The government’s widely-condemned post-Brexit proposals for EU citizens should be used to highlight the unfair and discriminatory immigration laws to which they will be subjected, particularly those limiting family reunification, which currently apply to British citizens and settled migrants. Brexit secretary David Davis said the aim was to ensure EU citizens resident in the UK
A year on from Brexit and in the wake of Finsbury Park: How do we tackle hate crime and bigotry? Thursday 29 June 2017, registration: 6.45pm, event: 7-8.30pm Room 308, University of the Arts London, 272 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EY A year has passed since the UK voted to leave the European Union, and
Kent Refugee Help 10th anniversary AGM, plus launch of ‘I Live Here’ – a mixed art exhibition. Private view: Saturday 15 July, 3-6 pm Conquest House Gallery, Palace Street, Canterbury CT1 2DZ Paintings, prints and drawings by Kate Adams, Chris Bird and Henry Cockburn. Audio-visuals by Syrian artists living in Lebanon, Shahd Kheto, Mohammed Shurbaji, Hassan
HISTORY ACTS is a new radical history forum, affiliated to the Raphael Samuel Centre, and based at the University of London. Sessions are free and open to all, with this event taking place in Birmingham. Thursday 6 July 2017, 11-12.30pm Modern British Studies Conference 2017, University of Birmingham, Arts Building, B15 2TT. HISTORY ACTS aims
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Violence and harassment 25 May: A 71-year-old man and 69-year-old woman are racially abused in Irvine by a man who asks if they have ‘bombs’. Craig Sharpe, 45, is later charged with acting in a racially aggravated manner.
A statement from Last Rights proposing international legal standards for proper and decent treatment of migrants who die at Europe’s borders, and their families, is a vital campaigning tool. As Europe’s leaders focus on border security and rescuers are criminalised, more migrants die. In the first five months of this year, the death rate among migrants
Radical booksellers and publishers, comix and zine makers, artists and activists, small press, exhibitions, workshops and talks. Saturday 24 June 2017, 12-6 pm Great Hall, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW related links Event page
A special charity event in aid of PAFRAS (Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers). Live at the Brudenell Friday 23 June 2017, 7.30 onwards 33 Queens Road, Leeds LS6 1NY Related links Get your tickets here Artist Page
An African Diaspora arts festival that celebrates artistic expression, from across the international Diaspora. Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 June 2017 Brixton Related links Events include short films, film and documentary screenings, exhibitions, street theatre and hip hop dance workshops. related links Festival page
A conference that interrogates how borders are extended spatially and temporally, from the geo-political borders of the nation-state to the spaces and times of everyday life. It will explore resistances to these processes and include discussions on the policing and proliferation of these internal borders Saturday 17 June 2017, 9.30-5.30 pm Room B01, Clore Management
