A roundtable discussion on the recently published Lammy Review. Wednesday 29 November 2017, 12.30-4pm Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, 2 Langley Lane, London SW8 1GB Related links Further details and booking Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
Theme: Health
Grunwick 40 mural unveiling
The mural commemorating the Grunwick strike is to be unveiled. Designed by artist Anna Ferrie and more than 60 participants at community workshops, the artwork has been a collaborative effort reflecting both memories of the strike for those who were present and the hope it represents for younger generations. Saturday 30 September 2017, 12-4pm Chapter
Calendar of racism and resistance (1 – 21 September 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 1 September: G4S suspends nine members of staff at Brook House pending an investigation into allegations of abuse and assault revealed in a BBC Panorama programme. A Home Office worker is also suspended. (Guardian, 2
Without racial justice, can there be trust?
Institutional racism is not mentioned in David Lammy’s important review of the over-representation of BAME people within the criminal justice system. The IRR tries to understand why. UK prisons are at breaking point. Since August, there have been at least four outbreaks of serious disorder, at HMP Birmingham, The Mount Prison (Hertfordshire), Erlestoke Prison (Wiltshire)
Direct Provision in Ireland: the holding pen for asylum seekers
In the first of a series, asylum campaigner John Grayson examines the Direct Provision (DP) system for asylum seekers in Ireland. Part-two will examine the private companies involved in providing services under DP. ‘The Minister for Justice has made an outspoken attack on bogus asylum-seeking and “political correctness” at the Oireachtas Justice Committee. Michael McDowell
Two deaths in immigration detention centres in 12 days
On 7 September, an unnamed Polish man died in hospital after self-harming at Harmondsworth detention centre. Twelve days later a Chinese man was found dead at Dungavel in Scotland. Two deaths in twelve days making a total of four deaths already this year. The first man was found at the Mitie-run[1] centre in west London
Calendar of racism and resistance (14 July – 31 August 2017)
A resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 30 June: A report on the situation of unaccompanied refugee children in Greece and ways to improve it, by the International Rescue Committee and METAdrasi, is published. Read the report here. (Are You Syrious, 19 July 2017)
CARF available now
A vital resource for those interested in the history of anti-racist campaigning has now been made available on the IRR’s website. Seventy-two issues of the magazine CARF published between 1991 and 2003 are now available to download free of charge here. CARF reflected and spoke to the activist movements in the UK over that time,
The National Miscarriage of Justice Day
United Against Injustice is holding its sixteenth annual conference. Saturday 7 October 2017, 10-5pm John Foster Building, 80-98 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5UZ Speakers include: John O Saptal Ram Dr Denis Eady Trudi Benjamin Michelle Nicolson Related links More information can be found here
March and rally on the 6th anniversary of Mark Duggan’s death
The family of Mark Duggan remember him on the 6th anniversary of his death. Friday, 4 August 2017, 4.30-7.30 pm 4.30 pm – Gather at Broadwater Farm N17 5.30 pm – Leave for Tottenham Police Station N17 9JB 6.30 pm – Rally at Tottenham Police Station N17 9JB