A meeting to plan a series of events to commemorate forty years since the Grunwick Strike, 1976-1978. Thursday 18 February 2016, 7pm Brent Trades Hall, 75 High Road, Willesden, London NW10 2JR Related links Facebook event listing Grunwick 40
Geography: South-East England
Migrant Voice London Network meeting
A Migrant Voice meeting on new migration rules coming into effect from April 2016. Thursday 18 February 2016, 6-8.30pm Collaboration House, 77-79 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4PW Speakers include: Don Flynn Maria Fernandez Coll Related links Migrant Voice
Calendar of racism and resistance (15 – 28 January 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 13 January: Refugees including children are walking through Russia to Finland in temperatures of minus 30 degrees, according to reports. (Independent Barents Observer, 13 January 2016) 14 January: The Solicitors Regulation Authority announces a review
An open discussion about counter-radicalisation measures in schools should be welcomed
A paper[1], Prevent and the Children’s Rights Convention, published today by the Institute of Race Relations supports the NUT’s call[2] for a more rational debate on the Prevent duty in schools. In order to encourage an informed and rational debate on the new duty placed on schools to prevent children being drawn in to terrorism,[3] the IRR
Paul Robeson: anniversary event
An event to mark the fortieth anniversary of the death of Paul Robeson. Friday 12 February 2016, 6-8.30pm Marx Memorial Library, 37A Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU Speakers include: Tayo Aluko – writer and performer of the award winning play – Call Mr. Robeson Hakim Adi – Black radical scholar Glenroy Watson – President of
Inquest into the death of Philmore Mills
The inquest into the death of Philmore Mills at Reading Town Hall. Monday 8 February 2016, 10am onwards Silverthorne Room, Reading Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading, West Berkshire RG1 1QH RELATED LINKS Justice for Philmore Mills
West London History Day
A Labour Heritage event discussing key moments in Britain’s labour history. Saturday 20 February 2016, 1.45-4.40pm Ruskin Hall, 16 Church Road, Acton, London W3 8PP Speakers include: Steve Schifferes – The Glasgow Rent Strike, 1915 Mike Mecham – Labour and the Irish Revolution, 1916 Sujata Aurora – The Grunwick Strike, 1976-1977 RELATED LINKS Labour Heritage
Animating Black Archives
The annual Huntley Conference on the purpose of archives, historical Black narratives, and the future of collective and individual Black archival collections. Saturday 27 February 2016, 11-3.45pm London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB Discussions include: ‘One Object. Many Stories’ Archives from the Inside Out – individual presentations by four partner organisations Presentation by photographer – Charlie
‘Reparative histories’: Race & Class launch
A meeting to launch the Race & Class special issue, ‘Reparative histories: radical narratives of “race” and resistance’. Tuesday 23 February 2016, 6.15-8pm Institute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X 9HS Speakers include: Guest editors of the issue, Cathy Bergin and Anita Rupprecht Chaired by Colin Prescod – Institute of Race Relations Related links Buy the
Calendar of racism and resistance (18 December 2015 – 14 January 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing & criminal justice 17 December: The Supreme Court rules that ‘random’ stop and search powers have adequate safeguards in place and that the powers bring ’great benefits to the public’. (Guardian, 17 December 2015) 22 December: The Independent Police