Demonstration in support of Orgreave

A JENGbA march organised in support of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign. Monday 13 March 2017, 1pm The Supreme Court, Parliament Square, Little George St, Westminster, London SW1P 3BD Related links Download a flyer here (pdf file, 430kb) JENGbA Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign

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Exhibition of asian and black women workers’ struggles

An exhibition showing paintings of Asian and black women workers’ struggles for justice in Britain. 8 March – 21 March 2017 West London Trade Union Centre, 33-35 High Street, London W3 6ND Women Arts Talks present an exhibition of portraits from Asian and Black women showing their struggle, both individual and collective, against racism, sexism

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The Art of Protest

A free one-day symposium to explore how art and music has supported and been inspired by struggles for equality – particularly around race – over the past 40 years. Saturday 25 March 2017, 9.30–5.30pm Goldsmiths, University of London, 8 Lewisham Way, London SE14 6NW We will focus specifically on two significant events – the battle

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Review

Brave and inspirational: the story of Grunwick

With only a few weeks left to view the exhibition on the ‘70s Grunwick strike, ‘We are the lions’ you are advised to hightail it down to the Library at Willesden Green and see it while you still can. (It closes on 26 March) I visited the exhibition one Saturday afternoon (my second visit after

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News

Calendar of racism and resistance (10-23 February 2017)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 8 February: New research by Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) finds that hundreds of foreign nationals being held in prison are being denied access to immigration advice. Download the report: Mind the Gap: Immigration Advice

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Calendar of racism and resistance (26 January – 9 February 2017)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and immigration January 2016: The Migration Observatory publishes a report: Young People and Migration in the UK: An Overview. View and download it here. 27 January: The Belgian interior minister announces that Belgium, France and the Netherlands

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One Day Without Us: UK National Protest

One Day Without Us – a national day of action to celebrate the contribution of migrants to the UK, to coincide with UN World Day of Social Justice. Monday 20 February – Tuesday 21 February 2017 Locations across the UK Please check the One Day Without Us website for details for actions across the UK Related

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Art, Activism, Race and Social Justice

A discussion with artists and community activists examining the role of art and culture at key moments in the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Thursday 16 February 2017, 6.30-8.30pm Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB Speakers include:  Chair: Jagdish Patel – Nottingham based artist and member of The Monitoring Group Poulomi Desai Suresh

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News

Calendar of racism and resistance (13-25 January 2017)

A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 11 January: An unnamed 27-year-old Polish man dies in Morton Hall detention centre in Lincolnshire. (Unity Centre Glasgow, 13 January 2017, Guardian, 13 January 2017) 12 January: Somali asylum seekers and riot police clash in

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John Berger 1926 – 2017

John Berger, writer, art critic and poet has died. John Berger, anti-imperialist, socialist man and peasant has died. It is perhaps inevitable that the establishment should claim John Berger for their own, as the famous critic who provided the BBC and them with ‘Ways of Seeing’ in 1972 – and that despite his Marxism. It

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