An exhibition examining Black British cultural identities, heritage and creative voices – and the struggle Black British artists faced to have their voices heard – from the 1960s to the 1990s. 10 July 2015 – 24 January 2016 Guildhall Art Gallery, Guildhall Yard, London EC2V 5AE The focus is on the life works of Eric and Jessica Huntley and the
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Justice for Mark Duggan
Join the family of Mark Duggan on the fourth anniversary of his death and the launch of National Injustice Day. Tuesday 4 August 2015, 4.30-8pm Assemble Broadwater Farm Estate, Tottenham, London and leave for Tottenham Police Station at 5pm Related links Tottenham Rights The Monitoring Group Justice for Mark Duggan
Luton 4 Justice community update meeting
A community update meeting on policing in Luton called by the Faruk Ali, Leon Briggs and Istiak Yusef justice campaigns. Wednesday 26 August 2015, 6.30pm Bury Park Community Resource Centre, 161-161B Dunstable Road, Luton LU1 1BW Speakers: Representatives from the IPCC, the police and the Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Related links Justice 4 Faruk Justice
Critical mass to Calais
A bike ride to Calais to get bikes and other provisions to refugees in Calais. Saturday 29 August – Monday 31 August 2015 London-Calais (see website for further details) Related links Critical Mass London Read more about the bike ride on Rabble
Charlie Hebdo backlash – the unredacted story
A new report by Le Collectif Contre l’Islamophobie en France (CCIF) documents the intensification of violence against Muslims following the Paris attacks in January 2015. After the terrorist attacks earlier this year in France – in which eleven staff at the magazine Charlie Hebdo were gunned down, a police officer outside was killed, another police officer killed
Preserving Britain’s Black heroes
Below we reproduce a review of a new exhibition, ‘No Colour Bar’, which was previously published in The Voice. A new exhibition breathes life into a story of struggle and activism that is truly home-grown. We often view Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X as having ascended the mountain-top of black achievement and activism.
Inquiring into police accountability and spying on family campaigns
On 16 July, the Home Office announced an inquiry into undercover police spies and their activities monitoring family campaigns and spying on protestors. Below we produce a statement by The Monitoring Group[1] which has been supporting some of the families whose campaigns were infiltrated by the police. The Monitoring Group welcomes the spirit and substance
Joint enterprise in action
Below we reproduce an article written by trainee barrister, Josh Radcliffe, on a recent joint enterprise trial observed at Birmingham Crown Court. To the casual visitor to Birmingham’s court twelve on any given day between early January and the end of April 2015, the importance of the proceedings taking place would likely be lost. First appearances
Public order broadcasting: ‘The Met’ and the press
A critical analysis of the BBC’s ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary about the Metropolitan police. In what has been billed as an unprecedented move, in early 2014 Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe allowed a BBC camera crew an access-all-areas pass to film the force as it carried out its routine policing of London. In a commentary for
Spinning the assault on Julian Cole
Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that the IPCC consulted with a police force under its investigation during the construction of its media releases. On 6 May 2013, Julian Cole, a 21-year-old black man, was left with a broken neck after being detained and arrested by Bedfordshire police outside a nightclub. Cole’s