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:
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Care and custody: a social justice agenda
The Traveller Movement’s National Annual Conference. Friday 24 November 2017, 9.30-4pm Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA Speakers include: David Lammy MP Cathy Ashley – Family Rights Group Fr John Chadwick – Margaret Clitheroe Trust Dr Carol Homden – Corams Guy Shennan – British Social Workers Association Andrea Simon – End Violence
The Lammy Review: will it change outcomes in the criminal justice system?
Lee Bridges, Emeritus Professor, School of Law, University of Warwick, continues our examination of the Lammy Review. Having already written on an allied subject – the 2011 riots-[1] the Conservative government chose Labour MP David Lammy to head its inquiry into the treatment of black and ethnic minority (BAME) groups within the criminal justice system.
European Union, Brexit – the future of workers’ rights
A conference to discuss whether the EU can be a framework to safeguard and to improve workers’ rights or if it is an obstacle. Saturday 11 November 2017, 9.30-6pm Diskus Centre at Unite, 128 Theobald’s Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8T Subject include: The Future of Trade Union Rights, social rights How to create more security for
Resisting racialisation
How, asks the October 2017 issue of Race & Class, are societies attempting to corral non-white surplus populations, especially when they resist their racialisation? A. Naomi Paik, an expert on US imperialism and incarceration, examines the ways in which the current US cities’ sanctuary movement (for new migrants) opposes the Trump regime and how it
Calendar of racism and resistance (22 September – 5 October 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 21 September: From January, banks and building societies will be required to carry out quarterly immigration status checks on all current account holders, not just on applicants for new accounts, according to Home Office proposals
Undercover police inquiry: Stop the cover up
A meeting on developments in the undercover police inquiry with some of the key participants. Tuesday 10 October 2017, 5-7.30 Committee Room 12, House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London SW1A OAA Speakers include: Chair: Naz Shah, MP Baroness Jenny Jones Michael Mansfield, QC Imran Khan – human rights solicitor Helen Steel – Police Spies Out of Lives Rob Evans –
Prevent – racism, resistance, repeal
A report from Just Yorkshire exposes the dangers of the government’s Prevent agenda. ‘I have seen the positive work of Prevent, which has stopped people from being radicalised or going abroad. It’s a fantastic tool and it’s here to stay’. That was Metropolitan Police Commander Dean Haydon’s response when asked in August this year by
Barbara Harlow: The Sequel
A celebration of the activism and scholarship of Barbara Harlow, who passed away in January. Friday 27 October – Saturday 28 October 2017 University of Texas at Austin, USA An interdisciplinary conference, which is envisaged as an enlarged version of Barbara’s signature Sequels event. For the full schedule and list of participants, and to register, please visit the conference website. Related
Festival of resisting borders
An event to help guide new and continuing students into understanding, organising and opposing the hostile environment policy and workplace exploitation. Thursday 6 October – Friday 7 October 2017 Brunei Gallery at SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG Related links Book here