A Race & Class meeting on Hillsborough and family campaigns for justice. Wednesday 27 November 2013, 7pm London School of Economics, Clements House (CLM 2.02, Second floor), Houghton Street, London WC2A 2A Main speaker: Phil Scraton – primary author of the Hillsborough Independent Panel Report Chaired by Robert Reiner – Professor of Criminology, Queens University
Geography: South-East England
Roma voices: heard at last?
A report of a parliamentary meeting on the Roma experience of flight from the Czech Republic and settlement in the UK. Czech National Day – 28 October – was marked in 2013, as for many years past, by neo-Nazi parties openly marching and terrorising Roma districts of rundown former industrial cities of the Czech Republic,
Twenty years too long!
A series of events in Oxford to mark the twentieth anniversary of Campsfield House immigration removal centre. Saturday 30 November 2013, 12pm Campsfield House, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxon OX5 1RE RELATED LINKS Campaign to Close Campsfield View a flyer here
‘Collective expulsion’ report launch
The launch of a new report, Collective expulsion: the case against Britain’s mass deportation charter flights. Wednesday 20 November 2013, 7pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Including: Report launch Workshop with legal practitioners and campaigners RELATED LINKS Corporate Watch Stop Deportation
Know your rights: airport stop and search workshop
An interactive session for those stopped and searched at airports under schedule 7. Wednesday 6 November 2013, 6.30pm 32-36 Loman Street, London SE1 0EH Related links Download a leaflet Cageprisoners
Gypsies in Thurrock face eviction and suffer abuse and harassment
Gypsies living in Thurrock, Essex are fighting against eviction and harassment by local residents. The Gypsies, members of the West, Birch and Newland families, have been living on a site in Grays, Essex, for the past eight months. They say that their lives have been made increasingly difficult by harassment from local residents, compounded by
Hidden stories of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry
A talk by Dr. Richard Stone on his book ‘Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry’ followed by a discussion. Wednesday 6 November 2013, 5.30-8.30pm University of East London Stratford Campus, Water Lane, London E15 4LZ Related links View a leaflet here Download the agenda here (word doc, 888kb) Newham Monitoring Project
Fifteenth annual UFFC remembrance procession
The United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) marched on Downing Street last weekend, as it has done for the last fifteen years, to mark the deaths of loved ones in the custody of the state. The annual remembrance procession was led by the families of those including Ricky Bishop, Mark Duggan, Demetre Fraser, Joy Gardner,
‘Po Po’ screening
A film screening of ‘Po Po’, which looks at the death of Jason McPherson in Notting Hill police station, followed by a discussion with its director Ken Fero. Tuesday 12 November 2013, 6.30-9.30pm The Bartlett UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Related links Migrant Media on Vimeo See the event on Facebook
Save legal aid
A public meeting to discuss opposition to planned cuts to legal aid. Saturday 9 November 2013, 12pm Friends Meeting House, 6 The Friars, Canterbury CT1 2AS Speaking: John Fitzpatrick – Professor of Law Sheona York – Kent Law Clinic Rhona Friedman – Bindmans Related links Download a flyer for the event here Save Legal Aid