An exhibition looking at the creation of Black History Month and its legacy today in Hackney. Thursday 26 September 2013 to 4 January 2014, 9.30-5pm (Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday), 9.30-8pm (Thursday), 10-5pm (Saturday) Hackney Museum, Technology and Learning Centre, 1 Reading Lane, London E8 1GQ Related links Download a flyer here
Theme: Alternative voices on integration
Supporting immigrants in London
A public meeting to support refugee and migrant activists and other interested individuals following on from the government’s ‘go home’ campaign. Thursday 19 September 2013, 6-9pm Southall Day Centre, Milap Branch, Shackleton Road, (off Lady Margaret Road) Southall, Middlesex UB1 2QH The meeting includes: An update on what has happened Explanations of the rights of those
G4S occupation activists acquitted
At the end of August, at Horsham Magistrates’ court, two campaigners were acquitted of aggravated trespass – an eight-hour occupation of the roof of the G4S Surrey HQ in July 2012. Chris Osmond and Shiar Youssef, from No Borders and the Boycott Israel Network, occupied the roof of the G4S HQ in leafy Surrey to
Family marks ten years since the death of Mikey Powell
The family of Mikey Powell marked the ten years since his death with a vigil outside West Midlands Police HQ and an inspirational meeting. On Saturday 7 September, family and friends of Mikey Powell as well as the families of others such as Joy Gardner, Sean Rigg, Azelle Rodney, Habib ‘Paps’ Ullah, Lloyd Butler and
Campaign to save the Public Sector Equality Duty
Groups have been fighting to prevent the government from watering down or dispensing altogether with the one part of the law which allows us to challenge institutional discrimination. Following the Macpherson recommendations, the 2000 Race Relations Amendment Act introduced a duty on public bodies to promote equality and the need to assess policy in terms
Vigil for Mikey Powell
The tenth and final annual vigil in remembrance of Mikey Powell, who died in police custody. Saturday 7 September 2013, 12-1.30pm West Midlands Police Headquarters, Lloyd House, Colmore Circus, Birmingham B4 6NQ Related links Friends of Mikey Powell Campaign for Justice United Families and Friends Campaign
JENGbA and PPMI fundraiser
A joint fundraiser for Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association and Progressing Prisoners Maintaining Innocence. Friday 20 September 2013, 8pm The Irish Centre, 140 Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 3TG Related links Download a flyer for the event here JENGbA PPMI
London Campaign against Police and State Violence meeting
Meeting to discuss the case of Jason O’Connor and policing in London. Saturday 7 September 2013, 2.30pm- 5pm
‘Who Polices The Police?’
Ken Fero, director of Who Polices The Police?, discusses the making of the film that examines the complicity of state institutions in deaths in custody and the struggle of one family for justice. Nearly a year ago, an inquest jury at Southwark Coroner’s Court gave a damning verdict about the death of Sean Rigg in
Responses to the government’s ‘go home’ campaign
Anti-racists are mobilising against the government’s ‘summer of attacks on immigrants’. The Home Office has ramped up enforcement measures against ’irregular’ migrants, with its ‘go home’ campaign and immigration spot checks at stations. It is also ‘consulting’ on access to healthcare, undocumented working and housing for migrants. In response, various organisations and groups are organising,