A meeting to discuss Brexit and its impact on Black, Asian and minority communities organised by the Monitoring Group. Saturday 9 July 2016, 1.30-4.30pm Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Speakers include: Akala Suresh Grover – The Monitoring Group Professor Gus John – Gus John Associates Peter Herbert – Society of Black Lawyers Liz Fekete –
Theme: Employment
Submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism
The IRR publishes its submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism, including Islamophobia. You can read the submission here. Related links Read the IRR’s submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism IRR News: Anti-Semitism – thought or deed?
Calendar of racism and resistance (10 – 23 June 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and immigration 5 June: Doctors in Switzerland criticise the government’s physical examinations of young unaccompanied asylum seekers to determine their age. The tests involve, in addition to checks for bone and tooth age, young boys and girls
IRR’s submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism
Below we reproduce the IRR submission to the Labour Party Inquiry into anti-Semitism and other forms of racism, including Islamophobia. 1. Introduction: The intense publicity in the run-up to the formation of this independent inquiry ensures that its findings will also be subject to intense public scrutiny. Despite the seriousness of the accusations levelled
Storytelling workshop
Migrant Voice and Tangled Routes are co-hosting a storytelling workshop. Tuesday 12 July 2016, 6-9pm Migrant Voice, Collaboration House, 77-79 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4PW Migrants, asylum-seekers, and refugees will have the opportunity to share stories about their past (I have), present (I am), and future (I will) and incorporate the storytelling medium that best
Spirit of Soweto
An event to remember the Soweto uprisings of June 1976 which will draw comparisons with recent events as well as the modern day struggle against racial inequality and the struggle for social change. Saturday 18 June 2016, 11-5pm Barbara Strang Teaching Centre, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU Workshops include: The Soweto Uprising and
Calendar of racism and resistance (27 May – 9 June 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 17 May: The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration launches a survey to gauge views on the work of the Inspectorate, which is open until Monday 27 June 2016. Take part in the survey here.
Tributes to Cedric Robinson
Below we publish tributes to Cedric Robinson. Tom Denyer As intellectual careers go, Professor Cedric Robinson’s serves as a textbook. His first priority, teaching, relied on close, generous engagement with the mind of the individual student. He still found time for disciplined, objective, assiduous research and writing. His genuine interest in the work of his
Fight or flight in the face of Hungary’s new fascism
Activist and poet Sam Berkson examines grassroots resistance to the social and political crisis in Hungary. On 15 March, a national holiday commemorating the revolution of 1848, some 50,000 people pressed into the rain-soaked square in front of Parliament to listen to speeches, sing together and shout for the removal of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The teachers,
The Passing of the King
We reproduce below A. Sivanandan’s eulogy on Muhammad Ali on the day he lost to Joe Frazier in March 1971. Tonight the black world weeps that their king has passed away. But tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow… every black man will have become his own king – for that is the legacy that Muhammad Ali