Day of action at Chelmsford Crown Court to express solidarity with the ‘Stansted 15’ who grounded a deportation charter flight and have been charged with a terrorism related offence. Monday 14 March 2018, 8.30-10.30am At Chelmsford Crown Court, New Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1EL Related links Solidarity with the Stansted 15
Theme: Education
Save Southall Town Hall
Long-time campaigner Suresh Grover reports from a demonstration at the weekend to save Southall Town Hall from development. It was an extraordinary and historic event. In order to save Southall Town Hall, we gathered peacefully in our hundreds, occupied the main traffic junction and crossway adjacent to the town hall, and for the first time in the
One Day Without Us
A national day of action to to celebrate the people of all nationalities and genders who have made the UK their home. Saturday 17 February 2018 At locations across the UK Related links One Day Without Us
Working Across the Lines: Connecting Struggles, Respecting Difference
A one day conference to discuss new research into how to invest in social justice by strengthening working across race equality, migrants’ rights, refugee and faith issues. Thursday 1 March 2018, 10-4pm Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Camelford House, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP Related links View further details on the event here Voice4Change England (V4CE) Migrants’ Rights Network
A meeting on ‘Europe’s Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right’
A public meeting at Housmans Bookshop to celebrate the publication of Liz Fekete’s new book, ‘Europe’s Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right’. Wednesday 14 February 2018, 7pm Housmans, Peace House, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9DX Related links Housmans Bookshop Housmans Events Verso
Calendar of racism and resistance (26 January – 8 February 2018)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 25 January: The Jesuit Refugee Service publishes a report which finds that refused asylum seekers in London face homelessness and destitution. Download the report, Out in the cold: Homelessness among destitute refugees in London –
How refugee and migrant solidarity groups are confronting the hostile environment
A review of recent pan-European developments in the criminalisation of solidarity. New developments are emerging in the criminalisation of solidarity, as the hostile environment principle, familiar to us in the UK, is adapted to other European contexts, further shrinking the space for solidarity. The IRR’s report Humanitarianism: the unacceptable face of solidarity, in which we
An evening with Liz Fekete on Racism and the New Right after Brexit
Join Liz Fekete, the director of the Institute of Race Relations to launch her new book Europe’s Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right. Tuesday 20 February 2018, 6.30-8.30pm Waterstones, The Grand Building, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5EJ Speakers: Liz Fekete is Director of the Institute of Race Relations, where she has worked for
Human rights and asylum housing conference
South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group invites you to an ‘action day’ conference on human rights and asylum housing. Saturday 24 February 2018, 10.30-4 pm The Sanctuary, (opposite Crucible Theatre) Chapel Walk, Sheffield S1 2PD Speakers will include: Asylum tenants Journalists Housing researchers Academics Related links South Yorkshire Migration and Asylum Action Group View further details
Eugenics, free speech, double standards
Discredited racial theories are discussed in secret academic forums, while Muslim and BAME students face extreme surveillance on campus. So why the double standard? Earlier this month, the London Student newspaper revealed that a eugenics conference has been secretly held at University College London for the past three years. The London Conference on Intelligence has