Live music, performances good food, drink and music to raise money for Julian and the Cole family. Saturday 28 February 2015, 7pm-12am Northolt Park Social Club, Sussex Crescent, Northolt, Slough UB5 4DR Related links Facebook event listing Read an article about Julian Cole, the IPCC and allegations of police brutality here
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Counter-terrorism policy and re-analysing extremism
Below is an edited transcript of a talk given by Arun Kundnani, author of ‘The Muslims are coming: Islamophobia, extremism and the domestic war on terror’, in January 2015, shortly after the Paris killings. The situation we find ourselves in is not entirely new. Most of what we’ve seen over the last few days is
The Great British Values Disaster – education, security and vitriolic hate
Educationalists Bill Bolloten and Robin Richardson discuss the impacts of the ‘fundamental British values’ (FBV) agenda. The time is late January 2015. The place is a university campus somewhere in England. ‘Kill Islam,’ says a piece of graffiti scrawled in big red letters on one of the university’s buildings, ‘before it kills you’. ‘How do I feel?’
UAF National Conference
Unite Against Fascism’s national conference. • Saturday 21 February 2015, 9.30-4pm • TUC Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS Speakers include: Diane Abbott Emily Thornberry Christine Bucholz Sharar Ali Ken Livingstone Billy Hayes Mark Serwokta Shuja Shafi Janet Alder Carol Duggan Marcia Rigg
Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah inquest to begin
An appeal to attend the inquest of Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah, who died during a stop and search in 2008. 2 – 27 February 2015, 10-4pm Beaconsfield Coroners Court, Easton St, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 1LR RELATED LINKS Justice for Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah
‘Apologists for terrorism’: dissent and the limits of free expression
Freedom of thought, expression and inquiry is under renewed threat from governments which, paradoxically, claim to be fighting to preserve freedom of expression in Europe. The ongoing case of a Belgian prison teacher issued with a work ban on national security grounds, and other disturbing cases of exclusion and criminalisation that have occurred in France
Calendar of racism and resistance (16 – 29 January 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 15 January: The Independent recounts the story behind the death of Pawel Koseda, a homeless Polish migrant, who was found dead impaled on the railings of a church in Kensington in October 2014. (Independent, 15
Recent news on deaths in custody
An overview of news on recent deaths in custody, upcoming inquests and a failed prosecution. Adrian McDonald: first black taser victim On 22 December 2014, 34-year-old Adrian McDonald died after being tasered by police officers in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. According to the IPCC, which investigates deaths in police custody: ‘Police attended an incident at a flat
Marching against joint enterprise laws
JENGbA are holding simultaneous marches in London, Liverpool, Leeds and Leicester. Saturday 6 February 2015 London, Liverpool, Leeds and Leicester Related links JENGbA See Facebook for further details
Calendar of racism and resistance (24 December 2014 – 15 January 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing and criminal justice 23 December: 34-year-old Adrian McDonald dies in Staffordshire after being tasered by police in the early hours of 22 December. (Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 23 December 2014) 30 December: A Freedom of Information request reveals that