Following a Supreme Court judgment that the joint enterprise doctrine has been applied incorrectly for three decades, Patrick Williams and Becky Clarke reflect on their groundbreaking research on joint enterprise, racism and criminalisation. Dangerous Associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism highlights the complex relationships which contribute to the collective punishment of young Black, Asian and Minority
A panel co-hosted by Novara Media, Verso and Compass that focuses on living in London and some of the intersecting oppressions that increasingly define it. Wednesday 23 March 2016, 8.30pm The Auditorium at Foyles, Level 6, 107 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0DT Speakers include: Aaron Bastani – Novara Media Liz Fekete – Director of
Regular monthly demonstration at Campsfield House detention entre in Oxfordshire. Saturday 27 February 2016, 12-2pm Campsfield House, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxfordshire OX5 1RE Related links Campaign to Close Campsfield
A march to mark UN Anti-Racism Day. Saturday 19 March 2016 London: assemble at Portland Place,London at 12noon. Glasgow: assemble at George Square, Glasgow at 11am. Wales: assemble at Clare Gardens, Cardiff at 11am. Related links Stand Up To Racism
A community event looking into the criminalisation of Black and Asian communities. Wednesday 16 March 2016, 6-7.45pm The Phil Martin Centre, 139 Princess Road, Manchester M14 4RE Speakers include: Rizwaan Sabir Waqas Tufail Katy Sian Patrick Williams Related links Facebook event listing View a flyer here
A demonstration at Yarl’s Wood detention centre. Saturday 12 March 2016, 1.30pm Yarl’s Wood, Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire MK44 1FD Related links Movement for Justice Facebook event listing
A day of discussions and workshops on safeguarding the rights of non-EU international students, refugees, asylum seekers and university workers. Saturday 5 March 2016, 11am-5pm SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Related links Get your tickets on Eventbrite Facebook event listing
A showing of ‘Whose Mind is it Anyway?’ A documentary made for British television in the 1990s which recounts the various stages of the arrest, sectioning and enforced psychiatric treatment of a Black British man. Sunday 28 February 2016, 3pm The Field, 385 New Cross Road, London SE14 5HD Related links Facebook event listing London
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 27 January: The EU issues a draft anti-smuggling law which experts say could criminalise volunteers providing help to refugees and equate rescue with smuggling. Other proposals would require volunteers to register. (Statewatch, 27 January 2016)
An event to remember David Oluwale reflecting on gardening, freedom and memory. Friday 26 February 2016, 2.30-7.30pm Rupert Beckett Lecture Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT Speakers & performers include: Kasia Boddy (Faculty of English, Cambridge) George McKay (UEA) Andrew Warnes (School of English, Leeds) Zena Edwards Corinne Silva Morgan Murphy
