An exhibition examining Black British cultural identities, heritage and creative voices – and the struggle Black British artists faced to have their voices heard – from the 1960s to the 1990s. 10 July 2015 – 24 January 2016 Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AE The focus is on the life works of Eric and Jessica Huntley and the
Geography: South-East England
Summer social
A summer social hosted by the London Campaign Against Police and State Violence, Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth and Football beyond Borders. Sunday 9 August 2015, 2-7pm Angel Town, Serenaders Road, Brixton, London SW9 7QP Related links Facebook event listing London Campaign Against Police and State Violence Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth Football Beyond Borders
Critical mass to Calais
A bike ride to Calais to get bikes and other provisions to refugees in Calais. Saturday 29 August – Monday 31 August 2015 London-Calais (see website for further details) Related links Critical Mass London Read more about the bike ride on Rabble
Remembering Claudia Jones
A presentation of the findings of the Claudia Jones Research Project, as part of the Malcolm X Summer Festival. Saturday 12 September 2015, 6.30pm Black Cultural Archives, Windrush Square, London SW2 1EF Related links See the event page on Facebook Download a flyer for the event here
Preserving Britain’s Black heroes
Below we reproduce a review of a new exhibition, ‘No Colour Bar’, which was previously published in The Voice. A new exhibition breathes life into a story of struggle and activism that is truly home-grown. We often view Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X as having ascended the mountain-top of black achievement and activism.
Inquiring into police accountability and spying on family campaigns
On 16 July, the Home Office announced an inquiry into undercover police spies and their activities monitoring family campaigns and spying on protestors. Below we produce a statement by The Monitoring Group[1] which has been supporting some of the families whose campaigns were infiltrated by the police. The Monitoring Group welcomes the spirit and substance
Eat together, fight together, remember together
Solidarity also means remembering. A few weekends ago, I attended an ‘Eat Together, Fight Together’[1] picnic at Burgess Park in south London organised by the London Campaign Against Police and State Violence and Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth. Campaigners and activists enjoyed the sun, good food and conversation in a gathering not fraught with political imperatives
Public order broadcasting: ‘The Met’ and the press
A critical analysis of the BBC’s ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary about the Metropolitan police. In what has been billed as an unprecedented move, in early 2014 Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe allowed a BBC camera crew an access-all-areas pass to film the force as it carried out its routine policing of London. In a commentary for
Spinning the assault on Julian Cole
Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that the IPCC consulted with a police force under its investigation during the construction of its media releases. On 6 May 2013, Julian Cole, a 21-year-old black man, was left with a broken neck after being detained and arrested by Bedfordshire police outside a nightclub. Cole’s
The prognosis for medical justice after 10 years
The tenth Medical Justice annual general meeting, Thursday 30 July 2015, 6.30pm Doughty Street Chambers, 53-54 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LS Speakers: Simon Israel – Home Affairs Correspondent, Channel 4 News Alison Pickup – barrister, Doughty Street Chambers Dr Juliet Cohen – Freedom from Torture Stephanie Youdom Tonmi – ex-detainee Related links Medical Justice