A meeting to discuss the threat new legislation presents to communities and what can be done to defend the rights of migrants. Wednesday 25 November 2015, 5-8 pm Union House, 128 Theobald’s Road, London, WC1X 8TN Speakers Rosa Crawford – Trades Union Congress (TUC) Rita Chadha – Refugee & Migrant Forum of Essex and London – RAMFEL
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Martha Osamor: unsung hero of Britain’s black struggle
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Veteran campaigner Martha Osamor talks to IRR News about her experiences in political struggles. Martha Osamor, now 75-years-old is one of the many unsung heroes of Britain’s black community, yet she has spent almost all her life fighting to better the position of people in Tottenham and beyond – in the community, through the unions, women’s
The Race Relations Act 1965 – blessing or curse?
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Jenny Bourne, long time anti-racist campaigner and editor of the IRR’s journal Race & Class, writes about the 1965 Race Relations Act and assesses the fifty years since it was passed. How should we be evaluating the impact of the race relations acts, the first of which became law fifty years ago? Fifty years ago,
Calendar of racism and resistance (23 October – 5 November 2015)
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A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 15 October: The Home Office announces the closure of Dover immigration removal centre, Free Movement, 23 October 2015) 19 October: The Hope Project publishes: Destitute and asylum-seeking women in the West Midlands: Immigration issues and
As ‘extremist’ as Finchley? The ‘Counter Extremism Strategy’ and the Irish context
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Daniel Holder from the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) reflects on the recently introduced Counter Extremism Strategy and the scenario which we would see if the strategy was applied in Northern Ireland. Margaret Thatcher famously claimed Northern Ireland was as British as her own constituency, Finchley. Apparently however we are officially no longer
Europe must act now on refugee deaths
As borders become militarised zones, and internal policing of refugees and migrants intensifies, the IRR continues to monitor asylum- and migration- related deaths. Across Europe the humanitarian crisis continues as refugees continue to flee war-torn countries such as Syria. Front-line volunteers, who have witnessed the suffering first-hand over the summer and autumn, have now sent an
Policing the crisis
Defend the Right to Protest’s annual conference. Sunday 15 November 2015, 11am til late, School of African and Oriental Studies, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG Workshops include: Prevent and the threat to our civil liberties with Moazzam Begg, Gareth Peirce, Malia Bouattia, Patricia McManus and Hilary Aked Undercover policing and the new inquiry with Imran Khan, Janet Alder,
Launching the Socialist Register 2016
The launch of the Socialist Register 2016, as part of the 12th annual Historical Materialism conference. Saturday 7 November 2015, 11.15am Room L67, School of African and Oriental Studies, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG Speakers: Chaired by Greg Albo Liz Fekete Richard Seymour Richard Saull Avishai Ehrlich Related links Download a full programme for the conference here
Women Fighting Back: International and Legal Perspectives
An international women’s conference bringing a critical, left-wing and intersectional perspective to the women’s movement. Saturday 28 November – Sunday 29 November 2015 Southbank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA Speakers include: Angela Davis (USA) – University of California Presidential Chair in African American and Feminist Studies, and founding member of the prison abolitionist group Critical Resistance
Abolition or reform?
A meeting to discuss the relationship between reform, decarceration and criminal justice reductionism. Thursday 19 November 2015, 6.30-9pm central London venue (TBC) Panelists: Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski – PhD Student, the Open University Dr Bree Carlton – Monash University, Australia Deborah Coles – INQUEST Dr Erica R Meiners – Northeastern University Illinois, USA Neena Samota – StopWatch A speaker from the Empty Cages Collective