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Memory and hope: new perspectives on the Kashmir conflict

The latest issue of Race & Class, ‘Memory and hope’, contains a special section on the possibilities for peace and autonomy in Kashmir. As the ceasefire along the Line of Control breaks down and Pakistani and Indian troops are involved in a new outbreak of hostilities causing 20,000 civilians to flee their homes, Race &

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Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry

A discussion with Dr. Richard Stone based on a reading from his recently published book of Hidden Stories of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry. Tuesday 28 October 2014, 6.30-9pm Main Hall, Dominion Centre, 112 The Green, Southall, Middlesex UB2 4BQ Related links Hidden Stories home page Hidden Stories Twitter account Dr Richard Stone on Twitter Download

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Annual UFFC remembrance procession

The annual United Families and Friends Campaign (UFFC) march calling for an end to deaths in custody. Saturday 25 October 2014 Assemble at 12pm at Trafalgar Square, London for a silent procession along Whitehall followed by a noisy protest at Downing Street Related links Download a flyer here (pdf file, 136kb) Facebook event listing United

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Calendar of racism and resistance (19 September-3 October)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting the key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees September: The ECtHR rules that conditions for migrants detained in a number of Greek police stations and immigration detention centres are so bad that they amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment, in two

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Investigated or ignored? on Race & Class radio

The latest broadcast of Race & Class radio is now available to download. In the latest Race & Class radio show, focusing on the July-September 2014 issue, Harmit Athwal and Jon Burnett discuss the IRR’s recent report Investigated or ignored? on race-related deaths since the Macpherson Report. Their findings show that racial motivation is often still ignored, downplayed or not acknowledged by

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Mark Duggan public meeting

A public meeting organised by the family, friends and supporters of Mark Duggan. Saturday 4 October 2014, 5-8pm North London Community Centre, 22 Moorefield Road, Tottenham, London N17 6PY Speakers include: Carole Duggan – Mark Duggan’s aunt Sean Hall – Mark Duggan’s brother Fidel Santigi – Justice 4 Mark Duggan Stafford Scott – Tottenham Rights Related links Justice 4

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Detention under parliamentary scrutiny

A meeting to launch the London community submission to the APPG on Refugees and Migration detention inquiry. Tuesday 7 October 2014, 6pm Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, London E2 0EF Speakers: John McDonnell – MP Lisa Matthews – Right to Remain Jerome Phelps – Detention Action RELATED LINKS Detention Action Right to Remain

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The right to life under threat by the state

The London Campaign Against Police and State Violence annual conference.  Sunday 12 October 2014, 1pm Richard Hoggart Building Cinema, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths (University of London), Lewisham Way, New Cross, London SE14 6NW Programme includes:  United Families & Friends Campaign (UFFC) Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) Spoken word Related links Facebook event London Campaign Against Police

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Unfinished journeys: a remembrance

A commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Morecambe Bay tragedy as part of Camden Migration Festival. Saturday 4 October 2014,  1pm, talk and short film, 2pm, showing of Ghosts (Nick Broomfield) The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden, London NW1 7NL Speakers include: Diana Yeh – University of Winchester Steve Lau – Chinese in Britain

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No One is Illegal gathering

Gathering of the No One is Illegal group. Sunday 19 October 2014, 1-5 pm The Common House, Unit 5E, 5 Pundersons Garden, Bethnal Green, London E2 9QG Related links No One is Illegal

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