An action workshop for Universal Children’s Day organised by Stop G4S Sheffield and South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group (SYMAAG). Saturday 19 November 2016, 10-4pm Quaker Meeting House, Sheffield, 10 St James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW Speakers: Carolyne Willow – Children Behind Bars Clare Sambrook – OpenDemocracy.net Eric Allison – Guardian prison correspondent of the since 2003 Speaker from Action for
Theme: Climate
London Anarchist Bookfair
The annual London anarchist bookfair. Saturday 29 October 2016, 10-7pm Park View School, West Green Road, London N15 3QR (nearest station: Seven Sisters, Victoria Line) Related links Anarchist Book Fair
The 1981 Uprisings @ 35: Criminal Justice, Community and the State
A one-day conference bringing together community groups, policy makers and academics to reflect on the 35th anniversary of the Scarman Report, authored in response to the inner-city uprisings of 1981. Saturday 5 November 2016, 10-6pm Peoples Palace, Lecture Theatre 1, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS Confirmed speakers include: Gus
18th Annual UFFC remembrance procession
The annual 18th remembrance procession organised by the families and friends of those who have died while in the custody the state. Saturday 29 October 2016, 12-4pm Assemble at Trafalgar Square, London to march to Downing Street Every year since 1999, the UFFC holds its annual remembrance procession from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street to
Peaceful demo against police brutality in High Wycombe
A demonstration in protest at the injuries sustained by Ephraim Allen during an arrest by High Wycombe police and to remember all those who have died in police custody. Friday 14 October 2016, 6-8pm High Wycombe Police Station, Queen Victoria Rd, High Wycombe HP11 1BE Related links Facebook event listing Read about what happened to Ephraim
Race, class and solidarity
A screening of The Great Grunwick Strike 1976-78 followed by a panel discussion. Wednesday 2 November 2016, 7-9.30pm SOAS, Khalili Lecture Theatre, Lower Ground Floor, Main Building, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG Panel: Amrit Wilson – Writer, activist and member of South Asian Solidarity Group Consuelo Moreno – SOAS Justice for Cleaners Campaign Sujata Aurora – Grunwick 40
‘We are the lions’
An exhibition commemorating the Grunwick Strike 1976-78. Opens Wednesday 19 October 2016 – Sunday 26 March 2017 Brent Museum & Archives, The Library at Willesden Green, 95 High Road, London NW10 2SF Forty years ago a group of workers in a backstreet Willesden factory stood up to their unfair bosses and kickstarted one of the longest and most important
Calendar of racism and resistance (16-29 September 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 15 September: Corporate Watch publishes: UK Detention Centres Factsheet (September 2016), view here or download here (pdf file, 108kb). 15 September: The Ministry of Justice announces increases of up to 500 per cent in court
Calendar of racism and resistance (2 – 15 September 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 24 August: Self-defence classes for Muslims and others from BAME communities in Swansea are launched, following concerns about racist violence in the locality. (BBC News, 24 August 2016) 1 September: A man who racially abuses
Cruelty and care in Chios, Greece
Below we publish an article by Malcolm James* on a visit he paid to Chios in Greece and what he witnessed while volunteering in early 2016 and the contradictions between caring for refugees and the cruelty meted out to them. There must now be very few people in Europe unaware of the ‘refugee crisis’. Certainly,