To mark the publication of IRR’s new research into the hostile political and legal environment facing humanitarian actors who seek to protect life at Europe’s sea and land borders, the IRR invites you to a wide-ranging discussion of how EU policies are shrinking the space for humanitarian action while feeding the far Right. Monday 4
Theme: Climate
‘I killed three … maybe four rats in my kitchen this summer’
Asylum campaigner John Grayson examines the appalling conditions in privately contracted housing for asylum seekers in south yorkshire. Ann was showing me round her G4S terraced house, on the inner ring road in Doncaster, on a Sunday afternoon in late October. A few days earlier, Ann had been to the local advice ‘drop-in centre’ for
EU member states, in criminalising humanitarians, are feeding Europe’s far Right
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) publishes today research showing that EU member states are using laws, aimed at traffickers and smugglers, to criminalise those acting out of humanitarian motives. The rhetoric of EU politicians and its border force, Frontex, may be fuelling far-right extremism, it IRR warns. It has written to the European Commission
US empire under Trump
In a podcast, Race & Class Editorial Working Committee member Arun Kundnani talks to journalist Anand Gopal and filmmaker Madiha Tahir about US empire in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan under Trump, and the US Left’s response. Anand Gopal has reported for the Wall Street Journal, Harpers, and the Atlantic and is the author of No Good Men Among
MRN Annual Migration Summit – London
An evening to discuss the future of migrants’ rights in the UK. Thursday 30 November 2017, 5.30-9.30pm Amnesty International UK, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Speakers include: Prof. Bridget Anderson – Professor of Mobilities, Migration and Citizenship at the University of Bristol Black Lives Matter UK – to be confirmed Simon Cox –
Calendar of racism and resistance (20 October – 2 November 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 20 October: A pregnant asylum seeker living in ‘dangerous housing’ provided by G4S in Doncaster pleads to be moved. (Open Democracy, 20 October 2017) 20 October: The Home Office publishes: Grenfell Tower immigration cases (guidance
The companies who profit from the Direct Provision system
In the third of a series, asylum campaigner John Grayson examines the private companies involved in providing services under the Direct Provision (DP) system for asylum seekers in Ireland. ‘Monetizing people (seeking asylum) is unforgivable.’ (Andy Storey, lecturer in political economy at University College Dublin, Dublin InQuirer, 10 May 2017) There were many more companies
Kingsley Burrell campaign meeting
A meeting to discuss the recent acquittals of the three officers involved in death of Kingsley Burrell and what to do next. Wednesday 15 November 2017, 7pm – 9pm AfroCaribbean Millenium Centre, 339 Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 4HB Related links Facebook event listing Justice for Kingsley Burrell
We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager!
‘We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager!’ is the story of Jayaben Desai the inspirational leader of the 1976-78 Grunwick Strike. November 2017 and May 2018 At venues across the UK Related links View location listings here Read an IRR review here
Readings from We Are The Lions
Readings from ‘We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager!’, a new play which tells the story of Jayaben Desai the inspirational leader of the 1976-78 Grunwick Strike. Saturday 11 November 2017, 7-8.30pm Marx Memorial Library, 37A Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU With chaired discussion on Grunwick dispute with representatives from Grunwick 40 and the Indian Workers Association. Related links