There is more to the Tories’ proposals on human rights and free movement than mere electioneering. The October 2014 Conservative party conference was dominated by justice minister Chris Grayling’s announcement that a future Conservative government will repeal the Human Rights Act, replace it with a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, and ignore unwelcome rulings
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Iron Curtain Trilogy
Three plays by David Edgar about the causes and consequences of the fall of the Berlin Wall. 13-30 November 2014 Cockpit Theatre, Gateforth Street, Marylebone, London NW8 8EH The three plays are The Shape of the Table (about the fall of a Communist government in 1989), Pentecost (about the building of the new Europe after the fall of
Defend the Right to Protest conference
An all-day conference to discuss the criminalisation of protest, state violence, and injustice. Sunday 16 November 2014, 11am SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG Speakers include: Carole Duggan – Justice for Mark Duggan campaign Susan Alexander – Mother of Azelle Rodney Hamja Ahsan – Brother of Talha Ahsan Marcia Rigg – Sister of Sean Rigg Janet
Immigration raids in our communities
A public meeting on community organising around immigration raids. Thursday 13 November 2014, 6-8pm Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 0EF Related links Find more details of the event, here Anti-Raids Network Right to Remain
Calendar of racism and resistance (4-16 October 2014)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees 6 October: Corporate Watch reveals that NHS England has awarded G4S a series of contracts worth some £23 million to run medical facilities at four immigration removal centres in the UK. (Corporate Watch, 6
African refugees under attack in Israel
A Human Rights Watch report, criticising Israel’s inhumane treatment of African asylum seekers, provides an opportunity to reflect on the extension of the Prevention of Infiltration Law, first used against Palestinians in 1954. In recent weeks, Israeli nationalists, including ministers from the far-right Jewish Home party, have marched through the streets of Tel Aviv, with
Talha Ahsan prison poetry reading
Readings of Talha Ahsan’s prison poetry. Sunday 19 October 2014, 7.30pm Torriano Meeting House, 99 Torriano Avenue, Kentish Town, London NW5 2RX Speakers and readers include: Hamja Ahsan – Brother of Talha Ahsan Patric Cunnane – Poet Kirsten Irving – Poet Related Links Free Talha Ahsan Hearing Eye poetry publishers
Calendar of racism and resistance (19 September-3 October)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting the key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum seekers and refugees September: The ECtHR rules that conditions for migrants detained in a number of Greek police stations and immigration detention centres are so bad that they amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment, in two
A seminar on the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair
A seminar to examine the ‘Trojan Horse’ affair: ‘From the horse’s mouth? Critiquing and countering the dominant discourse and narratives. Thursday 23 October 2014, 10.30-4.30pm School of Education, Edgbaston Campus, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Related links See event details here Book online here
Protecting European democracy or reviving the Cold War?
A new report by Human Rights First on fascism in Hungary and Greece raises important questions. But its orientation towards US national interests smacks of Cold War thinking. When we think of the leaders of Europe’s far- and extreme-Right parties today, it is easy to ridicule them as fossils, nostalgic for days of Empire and