Thirty-five years after East London teacher Blair Peach was murdered by the Metropolitan police at a demonstration against the racist National Front in Southall in April 1979, the struggle to determine the exact circumstances and perpetrators of his death still continues. David Renton’s finely argued and profoundly persuasive pamphlet, Who killed Blair Peach?, makes a crystalline
A day of film and discussion showcasing the work of Migrant Media and its director-in-chief, Ken Fero. Saturday 12 July 2014, 11-1pm and 2-5.30pm BFI Southbank, Belvedere Road, South Bank, London SE1 8XT Speakers include: Ken Fero – director Harmit Athwal – Institute of Race Relations Colin Prescod – Institute of Race Relations Plus others Related links British Film
The ability to secure justice has been irrevocably damaged by the combination of secret trials, trials involving secret evidence, and the continuing legal aid cuts – affecting the rule of law itself. The ‘Trojan Horse’ affair has given us a definition of ‘British values’ – in a document for school governors issued by the Department
A seminar exploring the themes of covert policing, particularly the running of agents/informants and use of intelligence. Tuesday 1 July 2014, 9.30am-3pm Rooms 82A01 and 82A02, University of Ulster Belfast Campus, York Street, Belfast BT15 1ED Subjects include: Collusion and Covert Policing in NI, where now? Covert policing and accountability, where now? Oversight mechanisms Speakers
A Freedom Without Fear meeting to bring together people engaged in state-critical activities and campaigns. Thursday 3 July 2014, 6.30-8.30pm Room 417, Birkbeck (Main building), University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Speakers include: Kamila Sheikh Lesbian Immigration Support Group Sarah Lamble Related links Facebook event listing Download a flyer here (pdf file, 100kb)
A protest at Harmondsworth and Colnbrook detention centres called by Movement for Justice. Saturday 5 July 2014, 1pm Harmondsworth IRC, Colnbrook By-Pass, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0HB Speakers include: John Mc Donnell MP Related links Facebook event listing Movement for Justice on Facebook View a flyer here
London Campaign Against Police and State Violence are offering experience and training on what to do and what your rights are on stop and search. Saturday 28 June 2014, 2-4pm Lambeth UNISON, 6A Acre Lane, London SW2 5SG Related links Facebook event listing London Campaign Against Police and State Violence on Facebook London Campaign Against
A TUC seminar on hate crimes motivated by austerity. Thursday 3 July 2014, from 10.30-1pm TUC, Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS Speakers include: Nick Antjoule – Galop Stephen Brooks – Disability Hate Crime Netw0rk Estelle Boulay – Newham Monitoring Project Dr Julia Long – feminist and activist Related links Register here Download
Andy Shallice reports on the impact of new meaures to restrict the rights of EU migrants, particularly the Roma. ‘In this world, shipmates, Sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers…’(Herman Melville, 1851 via Matthew Carr, 2012) Since April, no new housing
The Anti Raids Network is holding a noise demonstration outside HMP Holloway. Friday 27 June 2014, 7pm HMP Holloway, Parkhurst Road, London N7 0NU Related links Anti Raids Network Full details of the event
