A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 20 September: The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee publishes: EU Asylum Reform, download the report here. 12 October: The FN-backed mayor of the southern French town of Béziers launches a referendum on whether the town
The first London Migration Film Festival with films focussing on migration with concerts, panel discussions and space for dialogue. 11-13 November 2016 Two venues in South London Films include: 11 November: On the Bride’s Side 12 November: Pawo 12 November: Baran Related links London Migration Film Festival Facebook page
An event bringing together migrant communities with experts on migration, equality, academics, the media and other stakeholders to discuss post-Brexit responses. Friday 25 November 2016, 9.30-4pm Unite the Union, North London District Office, Ron Todd House, 33-37 Moreland Street, London EC1V 8BB Related links Migrant Voice
A demonstration to protest the killing of a young Roma man in the Czech Republic by neo-Nazi skinheads. Monday 31 October 2016, 1pm Czech embassy, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY Related links View further details here View a petition here
A film screening and roundtable on the work of Cedric Robinson. Wednesday 9 November 2016, 3.30-7.30pm Room 309, Richard Hoggart Building, Dixon Road, London SE14 6YZ Speakers include: Roderick Ferguson – Professor of African American and Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago Avery F. Gordon – Professor of Sociology at
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 1 October: Plans for a replacement Dungavel detention centre are revealed, to be sited near Glasgow Airport on an industrial estate, with a 12-foot fence. (The National, 1 October 2016) 1 October: Charities working at
A one-day conference bringing together campaigners, trade unionists, activists and thinkers to examine the changing nature of work and the terrains for resistance. Saturday 26 November 2016, 10.30-4.30pm Willesden Library Centre, 95 High Road, London NW10 2SF Forty years ago Asian women at Grunwick led a strike for basic human dignity at work and for the
The annual London anarchist bookfair. Saturday 29 October 2016, 10-7pm Park View School, West Green Road, London N15 3QR (nearest station: Seven Sisters, Victoria Line) Related links Anarchist Book Fair
A one-day conference bringing together community groups, policy makers and academics to reflect on the 35th anniversary of the Scarman Report, authored in response to the inner-city uprisings of 1981. Saturday 5 November 2016, 10-6pm Peoples Palace, Lecture Theatre 1, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS Confirmed speakers include: Gus
The annual 18th remembrance procession organised by the families and friends of those who have died while in the custody the state. Saturday 29 October 2016, 12-4pm Assemble at Trafalgar Square, London to march to Downing Street Every year since 1999, the UFFC holds its annual remembrance procession from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street to
