The TUC Race Relations Committee in association with Blackstock films presents a screening of ‘Looking for Claudia Jones’ followed by a panel discussion. Friday 17 April 2015, 7-9pm TUC Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS Panel members: Nia Reynolds (director) Donald Hinds James Fairweather Diane Langford Corrine Skinner Carter The film documents the influence of
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Leon Briggs benefit dance
A benefit dance for the ‘Justice 4 Leon Briggs’ campaign. Saturday 26 April 2015, 8pm till late Charlie Browns Wine Bar, 114 – 134 Midland Road, Luton LU2 0BL DJ line-up includes: Bruce Billingy Fingaz & Robbie DJ Stumpy Scott & Kezz Scott Soulculturednb DJ Jason Lavern Edwin P Cassius Marky B Live P.As From Si Phili
The Met Gangs Matrix – institutional racism in action
Lee Bridges, Professor Emeritus (School of Law, University of Warwick), examines the ethnic composition of the Metropolitan police’s gangs database. In October 2014, the Met police disclosed information[1] on the ethnic composition of its ‘Gangs Matrix’ or database, showing that no fewer than 78.2 per cent of 3,422 persons then included were classified as black
Catch history on the wing, buy your advance copy now!
A new film of A. Sivanandan, in conversation with Colin Prescod, entitled Catching History on the Wing will have its premiere at an event on 18 April and copies are now available for sale. A. Sivanandan is best known as a key thinker, writer and activist on racism and imperialism, the founder editor of Race
‘Where was our independence?’ The persistent questions about the IPCC’s Mark Duggan investigation
Last week the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) report into the death of Mark Duggan exonerated the officers involved – and was immediately condemned by the family as a ‘whitewash’. IRR News analyses previously unreleased internal documents that shed new light on the IPCC’s investigation in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. Documents released under
Calendar of racism and resistance (13 – 26 March 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Extreme-Right politics 16 March: Polish police seize live ammunition and weapons when they arrest thirteen neo-Nazis during coordinated raids across Poland. Connected to Blood & Honour and Combat 18, the neo-Nazis are charged with a variety of offences, such
We Love Immigration
A comedy night organised by Migrants Rights’ Network celebrating the impact immigration has had on the British comedy industry. Monday 30 March 2015, 7.30pm Bloomsbury Theatre, 15 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AH Line-up includes: Abandoman Nish Kumar Romesh Ranganathan David Mills Bec Hill Grainne Maguire Felicity Ward Paul Sinha Ava Vidal Andrew O Neil Shazia
Justice for Kingsley Burrell
The family of Kingsley Burrell, who died after being detained under the Mental Health Act in March 2011, are calling for people to attend his inquest. Tuesday 7 April 2015 Birmingham Coroner’s Court, 50 Newton Street, City Centre, Birmingham B4 6NE Related links Location map Facebook event listing Justice for Kingsley Burrell
Second inquest returns critical verdict on death of Habib Ullah
On 2 March, a second inquest recorded a critical misadventure and narrative verdict into the death of Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah on 3 July 2008, after being stopped and forcefully searched by police in High Wycombe. The verdict marks seven years of campaigning by his family, who have consistently marked the anniversary of his death, every
When anonymous hearsay can get you deported
Operation Nexus allows for deportation on the basis of fundamentally unreliable and untestable material. Foreign nationals convicted of serious crime can reasonably expect to be deported. But what of those acquitted of crime, or never charged? Or victims of crime? Human rights lawyers are becoming increasingly concerned about the extensive use of police intelligence in