An exhibition exploring aspects of Black British arts and activism which have developed in Hackney since the 1960s. Tuesday 4 October 2016 – Saturday 21 January 2017 Hackney Museum, (Ground Floor), Technology and Learning Centre, 1 Reading Lane, London E8 1GQ Related links Hackney Museum
Theme: Climate
Calendar of racism and resistance (14 – 27 October 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 20 September: The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee publishes: EU Asylum Reform, download the report here. 12 October: The FN-backed mayor of the southern French town of Béziers launches a referendum on whether the town
London Migration Film Festival
The first London Migration Film Festival with films focussing on migration with concerts, panel discussions and space for dialogue. 11-13 November 2016 Two venues in South London Films include: 11 November: On the Bride’s Side 12 November: Pawo 12 November: Baran Related links London Migration Film Festival Facebook page
Migrants and migration post-Brexit
An event bringing together migrant communities with experts on migration, equality, academics, the media and other stakeholders to discuss post-Brexit responses. Friday 25 November 2016, 9.30-4pm Unite the Union, North London District Office, Ron Todd House, 33-37 Moreland Street, London EC1V 8BB Related links Migrant Voice
The Pandora’s box of German fascism has been opened
Below we publish an edited version of a speech given by a spokesperson for the Berlin anti-fascist documentation centre Apabiz at a symposium held at the HAU Theatre, Berlin*. ‘The problems we face in Germany today are twofold. First, the emergence of a far-right electoral party that is gaining between 10 and 25 per cent of
Demonstration at Czech Embassy
A demonstration to protest the killing of a young Roma man in the Czech Republic by neo-Nazi skinheads. Monday 31 October 2016, 1pm Czech embassy, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY Related links View further details here View a petition here
SYMAAG 10th anniversary party
A party to celebrate ten years of the South Yorkshire Migration Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG). Saturday 12 November 2016 St Andrews Church, Upper Hanover Street, Sheffield S3 7RQ Related links SYMAAG SYMAAG on Facebook
Calendar of racism and resistance (30 September – 13 October 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 1 October: Plans for a replacement Dungavel detention centre are revealed, to be sited near Glasgow Airport on an industrial estate, with a 12-foot fence. (The National, 1 October 2016) 1 October: Charities working at
Witness against torture
The October 2016 of Race & Class leads with two very timely and politically-provoking articles on the international impact of securitisation. Chandra Russo (of Colgate University, US) explores, through the protests of the group Witness Against Torture, how solidarity with those detained at Guantánamo has been maintained on US streets and how the plight of detainees
From Grunwick to Deliveroo: getting organised, getting unionised
A one-day conference bringing together campaigners, trade unionists, activists and thinkers to examine the changing nature of work and the terrains for resistance. Saturday 26 November 2016, 10.30-4.30pm Willesden Library Centre, 95 High Road, London NW10 2SF Forty years ago Asian women at Grunwick led a strike for basic human dignity at work and for the