Is the UK turning into an offshore enclave for the world’s wealthiest, at the expense of the most vulnerable? As the British government funds the repatriation of poor undocumented migrants from Greece to war zones in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, it is considering auctioning to the highest bidder the right to come to
Theme: Health
Black history, black politics on Race & Class radio
The latest broadcast of Race & Class radio is now available to download. In the latest Race & Class radio show, Chris Searle discusses revolutionary poet Peter Blackman, who, despite being at the vortex of Black cultural expression for much of the 20th century, never received his due. Chris Searle also reads Peter Blackman’s poetry
Funeral and memorial for Buzz Johnson
Funeral and memorial for Buzz Johnson. Saturday 1 March 2014, 1pm All Saint’s Church, Haggerston Road, Hackney, London E8 4EP Followed by a reception/gathering in his honour at 3.30pm at the West Indian Cultural Centre, 9 Clarendon Road, Hornsey London N8 0DJ RELATED LINKS Read an IRR News obituary: Buzz Johnson: 1951 – 2014
Lost in privatisation: Capita, court interpreting services and fair trial rights
A translator and human rights activist analyses the ongoing issues thrown up by the privatisation of court interpreting services by the Ministry of Justice. Next year marks the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, arguably one of the most important legal documents in the world, guaranteeing the right to a fair trial. That right is
Buzz Johnson: 1951 – 2014
Buzz Johnson, people’s educator and the founder of Karia Press, died this week. Two giants of the Caribbean diaspora died this week – Stuart Hall, academic and cultural theorist; Buzz Johnson, publisher and people’s educator. They represented two ends of a black left spectrum of politics – the one an acclaimed theoretician and eminent wordsmith who
Stuart Hall: 1932 – 2014
Playwright David Edgar discusses the importance of Stuart Hall. When, in the days since his death on Monday, Stuart Hall was described as the ‘pioneer’ or – less fortunately – the ‘godfather’ of multiculturalism, it seemed like a convenient journalistic label for a man whose huge importance was hard to explain to the general public.
Could Jimmy Mubenga’s death have been prevented?
As we await the publication of a new Home Office manual on deportations, IRR News has gleaned evidence from a number of Freedom of Information requests suggesting that the death of Jimmy Mubenga during deportation could have been prevented. Jimmy Mubenga died on 12 October 2010. A number of Freedom of Information requests into the
Hillsborough: the truth
A video of Professor Phil Scraton’s lecture on the Hillsborough struggle for justice, delivered last year at the London School of Economics, is now available. On 27 November 2013, the IRR and the Mannheim Centre for the Study of Criminology and Criminal Justice (LSE) hosted a meeting to discuss family campaigns against the state to
Immigration Bill passes through Commons
The progress of another punitive Bill which strips away legal protection from migrants and will increase homelessness, ill health and destitution, seems for now to have tri-partisan support. The Immigration Bill finished its passage through the House of Commons on 30 January. The third reading ought to have been a last chance for MPs to
Unabashed anti-migrant, anti-welfare election strategy
The Tories plan a systematic stream of populist measures on migration and welfare benefits in the run up to the election, and there appears to be no opposition. According to the Daily Mail, last month, the Conservative Party’s election strategist Lynton Crosby suggested the party begin producing ‘a new policy to curb immigrants and benefits’