A journey through Paul Robeson’s life highlighting his political activism, featuring songs (including a dramatic rendition of Ol’ Man River), speeches, and his testimony to the Senate House Un-American Activities Committee. Thursday 1 and Friday 2 October 2015, 7.30pm The CLF Art Cafe, AKA The Bussey Building, 133 Rye Lane, London SE15 4ST Related links Buy
Theme: Health
#Brixton30 – Remembering Cherry Groce
Join the family of Dorothy “Cherry” Groce, for the 30th commemoration of her shooting by the Metropolitan Police which led to the infamous 1985 Brixton uprisings. Saturday 3 October 2015, 5.30-9pm Block 336, 336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA Speakers and performers include: Linton Kwesi Johnson – poet Akala – Rapper & poet Stafford Scott
Refugees welcome
A solidarity meeting on the current refugee crisis in Europe. Wednesday 30 September 2015, 7pm Karibu Centre, Gresham Road, Brixton, London SW9 7PH Speakers include: Chair: Sara Tomlinson – Lambeth NUT Christine Buchholz MP – Die Linke (Germany by live-link)) Matt Wrack – FBU Finne Bremen – Aslef Peter Pinkney – RMT Weyman Bennett –
No Human is Illegal
The Brighton Social Forum presents an evening of lively discussions and musical entertainment to raise awareness of the current humanitarian crisis unfolding across Europe. Friday 25 September 2015, 7pm The Synergy Centre, 78 West Street, Brighton BN1 2RA Speakers include: Ali Ceesay – spokesperson from Children of Calais Jason Parkinson – freelance video journalist Liz
Goldsmiths UCU AGM
The Goldsmiths UCU annual general meeting. Wednesday 14 October 2015, 12.30pm DTH Rm 109, Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road, London SE14 6AF Speakers include: Liz Fekete – Institute of Race Relations (IRR) and author of A Suitable Enemy: Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe introduces a discussion on the desperate plight facing hundreds of thousands
Calendar of racism and resistance (1 August – 3 September 2015)
A monthly calendar for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Immigration and asylum 24 July: The government’s system for monitoring companies it pays to run migrant detention centres is called into question after a year-long Freedom of Information battle wins disclosure of confidential ‘self-audits’. The documents reveal how contractors are paid according to their own monthly performance reports. (Corporate Watch, 24 July 2015) 27 July: The Home Office announces it will
National Memorial Family Fund launched
The Birmingham-based 4WardEver UK campaign and the Mikey Powell Campaign have launched a crowdfunding appeal for a national family support fund for relatives, young people and children affected by deaths in state custody in the UK. The Memorial Family Fund has been set up in remembrance of Mikey Powell and acknowledges the work and campaigning of the late Pauline
Youth, welfare and the legacy of structural racism
Will those from BAME communities be disproportionately affected by the government’s intensive workfare programme for young people? The mandatory three-week ‘boot camps’ planned for 18-21-year-olds claiming out-of-work benefits, outlined last month by Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock, are only the latest salvo in the government’s punitive approach to young people. Set to be implemented next year, they
When solidarity fails
In observations made at a side-meeting of the 87th session of the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD),[1] the IRR’s director warned that Europe’s mishandling of the refugee crisis is fuelling racism. I want to talk about the immediate institutional crisis in the EU, as hostility grows towards a modest plan by the European
Asylum seeker death toll rising
In the last two months, at least thirteen people, two of whom were teenagers, have died trying to reach the UK, and countless others have been injured. The media have concentrated on the chaos at strike-torn Calais and the stress on lorry drivers there, as well as the hardships for holiday-makers as traffic builds up.