The July 2017 issue of Race & Class is now available and you can download the lead article for free (for a limited time only). The July 2017 issue of Race & Class leads with a double-length narrative history of the little known New York City jail riots of the 1970s which predated that at
It is with great sadness that we report the sudden death of radical filmmaker Prasanna Ratnayake. Prasanna, from Sri Lanka, had worked in the UK since 2006 (as and when the Home Office’s rigid rules allowed), until he was finally able to settle here in 2014 with his wife Margaret Henry. Prasanna had been the
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration June: The Public Interest Law Unit at Lambeth Law Centre, along with NELMA, launch a crowd-funding appeal to bring a judicial review against Home Office policy of removing rough-sleeping EEA Nationals. View the appeal here.
Go Home? The politics of Immigration Controversies brings together voices against and surrounding the government’s tougher stance on immigration. We hear from community organisations, policy makers, migrants and citizens along with eight social researchers. As indicated by the title, this publication is in direct response to Operation Vaken in 2013, most associated with the Go
The inquest commences into Sarah Reed who died in Holloway Prison in January 2016. Tuesday 4 July 2017, 10am (likely to last 3-4 weeks) City of London Coroner’s Court, Walbrook Wharf, 78-83 Upper Thames Street, London EC4R 3TD Related links Sarah Reed Campaign for Justice
The Medical Justice AGM will address the situation of vulnerable detainees, the Home Office’s ‘Adult at Risk’ policy and future campaigning for vulnerable detainees. Tuesday 18 July 2017, 6.30-8.30pm Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Speakers Dr Liz Clarke Ex-detainee Stephanie Harrison QC Theresa Schleicher Martha Spurrier To book a place – please email: emma.ginn@medicaljustice.org.uk
Join Room to Heal as they celebrate a decade of their work at a summer party. Saturday 30 June 2017, 6pm till late Mildmay Community Centre, Woodville Road, London N18 8NA Related links Room to Heal View a flyer here
The government’s widely-condemned post-Brexit proposals for EU citizens should be used to highlight the unfair and discriminatory immigration laws to which they will be subjected, particularly those limiting family reunification, which currently apply to British citizens and settled migrants. Brexit secretary David Davis said the aim was to ensure EU citizens resident in the UK
A year on from Brexit and in the wake of Finsbury Park: How do we tackle hate crime and bigotry? Thursday 29 June 2017, registration: 6.45pm, event: 7-8.30pm Room 308, University of the Arts London, 272 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EY A year has passed since the UK voted to leave the European Union, and
HISTORY ACTS is a new radical history forum, affiliated to the Raphael Samuel Centre, and based at the University of London. Sessions are free and open to all, with this event taking place in Birmingham. Thursday 6 July 2017, 11-12.30pm Modern British Studies Conference 2017, University of Birmingham, Arts Building, B15 2TT. HISTORY ACTS aims
