A demonstration outside Yarl’s Wood, demanding the end of immigration detention. Saturday 7 November 2015, 1.30pm Yarl’s Wood, Twinwoods Business Park, Thurleigh Road, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire MK44 1FD Related links Movement for Justice See details for the demo here
Theme: Health
ADF 20! Exhibition
An exhibition celebrating twenty years of the iconic Asian Dub Foundation by Coco (Visionary Underground). Saturday 7 November 2015 – Wednesday 18 November 2015 The Red Gallery, 1-3 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DT Related links View event listing The Red Gallery
‘Love, hate and indifference’
A panel discussion on the Kristallnacht anniversary. Tuesday 10 November 2015, 7pm Room v111, Vernon Square Campus, School of Oriental and African Studies, Penton Rise, London WC1X 9EW Panelists: Zoë Marriage – Oxford University and the LSE Ruth Barnett – Holocaust survivor and human rights activist Mike Schwarz – Bindmans solicitors Morten Thaysen – Lesbians and Gays Support
Calendar of racism and resistance (9 – 22 October 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 7 October: Leaked EU plans reveal proposals to deport thousands of failed asylum seekers by threatening countries refusing to take back their migrants with withdrawals of aid, trade deals and visa arrangements. The documents show
Prevent duty ‘heavy-handed and discriminatory’
In the week that the government announced new counter-extremism measures, the IRR publishes contributions from its seminar on ‘Securitisation, Schools and Preventing Extremism’, held at Garden Court Chambers on 7 October, where participants considered the consequences of a new statutory duty on public bodies to prevent non-violent extremism and whether it breached the Equality Act. Background
A French perspective on a British debate
An edited version of a speech given by the director of the Collectif Contre l’ Islamophobie en France at the joint IRR/CCIF seminar ‘Securitisation, Schools and Preventing Extremism’ For me as a teenager, the UK was the place to be. Growing up in France in the ‘90s, we Muslims saw the UK as a place
Education Not Surveillance
An edited version of a speech given by one of the UK’s most respected independent educational consultants at the joint IRR/CCIF seminar ‘Securitisation, Schools and Preventing Extremism’. First, thanks to the IRR and the Collective Against Islamophobia in France for convening this meeting and providing a valuable opportunity for colleagues working in education, as well
Food Not Borders film night
A free night of films and ‘food raiser’ hosted on the theme of migration and borders. Monday 2 November 2015, 6pm SOAS, Vernon Square Campus, London WC1X 9EW Provisional film list: Working Illegally Campsfield House Borders Accents The Invisibles No Lager Through the Wire Broken English Defining Border Imperialism Related links Facebook event listing Food Not
UFFC 2015 annual procession
The United Families and Friends Campaign annual remembrance procession for those that have died in state custody. Saturday 31 October 2015 Assemble at 1pm at Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN to march to Downing Street in a memorial procession Related links United Families and Friends Campaign United Families and Friends Campaign on Facebook Facebook event
Fruitvale film club
A London Campaign Against Police and State Violence (LCAPSV) film-showing of Fruitvale Station which depicts the death in US police custody of Oscar Grant in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2009. Sunday 25 October 2015, 3-6pm The Field, 385 Queens Road, New Cross, London SE14 5HD Related links London Campaign Against Police and