A demonstration on Romani Resistance Day, delivering a petition to the Bulgarian embassy calling for justice for Mitko Yonkov, a Romani boy beaten by a neo-Nazi in Bulgaria. Monday 16 May 2016, 12pm Bulgarian embassy, 186-188 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5HL Related links Facebook event Sign a petition calling for justice for Mitko Yonkov here Roma
Theme: Climate
National Day of Action Against Detention Centres
Actions across the UK in a national day of action against detention centres. Saturday 7 May 2016 Brook House & Tinsley House, 3pm Colnbrook & Harmondsworth, 10-6pm (Assemble at SOAS at 10am) The Verne, from 12.45-1.45pm (bring things to make noise) and from 2.15pm in the town. Yarl’s Wood, from 6pm (including film projection, lights
Grunwick 40 fundraiser
A special edition of the Queensbury Pub Quiz in aid of the Grunwick 40 Campaign. Wednesday 11 May 2016, 8pm The Queensbury, 110a Walm Lane, Willesden Green, London NW2 4RS Grunwick 40 is fundraising to install a mural to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Grunwick Strike, a key event in Willesden’s history that had
The fourth London Radical Bookfair 2016
The London Radical Bookfair is a gathering of progressive readers, thinkers and doers in a celebration of radical publishing and politics. Saturday 7 May 2016, 12-6pm Goldsmiths Great Hall, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross London SE14 6NW Related links Facebook event listing London Radical Bookfair
Calendar of racism and resistance (8 – 21 April 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 April: A 7-year-old Afghan boy is rescued from the back of a lorry on the M1 with fourteen other migrants after sending an SOS text message saying that he was having difficulty breathing. (BBC
Fruitvale Film Club: ‘Burning an Illusion’
A monthly film screening by the London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV) Fruitvale Film Club of Burning an Illusion (1981) by Menelik Shabazz. Sunday 24 April 2016, 3pm The Field, 385 New Cross Road, London SE14 5HD Related links Facebook event listing London Campaign Against Police and State Violence
Birmingham community launch of Joint Enterprise report
The Birmingham launch of a new report: ‘Dangerous associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism’. Thursday 28 April 2016, 7pm The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Birmingham B6 4UU Speakers include: Patrick Williams Becky Clarke Related links Event details Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
Migrant Solidarity Network (North) launch
Launch event of of the new Migrant Solidarity Network (North) for groups working for refugee and migrant rights. Saturday 30 April 2016, 11-5pm The Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle NE1 2NP Groups include: Beyond Borders Tyneside Manchester Migrant Solidarity South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group Right to Remain Related links Facebook event listing Beyond Borders Tyneside
Anti-Semitism – thought or deed?
Significantly, but without much fanfare, an expanded definition of anti-Semitism entered the UK’s policy arena this April. An article by Eric Pickles, former secretary of state for communities and local government, chair of the Conservative Friends of Israel and, since September 2015, UK special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, entitled ‘A definition of antisemitism’ introduced the
Calendar of racism and resistance (25 March – 7 April 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 March: Caritas Europa publishes: Migrants and refugees have rights! Impact of EU policies on accessing protection. Download the report here. 15 March: Refugee Rights publishes a report: The Long Wait: Filling the data gaps