“‘It’s about survival now’: Migrants’ rights to healthcare in the UK during the pandemic.“ Read the evidence submitted to the Permanent Peoples Tribunal Berlin hearing October 23-25 2020. A joint submission from the PPT London steering group and the Institute of Race Relations. The report can be read HERE
IRR statement on counter-terror raid on Haringey’s Kurdish Community Centre
26 November – 10 December 2024 Our calendar this week features the coordinated raids on homes and on the Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey, north London at 2am on 27 November – involving counter-terror units, closure of airspace, helicopters, dogs and a military-style occupation, which left the community angry and apprehensive. The closure of the centre and
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (26 November – 10 December 2024)
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY 26 November: Gavin Robinson, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, is criticised by a Jewish woman for saying that pro-Palestinian graffiti should be removed from the wall of the Royal Victoria hospital in Belfast on the grounds of ‘Jewish safety’. The graffiti is removed. (Belfast Media, 26 November 2024) 27 November:
We’re hiring – new deputy director role!
12 – 26 November 2024 The IRR is really excited to report that it is looking to recruit a dynamic Deputy Director to drive the organisation forward in challenging times. We are asking anyone interested in helping the IRR develop its next phase as a radical educational body, which ‘thinks in order to do’, to
Calendar of Racism and Resistance (12 – 26 November 2024)
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY 12 November: The Norwegian parliament apologises unreservedly to minority groups and Indigenous people for over a century of injustices caused by its ‘Norwegianisation’ policy. (Guardian, 12 November 2024) 13 November: Speaking in the Dutch parliament, far-right PVV leader Geert Wilders recommends cancelling the Dutch passports of those convicted of involvement in