Media stigmatisation of poor multicultural neighbourhoods of Europe as strongholds of Islamist terrorism and organised crime is lending legitimacy to a more coercive, more militarised style of policing. The Home Office is currently reviewing legal protection for police officers who shoot to kill as well as considering whether to transfer the lead role in fighting
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Dangerous associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism
Meetings in Manchester and Tottenham to launch a new report on Joint Enterprise convictions. Monday 25 January 2016 8.30-10am, Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS 7-8.30pm, North London Community House, Moorefield Road, Tottenham, London N17 6PY Speakers include: Report authors Becky Clarke and Patrick Williams (Manchester Metropolitan University) Stafford Scott (Tottenham Rights) Related links JENGbA
Dangerous associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism
A meeting to launch a new report on Joint Enterprise convictions. Tuesday 26 January 2016 2-4pm, House of Commons, Committee Room 14, House of Commons Westminster, London SW1A 0AA Speakers include: Report authors Becky Clarke and Patrick Williams (Manchester Metropolitan University) Lord Herman Ouseley Andrew Mitchell MP Related links JENGbA Download a flyer (word doc, 77kb)
Dream Not Of Other Worlds: Racism, Extremism and the Left
Arun Kundnani is delivering the 2016 Corin Redgrave Memorial Lecture. Saturday 23 January 2016, 2.30pm Small Hall, The Camden Centre, Bidborough Street, London WC1H 9AU Speaker: Arun Kundnani is the author of The End of Tolerance: Racism in 21st Century Britain and The Muslims Are Coming Related links Peace & Progress Download a flyer here (word doc,
Migrants Welcome
A demonstration in Calais in support of migrants as simultaneous demonstrations take place in Greece against the construction of a wall in Evros at the Greek-Turkish border. Saturday 23 January 2016 Calais Related links Further information in French
Voices of the spied upon
The Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance (COPS) is holding a public meeting. Thursday 21 January 2016, 6.30-8.30pm Diskus Room, Unite, 128 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8TN Speakers include: Kate Wilson Janet Alder Jules Carey Stafford Scott Lois Austin (Chair) Related links Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance (COPS) View details of the meeting here View a flyer here
Calendar of racism and resistance (4-17 December 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing & criminal justice 3 December: Babacar Guèye, a 27-year-old Senegalese man, dies after being shot five times by a police officer in Rennes in north-west France. Guèye attempted to self-harm with a bread knife before his friend
Calendar of racism and resistance 2015
A reference tool for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe in 2015. POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 11 January: Campaign groups Justice 4 Leon and the Faruk Ali Justice Campaign march together through Luton to show a ‘united front’, demanding justice for Leon Briggs and Faruk Ali. (Luton on Sunday, 11 January
NYE: London prisoner solidarity demo
A solidarity demonstration with prisoners with music and noise on New Year’s Eve. Thursday 31 December 2015, 8pm at HMP Pentonville, Caledonian Road, London N7 8TT from 8pm HMP Holloway, Parkhusrt Road, London N7 0NU at 9.30pm Related links Facebook event listing London ABC
NYE: Brixton Prison demo
A solidarity demonstration with prisoners with music and noise on New Year’s Eve. Thursday 31 December 2015, 6pm HMP Brixton, Jebb Avenue, London SW2 5XF Related links Facebook event listing