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…
Pearl Prescod: A Black life lived large
A new Black history project on the life of the Caribbean-British actor, singer and civil rights campaigner Pearl Prescod tells the largely overlooked story of a generation of anti-colonial artists and activists who questioned Britain’s role in the decades following World War Two. This biographical…
IRR50 and the revolutionary act
The April issue marks fifty years since the radical transformation of the IRR. IRR50 and the revolutionary act is framed by an editorial written by Joint Editor Jenny Bourne, who recounts one of the most significant steps in British race relations – the transformation of the Institute of Race…