This week the mother of Ricky Reel launched a petition following revelations that her family was spied upon, along with a number of others, as they campaigned for justice in the ‘90s. Mrs Reel is the mother of Ricky who was 20-years-old when he was found dead in the River Thames after being racially abused
A public meeting on Dangerous Surveillance: Drones, Data and Deprivation of Citizenship, including a screening of Dirty Wars and a discussion. Tuesday 5 August 2014, 7-9.30pm Council Chamber, Camden Town Hall, Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE Speakers include: Kat Craig – Reprieve and Vice-Chair of Haldane Society Alastair Lyon – Birnberg Peirce & Partners Mohamed
A timely pamphlet aimed primarily at French trades unionists provides an opportunity to reflect on the FN’s growing appeal to working-class voters. ‘If we don’t stop the waves of immigration, in ten years whites will become a minority in France.’ ‘If we had real freedom of expression we would be able to say anything, including
Below we publish an edited version of the speech given by Suresh Grover, Director of The Monitoring Group and former coordinator of the Stephen Lawrence Family Campaign, at the parliamentary meeting ‘Police Corruption and racism: an endless legacy‘ on 23 June 2014. Why do the police treat anti-racist and black justice campaigns as though they are subversive
The launch of a new film on the Southall Youth Movement. Friday 18 July 2014, 6.30-8.30pm Monsoon Banqueting Suites, 100 The Green, Southall UB2 4BG Young Rebels – The Story of Southall Youth Movement charts the experiences and responses of Asian young people growing up in Southall in the 1960s and 1970s and the racial
A powerful drama to be aired on Sunday lays bare the injustice of joint enterprise. Common, by Jimmy McGovern, tells the story of a senseless murder in the north-west and the chain of events which follows, leading to the imprisonment of the innocent. While the drama focuses on how the doctrine of joint enterprise in
‘Liberating Media’, an event, on Saturday 12 July at the British Film Institute (BFI) will highlight the work of Migrant Media. The day of film and discussion showcases the films of Migrant Media’s director-in-chief, Ken Fero – starting with an informal morning session, led by Fero, considering the work of Migrant Media and its youth
Thirty-five years after East London teacher Blair Peach was murdered by the Metropolitan police at a demonstration against the racist National Front in Southall in April 1979, the struggle to determine the exact circumstances and perpetrators of his death still continues. David Renton’s finely argued and profoundly persuasive pamphlet, Who killed Blair Peach?, makes a crystalline
An incisive new campaigning video attacks the equation of anti-racism with extremism. Human rights defenders connected to Swedish anti-racist group Linje 17 mot rasism (Line 17 Against Racism) have found a novel way of lobbying for change. In a terse film, entitled #viärsverige 2014 – sluta normalisera rasismen! (#WeAreSweden 2014 – Stop Normalising Racism!), of just
A day of film and discussion showcasing the work of Migrant Media and its director-in-chief, Ken Fero. Saturday 12 July 2014, 11-1pm and 2-5.30pm BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 8XT Speakers include: Ken Fero – director Harmit Athwal – Institute of Race Relations Colin Prescod – Institute of Race Relations Plus others Related links British Film
