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
Theme: Employment
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
World War I’s Hidden Voices
A free afternoon conference exoloring India, Africa, the West Indies, colonialism and recruitment and impacts of war. Saturday 10 February 2018, 1-4.30pm Manchester Central Library (First Floor), St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2 5PD Sessions include: The West Indies join the War – Washington Alcott Women’s Perspectives from East Africa – Susan Chieni Cookson Cultural Representation of World
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
Calendar of racism and resistance (12 – 25 January 2018)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 11 January: Right to Remain publishes the latest version of its toolkit for understanding the UK asylum and immigration system, view online here. 11 January: The Habeas Corpus Project wins a judicial review and obtains
Book launch and meeting in memoriam A. Sivanandan
Join Liz Fekete for the launch of her new book Europe’s Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right where she will be discussing the legacy of the late A. Sivanandan. Wednesday 7 February 2018, 6-8pm Manchester Central Library Performance Space 1, Central Library, St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2 5PD Related links Book a free ticket here Pre-order