News

New post on Race & Class

Are you the person we need to develop Race & Class?  We are looking for a dynamic and motivated person with experience of print and online publishing to assist the editors of this quarterly journal  − with a worldwide reputation for incisive but radical coverage of state racisms, imperialism, globalisation, the war on terror, black history

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Calendar of racism and resistance (30 June – 13 July 2017)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 26 June: The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) for Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) publishes its Annual Report, which finds the centre still needs improvement. Download it here. (Bedford Today, 28 June 2017) 28 June:

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Comment

Exposing hate crimes successfully prosecuted beyond borders

Although the recent conviction of aristocrat 4th Viscount St Davids for ‘menacing’ online hate crimes against Gina Miller rightly received widespread national publicity, many other similar crimes slip by quietly if local media outlets do not publish the details. Magistrates courts, where the vast majority of hate crimes are prosecuted do not publish individual trial

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Benefit gig – SOAS Detainee Support Group

A benefit gig for SOAS Detainee Support Group.  Saturday 15 July 2017, 9pm-3am 125 Caledonian Road, Islington, London N1 9RG Featuring: Stand up comedy Sound system Food and drinks Related links SOAS Detainee Support Group SOAS Detainee Support Group on Twitter SOAS Detainee Support Group on Facebook

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News

Prison resistance and black self-defence

Read new and re-released material from Race & Class on black prison resistance, the role of the Black Panthers, and the influence of US rebellions on the struggle in the UK.  As the USA witnesses a resurgence of ‘law and order’ rhetoric, Toussaint Losier, assistant professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts at

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Press Release

Against ‘law and order’ lockup

The July 2017 issue of Race & Class is now available and you can download the lead article for free (for a limited time only). The July 2017 issue of Race & Class leads with a double-length narrative history of the little known New York City jail riots of the 1970s which predated that at

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Calendar of racism and resistance (16 – 29 June 2017)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration June: The Public Interest Law Unit at Lambeth Law Centre, along with NELMA, launch a crowd-funding appeal to bring a judicial review against Home Office policy of removing rough-sleeping EEA Nationals. View the appeal here.

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Review

Go Home? The Politics of Immigration Controversies

Go Home? The politics of Immigration Controversies brings together voices against and surrounding the government’s tougher stance on immigration. We hear from community organisations, policy makers, migrants and citizens along with eight social researchers. As indicated by the title, this publication is in direct response to Operation Vaken in 2013, most associated with the Go

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Inquest into Sarah Reed’s death commences

The inquest commences into Sarah Reed who died in Holloway Prison in January 2016. Tuesday 4 July 2017, 10am (likely to last 3-4 weeks) City of London Coroner’s Court, Walbrook Wharf, 78-83 Upper Thames Street, London EC4R 3TD Related links Sarah Reed Campaign for Justice

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Medical Justice AGM

The Medical Justice AGM will address the situation of vulnerable detainees, the Home Office’s ‘Adult at Risk’ policy and future campaigning for vulnerable detainees. Tuesday 18 July 2017, 6.30-8.30pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Speakers Dr Liz Clarke Ex-detainee Stephanie Harrison QC Theresa Schleicher Martha Spurrier To book a place – please email: emma.ginn@medicaljustice.org.uk

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