Civilisational racism, ethnonationalism and the clash of imperialisms in Ukraine
As rallies take place across Europe to mark the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and calls for a peace process to end the conflict grow, Liz Fekete, a leading expert on European racism, pinpoints the need to examine how new geopolitics, changing imperialisms and the entrenching…
Britannia Enchained
As the economy unravels, we are seeing an increasingly aggressive government squaring up to an expanding list of enemies, heedless of legal and moral restraints and of the impact on country and people, argues Frances Webber. ‘Move fast and break things’ used to be the mantra of tech whizz-kid…
Breaking the ‘colour bar’: the stories of Pearl Prescod and Len Johnson
In the latest issue of Race & Class, Pearl Prescod and Len Johnson are pulled from the historical margins and recentred as radical agents of history that changed the shape of British society. The January 2023 issue of Race & Class contains two key articles tracing the life, work…
The Sivanandan website
The IRR is delighted to release a new online archive of A. Sivanandan’s writings, speeches, essays, aphorisms and reviews, spanning six decades. The archive section of the website features a catalogued bibliography of Siva’s works, from the 1960s through to the 2010s. It contains seminal essays such as RAT…
Transnational repression
The latest issue of Race & Class traces transnational connections: the repression of Black Power in Britain and the Caribbean; the offshoring of refugees from Denmark to Rwanda; and culture wars travelling from the US to the UK. In the cover article in the latest issue, post-doctoral researcher Ben…
Watch: Struggling on, staying strong: Reflections on IRR 50
To mark 50 years since the radical transformation of the Institute of Race Relations, staff and council of management members reflect on the IRR’s longevity and place in British anti-racism. Filmed and produced by Rainbow Collective.
Become a friend of the IRR
For 50 years, the IRR has anchored the fight against racism. On limited resources and with a team of just four full-time staff, the Institute of Race Relations has sustained its reputation as a leading anti-racist thinktank for over half a century. Home to Race & Class, IRR News, the…
Event: New circuits of anti-racism
The IRR is proud to present ‘New Circuits of Anti-racism’ – an IRR50 conference on racism, imperialism and new lines of resistance. Watch the live stream Programme for the day Doors open at 9.30am 10 – 10.30am – IRR50 and the revolutionary act A conversation on the transformation of the…
Citizenship: from right to privilege
Citizenship-stripping powers introduced since 2002 have enshrined a ‘second-class citizenship’ in the UK, mainly affecting British Muslims, says a new report from the Institute of Race Relations. Written in the wake of the Nationality and Borders Act, Citizenship: from right to privilege shows how outrage against the…
Racism, radicalisation and Europe’s ‘Thin Blue Line’
In a double-length lead article of the July issue of Race & Class, IRR director Liz Fekete warns of a deepening ‘culture of extremism’ amongst police officers across Europe, highlighting numerous cases of racist and misogynistic attitudes and far right entryism amongst police officers. In Racism, Radicalisation…