A discussion on political policing and how we should respond to the Pitchford Inquiry examining police spying. Wednesday 15 February 2017, 7-9pm Malet Suite, Student Central, 2nd Floor, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY Speakers include: Eveline Lubbers – Undercover Research Group Solomon Hughes – journalist who uncovered secret files on Grunwick Harriet Wistrich – lawyer
Morton Hall: another death in immigration detention
On 11 January an unnamed 27-year-old Polish man was found dead in Morton Hall immigration removal centre in Lincolnshire, the first death this year and the 29th death in immigration detention since 1989. It was reported by the Unity Centre that the man was found hanged in his room at the centre. He had apparently
Calendar of racism and resistance (13-25 January 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 11 January: An unnamed 27-year-old Polish man dies in Morton Hall detention centre in Lincolnshire. (Unity Centre Glasgow, 13 January 2017, Guardian, 13 January 2017) 12 January: Somali asylum seekers and riot police clash in
Calendar of racism and resistance (23 December 2016 – 12 January 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 22 November: Freedom from Torture publishes a report: Proving Torture, Demanding the impossible: Home Office mistreatment of expert medical evidence. Download the report here (pdf file, 1.6mb) 21 December: Human Rights Watch condemns the Home
Week of action against deportation charter flights
A week of action across the UK against mass deportation charter flights. Saturday 14 January 2017, 12-3pm. March Against Charter Flights and their impact on communities in the UK. Brixton, London – organised by Movement for Justice. Tuesday 17 January 2017, 4-5pm. Demonstration against Mass Deportation. Jamaican High Commission, 1 Prince Consort Road, Kensington, London SW7 2BZ.