A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 2 July: The Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF) publishes a report documenting a 23.5 per cent rise in Islamophobic attacks after the killings of the Charlie Hebdo staff and hostages in a Jewish grocery
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
FoodFight – Resistance is Fertile
A free five-day course, organised by the Voices That Shake, on art, race, media and power to explore the idea that resistance is fertile. Monday 3 August – Friday 7 August 2015 We are Spotlight, 30 Hay Currie Street, E14 6GN London The course will include: Interactive workshops, dialogue & skill-shares to creatively campaign for
Justice for Sheku Bayoh campaign launch
A one-day conference to launch the Justice for Sheku Bayoh campaign with the family of Sheku Bayoh & relatives of others who have died in police custody. Saturday 25 July 2015, 11-5pm The Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4HZ Speakers include: Colette Bell – partner of Sheku Bayoh Adeyemi Johnson – brother-in-law of Sheku
Remembering Jean Charles de Menezes – ten years on
Join the family of Jean Charles de Menezes to mark the tenth anniversary of his death on 22 July 2005. Wednesday 22 July at 9.30-11am Stockwell underground station, Clapham Road, London SW9 9AE Related links Newham Monitoring Project (NMP) Facebook event listing
Racist violence: important conviction and updates
In the last few weeks a number of important cases involving racially-motivated violence have been before the courts. Dr Sarandev Bhambra On 25 June, in a few hours, Zack Davies was found guilty by a jury of the attempted murder of 24-year-old dentist Dr Sarandev Bhambra in Mold in Wales in January 2015. Davies had
Crowdfunding a challenge to joint enterprise
JENGbA has launched an important crowdfunding appeal for a case at the Supreme Court. Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) is hoping to raise at least £10,000 for analytical work to be carried out by their lawyers, the human rights and criminal solicitors ITN, and barristers at Doughty Street. The Supreme Court has been
Self defence or a licence to kill?
When we look at the figures of young African Americans shot dead, some might comfort themselves with the mantra ‘thank goodness our police forces, unlike those of the US, are not routinely armed’. But look at our record of BAME killings when they are armed. In just the last few years, Azelle Rodney was shot
Calendar of racism and resistance (19 June – 2 July 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 19 June: The Independent Police Complaints Commission will consider whether the ethnicity or the mental health of a 33-year-old prisoner injured in a cell influenced the actions of six officers involved in his restraint, resulting in
Past and present of the IRR
Two videos from the IRR’s recent conference Catching History on the Wing, which celebrated the work of the IRR and A. Sivanandan, are now available to view. The first session examined the ‘coup’ in 1972 which ousted the IRR’s rich and powerful Management Board and its monopoly on defining ‘race relations’, is available here. The second
Get Up, Stand Up! Racial equality and anti-racism
A series of debates and lectures as part of a collaborative project between New Art Exchange and NCCL exploring notions of international civil rights. Thursday 9 July 2015, 6-8pm New Art Exchange, 39-41 Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6BE Participants include: Jagdish Patel – The Monitoring Group Janna Graham – Centre for Research in Race and Rights,