The Kingsley Burrell Campaign are calling on people to attend the inquest into the death of Kingsley Burrell who died in Birmingham in March 2011 after being detained by the police. 7 April – 15 May 2015, the court usually sits from 10-5pm Birmingham Coroner’s Court, 50 Newton Street, Birmingham B4 6NE Related links Facebook event
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Migrant Lives Matter
A protest following the recent deaths of 700 African migrants in the latest loss of a ship crossing from Libya to Europe. Saturday 25 April 2015, 1-2pm European Commission in the UK, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU Related links Facebook event listing Movement Against Xenophobia Stop the War Coalition BARAC UK (Black Activists Rising Against
Reclaim Brixton
A gathering to reclaim Brixton. Saturday 25 April 2015, 12-3pm Windrush Square, London SW2 1JQ Related links Facebook event listing Reclaim Brixton
Racist violence and British nationalism in Northern Ireland
The April 2015 issue of Race & Class argues that Northern Ireland’s BAME communities have been living the peace process in reverse. In 1971 British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling suggested that the situation in Northern Ireland amounted to ‘an acceptable level of violence’. During ‘the Troubles’, this became the de facto security policy of successive British governments
Working Illegally: film and panel discussion
Documentary film from Standoff Films looks behind the closed walls and barbed wire of UK border enforcement to expose the reality of immigration detention. Saturday 2 May 2015, 7pm The Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, Phil Miller, and ex-detainees. Related links
Levelling out racism
A community celebration of resistance to racism and fascism in the UK. Sunday 26 April 2015, 1-4pm The Level, Brighton BN1 4ZN Related links Brighton People’s Assembly Page Stop EDL Facebook event
‘Who Killed Colin Roach?’
A screening of Who Killed Colin Roach organised by the 4WardEver Campaign. Thursday 7 May 2015, 6.30-9pm. The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham B6 4UU Related links Facebook event The Drum 4Ward Ever Campaign Book tickets here
Calendar of racism and resistance (27 March – 9 April 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Extreme-Right politics 29 March: In the second round of French local elections, the Front National wins 22 per cent of the vote, securing 62 council seats. (In 2011, it won just one.) However it failed to take control
Putting the ethics back into freedom of expression
The social landscape in which we practise our freedoms is highly volatile. Can we afford to be reckless? After the massacres in 2011 by the racist terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, ‘we’ were all, briefly, Norwegian. It was a gesture of sympathy for the blameless casualties and solidarity for those suffering their loss. As with many
Oluwale Partnership Symposium
An event organised by the Oluwale Partnership in Leeds. Friday 17 April 2015, 9.30-4.30 Rose Bowl, Leeds Beckett University, Portland Crescent, Leeds LS1 3HB Speakers & performers include: Cllr Keith Wakefield (Leader, Leeds City Council) St George’s Crypt Sai Murray (Remember Oluwale Board member) Michelle Scally-Clarke Rommi Smith Ian Duhig Seni Seniveratne Royal Blood reggae