Below we reproduce a letter to the editor published in The Times, on 11 March 2015, in support of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. Dear Sir, Charities like the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) frequently work in complex and difficult environments to promote peace, justice and equality. They succeed because of their expertise and integrity in navigating these
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing and criminal justice 11 February: The family of a man whose neck was found to be broken after he was arrested by police call for the officers involved to be suspended. Julian Cole, 21, was left in a
A celebration of the work of A. Sivanandan and the Institute of Race Relations. Saturday 18 April 2015, 1-6pm Room 421, Malet Street main building, Birkbeck College, (entrance on Torrington Square), London WC1 Including the premiere of the film Catching History on the Wing: a conversation with A. Sivanandan, the launch of IRR reports Dying for Justice
The second of a two-part event to celebrate educationalist and campaigner Gus John’s 70th birthday and his lifetime achievements. Saturday 14 March 2015, 2pm British Film Institute, South Bank, London SE1 9GY A documentary film, followed by: Guardian columnist, Gary Younge, in conversation with Gus John.
The first of a two-part event to celebrate educationalist and campaigner Gus John’s 70th birthday and his lifetime achievements. Wednesday 11 March 2015, 6-10pm Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL Speakers: Ali Hussein – film maker and cultural activist Ian Macdonald QC – human rights, immigration and criminal lawyer Makeda Coaston – cultural
Everyone should read a recent report by the National Coalition of Independent Action (NCIA) on the ways in which neoliberal policies are destroying the purpose and politics of voluntary groups. From time to time IRR News has commented on the ways in which privatisation, subcontracting and marketisation are infiltrating voluntary groups in the race and
A SERTUC Race Relations Committee event to remember Claudia Jones who founded Britain’s first Black newspaper, The West Indian Gazette and Afro-Asian Caribbean News, in 1958. She was also one of the founders of the Notting Hill Carnival, as a community led response to the Notting Hill race riots of 1958. Friday 6 March 2015, 6-9pm
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing and criminal justice 30 January: Anthony Long, the ex-police officer accused of the murder of Azelle Rodney during a police operation in April 2005, appears in court and pleads not guilty. (BBC News, 30 January 2015) 30
Below we reproduce a letter to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, by the Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association Campaign (JENGbA) on his new Operation Shield proposals which have been likened to the doctrine of joint enterprise. Dear Mr Johnson, Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) is a grassroots campaign currently supporting over 500 prisoners
Community activists respond to Boris Johnson’s Operation Shield proposals – a ‘tough new gang intervention pilot’. The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) has announced that Operation Shield, a new pilot to tackle ‘gang’ crime, ‘will see members of some of the most active gangs in London collectively punished for the criminal actions of individual
