Dear IRR News subscriber, IRR News usually closes down for a month in the summer, but there is so much going on, particularly after the EU referendum, that we felt it was important to keep you up to date with the most important developments. Many of them are listed in our bi-weekly Calendar of racism and
Calendar of racism and resistance (22 July – 4 August 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment (including post-Brexit incidents) 16 July: Residents in Huntingdon stage a ‘march against racism’ after ‘offensive leaflets’ are posted through the doors of Polish families. (ITV News, 16 July 2016) 19 July: A group of teenagers
Post-referendum racism and the importance of social activism
A new report by social media activists on the spike of hate crimes immediately after the referendum on EU membership should prove uncomfortable reading for the Home Office. On 26 July, the Home Office unveiled its new Hate Crime Action Plan. Home Secretary Amber Rudd not only cited a surge in reported incidents following the
IRR News 8 – 21 July 2016
Dear IRR News subscriber, Over the last couple of weeks, national media interest in the post-Brexit surge in racist incidents has declined. But the local media continues to give us a picture of the situation across the country, showing that acts of abuse and intimidation of people perceived as ‘foreign’ and with ‘no right to
Post-Brexit racism update
Below we present an update of racially motivated attacks and other incidents of harassment that have taken place since the Brexit result, which indicate the types of attacks taking place across the UK. But of course, this account is in no way exhaustive. 26 June: The home of an Asian family in Chelmsford has eggs thrown at
Calendar of racism and resistance (8 – 21 July 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 8 July: A 20-year-old and two teenagers are charged with ABH and racially aggravated bodily harm after an attack on a taxi driver on 8 April at Wokingham station which left him with a fractured
IRR News 24 June – 7 July 2016
Dear IRR News subscriber, The upsurge in violence against migrants and BAME communities after the EU referendum has been well documented. And this week on IRR News, we record a number of attacks and other incidents of harassment that have taken place across the UK. This overview is not exhaustive. But it does provide an
Post-Brexit racism
Below we present an overview of racially motivated attacks and other incidents of harassment that have taken place since the Brexit result, which indicate the types of attacks taking place across the UK. But of course, this account is in no way exhaustive. 24 June: A Polish man in Yeovil is approached by two men who,
Calendar of racism and resistance (24 June – 7 July 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence & harassment 21 June: Police appeal for information on a racist attack on 16 June, during the Wales v England Euro 2016 football game, where a man from UAE suffered facial injuries. Three men were arrested and
Race and class: the colour of struggle
The latest issue of Race & Class is devoted to black political struggle in the UK 1950s-1980s. Race and class: the colour of struggle, 1950s-1980s, edited by Jenny Bourne, brings together the voices of unsung political heroes of the time, groundbreaking new research, and campaigning material from the archives, providing readers with key resources on