Ken Fero, director of Who Polices The Police?, discusses the making of the film that examines the complicity of state institutions in deaths in custody and the struggle of one family for justice. Nearly a year ago, an inquest jury at Southwark Coroner’s Court gave a damning verdict about the death of Sean Rigg in
Theme: Climate
Responses to the government’s ‘go home’ campaign
Anti-racists are mobilising against the government’s ‘summer of attacks on immigrants’. The Home Office has ramped up enforcement measures against ’irregular’ migrants, with its ‘go home’ campaign and immigration spot checks at stations. It is also ‘consulting’ on access to healthcare, undocumented working and housing for migrants. In response, various organisations and groups are organising,
Stop the governments ‘Go Home campaign’
A series of public workshops in London to support those mobilising against the government’s ‘Go Home’ campaign. Monday 12 August 2013, 6pm RAMFEL, Cardinal Heenan Centre, Ilford IG1 1QP Tuesday 13 August 2013, 6pm Open University in London, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, London NE1 8NP Tuesday 20 August 2013, 6pm Room 144, Richard Hoggett
Justice delayed is justice denied
On Saturday 3 August, over 500 people gathered at the North London Community House in Tottenham to remember Joy Gardner, Mark Duggan, Roger Sylvester and Cynthia Jarrett, who all died locally at the hands of the police. The event was held to mark the two years since the death of Mark Duggan and the twenty
London Against Racism
A new oral history project documents key moments in London’s anti-racist struggle. Eastside Community Heritage, which records and preserves social history in East London, has launched a new online oral history archive. London Against Racism allows visitors to listen to stories of anti-racist activity over four decades. Local activists recount various battles against racism and
‘It’s like a war’
Roma communities under fire from the far Right in the Czech Republic need pan-European support. Hitler’s genocide against the Roma, which started with the roundup of Sinti in Germany in 1933, is commemorated annually on 2 August. A day of action in London begins with a protest outside the Czech Embassy. The background to the
France: police blamed for Trappes unrest
Campaigners say police harassment sparked the ‘riots’ at Trappes. On Friday 19 July violence broke out in the Paris suburb of Trappes as young Muslims protested outside a police station at what they described as the provocative treatment of a veiled Muslim woman and her elderly mother. The violence continued on the following night, and
Roma protest: commemoration of the Roma genocide
A day of protest against racism and fascism against the Roma community and in commemoration of the Roma genocide. A protest against the rise of Neo-Nazi attacks against the Roma in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Friday 2 August 2013, 3pm The Czech Embassy, 26 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY A memorial for the
Justice for Mark Duggan and Joy Gardner
A public meeting on the second anniversary of Mark Duggan’s death and the twentieth anniversary of Joy Gardner’s death. Saturday 3 August 2013, 6-9pm North London Community House, 22 Moorefield Road, Tottenham, London N17 6PY Speakers include: Family members of Mark Duggan Family members of Joy Gardner Family members of Cynthia Jarrett Family members of
Nothing about us without us
Below we reproduce a call from the Edge Fund for people to join its Advisory Group to help make it truly representative. The Edge Fund was initiated by a group of philanthropists and activists in early 2012 to explore how funds could be distributed so as to devolve the power of donors and create real