The IRR is selling off remaindered copies of books it published (with the Oxford University Press) between 1958 and 1975, many of which are out of print. If there are particular titles you would like to get hold of contact info@irr.org.uk and we will let you know if we can supply them and at what
Media stigmatisation of poor multicultural neighbourhoods of Europe as strongholds of Islamist terrorism and organised crime is lending legitimacy to a more coercive, more militarised style of policing. The Home Office is currently reviewing legal protection for police officers who shoot to kill as well as considering whether to transfer the lead role in fighting
Meetings in Manchester and Tottenham to launch a new report on Joint Enterprise convictions. Monday 25 January 2016 8.30-10am, Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS 7-8.30pm, North London Community House, Moorefield Road, Tottenham, London N17 6PY Speakers include: Report authors Becky Clarke and Patrick Williams (Manchester Metropolitan University) Stafford Scott (Tottenham Rights) Related links JENGbA
A meeting to launch a new report on Joint Enterprise convictions. Tuesday 26 January 2016 2-4pm, House of Commons, Committee Room 14, House of Commons Westminster, London SW1A 0AA Speakers include: Report authors Becky Clarke and Patrick Williams (Manchester Metropolitan University) Lord Herman Ouseley Andrew Mitchell MP Related links JENGbA Download a flyer (word doc, 77kb)
Arun Kundnani is delivering the 2016 Corin Redgrave Memorial Lecture. Saturday 23 January 2016, 2.30pm Small Hall, The Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, London WC1H 9AU Speaker: Arun Kundnani is the author of The End of Tolerance: Racism in 21st Century Britain and The Muslims Are Coming Related links Peace & Progress Download a flyer here (word doc,
A showcase featuring poetic, filmic & musical responses to injustice from the participants on the 2015 Shake! courses. Tuesday 26 January 2016, 7.30pm Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Related links Voices That Shake! Buy tickets from Rich Mix here Facebook event listing View a flyer here
A demonstration in solidarity with refugees as far-right groups plan an anti-refugee protest on the same day. Saturday 30 January 2016, 11am Dover, Kent Related links Facebook event listing View further details here
The Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance (COPS) is holding a public meeting. Thursday 21 January 2016, 6.30-8.30pm Diskus Room, Unite, 128 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8TN Speakers include: Kate Wilson Janet Alder Jules Carey Stafford Scott Lois Austin (Chair) Related links Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance (COPS) View details of the meeting here View a flyer here
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing & criminal justice 3 December: Babacar Guèye, a 27-year-old Senegalese man, dies after being shot five times by a police officer in Rennes in north-west France. Guèye attempted to self-harm with a bread knife before his friend
A book launch at the Claudia Jones Organisation in Hackney for two books by the late Jan Carew was an inspirational event. Jan Carew was a giant of a man – an artist, an author, a poet, a teacher and he was very tall too. The occasion was the publication of two books, one a
