Justice4Paps will be holding a candlelit vigil to remember ALL who have died at the hands of the police and the state in 2014 and ongoing campaigns for justice. Saturday 20 December 2014, 5-7.30pm High Wycombe police station, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe HP11 1BE Related links Download a flyer Download a press release Justice4Paps Justice for
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International Migrants Day
A free event to celebrate International Migrants Day with migrants’ art, film, poetry, dance and music. Thursday 18 December 2014, 6-9pm University of Westminster, Regent Street Campus, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW Events include: Screenings of The Faces of Our Cities – Stories of Migration: Past and Present (2013) and Yurik (2010) Spoken word artists Performance by
‘I can’t breathe’ – London solidarity demonstration
The failure to prosecute police involved in the deaths of Eric Garner in New York and Michael Brown in Ferguson has reignited protests against policing in the UK. Last night, campaigners held a demonstration in London in solidarity with protesters in the US following the failure to charge the officers involved in the death of
Home Office protest
A protest at the Home Office on International Migrants Day. Thursday 18 December 2014, 6.30pm Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF Related links Facebook event listing
Justice4Paps vigil
A vigil for Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah, who died in High Wycombe police custody, on what would have been his birthday. Saturday 20 December 2014, 5pm High Wycombe police station, Queen Victoria Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 1BE The vigil will also remember all those people who have died at the hands of the police and
Calendar of racism and resistance (14 – 27 November 2014)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees 14 November: It is revealed that an unnamed language analyst working for Swedish firm Sprakab, is a convicted drug smuggler whose expert reports have been used to refuse asylum to hundreds in the UK.
Neglect and indifference kill American man in immigration detention
A Prison and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) report on Brian Dalrymple’s six weeks in immigration detention paints a grim picture of how the vulnerable are treated. Although Dalrymple was a white man, we report on his case to show that, in immigration detention, immigration status ensures a grim equality of treatment. The report, Investigation into the death of a
Claudia Jones commemoration day
An event in remembrance of Claudia Jones. Saturday 6 December 2014, 2-6pm Kennington Park Estate Community Centre, 8 Harleyford Street, London SE11 5SY Activities on the day include: Speakers Exhibitions History walks Bookstalls
Inequality & broken politics in austerity Britain
A Counterfire discussion on how the left should respond to the big challenges and opportunities of modern politics. Tuesday 2 December 2014, 7.45-9.45pm Room G2, SOAS, University of London (main building), London WC1H 0XG Speakers include: Danny Dorling – author of Inequality and the 1% Lindsey German – Counterfire Liz Fekete – Institute of Race Relations Chris Bambery –
Institutional Islamophobia
An IHRC conference to examine state racism and institutional Islamophobia. Saturday 13 December 2014, 2-6.30pm Rooms MAL 414 and 415, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Speakers include: Malia Bouattia – Black Students’ Officer at the National Union of Students Marie Breen-Smythe – University of Surrey Les Levidow – Campaign Against Criminalising Communities Richard