A celebration of the work of A. Sivanandan and the Institute of Race Relations. Saturday 18 April 2015, 1-6pm Room 421, Malet Street main building, Birkbeck College, (entrance on Torrington Square), London WC1 Including the premiere of the film Catching History on the Wing: a conversation with A. Sivanandan, the launch of IRR reports Dying for Justice
Theme: Housing
The price of PR?
Recent Freedom of Information requests have revealed that the Home Office has paid over quarter of a million pounds to the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph in 2014, for sponsored articles, advertorials and digital advertising. Last year, a number of advertorials were published in the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph which were sponsored by
Gus John at 70: celebrating fifty years of struggle
The second of a two-part event to celebrate educationalist and campaigner Gus John’s 70th birthday and his lifetime achievements. Saturday 14 March 2015, 2pm British Film Institute, South Bank, London SE1 9GY A documentary film, followed by: Guardian columnist, Gary Younge, in conversation with Gus John.
Fifty years of struggle: Gus John at 70
The first of a two-part event to celebrate educationalist and campaigner Gus John’s 70th birthday and his lifetime achievements. Wednesday 11 March 2015, 6-10pm Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1R 4RL Speakers: Ali Hussein – film maker and cultural activist Ian Macdonald QC – human rights, immigration and criminal lawyer Makeda Coaston – cultural
Fighting for the soul of the voluntary sector
Everyone should read a recent report by the National Coalition of Independent Action (NCIA) on the ways in which neoliberal policies are destroying the purpose and politics of voluntary groups. From time to time IRR News has commented on the ways in which privatisation, subcontracting and marketisation are infiltrating voluntary groups in the race and
The life and legacy of Claudia Jones
A SERTUC Race Relations Committee event to remember Claudia Jones who founded Britain’s first Black newspaper, The West Indian Gazette and Afro-Asian Caribbean News, in 1958. She was also one of the founders of the Notting Hill Carnival, as a community led response to the Notting Hill race riots of 1958. Friday 6 March 2015, 6-9pm
Archaic Operation Shield?
Below we reproduce a letter to the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, by the Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association Campaign (JENGbA) on his new Operation Shield proposals which have been likened to the doctrine of joint enterprise. Dear Mr Johnson, Joint Enterprise: Not Guilty by Association (JENGbA) is a grassroots campaign currently supporting over 500 prisoners
Met introduces collective punishment measures
Community activists respond to Boris Johnson’s Operation Shield proposals – a ‘tough new gang intervention pilot’. The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) has announced that Operation Shield, a new pilot to tackle ‘gang’ crime, ‘will see members of some of the most active gangs in London collectively punished for the criminal actions of individual
Justice for Julian
Live music, performances good food, drink and music to raise money for Julian and the Cole family. Saturday 28 February 2015, 7pm-12am Northolt Park Social Club, Sussex Crescent, Northolt, Slough UB5 4DR Related links Facebook event listing Read an article about Julian Cole, the IPCC and allegations of police brutality here
The Great British Values Disaster – education, security and vitriolic hate
Educationalists Bill Bolloten and Robin Richardson discuss the impacts of the ‘fundamental British values’ (FBV) agenda. The time is late January 2015. The place is a university campus somewhere in England. ‘Kill Islam,’ says a piece of graffiti scrawled in big red letters on one of the university’s buildings, ‘before it kills you’. ‘How do I feel?’