A screening of David Koff’s historic Blacks Britannica (1978) hosted by South London Anti-Fascists. Thursday 30 October 2014, 7pm Cinema (Room RHB 185), Goldsmiths University, London SE14 6NW Blacks Britannica shows the realities of race and class in 1970s Britain with rare honesty and is a powerful base for thinking about racism and the state today.
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Calendar of racism and resistance (4-16 October 2014)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees 6 October: Corporate Watch reveals that NHS England has awarded G4S a series of contracts worth some £23 million to run medical facilities at four immigration removal centres in the UK. (Corporate Watch, 6
Screening of ‘Burn’
Screening of a new documentary film Burn by Migrant Media plus a Q&A. Monday 20 October 2014, 6pm King’s College, Strand Campus, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS Speakers include: Stephanie Lightfoot Bennett – Sister of Leon Patterson (United Families & Friends Campaign) Ken Fero – Director of Burn Harmit Athwal – (IRR) Related links Migrant
Say no to police spying
A peaceful vigil in memory of Ricky Reel, who was killed in a racist attack in Kingston in 1997, and in protest against police spying, corruption and racism. Tuesday 21 October 2014, 5-7pm New Scotland Yard, 8-10 Broadway, London SW1H 0BG Speakers at the vigil will include: John McDonnell MP for Hayes & Harlington Sukhdev Reel
Anthony Walker memorial lecture
An event hosted in conjunction with the Walker family and the Anthony Walker Foundation. Friday 17 October 2014, 6.30pm Broadway Theatre, Barking IG11 7LS Speakers: Baroness Oona King Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Jeremy Crook Christine Blower Max Hyde
Legal Aid – a defence of the fourth pillar of the welfare state
The Haldane Society’s annual human rights lecture series begins with a defence of legal aid. Wednesday 22 October 2014, 6.30-8pm Basement Lecture Theatre (GSB01), School of Law, London Metropolitan University, 16 Goulston Street, London E1 7TP Speaker: Matt Foot – criminal defence solicitor and co-founder of the Justice Alliance Related Links Download a flyer (pdf file, 48kb)
Talha Ahsan prison poetry reading
Readings of Talha Ahsan’s prison poetry. Sunday 19 October 2014, 7.30pm Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, London NW5 2RX Speakers and readers include: Hamja Ahsan – Brother of Talha Ahsan Patric Cunnane – Poet Kirsten Irving – Poet Related Links Free Talha Ahsan Hearing Eye poetry publishers
‘We revolt simply because … we can no longer breathe’
An impressive new film on the death of Mark Duggan, and the riots that followed, provides a welcome radical alternative narrative. Ken Fero’s new film, Burn, (dedicated to those who burn for justice) describes itself as a movie about memory. He asks ‘why Britain burns?’ and there are a variety of responses, but the consensus
Memory and hope: new perspectives on the Kashmir conflict
The latest issue of Race & Class, ‘Memory and hope’, contains a special section on the possibilities for peace and autonomy in Kashmir. As the ceasefire along the Line of Control breaks down and Pakistani and Indian troops are involved in a new outbreak of hostilities causing 20,000 civilians to flee their homes, Race &
Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
A discussion with Dr. Richard Stone based on a reading from his recently published book of Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. Tuesday 28 October 2014, 6.30-9pm Main Hall, Dominion Centre, 112 The Green, Southall, Middlesex UB2 4BQ Related links Hidden Stories home page Hidden Stories Twitter account Dr Richard Stone on Twitter Download