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
Theme: Housing
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 –
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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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