A talk on peace-building by Donald Reeves interspersed with Bach’s Chorale Preludes. Wednesday, 14 January 2015, 7.30pm Union Chapel, Compton Avenue, London N1 2XD RELATED LINKS Soul of Europe
Theme: Housing
Campaign first, grieve later
A campaigner for Justice for Jimmy Mubenga recalls how his widow, Adrienne Makenda Kambana, was thrust into a campaign for justice. This week, when a jury at the Old Bailey found three G4S guards not guilty of the manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga on board a plane at Heathrow on 12 October 2010, few thought of the
Calendar of racism and resistance (12 – 23 December 2014)
A fortnightly resource for anti-racist and social justice campaigns, highlighting key events in the UK and Europe. Extreme-right politics 12 December: Four English Defence League (EDL) supporters are jailed for a total of over six years after violence during an EDL demonstration in Birmingham city centre in July 2013, described by the judge as ‘plainly
Justice blindfolded? The case of Jimmy Mubenga
Following the acquittal on 16 December of the G4S guards charged with the manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga, IRR vice-chair Frances Webber focuses on the judge’s decision to rule inadmissible evidence pointing to endemic racism within G4S. After the acquittal of the guards charged with Jimmy Mubenga’s manslaughter, the judge told the jurors not to be
International Migrants Day
A free event to celebrate International Migrants Day with migrants’ art, film, poetry, dance and music. Thursday 18 December 2014, 6-9pm University of Westminster, Regent Street Campus, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW Events include: Screenings of The Faces of Our Cities – Stories of Migration: Past and Present (2013) and Yurik (2010) Spoken word artists Performance by
‘I can’t breathe’ – London solidarity demonstration
The failure to prosecute police involved in the deaths of Eric Garner in New York and Michael Brown in Ferguson has reignited protests against policing in the UK. Last night, campaigners held a demonstration in London in solidarity with protesters in the US following the failure to charge the officers involved in the death of
Home Office protest
A protest at the Home Office on International Migrants Day. Thursday 18 December 2014, 6.30pm Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF Related links Facebook event listing
Neglect and indifference kill American man in immigration detention
A Prison and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) report on Brian Dalrymple’s six weeks in immigration detention paints a grim picture of how the vulnerable are treated. Although Dalrymple was a white man, we report on his case to show that, in immigration detention, immigration status ensures a grim equality of treatment. The report, Investigation into the death of a
Claudia Jones commemoration day
An event in remembrance of Claudia Jones. Saturday 6 December 2014, 2-6pm Kennington Park Estate Community Centre, 8 Harleyford Street, London SE11 5SY Activities on the day include: Speakers Exhibitions History walks Bookstalls
Inequality & broken politics in austerity Britain
A Counterfire discussion on how the left should respond to the big challenges and opportunities of modern politics. Tuesday 2 December 2014, 7.45-9.45pm Room G2, SOAS, University of London (main building), London WC1H 0XG Speakers include: Danny Dorling – author of Inequality and the 1% Lindsey German – Counterfire Liz Fekete – Institute of Race Relations Chris Bambery –