A gathering to reclaim Brixton. Saturday 25 April 2015, 12-3pm Windrush Square, London SW2 1JQ Related links Facebook event listing Reclaim Brixton
Theme: Health
Racist violence and British nationalism in Northern Ireland
The April 2015 issue of Race & Class argues that Northern Ireland’s BAME communities have been living the peace process in reverse. In 1971 British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling suggested that the situation in Northern Ireland amounted to ‘an acceptable level of violence’. During ‘the Troubles’, this became the de facto security policy of successive British governments
Working Illegally: film and panel discussion
Documentary film from Standoff Films looks behind the closed walls and barbed wire of UK border enforcement to expose the reality of immigration detention. Saturday 2 May 2015, 7pm The Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, Phil Miller, and ex-detainees. Related links
Dream to Change the World exhibition
An exhibition on the life and legacy of John La Rose. Friday 22 May to Saturday 29 August 2015 Islington Museum, 245 St. John Street, London EC1V 4NB Related links George Padmore Institute Download a flyer here (pdf file, 3.9mb)
Levelling out racism
A community celebration of resistance to racism and fascism in the UK. Sunday 26 April 2015, 1-4pm The Level, Brighton BN1 4ZN Related links Brighton People’s Assembly Page Stop EDL Facebook event
‘Who Killed Colin Roach?’
A screening of Who Killed Colin Roach organised by the 4WardEver Campaign. Thursday 7 May 2015, 6.30-9pm. The Drum, 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham B6 4UU Related links Facebook event The Drum 4Ward Ever Campaign Book tickets here
Calendar of racism and resistance (27 March – 9 April 2015)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Extreme-Right politics 29 March: In the second round of French local elections, the Front National wins 22 per cent of the vote, securing 62 council seats. (In 2011, it won just one.) However it failed to take control
Putting the ethics back into freedom of expression
The social landscape in which we practise our freedoms is highly volatile. Can we afford to be reckless? After the massacres in 2011 by the racist terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, ‘we’ were all, briefly, Norwegian. It was a gesture of sympathy for the blameless casualties and solidarity for those suffering their loss. As with many
Immigration detention: signs of spring, or false dawn?
Campaigners have welcomed signs of movement around immigration detention – but celebration may be premature. In March 2015, the All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) on Refugees and Migration produced a strong report whose main recommendation, that immigration detention be severely curtailed and strictly time-limited, echoed the demands made for decades by detainee groups, campaigners and international
Oluwale Partnership Symposium
An event organised by the Oluwale Partnership in Leeds. Friday 17 April 2015, 9.30-4.30 Rose Bowl, Leeds Beckett University, Portland Crescent, Leeds LS1 3HB Speakers & performers include: Cllr Keith Wakefield (Leader, Leeds City Council) St George’s Crypt Sai Murray (Remember Oluwale Board member) Michelle Scally-Clarke Rommi Smith Ian Duhig Seni Seniveratne Royal Blood reggae