The IRR invites you to a wide-ranging discussion meeting on the implications of Brexit for border policing in Northern Ireland. Given the new minority Conservative government is reliant on the support of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), this timely meeting will also address concerns that core tenets of the Good Friday Agreement could be in
Theme: Education
How right-wing media undermined Manchester’s message of ‘coming together’
Some media responded to the Manchester suicide-bomb attack by attacking liberals, while other extreme-right news outlets and personalities ridiculed the value of coming together in the face of terrorism. On 22 May, twenty-two people, mostly young people, died and scores more were seriously injured in a suicide-bomb attack at the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester
Calendar of racism and resistance (18 May – 1 June 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Post-Manchester 22 May: Following a suicide-bomb attack at the Ariana Grande concert in the Manchester arena, which left 22 people dead, many young people, and hundreds injured, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham tells BBC News that Mancunians will not
Archives, race, class and rage
Below we publish an excerpt of a commentary in the April 2017 issue of Race & Class, in which Colin Prescod (IRR Chair) examines the challenges of black heritage facing archivists today. This is an edited version of a keynote speech to the annual conference of the Archives and Records Association 2016 in which a leading
Honouring Chris Searle: an afternoon in poetry
The unique contribution of teacher Chris Searle to education in London’s East End was celebrated at the launch of his autobiography, Isaac and I: a life in poetry, on 20 May. There is some archive footage of Chris Searle, long-haired in corduroy jacket walking head, shoulders and torso above a sea of milling children, trying
Our Histories By Us: Decolonial Archives & the South Asian Diaspora
Patchwork Archivists aims to bring together intercultural communities of the South Asian diaspora to explore the value of collectively archiving stories passed down through generations. Saturday 10 June 2017, 12.30-2.30pm Hackney Archives, Dalston CLR James Library, Dalston Square, London E8 3BQ Related links Book on Eventbrite See Facebook event listing Patchwork Archivists
Calendar of racism and resistance (5 – 17 May 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 2 May: The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) publishes a report: Racism and discrimination in the context of migration in Europe: ENAR’s Shadow Report, 2015/2016, download it here (pdf file, 3.6mb). 6 May: Two reception
Dissecting the immigration manifestos
An evening of discussion on the 2017 General Election, political party manifestos and immigration, organised by Migrants’ Rights Network and Migrant Voice. Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 6.30 – 8pm Sarah Fell Room, Friends Meeting House, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ Related links Migrants’ Rights Network Migrant Voice Book your place here
Decolonise Fest
A three-day London DIY punk festival collectively organised by and for people of colour, with music, art & workshops Friday 2 June – Sunday 4 June 2017 DIY Space for London, 96-108 Ormside Street, London SE15 1TF Related links Decolonise Fest Tickets available here
Spanish fire-fighters who saved lives at sea must not be criminalised
As petitions are launched to stop the criminalisation of humanitarians, calls for the European Commission to intervene to change the law intensify. The continuing threat of jail hanging over three Spanish fire-fighters, arrested in January 2016 on charges of attempted human trafficking and weapons possession, has led to the launch of at least two petitions,