A joint conference in London and Edinburgh organised by Scotland Against Criminalising Communities and the Islamic Human Rights Commission looking at the problems of state Islamophobia and racism. Saturday 12 December 2015, 11-6pm City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, 25 Nicolson Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9BX Speakers include: Moazzam Begg – former Guantanamo prisoner Salman Sayyid – author of Recallingg the Calphate Mazhar Khan –
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Prevent: Protecting our Liberty?
A meeting on Prevent in west London. Thursday 10 December 2015, 6-9pm London Inter Faith Centre, 125 Salusbury Road, London NW6 6RG Speakers include: Bill Bolloten – Education not Surveillance Khalida Khan – An-Nisa Society Rizwan Hussain – Jawaab & Brent Anti-Racism Campaign Rob Ferguson – NUT Malia Bouattia – NUS Kiri Tunks – Palestine Solidarity Campaign Shahrar Ali – Brent Green
Calendar of racism and resistance (6 – 19 November 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing and criminal justice 5 November: Ropinder Singh calls for an inquiry into a protest outside the Indian High Commission after he was arrested and allegedly had his turban grabbed and thrown to the ground; fifteen others were
Black Lives Matter: The crisis we’re in
An open discussion on social justice and human rights: deaths in police custody and immigration, and the role of the state on these two issues. Thursday 26 November 2015, 6.30pm Goldsmiths Students’ Union, Dixon Road, News Cross, London SE14 6NW Speakers include: Kosna Bayoh – sister of Sheku Bayoh Marcia Rigg – sister of Sean
Two Paths, One Heart
Art exhibition with paintings from Asian women workers demanding justice in Birmingham to protests against rape in Delhi and protests against Britain’s immigration policies. Until Monday 30 November 2015 The Gallery Cafe, 21 Old Ford Road, London E2 9PL Related links Facebook event listing South Asia Solidarity Group
Fruitvale film club: ‘Pressure’
A monthly film screening by the London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV) Fruitvale Film Club which is showing Pressure by Horace Ove. Sunday 29 November 2015, 3pm The Field, 385 New Cross Road, London SE14 5HD Related links Facebook event listing London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV)
Stop & search workshop
A workshop on stop and search run by the London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV). Sunday 29 November 2015, 2pm The Field, 385 New Cross Road, London SE14 5HD Related links Facebook event listing London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV)
Commemoration of Ricky Bishop
A demonstration to remember Ricky Bishop who died after being arrested by police in Brixton in 2001. Sunday 22 November 2015, 12pm Assemble at Windrush Square, Brixton SW2 1JQ to march to Brixton police station Related links Uhuru News
Solidarity and the 1984-85 Miner’s Strike Exhibition
An exhibition by the TUC Library Collections and London Metropolitan University commemorating the British miner’s strike of 1984. Monday 23 November 2015, 5-7.30 pm London Metropolitan University, Goulston Street, London E1 7TP Speakers Mike Jackson – Vice Chancellor of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners Hywel Francis – Author and retired MP Related links TUC
The Immigration Bill 2015
A briefing on concerns about destitution of asylum seeker and migrant families as a result of the Immigration Bill 2015. Thursday 3 December 2015, 10-12pm John McIntyre Building, Room 208, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Speaker: Alison Harvey – Immigration Law Practitioners Association Related links Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network Book a seat here