A showing of ‘Whose Mind is it Anyway?’ A documentary made for British television in the 1990s which recounts the various stages of the arrest, sectioning and enforced psychiatric treatment of a Black British man. Sunday 28 February 2016, 3pm The Field, 385 New Cross Road, London SE14 5HD Related links Facebook event listing London
Theme: Housing
If the government wants to tackle racism in the justice system, ditch joint enterprise
Below we reproduce an article[1] by Gloria Morrison of the Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association Campaign (JENGbA) on joint enterprise (JE) convictions. If the government seriously wants to tackle racism in the justice system – and they are genuinely concerned about the disproportionate number of black men locked up in British prisons – then
Calendar of racism and resistance (29 January – 11 February 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 27 January: The EU issues a draft anti-smuggling law which experts say could criminalise volunteers providing help to refugees and equate rescue with smuggling. Other proposals would require volunteers to register. (Statewatch, 27 January 2016)
Love not razor wire
An emergency demonstration against violence towards migrants on the French-UK border. Sunday 14 February 2016, 12pm French Embassy, 58 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7JT Related links Facebook event listing View a flyer here Read & sign a letter to French Ambassador here
London2Calais: refugee solidarity summit 2016
A meeting discussing questions of refugee migration, racism and oppression, imperialism, borders and free movement. Saturday 20 February 2016, 10.30-6pm Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS University, London WC1H 0XG Speakers include: Guy Smallman – photojournalist and filmmaker Abdulaziz Almashi – Syria Solidarity UK Mona Dohle – co-founder of London2Calais Related links Event details Get tickets here London2Calais
European march for the refugees rights
A day of action calling for safe passage of refugees. Saturday 27 February 2016, 12 noon onwards Actions taking place: Belgium – Brussels Germany – Frankfurt Greece – Athens Sweden – Halmstad Portugal – Lisboa, Porto, Coimbra Spain – Avila, Extremadura, Madrid, Málaga, Murcia, Oviedo, Pamplona, Sevilla, Tenerife, Valencia, Vigo, Zaragoza Turkey – Bodrum United Kingdom – London Related links European March for Refugee Rights – London
Organising to commemorate Grunwick’s
A meeting to plan a series of events to commemorate forty years since the Grunwick Strike, 1976-1978. Thursday 18 February 2016, 7pm Brent Trades Hall, 75 High Road, Willesden, London NW10 2JR Related links Facebook event listing Grunwick 40
Migrant Voice London Network meeting
A Migrant Voice meeting on new migration rules coming into effect from April 2016. Thursday 18 February 2016, 6-8.30pm Collaboration House, 77-79 Charlotte Street, London W1T 4PW Speakers include: Don Flynn Maria Fernandez Coll Related links Migrant Voice
Calendar of racism and resistance (15 – 28 January 2016)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Asylum & migration 13 January: Refugees including children are walking through Russia to Finland in temperatures of minus 30 degrees, according to reports. (Independent Barents Observer, 13 January 2016) 14 January: The Solicitors Regulation Authority announces a review
An open discussion about counter-radicalisation measures in schools should be welcomed
A paper[1], Prevent and the Children’s Rights Convention, published today by the Institute of Race Relations supports the NUT’s call[2] for a more rational debate on the Prevent duty in schools. In order to encourage an informed and rational debate on the new duty placed on schools to prevent children being drawn in to terrorism,[3] the IRR