Below is an edited version of an article that appears in the current issue of Race & Class. Contrary to popular belief, London carnival did not start in Notting Hill at the end of the 1960s, neither was the West Indian World the first Black newspaper in Britain. And it is appropriate, in a year
Campaigners for an academic boycott of Israel analyse Europe’s complicity
In the latest issue of the IRR’s journal Race & Class, Hilary Rose and Steven Rose ask why and how a small Middle Eastern country has successfully positioned itself as ‘European’, even though it is in breach of Europe’s humanitarian conventions and condemned by many UN resolutions. Not only have there been no international sanctions
A timely new educational resource
Anyone who wants to know why attitudes towards refugee children are changing should consult Shared Futures. ‘Shared Futures’ is a new DVD and education resource pack developed by the charity Salusbury WORLD (funded by Comic Relief). It is aimed at all practitioners working to support the integration of young refugees and asylum seekers, whether teachers,
Teachers – we need your help!
Do you teach citizenship, history or PSHE at key stages 3 or 4? The Institute of Race Relations is developing a downloadable teaching resource for the citizenship, history and PSHE curricula. The resource will be centred on the life stories of five anti-racist campaigners in Britain from the last 50 years and will explore the
London unions sever all links with Rise Festival
A number of London unions have severed all links with the London Mayor’s Rise Festival. The Rise Festival, established following the murder of Stephen Lawrence and organised by the TUC, was known as the Respect anti-racist festival. The idea was taken up by Ken Livingstone, who changed the name from Respect to Rise and held
Living under a control order
Below, we reproduce the speech made by Cerie Bullivant* on living under control orders at the launch of ‘Captivated: Art of the Interned’. ‘When I was first asked to do this event, I thought it’s the least I can do to raise awareness of those untold stories of persecution in the name of the “War
The beauty of the art of the interned
An astonishing exhibition was launched this week in central London of poetry, pottery, paintings, crafts, pictures, photographs, cartoons – all created by men detained under anti-terror laws in the UK. Appropriately held at Together, a national charity supporting people with mental health needs, this is an eclectic mixture of works, all created by men arrested,
Hunger strike – ’till death or deportation’
The organisation Cageprisoners is calling for urgent action for a stateless Palestinian refugee, Mahmoud Abu Rideh, who is in a critical condition in a London hospital after being on hunger strike for over thirty days. Mahmoud, one of the fifteen or so terror suspects in the UK, subjected to virtual house arrest under a control
Action on the EU Return Directive
Asylum campaigners are urging action as the European Parliament prepares to vote, on 18 June 2008, on the ‘Return Directive’. The ‘Return Directive’, if passed, will allow EU member states to: Detain non-EU migrants for up to 18 months; Detain and deport migrants including vulnerable people, unaccompanied minors (under 18 years of age) and pregnant
Chinese Whispers: a call to arms
This book based on undercover journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai’s experiences among Chinese illegal labourers in this country is vital reading for all who campaign about workers’ rights, racial and sexual exploitation, globalisation, trafficking and forced migration. The tale (or tail, in this case) begins in globalisation and the massive impact of opening China to market capitalism