The National Education Union (NEU) recently held a ‘No Child Left Behind Conference’, bringing campaigners together around the call ‘Free School Meals for All’. What follows is an edited version of the presentation given by IRR deputy director Riz Hussain on the panel, ‘Universalism as an antidote to populism’. Universal policies, those that treat
In November 2023, four UN Special Rapporteurs (part of Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council) pointed out that the worldwide climate of criminalisation and sanctions against those speaking out on Gaza/Israel stifles free expression and creates an atmosphere where people may fear participating in public life, ‘particularly when solidarity with victims is equated
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY As anti-migrant, anti-equalities, anti-abortion, misogynistic and anti-LGBTQI rhetoric in electoral campaigning are increasingly interlinked, we reflect this in the coverage below which also includes information on the influence of the Christian Right as well as the religious Right generally. For more on the racist riots in Ballymena, see the racial violence section.
ELECTORAL POLITICS | GOVERNMENT POLICY 27-29 May: At Conservative Political Action Conferences (CPAC) in Poland and Hungary, right-wing populist leaders from across Europe herald the new ‘Age of Patriots’, warning that national sovereignty is threatened by the EU and ‘gender and woke madness’. US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem is a keynote speaker at CPAC
A collection of summaries of and links to Race & Class articles (1975-2025) on racism, class, criminal justice, related urban and ‘race’ policies, and key moments of resistance to state/institutional racism. In addition to the archive, an accompanying Race & Class UK Criminal Justice timeline provides information by year (1958-2025) on key pieces of
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY As anti-migrant, anti-equalities, anti-abortion, misogynistic and anti-LGBTQI rhetoric in electoral campaigning are increasingly interlinked, we reflect this in the coverage below which also includes information on the influence of the Christian Right as well as the religious Right generally. 14 May: Poland’s polarising presidential election campaign is contributing to a rise in
Last updated: 14 August 2025 Paramilitary policing against the people: Colonial continuities and the challenge from below – endorsements from Statewatch, Omega Research Foundation, Advocacy Officer European Legal Support Centre, Black Lives Matter UK and Alfie Meadows: Chris Jones, Executive Director, Statewatch With European governments enthusiastically signing up for a new international arms race, this
Europe’s increased use of weaponry against racialised minorities, migrants and protesters, signifies creeping authoritarianism – IRR new study finds The new study, published on the fifth anniversary of the death of George Floyd, links the growing use of dangerous crowd control weaponry to the embrace of hypermilitarised policing in Europe. The study focuses on the experiences
ELECTORAL POLITICS| GOVERNMENT POLICY As anti-migrant, anti-equalities, anti-abortion, misogynistic and anti-LGBTQI rhetoric in electoral campaigning are increasingly interlinked, we reflect this in the coverage below which also includes information on the influence of the Christian Right as well as the religious Right generally. 1 May: In the local mayoral and council elections held in England, the
15 – 30 April 2025 Home secretary Yvette Cooper’s shameless decision, in the run-up to the May local elections, to publish statistics on the nationalities of foreign offenders and their crimes, and her amendment to the Borders Security Bill to bar all foreign nationals on the sex offenders’ register from making asylum claims, haven’t gained
