The London book launch of ‘Good Home? The Politics of Immigration Controversies’. Monday 15 May 2017, 6.30pm-8.30pm The Word Bookshop, 314 New Cross Road, London SE14 6AF Speakers include: Dr Suzanne Hall (LSE) Rita Chadha Hannah Jones Yasmin Gunaratnam Gargi Bhattacharyya Sukhwant Dhaliwal WIlliam Davies Kirsten Forkert Emma Jackson Roiyah Saltus Related links Book here
Theme: Housing
The Politics of Racism: A Symposium for John Solomos
A symposium to honour the work and friendship of John Solomos and the Ethnic and Racial Studies Collective. Saturday 6 May 2017, 10-6.30pm Room B01, Clore Management Centre, Birkbeck College, 2 Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Speakers include: Claire Alexander Les Back Alice Bloch Parminder Bhachu Chetan Bhatt Gargi Bhattacharyya David Theo Goldberg Clive Harris
UK Race and Europe Network (UKREN) AGM and launch
The UK Race and Europe Network (UKREN) are hosting their AGM and UK launch of the European Network against Racism (ENAR) shadow report on migration and racism. Thursday 4 May 2017, 2-5pm Chartered Institute of Public Relations, 52-53 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HP Speakers include: Ojeaku Nwabuzo – Senior Research Officer at ENAR. Alan Anstead
Calendar of racism and resistance (7 – 20 April 2017)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum and migration 6 April: A new immigration skills charge comes into force, requiring employers to pay a £1,000 annual levy for hiring certain skilled workers from outside the European Economic Area. It is feared the charge could
13 Dead, Nothing Said
Vron Ware’s photographs documenting the Black People’s Day of Action (1981) bearing witness to an important moment of resistance in post-war Britain. Thursday 9 March – Saturday 27 May 2017 Goldsmiths, University of London, Richard Hoggart Building, Kingsway Corridor, Dixon Road, London SE14 6YZ Related links View further details here Facebook event listing
‘You Get Me?”
A photo exhibition exploring the critical question of identity among young working-class British Asian men. Exhibition from Friday 5 May – Saturday 1 July 2017 Rivington Place, Autograph ABP, London EC2A 3BA Related links View further details here Facebook event listing
‘Our Public and Private Lives are connected’
An exhibition of paintings by Yasmin Dosanjh and Sarbjit Johal expressing the lives and experiences of cleaners, carers, cooks and child minders who carry out these tasks in private homes to Universities. Monday 3 April – Friday 5 May 2017 West Greenwich Library, 146 Greenwich High Road, London SE10 8NN Related links Facebook event listing
Housing, Employment & Migrants’ Rights in an Age of Austerity
Migrants’ Rights Network hold a panel to discuss housing, employment and migrants’ rights in an age of austerity. Wednesday 19 April 2017, 6:30 – 8pm Senate Alumni Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Senate House Building, London WC1E 7HU The panel will explore the potential issues that Britain leaving the EU has for European citizens currently living here, as
Love is not a crime launch night
The Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) launch their exhibition Love Is Not a Crime and celebrate their 10th anniversary. Thursday 13th April, 6-8pm People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Manchester M3 3ER Love Is Not a Crime runs from Friday 14 April 2017 to Sunday 25 June 2017 Related Links Eventbrite page
Stop feeding the beast! A review of ‘My Country: A work in progress’
A play built around seventy long interviews with ‘leavers’ and ‘remainers’ about their feelings after the Brexit vote, inadvertently, provides insights into the immigration debate. The liberal consensus on immigration has broken down. That’s what Brexit has taught us, or at least that’s what the establishment tells us that Brexit has taught us. The Conservative