An evening to discuss the future of migrants’ rights in the UK. Thursday 30 November 2017, 5.30-9.30pm Amnesty International UK, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA Speakers include: Prof. Bridget Anderson – Professor of Mobilities, Migration and Citizenship at the University of Bristol Black Lives Matter UK – to be confirmed Simon Cox –
Theme: Extreme-Right politics
Calendar of racism and resistance (20 October – 2 November 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 20 October: A pregnant asylum seeker living in ‘dangerous housing’ provided by G4S in Doncaster pleads to be moved. (Open Democracy, 20 October 2017) 20 October: The Home Office publishes: Grenfell Tower immigration cases (guidance
The companies who profit from the Direct Provision system
In the third of a series, asylum campaigner John Grayson examines the private companies involved in providing services under the Direct Provision (DP) system for asylum seekers in Ireland. ‘Monetizing people (seeking asylum) is unforgivable.’ (Andy Storey, lecturer in political economy at University College Dublin, Dublin InQuirer, 10 May 2017) There were many more companies
We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager!
‘We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager!’ is the story of Jayaben Desai the inspirational leader of the 1976-78 Grunwick Strike. November 2017 and May 2018 At venues across the UK Related links View location listings here Read an IRR review here
Readings from We Are The Lions
Readings from ‘We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager!’, a new play which tells the story of Jayaben Desai the inspirational leader of the 1976-78 Grunwick Strike. Saturday 11 November 2017, 7-8.30pm Marx Memorial Library, 37A Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU With chaired discussion on Grunwick dispute with representatives from Grunwick 40 and the Indian Workers Association. Related links
Bussing Out
Bussing Out focuses on a hidden history that shaped the identity of ethnic minority children who came to Bradford in the sixties and seventies. Saturday 25 November 2017, 7.30pm Theatre in the Mill, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP Related links Buy online to get cheap tickets More about the Bussing Out Project
Calendar of racism and resistance (6 – 19 October 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 5 October: The Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) calls for evidence on how the Home Office ensures it acts in the ‘best interests’ of unaccompanied asylum seeking children. (ICIBI press release, 5 October 2017)
Making profits in Ireland’s asylum market
In the second of a series, campaigner John Grayson examines the asylum markets for private companies involved in providing services under the Direct Provision (DP) system for asylum seekers in Ireland. Who benefits from the system of direct provision? Who benefits from placing so many obstacles in people’s lives and imposing limits on the potential
Citizenship and Belonging in Unsettling Times
The launch of a report detailing the experiences of migrants coming to live in London and Leicester. Thursday 16 November 2017, 6.30pm Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA Speakers include: Dr Melanie Cooke – Senior Teaching Fellow in ESOL and Applied Linguistics, King’s College Rockhaya Sylla – Freedom from Torture Dr Leah Bassel – Principal Investigator
Islamophobia, lectures and discussion
Events in Leeds and London to mark the 20th anniversary of the Runnymede Trust report on Islamophobia, published in 1997. Leeds: Thursday 9 November 2017, 6.30-9pm Carriage works Theatre, 3 Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD Speakers include: Professor S. Sayyid (professor of social theory and decolonial thought at the University of Leeds); Baroness Saeeda Warsi (author of The Enemy Within: