A weekend of subversive ideas and discussions. Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June 2015, 9am to 5pm Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA The programme includes: Islamophobia: why are Muslims under siege? – Liz Fekete (IRR) and Feyzi Ismail Malcolm X and the violence of the oppressed – Tariq Ali A state
Theme: Climate
Building on communities of dissent
How do we build on communities of dissent, asks veteran Black activist A. Sivanandan in a short film released this week by Sage Publications alongside a collection of his key writings in Race & Class. A. Sivanandan, IRR Director Emeritus, is one of the UK’s key thinkers on racism, imperialism, black identity and political struggle. His grounded theory
Eat together, fight together
A picnic organised by Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth and London Campaign Against Police and State Violence. Saturday 4 July 2015, 12-4pm. Burgess Park, 285 Albany Road, London SE5 0AN Related links Facebook Event Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth (HASL) Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCPSV)
Rally for Kingsley Burrell
A rally calling for the hearing into police misconduct in the Kingsley Burrell case to be held in public. Monday 22 June 2015, 9.30am Tally Ho West Midlands Police Training Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham B5 7RD Related links Facebook event Justice for Kingsley Campaign
Race & Class Radio: ‘Living the peace process in reverse’
The latest Race & Class radio is now available. The latest Race & Class radio broadcast features contributors to the April 2015 issue, Robbie McVeigh and Maryam Griffin. Robbie McVeigh discusses the criminal justice system’s response to racist violence in Northern Ireland by way of ‘empty models’ of ‘hate crime’ and ‘good relations’. People of colour
Calendar of racism and resistance (22 May – 4 June 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Policing and criminal justice 22 May: The European Court of Human Rights condemns France for a lack of remedy for degrading detention conditions in its overseas territory of New Caledonia. (Statewatch News Online, 22 May 2015) 24 May: The family
Stop Operation Shield
Community leafleting for ‘Knowing your Rights’ sessions to link and building across London’s housing estates to stop Operation Shield! Every Saturday from 6 June to 1 July 2015, 12-2pm Brixton Tube Station, Brixton Road, London SW9 8HE Related links Facebook event listing IRR News: Archaic Operation Shield? IRR News: Met introduces collective punishment measures IRR News: The
Set her free
A protest at Yarl’s Wood to demand an end to the detention of women. Saturday 6 June 2015, 12.30-3pm Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire MK44 1FD Speakers include: Meltem Avcil Shami Chakrabarti Helena Kennedy Caroline Criado-Perez Natalie Bennett Zrinka Bralo Lips Choir Related links Facebook event listing
Preventing violent extremism?
An Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) conference on the UK government’s PREVENT strategy. Saturday 13 June 2015, 2-5pm Amanah Centre, 251 Commercial Road, London E1 2BT Speakers: Arun Kundnani – New York University Leroy Logan – Founder & Chairman of REALLITY, retired policeman Cerie Bullivant – CAGE Marie Breen-Smyth – University of Surrey Katy Sian
Institutionalised Racism in Europe, Dead Bodies, and the State
A public meeting on the the NSU trial in Germany, the Roma killings in Hungary and beyond. Friday 5 June 2015, 6-7.30pm Room 226, Oktober 6 u. 7, School of Public Policy at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Panelists include: Liz Fekete – London-based director of the Institute of Race Relations and head of its European research programme