Institutional Islamophobia

An IHRC conference to examine state racism and institutional Islamophobia. Saturday 13 December 2014, 2-6.30pm Rooms MAL 414 and 415, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX Speakers include: Malia Bouattia – Black Students’ Officer at the National Union of Students Marie Breen-Smythe –  University of Surrey Les Levidow – Campaign Against Criminalising Communities Richard

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The new face of local immigration enforcement

A MRN and RAMFEL public meeting to discuss the new wave of immigration enforcement.  Friday 12 December 2014, 1.15-4pm Farringdon Room, St. Bride Foundation, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London EC4Y 8EQ Speakers include: • Don Flynn & Ruth Grove-White – Migrants’ Rights Network • Rita Chadha – RAMFEL • Sue Lukes – Migration, Equalities and Service Provision Specialist • Barbara Cohen –

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Media training session

Migrant Voice is holding a free media training session for migrants. Tuesday 2 December 2014, 3-8pm Migrant Voice, Lighthouse West London, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11 1QT Speakers include: Niki Anastasopoulou – news and documentary producer Daniel Nelson –  Oneworld.net Henri-Pierre Koubaka – Radio journalist Related links Migrant Voice Migrant Voice on Facebook Migrant Voice on Twitter

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Return to Nicaragua

The Marc Karlin Archive with Open City Docs are holding a series of film screenings and talks on Nicaragua and the Sandinista revolution. 21 – 23 November 2014 University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT Related links Find more event details here Book tickets here Marc Karlin Archive Open City Docs

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Don’t let them drown

A weekly protest calling on the government to support search and rescue operations for migrants travelling across the Mediterranean Sea.  Thursday 20 November 2014, 12:30pm Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF Related links Movement Against Xenophobia  Read an IRR News special issue: Taking a stand for human dignity

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‘A Man Standing’

A play written by former prisoner, Jean-Marc Mahy, about his experiences in solitary confinement. Friday 21 November 2014, 7.30pm Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Related links Download a flyer here (pdf file,  55 KB) Watch a preview Interview with Jean Marc Mahy An extract from A Man Standing Book tickets Facebook event

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Iron Curtain Trilogy

Three plays by David Edgar about the causes and consequences of the fall of the Berlin Wall. 13-30 November 2014 Cockpit Theatre, Gateforth Street, Marylebone, London NW8 8EH The three plays are The Shape of the Table (about the fall of a Communist government in 1989), Pentecost (about the building of the new Europe after the fall of

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Defend the Right to Protest conference

An all-day conference to discuss the criminalisation of protest, state violence, and injustice.  Sunday 16 November 2014, 11am SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG Speakers include:  Carole Duggan – Justice for Mark Duggan campaign Susan Alexander – Mother of Azelle Rodney Hamja Ahsan – Brother of Talha Ahsan Marcia Rigg – Sister of Sean Rigg Janet

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Immigration raids in our communities

A public meeting on community organising around immigration raids. Thursday 13 November 2014, 6-8pm Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 0EF Related links Find more details of the event, here Anti-Raids Network  Right to Remain

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Media training session

Migrant Voice is holding a free media training session for migrants on the theme of ‘detention’. Tuesday 4 November 2014, 3-8pm Lighthouse West London, 111-117 Lancaster Road, London W11 1QT Speakers include: Marianne Powell  Nishit Morsawala  Please note that it is necessary to book a place for this event. Related links Download further details of the event, here (word

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