A talk in the ‘Marxism in Culture’ seminar series. Friday 29 April 2016, 5.30-7.30pm, Wolfson Room, NB01, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E Speaker: Cathy Bergin – University of Brighton Related links Further details here Marxism in Culture seminar series
Theme: Employment
Calendar of racism and resistance (8 – 21 April 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 April: A 7-year-old Afghan boy is rescued from the back of a lorry on the M1 with fourteen other migrants after sending an SOS text message saying that he was having difficulty breathing. (BBC
Anti-Semitism – thought or deed?
Significantly, but without much fanfare, an expanded definition of anti-Semitism entered the UK’s policy arena this April. An article by Eric Pickles, former secretary of state for communities and local government, chair of the Conservative Friends of Israel and, since September 2015, UK special envoy for post-Holocaust issues, entitled ‘A definition of antisemitism’ introduced the
The deradicalisation of education
Below we reproduce an excerpt from an article in the April 2016 issue of Race & Class, ‘The deradicalisation of education: terror, youth and the assault on learning’. Across the UK, schools of all types and levels now have anti-radicalisation policies in which they pledge to be ‘vigilant’ in ‘safeguarding against radicalisation’ – which, as
Calendar of racism and resistance (25 March – 7 April 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 March: Caritas Europa publishes: Migrants and refugees have rights! Impact of EU policies on accessing protection. Download the report here. 15 March: Refugee Rights publishes a report: The Long Wait: Filling the data gaps
The inversion of accountability
While the government increasingly treats human rights as optional and legal accountability for its actions as undesirable, it demands more and more accountability from citizens in the policing of migrants and ‘extremists’. What does democratic accountability entail? At a minimum, we expect our government to comply with fundamental human rights norms and with the rule
Power and punishment: Jamaica and Hungary
The latest issue of Race & Class features articles examining the roots of paramilitary and structural violence in Jamaica and Hungary. Kevin Edmonds, in ‘Guns, gangs and garrison communities in the politics of Jamaica‘, traces the formation of Kingston’s ‘garrison communities’ – essentially states within a state – demystifying the roots of the current crime epidemic.
Subversion, sabotage & spying: political policing & state racism in the UK
A two-day conference examining the role and impact of undercover policing and the surveillance of protest groups and ‘suspect communities’. Saturday 16 April and Sunday 17 April 2016 Southbank University, London Road Building, 100-116 London Road, London SE1 6LN Saturday 16 April: Policing of Black, Asian & suspect communities: spying, lying, dying, & racism Political
Calendar of racism and resistance (11 – 24 March 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 3 March: Home Secretary Theresa May wins the right to deport refused asylum seekers to Afghanistan after the Court of Appeal overturns an injunction imposed following concerns that the country was too dangerous. (Bureau of Investigative Journalism,
Stop G4S day school
A day of education, information and discussion leading to action through encouragement of grassroots campaigns. Saturday 9 April 2016, 10.30-5.30pm Quaker Meeting House, 10 James Street, Sheffield S1 2EW Related links See event on Facebook here