A book launch and conversation with Dr Arun Kundnani, author of What Is Antiracism? And Why It Means Anticapitalism, also featuring Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore. 13th July 2023 | Brunei Gallery, SOAS University of London | Co-hosted with the Independent Social Research Foundation Why has liberalism been ineffective at combating racism? And what would a
Fifty years ago, the Institute of Race Relations overturned ‘race relations’ orthodoxies and set parameters for a committed anti-racism. Fifty years on, the IRR, with radical scholar activists, examined ‘New Circuits of Anti-Racism’ at a conference gathering. The July 2023 special issue of Race & Class, guest-edited by the IRR’s new Chair John Narayan,
Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the radical transformation of the IRR. To celebrate our history, past, present and future we created a series of events, projects and activities as part of IRR50. The IRR was proud to present New Circuits of Anti-racism – an IRR50 conference on racism, imperialism and new lines of
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 of a racism built on
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 entrepreneurs. It seems to have
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 and activism of Len Johnson
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 and the degradation of black
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.
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 Black History Collection and the
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 IRR and what the work
