The annual United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) march calling for an end to deaths in custody. Saturday 25 October 2014 Assemble at 12pm at Trafalgar Square, London for a silent procession along Whitehall followed by a noisy protest at Downing Street Related links Download a flyer here (pdf file, 136kb) Facebook event listing United
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Calendar of racism and resistance (19 September-3 October)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting the key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees September: The ECtHR rules that conditions for migrants detained in a number of Greek police stations and immigration detention centres are so bad that they amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment, in two
Investigated or ignored? on Race & Class radio
The latest broadcast of Race & Class radio is now available to download. In the latest Race & Class radio show, focusing on the July-September 2014 issue, Harmit Athwal and Jon Burnett discuss the IRR’s recent report Investigated or ignored? on race-related deaths since the Macpherson Report. Their findings show that racial motivation is often still ignored, downplayed or not acknowledged by
Mark Duggan public meeting
A public meeting organised by the family, friends and supporters of Mark Duggan. Saturday 4 October 2014, 5-8pm North London Community Centre, 22 Moorefield Road, Tottenham, London N17 6PY Speakers include: Carole Duggan – Mark Duggan’s aunt Sean Hall – Mark Duggan’s brother Fidel Santigi – Justice 4 Mark Duggan Stafford Scott – Tottenham Rights Related links Justice 4
Detention under parliamentary scrutiny
A meeting to launch the London community submission to the APPG on Refugees and Migration detention inquiry. Tuesday 7 October 2014, 6pm Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, London E2 0EF Speakers: John McDonnell – MP Lisa Matthews – Right to Remain Jerome Phelps – Detention Action RELATED LINKS Detention Action Right to Remain
The right to life under threat by the state
The London Campaign Against Police and State Violence annual conference. Sunday 12 October 2014, 1pm Richard Hoggart Building Cinema, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths (University of London), Lewisham Way, New Cross, London SE14 6NW Programme includes: United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) Spoken word Related links Facebook event London Campaign Against Police
No One is Illegal gathering
Gathering of the No One is Illegal group. Sunday 19 October 2014, 1-5 pm The Common House, Unit 5E, 5 Pundersons Garden, Bethnal Green, London E2 9QG Related links No One is Illegal
A seminar on the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair
A seminar to examine the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair: ‘From the horse’s mouth? Critiquing and countering the dominant discourse and narratives. Thursday 23 October 2014, 10.30-4.30pm School of Education, Edgbaston Campus, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Related links See event details here Book online here
Screening of ‘Burn’
Screening of a new documentary film Burn by Migrant Media plus a Q&A. Friday 17 October 2014, 6-7.30pm Lecture Theatre B04, Birbeck, University of London, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Speakers include: Marcia Rigg – Sister of Sean Rigg Minkah Adofo – United Families & Friends Campaign Ken Fero – Director of Burn Related links
2014 Eve Saville memorial lecture
A lecture on ‘Policing in Britain: Corruption, Surveillance and Institutional Racism’. Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 6.15-8.30pm St. Martin’s Hall, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ Related links Event details and registration here Centre for Crime and Justice Studies